Black Bear incident in Shirakawago, Shirakawa Village (Oct 16)

Description

An Asiatic black bear appeared in the Shirakawago World Heritage site and a Spanish tourist was attacked from behind and injured.

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

Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 03:00 PM

Address

Coordinates

36.257797, 136.906197

Sources