Official 2 Black Bears Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Akai, Fukushima Jun 19, 2026, 09:00 PM

Description

Around 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 20, in Akai, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male, in his 70s) was checking an electric fence being installed near a rice paddy when he spotted two bears (each about 1 meter in body length) climbing trees in the woodland to the south of the rice paddy. The two bears later moved deeper into the mountains.

Note: Official sources provide information in Japanese only. This description has been machine translated for your convenience.

Bear Type

Black Bear

Number of Bears

2

Provider Type

Official

Date & Time

Friday, June 19, 2026 at 09:00 PM

Address

Coordinates

37.492734, 140.005561

Sources