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Official Black Bear Bandai, Fukushima Jul 13, 2025, 08:30 AM

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Around 8:30 AM on July 13, on a hiking path from the Hakakao Takai trailhead in Hibara, Kitashiobara Village toward Kobozawa Shimizu, a witness walking the Bandai Mountains trail observed one bear about 1.5 m long in the brush to the south of the trail; the bear then left toward the south into the brush.

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

Sunday, July 13, 2025 at 08:30 AM

Address

Bandai, Fukushima

Coordinates

37.611039, 140.063199

Sources

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

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