เส้นทางเดินป่า Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art-Gunma Prefectural Government Building

A black bear was standing on all four paws at the roadside.

Karuizawa, Nagano

Size: Adult

Karuizawa 大字追分, Nagano

It was a cub about 1 meter long. It immediately went off to the left and disappeared from view. I turned back.

Annaka, Gunma

Size: Unknown

Koumi, Nagano

Maebashi 石倉町, Gunma

In the early morning of the 8th, a suspected bear about 1 m long was spotted on a national road in Kofu City, the city reported. The city is urging people to be cautious.

Kōfu Wakamatsucho, Yamanashi

Maebashi 石倉町, Gunma

Maebashi 石倉町, Gunma

It was watching us from a distance along the Apt Trail.

Annaka, Gunma

Maebashi 石倉町, Gunma

Annaka 松井田町五料, Gunma

Karuizawa Town in Kitasaku District has temporarily shifted its policy from releasing captured bears after 'learning' to euthanizing them for a limited period. The change responds to repeated human injuries and appearances of bears in residential areas across the prefecture and concerns that bears' wide-ranging movements could cause harm to neighboring municipalities.

Karuizawa 中軽井沢, Nagano