Location
Description
At about 17:30 on December 1, 2025, a woman driving through a city road in Hodono Suwa-cho, Akita City, sighted a bear about 1 meter long. The bear was about 10 meters from a nearby house and about 100 meters from Hotono Elementary School in a residential area, and reportedly moved west, the Akita Central Police Station said.
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
Monday, December 1, 2025 at 05:30 PM
Address
Hotono Elementary School, Akita
Coordinates
39.724232, 140.116172
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Comments (1)
小学校からわずか100メートルの住宅街に出てくるって、相当近いな。
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