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This 578 km route runs from Fujinomiya to Gokuraku-ji Temple, passing through Shizuoka, Iwate, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Miyagi, Saitama, Tochigi, Tokyo, and Yamanashi. In the past 30 days, 184 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 17 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Nasu 北沢, Tochigi.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
20 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Shizuoka, Iwate, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Miyagi, Saitama, Tochigi, Tokyo, Yamanashi.
Nasu 北沢, Tochigi
A bear was sighted around 2:00 a.m. in Niji-no-oka 4-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Kamiyagari, Miyagi
Tsuru Ohata, Yamanashi
A security guard sighted a cub about 1 meter long on company premises in Meito 2-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi
Tsuru Ono, Yamanashi
Around 10:15 on 2026-08-05, a bear was sighted in Tomiya Ochiai, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
A man driving in Kamo 1-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City, saw a bear-like black animal.
Sendai Kamiyagari, Miyagi
A sighting of one bear about 1 m long was reported in Semine Shinowaki, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 瀬峰, Miyagi
August 3
Kurihara 築館字左野原, Miyagi
On a municipal road, one bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Motomiya 関下, Fukushima
One bear was sighted near National Route 4 in Yurigakubo, Asakawa, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima, emerging from bushes on the east side of the road.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Asakawa, Fukushima
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on National Route 4.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Asakawa, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Chomeigaoka 1-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Chomeigaoka-higashi, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Kozukehira, Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Shiroishi 越河平, Miyagi
August 2
Shiroishi 越河平, Miyagi
August 2
Osaki 古川鶴ケ埣, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Furukawa-Kamisubai, Osaki City.
Osaki FurukawaKamizone, Miyagi
August 2
Sendai 北中山, Miyagi
August 2
Sendai Chomeigaoka-higashi, Miyagi
Around 7:35 a.m. on August 2, a bear-like animal was sighted in Suehirocho, Yaita City.
Yaita Tomita, Tochigi
There was a sighting report of one bear with the same characteristics in a residential area in Minaminakayama 3-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Sanezawa, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Yoshioka-Higashishibasaki, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi
August 1
Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi
August 1
Taiwa Ochiai-Maino, Miyagi
A man driving a car sighted one bear about 1 meter long crossing Route 3 in Maino 3-chome, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ochiai-Maino, Miyagi
Akiruno Otsu, Tokyo
One bear was sighted crossing Route 3 in Yoshioka, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi
Around noon on August 1, a bear-like animal was sighted in Otsu, Akiruno City.
Akiruno Otsu, Tokyo
A bear was sighted in Kawauchi, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, around 11:35 PM on 2026-07-31.
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
Around 14:04 on 2026-07-31 in Kikutamachi Maedazawa 2-chome, Koriyama City, one bear about 1 m long was seen on the slope of the Tohoku Expressway.
Koriyama 喜久田町早稲原, Fukushima
Koriyama 喜久田町前田沢, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Kitasakurai 30 district, Kitakami City, around 05:25, and was seen moving.
Kitakami Kitaoniyanagi, Iwate
Akiruno Fukasawa, Tokyo
Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi
In Yamato Town, at Miyakodomach倉 on National Route 457, a woman driving a car saw one bear about 70 cm long cross the road.
Taiwa, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Seyako, Esashi-Inase, Osaki City around 8:30 a.m. on July 30.
Ōshū 江刺稲瀬, Iwate
Around 13:20 on 2026-07-30, one bear was sighted in Tomiya Karatakezawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
Around 1:00 PM on July 30, one bear was sighted moving in Tachibana 24-chiwari, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.
Kitakami Tachibana, Iwate
Tsuru Asahisoshi, Yamanashi
Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi
At around 7:00 PM on July 29, one bear was sighted in Keshozaka, Isawa Minami-Toda, Oshu City.
Ōshū, Iwate
One bear was sighted in Mizusawa-Sakura River Miyanochi, Ōshū City.
Ōshū, Iwate
Uenohara Akiyama, Yamanashi
July 28
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
July 28
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tsukidate Shimmiyano Uronosawa, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 築館字下宮野, Miyagi
July 28
Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi
A bear was sighted around 8:10 a.m. on July 28 in Yoshida Higashi Gofukuin, Yamato Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi
Otsuki Hatsukarimachi-Shimohatsukari, Yamanashi
July 27
Sendai Sanezawa, Miyagi
July 27
Sendai Sanezawa, Miyagi
July 27
Shikama 一の関, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Takamori 3-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi
Around 8:20 PM on July 26, a bear-like animal was sighted in Hirai, Hinode Town, Tokyo.
