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Official 2 Black Bears Kitakata 高郷町川井, Fukushima Feb 22, 2026, 10:00 PM

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Around 7:00 a.m. on Monday, February 23, in the area within Baba-mae area, Kawaimachi, Kitakata City, an eyewitness (male in his 20s) was driving a vehicle when two bears were seen walking along the riverbank (one about 1 meter in length, another about 50 cm). The bears then ran off to the east.

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

Bear Type

Black Bear

Number of Bears

2

Provider Type

Official

Date & Time

Sunday, February 22, 2026 at 10:00 PM

Address

Kitakata 高郷町川井, Fukushima

Coordinates

37.628370, 139.753962

Sources

https://www.rfc.jp/kuma/

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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/)
林 3 months ago

親子で出てきたのか。

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