Official Black Bear Minamiaizu Nagano, Fukushima Jun 26, 2026, 09:30 AM

Description

On Friday, June 26 at around 6:30 p.m., on National Route 121 in the Mukaiyama area of Nagano, Minamiaizu Town, a passenger car driven by a man in his twenties, while traveling westbound, collided with a bear (approximately 50 cm in body length) that was attempting to cross the road from south to north. After the collision, the bear left toward the riverbank to the south and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

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, June 26, 2026 at 09:30 AM

Address

Coordinates

37.222506, 139.818439

Sources