Location
Description
On Monday, June 8 at around 6:00 p.m., in a forested area at Kakinokihara, Oaza Kumado, Daishin, Shirakawa City, a witness (woman in her 70s) saw a single bear (about 1 meter in length) enter the forest while she was walking.
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
Monday, June 8, 2026 at 09:00 AM
Address
Shirakawa, Fukushima
Coordinates
37.201562, 140.189815
Sources
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