Location
Description
On Saturday, May 16 at approximately 7:37 a.m., on Prefectural Route Sukagawa–Nihonmatsu in Sugita-machi 3-chome, Nobenmatsu City (No. 52), a witness (woman in her 30s) driving a vehicle observed one bear (about 1.5 m in body length) walking on the prefectural road from east to west. The bear then entered the brush on the west side.
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
Friday, May 15, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Address
Nihonmatsu 大平山, Fukushima
Coordinates
37.570820, 140.414873
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