News Black Bear Yamanobe 大字大塚, Yamagata Apr 29, 2026, 09:00 PM

Description

Around 06:00 on April 30, one bear believed to be an adult was sighted in the urban area of Otsuka, Yamanobe Town, Yamagata Prefecture. The scene was only a few hundred meters from a location in Oumi where a bear was also sighted around the same time.

Note: Official sources provide information in Japanese only. This description has been machine translated for your convenience.

Summary

On the morning of April 30 an adult bear was sighted in the urban area of Otsuka in Yamanobe Town. A sighting was reported in nearby Oumi at about the same time, and the two locations were only a few hundred meters apart.

Bear Type

Black Bear

Number of Bears

1

Provider Type

News

Date & Time

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 09:00 PM

Address

Coordinates

38.277533, 140.262772

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