Tokyo Hirai, Tokyo
July 26
Sendai 寺岡, Miyagi
Around 7:45 AM on July 26, a bear was sighted in Furukawa-Shimizu, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi
Around 5:00 PM on July 26, a bear was sighted in Togatakezawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
Around 11:10 on July 25, a bear was sighted in Kami-Kanari 23-ku, Kitakami City, Iwate.
Kitakami Kamioniyanagi, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Tsukidate Shimo-Miyano Yatsumatazawa, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 築館, Miyagi
July 25
Kurihara 築館, Miyagi
One bear was captured in Haramachi, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
July 25
Shiroishi 越河平, Miyagi
Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Iwadono, Yamanashi
July 24
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
Around 00:40 on 2026-07-24, a driver saw one bear, about 1 meter long, on a city road in Komatsushima Shिंtei, Aoba Ward, Sendai. The bear crossed the road heading north and left the area.
Sendai Komatsu-Shintsutsumi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tomiya Ochiai, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
In the woodland, one bear (body length approximately 1.2 meters) was sighted.
Shirakawa 大信豊地, Fukushima
A bear about 1.2 m long was sighted in the forest at Daishin Toyochi, Shirakawa City.
Shirakawa 大信豊地, Fukushima
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Haramachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai, and captured on a camera installed on the riverbank.
Sendai Okaji, Miyagi
Observed one adult bear near the retention basin.
Ōshū 江刺岩谷堂, Iwate
July 23
Osaki 三本木新沼, Miyagi
July 23
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
July 23
Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi
July 23
Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi
Witnessed one adult bear moving from paddy fields on the south side of Prefectural Route Kinugawa-Maesawa Line toward the Shiratori River.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
A single juvenile bear was sighted near the foot of the bridge. It climbed up the slope and headed west.
Ōshū 江刺岩谷堂, Iwate
July 23
Ohira 中央平, Miyagi
July 23
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Miyakodo Yotsutsuji in Taiwa Town around 5:30 a.m.
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 23
Osaki, Miyagi
A driver saw what appeared to be a bear about 1 meter long crossing a city road in Haramachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Okaji, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Maesawa Ryoutesawa, Oshu City, and was seen moving.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Esashi Iwayado Tateshita, Oshu City.
Ōshū 江刺岩谷堂, Iwate
Around 3:20 PM on 2026-07-23, a bear was sighted in Takayashiki, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
A driver sighted one bear about 1 m long crossing the road on the Sendai-Sambongi Line in Imaizumi Miyamae, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 今泉, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Imaizumi Hachimanshita, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture, at around 21:08 on July 22.
Tomiya 今泉, Miyagi
July 22
Tomiya 今泉, Miyagi
Akiruno Sannai, Tokyo
July 21
Shiroishi 福岡長袋, Miyagi
July 21
Ohira 奥田, Miyagi
July 21
Kurihara 瀬峰, Miyagi
July 21
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
Around 9:40 on July 21, a bear was sighted in Takayashiki, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
Sighted one young bear on the roadway.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
July 21
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tomiya Futsusho, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
July 21
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Takashimizu Miyawaki, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Semine Terasawa, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 瀬峰, Miyagi
Tsuru Shishidome, Yamanashi
It is believed to have been digging a hole in the mountains.
Tsuru, Yamanashi
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on a residential property but left for the forest.
Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima
On the morning of 2026-07-20, a bear was seen moving in Arai Hayama, Motomiya City, Fukushima.
Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima
A mother bear and two cubs were sighted near a community center in Asari, Nigoka-cho, Otsuki City.
Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Asari, Yamanashi
Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Asari, Yamanashi
A bear was sighted in Takashimizu Kumano, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
I was walking from Iwadono Mountain toward Chigo-Otoshi. Just as I was about to reach Chigo-Otoshi, I encountered a bear cub.
Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Yurigaoka, Yamanashi
July 19
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Morinohashi 2-chome, Tomiya City, around 11:13 on July 19.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
July 19
Kurihara 高清水, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Shigenokamachi Kozuse, Otsuki City.
Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Yurigaoka, Yamanashi
July 18
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
July 18
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
A single adult was observed crossing the road westward near the road on the west side of the facility.
