Location
Description
On Thursday, April 9 at around 6:30 a.m., in a rice field in Murahigashi, Takadota, Toyokawa-machi, Kitakata City, a witness (female in her 50s) observed one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) moving westward through the rice field while she was at home. The bear’s subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
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, April 8, 2026 at 09:30 PM
Address
Kitakata 豊川町高堂太, Fukushima
Coordinates
37.635230, 139.886620
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