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This 101 km route runs from Mount Bandai to Mount Adatara, passing through Fukushima and Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 21 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 5 of them. The latest sighting was reported 3 days ago near Inawashiro 字堤東, Fukushima.
At this density of recent sightings, be ready to brake at any moment and avoid stopping in flagged stretches.
5 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Fukushima, Yamagata.
Three bears (lengths unknown) were sighted in the mountains beside the municipal road.
Inawashiro 字堤東, Fukushima
Around 7:20 PM on 2026-07-22, a bear was sighted in Iwasato-Ueno, Inawashiro Town, Fukushima Prefecture.
Inawashiro 字五十軒道南, Fukushima
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted in the forested area on the east side of Prefectural Route 322.
Inawashiro 大字八幡, Fukushima
On the Gold Line, a collision traffic accident occurred in which a passenger car in transit struck a bear that ran out from the roadside (approximately 1 meter in body length).
Kitashiobara, Fukushima
A vehicle collided with one bear on the Bandai Mountain Gold Line in Hibara, Kitashiobara Village.
Kitashiobara, Fukushima
One bear was inside a building lot in Dōmachi Minami, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 字並杉西, Fukushima
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Inawashiro 字並杉西, Fukushima
Kitashiobara, Fukushima
A single bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the paved road.
Inawashiro 字城南, Fukushima
One bear about 1 m long was sighted in a forest in Seki, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa, Yamagata
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Seki, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa, Yamagata
On Thursday, July 2 at approximately 11:25 a.m., near the 98.2-kilometer post on the outbound (up) lanes of the Ban-etsu Expressway in Katada, Inawashiro Town, a driver in his 40s observed a single bear (about 1 m in length) crossing the highway from the north side to the south side (toward the center of the road) while traveling on the outbound Ban-etsu Expressway (toward Iwaki). When the witness’s vehicle approached, the bear left toward the north side of the road.
Inawashiro 大字千代田, Fukushima
On Tuesday, June 30 at about 2:10 p.m., on a municipal road in Miyakita, Iwane, Inawashiro Town, a witness (male in his 60s) was driving west on the road when he saw one bear (about 1.2 m in length) cross the road and walk off into rice paddies to the south.
Inawashiro 大字磐根, Fukushima
On Monday, June 29 at around 11:20 a.m., near 312-1 Maeda Ko, Chiyoda, Inawashiro Town, south of Inawashiro Town Dai-ni Elementary School, a witness (female in her 50s), while on duty on the elementary school premises, sighted one bear (body length unknown) near the south side of the school. The bear later departed to the south.
Inawashiro 大字千代田, Fukushima
It was lumbering along through the field. When it noticed us, it ran toward the road.
Inawashiro 大字千代田, Fukushima
On the Gold Line, a collision traffic accident occurred in which a passenger car in transit struck a bear that ran out from the roadside (approximately 1 meter in body length).
Kitashiobara, Fukushima
A vehicle collided with one bear on the Bandai Mountain Gold Line in Hibara, Kitashiobara Village.
Kitashiobara, Fukushima
One bear was inside a building lot in Dōmachi Minami, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 字並杉西, Fukushima
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Inawashiro 字並杉西, Fukushima
Kitashiobara, Fukushima
In Kaya Nujiriyama Ko, Inawashiro Town, a man on a walk saw one bear cross a town road and leave into a杂木林.
Inawashiro, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Koyasanjujiyama-ko, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro, Fukushima
One bear about 1 m long was sighted in a forest in Seki, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa, Yamagata
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Seki, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa, Yamagata
One bear, about 1 m long, was seen crossing National Route 115 in Tsuchiyu Onsen-machi, Fukushima City.
Fukushima, Fukushima
On June 28 at approximately 4:15 p.m., in the Tsuchiyu Onsen area of Fukushima City on National Route 115, a witness (female in her 50s) observed a single bear (about 1 meter in body length) while passing by in a vehicle.
Fukushima, Fukushima
At around 9:30 a.m. on June 28, a witness (male in his 40s) observed a bear (approximately 1 meter in length) crossing the road on National Route 115 in the Tsuchiyu Onsen area of Fukushima City.
Fukushima, Fukushima
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on National Route 115 in Tsuchiyuonsenmachi, Fukushima City, around 9:30 a.m.
Fukushima, Fukushima
Peak activity at 11:00 with 4 incidents
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In the past 30 days, 21 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 5 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 3 days ago near Inawashiro 字堤東, Fukushima.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 11:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 101 km route runs from Mount Bandai to Mount Adatara, passing through Fukushima and Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 21 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 5 of them. The latest sighting was reported 3 days ago near Inawashiro 字堤東, Fukushima. At this density of recent sightings, be ready to brake at any moment and avoid stopping in flagged stretches.
