Location
Description
Around 07:30 on November 7, 2025, a bear about 1.2 meters long entered the Fukushimaya hot-spring inn in Osawa, Yonezawa (Yamagata Prefecture) via the crawlspace, remained on the first floor, ransacked a refrigerator and tore shoji screens. The inn's three family members escaped via an emergency staircase unharmed, and the bear was culled in an emergency shooting by hunters around 11:50.
Note: Official sources provide information in Japanese only. This description has been machine translated for your convenience.
Bear Type
Black Bear
Number of Bears
1
Provider Type
News
Date & Time
Friday, November 7, 2025 at 07:30 AM
Address
Osawa, Yonezawa, Yamagata
Coordinates
37.793192, 140.224648
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