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News Black Bear Obuchino, Nishiki, Semboku City, Akita Feb 21, 2026, 12:20 AM

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Description

A single bear entered the garage of a private home in Obuchino, Nishiki, Semboku City at around 09:20 on the 21st; Akita Prefectural Police captured the bear.

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

News

Date & Time

Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 12:20 AM

Address

Obuchino, Nishiki, Semboku City, Akita

Coordinates

39.664977, 140.591219

Sources

https://www.47news.jp/13898924.html

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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/)
G.A. 3 months ago

Morning timing like that in residential areas usually means something pushed it out of its usual territory.

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