Location
Description
Around 6:09 p.m. on September 2, inside the JR Ban-etsu West Line track area in Kobetsu, Ban-etsu West Line train operators witnessed a bear (about 1 m long) moving toward Koriyama City. The bear then entered the shrubs to the east.
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
Official
Date & Time
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 06:09 PM
Address
Bandai, Fukushima
Coordinates
37.561521, 139.993515
Sources
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