เส้นทางขับรถ Karuizawa-Yanba Dam

A bear was crossing the road.

Karuizawa, Nagano

Tsumagoi Saikubo, Gunma

While proceeding along the Romantic Road from Mine-no-chaya, I saw a bear larger than one meter in the stand of mixed trees on my left.

Karuizawa, Nagano

Tsumagoi, 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

Along National Route 145 in Tōgōzuma Town. The area includes hot spring facilities, a roadside station, and a rail-bike facility, and an animal believed to be an Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma) was sighted.

Higashiagatsuma Matsuya, Gunma