Ōshū 江刺岩谷堂, Iwate
July 18
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
July 18
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Ichinoseki-nezumiyama, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Matsuzakadaira, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ryutsudaira, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi
One bear, about 1 m long, was sighted on a road in Matsuzakahira 2-chome, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi
July 17
Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi
July 17
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
One bear, about 1.5 m long, was sighted on a road in Tomiya Negisizawa, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
July 17
Tomiya あけの平, Miyagi
One bear, about 70 cm long, was sighted on a road in Tomiya Ogochi, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the roadway.
Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Arai Hayama, Motomiya City, Fukushima, around 4:30 PM on July 17, 2026.
Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima
bear cub
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
July 17
Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Yoshidanishikaze, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Fukuoka Kuramoto Chazono in Shiroishi City.
Shiroishi 福岡長袋, Miyagi
July 17
Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Miyadoko Yotsuji, Yamato Town, Miyagi.
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
An adult (bear) was sighted near Ite police box.
Ōshū Mizusawa-Miyashitacho, Iwate
July 16
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
July 16
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 16
Taiwa Technohills, Miyagi
One bear was sighted on a slope in Kokudasetonosawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya あけの平, Miyagi
July 15
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 15
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 15
Taiwa 杜の丘, Miyagi
July 15
Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi
July 15
Ohira 中央平, Miyagi
July 15
Taiwa Technohills, Miyagi
Observed one bear moving south.
Hiraizumi, Iwate
July 15
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
A bear was seen moving in Isawa Koyama Hachimando, Oshu City.
Ōshū, Iwate
One bear was sighted moving south on the road running north–south in front of a residence.
Ōshū 水沢, Iwate
July 14
Shikama, Miyagi
Spotted one cub in a rice paddy.
Kanegasaki, Iwate
July 14
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
Bear sighting reported at Kamiyakari Kumanoshitashita, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Nomura, Miyagi
July 14
Sendai Nomura, Miyagi
Around 05:40 on 2026-07-14, a bear was sighted in Sannbongi Sakamoto Terashima, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Nakanoyachi, Isawa-Koyama, Oshu City, Iwate on 2026-07-14 around 16:10.
Ōshū, Iwate
Witnessed one young bear enter the brush from a municipal road.
Ōshū 衣川日向, Iwate
July 13
Kurihara 高清水, Miyagi
One bear was sighted moving in Shimonikuriyu 4-chome, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Shimooniyanagi, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Maesawa Hinorematsu, Oshu City.
Ōshū, Iwate
Around 8:30 a.m. on July 13, a bear was sighted in Aisukechō, Kitakami City, Iwate, and was seen moving.
Kitakami Aisaricho, Iwate
A bear sighting was reported in Miyakoji Shimoshoji, Taiwa Town, around 05:50.
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 13
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Osaki City, Isawa Koyama Uraura.
Ōshū, Iwate
Around 19:20 on July 12, a bear-like animal was sighted in Kurosawa 3-chome, Ome City.
Ōme Kurosawa, Tokyo
A moving bear was sighted in Tachibana 15-chome, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Tachibana, Iwate
July 12
Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi
A woman walking her dog spotted one bear about 1 meter long at Shiroishi River Kiridoshi Park in Fukukakuramoto Iwanoue, Shiroishi City.
Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi
Around 6:00 a.m. in Nakano-me, Nihonmatsu City, one bear about 1.5 m long was sighted crossing a field.
Nihonmatsu 中ノ目, Fukushima
July 11
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted along the Umeda River in Haramachi 3-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
A bear was seen leaving into a forest in Iizakamachi Yuno Matoba, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima
July 11
Kurihara, Miyagi
Black bear, 1m20 long and 0,7m high. Saw during a hiking from Mitsutogeyama to Kawaguchi Asama Shrine. 20-30 before the haha waterfall.
Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
July 11
Taiwa, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tsukidate Ota Yamazukazawa, Kurihara City.
Kurihara, Miyagi
July 10
Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi
Tsuru Shimoya, Yamanashi
July 10
Taiwa, Miyagi
Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi
July 10
Ohira 大森, Miyagi
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In the past 30 days, 184 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 17 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Nasu 北沢, Tochigi.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 17:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 578 km route runs from Fujinomiya to Gokuraku-ji Temple, passing through Shizuoka, Iwate, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Miyagi, Saitama, Tochigi, Tokyo, and Yamanashi. In the past 30 days, 184 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 17 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Nasu 北沢, Tochigi. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
