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News Black Bear Okutama Town (near a junior high school), Tokyo Nov 29, 2025

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Description

On 2025-11-29, a bear estimated about 1 m long and 60 cm tall was sighted near a junior high school in Okutama Town, Tokyo. The Ome Police Department mountain rescue team responded and used firecrackers to drive the bear away; claw-like damage was found on a nearby trail sign.

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

News

Date & Time

Saturday, November 29, 2025

Address

Okutama Town (near a junior high school), Tokyo

Coordinates

35.809502, 139.096059

Sources

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/063cae8469c5cbae4b038e992c... https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/978526

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Comments (1)

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Lorelei NeutralLisa Wischofskyhttps://www.figma.com/community/file/1198749693280469639https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/Remix of „Lorelei Neutral” (https://www.figma.com/community/file/1198749693280469639) by „Lisa Wischofsky”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
山本 6 months ago

11月の終わりまで中学校の近くに出てくるなんて、冬支度の時期なのにずいぶん人間のエリアに下りてきてるんだな。

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