Official Black Bear Kazuno 小枝指, Akita Aug 13, 2025, 08:00 AM

Description

Residential garden: found Aug 13 at 8:00. Crops: 10 small watermelons, 3 melons, 10 ears of corn, 3 bags of bran, 3 cucumbers. Traces (footprints, bite marks, scat) indicate a bear. On Aug 23 around 9:00, footprints found inside a warehouse on the property; a machine-oil container was broken. Forepaw width over 12 cm; a large individual likely.

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

Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 08:00 AM

Address

Coordinates

40.235497, 140.782567

Sources