News Black Bear Kitahiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Hiroshima Oct 25, 2025, 09:00 AM
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Description
In the morning of late October 2025 in Kitahiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, company employee Kai Nakata (23) encountered a bear about 1 meter long. The bear crossed a prefectural road, jumped over a rice-field fence, and ran toward the mountains.
Note: Official sources provide information in Japanese only. This description has been machine translated for your convenience.
Summary
In late October in Kitahiroshima, a 23-year-old worker encountered a roughly 1-meter bear in the morning. The bear crossed a prefectural road, leapt over a rice-field fence and ran into the mountains, and local residents say the boundary between human living areas and bear habitat is becoming blurred.
Bear Type
Black Bear
Number of Bears
1
Provider Type
News
Date & Time
Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 09:00 AM
Address
Kitahiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Hiroshima
Coordinates
34.674616, 132.538386
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