Official Black Bear Inawashiro 大字三ツ和, Fukushima Oct 22, 2025, 09:05 PM

Description

Around 9:05 PM on October 22, on the JR Ban'etsu West Line track area in Mitsuwa, Inawashiro Town, a train driver observed a bear about 1 m entering the track from the right side and colliding with the train. The bear was struck by the train. There were no injuries and the train service was not disrupted, but delays of up to 37 minutes occurred.

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, October 22, 2025 at 09:05 PM

Address

Coordinates

37.548070, 140.071819

Sources