Official Black Bear Kitakata 熱塩加納町米岡, Fukushima Jan 13, 2026, 10:00 AM

Description

Around 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 13, in a storage shed area within Nobonobihara, Yoneoka, Neshiocho, Kitakata City, an observer (a man in his 60s) while snow removal work on his home premises found bear tracks, followed the tracks and witnessed one bear curled up and sleeping inside a storage shed on the north side of his home (about 1.5 meters in body length). Later, at 1:40 p.m., it was captured in a box trap.

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

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM

Address

Coordinates

37.721120, 139.866568

Sources