Location
Description
Distance to houses: 20 m. Body length: about 1 m and about 1 m (they are not believed to be parent and child). When a loud noise was made, they went into the scrub woods.
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
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Address
Yurihonjō, Akita
Coordinates
39.349316, 140.009186
Sources
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