Official Black Bear Tokamachi, Niigata Jul 1, 2023, 03:00 PM

Description

One bear was sighted near the cemetery on the east side of the Iwano settlement. Body length approximately 1.0 m. Could not be definitively identified as a bear based on the sighting distance and the size of the footprints. The reporter also saw something resembling a bear earlier that same morning.

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

Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 03:00 PM

Address

Coordinates

37.195620, 138.785100

Sources