News 2 Brown Bears Mount Rausu (Rausu-dake), Hokkaido Aug 14, 2025, 02:00 PM
Location
Description
On 2025-08-14 on Mount Rausu in Hokkaido, a 26-year-old man descending the mountain encountered and was fatally attacked by a mother brown bear with a cub. The site was at the intersection of a hiking trail and an animal path leading to ant-rich rocks, and the mother-and-cub bears had been repeatedly appearing in that visible area.
Note: Official sources provide information in Japanese only. This description has been machine translated for your convenience.
Bear Type
Brown Bear
Number of Bears
2
Provider Type
News
Date & Time
Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 02:00 PM
Address
Mount Rausu (Rausu-dake), Hokkaido
Coordinates
44.075769, 145.122115
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