Location
Description
On Thursday, May 21 at around 8:00 a.m., a witness at home observed a bear (about 1 m in length) through a window on a village road in Nakamori, Obira, Hirata Village. The bear’s subsequent direction is unknown, but multiple bear footprints were later found about 100 meters southwest of that location.
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
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Address
Hirata Odaira, Fukushima
Coordinates
37.186499, 140.549438
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