Location
Description
At around 10:10 a.m. on March 29, in Kamino-yu, Yakumo Town, a man driving along the Yakumo–Atsuzabetsu prefectural road spotted a bear about 1.2 meters long on the left-bank riverbed of the Otobe River and reported it to the Yakumo police.
Note: Official sources provide information in Japanese only. This description has been machine translated for your convenience.
Bear Type
Brown Bear
Number of Bears
1
Provider Type
News
Date & Time
Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 01:10 AM
Address
Yakumo Shimonoyu, Hokkaido
Coordinates
42.155343, 140.399774
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