Location
Description
Around 07:00 on May 21, 2026, one bear was sighted in a residential area near the Kobo-yama kofun in Namiyanagi, Matsumoto City. Namiyanagi Elementary School was closed temporarily and 54 pupils who had already arrived were handed over to their guardians. Police and municipal authorities searched the area but did not find the bear; footprints believed to be from a bear were found in a nearby field. No human injuries were reported.
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
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Address
Matsumoto Namiyanagi, Nagano
Coordinates
36.213117, 137.982867
Sources
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/3dc48f0a03ed6cef2a70821cf0... https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/sbc/2675448?display=1 https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/0e9590c2d095df258a2884fa69... https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/1254694 https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/bf7780e7c99700ae7d54e4b572... https://news.web.nhk/newsweb/na/nb-1010038334 https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/648f2085e54ef75facd83ef74a... https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/e683300e96987b58cf39733a11... https://news.ntv.co.jp/n/tsb/category/society/ts403bb2c484f7... https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/1048078 https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/sbc/2675448
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