เส้นทางเดินป่า Chikusei-Aizuwakamatsu

Around 7:35 a.m. on August 2, a bear-like animal was sighted in Suehirocho, Yaita City.

Yaita Tomita, Tochigi

The bear was wandering on the road and then left for the woods to the north.

Shimogo 大字湯野上, Fukushima

Found one bear cub in the vehicle; the mother was not in the vicinity.

Nikkō, Tochigi

Nasushiobara 中塩原, Tochigi

A bear was sighted in Yumoto Shiobara, Nasushiobara City, around 3:40 PM on July 26.

Nasushiobara, Tochigi

Nasushiobara 千本松, Tochigi

A bear was sighted moving in Sekimoto Rokushigari, Minamiaizu Town, around 11:40 on July 24.

Minamiaizu Tonyu, Fukushima

A cub crossed the road and went into the grass.

Aizuwakamatsu Otomachi-Okawa, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Kamishiobara, Nasushiobara City.

Nasushiobara 上塩原, Tochigi

Nasushiobara, Tochigi

On the Aizu Railway Aizu Line (on the tracks), one of two bears (one approximately 50 centimeters in body length) that were crossing the tracks was struck by a moving train.

Shimogo 大字湯野上, Fukushima

In Yunogami, Shimogo Town, two bears entered the Aizu Railway tracks, and one bear (about 0.4 m long) collided with a train. No passengers or crew were injured.

Shimogo 大字湯野上, Fukushima

Nasushiobara 上大貫, Tochigi

A bear was sighted in Itazawa, Minamiaizu Town, Fukushima, around 9:00 on July 11.

Minamiaizu Itozawa, Fukushima