Location
Description
The city announced a bear was sighted near the Shin-Tomei Expressway Shimizu Iihara IC in Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City. Detailed information such as the time of the sighting and the number of bears has not been disclosed.
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
Friday, January 9, 2026
Address
Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka
Coordinates
35.113234, 138.498721
Related Areas
Nearby places of interest
Comments (1)
Chloe 7 months ago
No details on timing or how many, yet they're putting out an alert for an expressway area.
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