Bears Haunting?
As the 3Yen has reported before, bears have coming down out of the forests—Japan is more than 50% mountain and forests— and are aggressively looking for their final big meals before the start of their winter semi-slumber (bears don’t fully hibernate here in Honshu, the main island of Japan).
According to japanvisitor.blogspot.com signs have gone up warning of “Kuma shutsubotsu chui!” literally meaning “Bears Haunting Beware!” (but a better translation might be ‘There are bears about.”)
An interesting addition to the neighbourhood this year were the (very high tech) bear bells. Been plenty of bear action all over Japan this year and after one of our guys had a close encounter…more…
Canyons Japan: SCARE BEAR
Previous 3Yen bear reports include:
. . . —Doggie-bags for bears in Japan (3Yen / )
. . . —BUS BEARS! (3Yen / 2009-09-20)
. . . — Perfect-for-sleepwalking-and-bear-escape (3Yen / 2005-07-25)
. . . —Japan’s Pedobear naked! (3Yen / 2010-04-10)
And remember the Sage says…
“Well, dude, sometimes you eat the bear,
sometimes the bear eats you…”
sometimes the bear eats you…”
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November 17th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Ok, but do japanese bears shit in the woods ?
November 17th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Of course, but only if the Pope holds their paw when they drop trou.
explanation
December 2nd, 2010 at 8:53 pm
January 19th, 2011 at 11:11 pm
BEARS HIGH ON ‘SHOOMS!
Psychoactive Amanita muscaria mushooms are native to Japan.