Location
Description
Inside the facility premises; about 60 cm in length; about 5 m from the facility. An employee witnessed a bear roughly 60 cm long from indoors in the corporate parking lot. The bear was about 5-7 m away. After wandering the parking lot, the bear moved toward the forest to the southwest.
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
Friday, January 23, 2026
Address
Kazuno Hanawa, Akita
Coordinates
40.207661, 140.821820
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Comments (1)
山好き 5 months ago
駐車場まで来てるんだ、体長60センチメートルってことは若いヤツなのか。
Hiking in bear country
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