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This 47 km route runs from Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art to Yonezawa Castle, passing through Fukushima and Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 60 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 2 of them. The latest sighting was reported 4 days ago near Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
2 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Fukushima, Yamagata.
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Osawa, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Ogoya, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Iizaka-machi Yunosakudō, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
A single bear (about 1.5 meters in body length) was sighted along National Route 399.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
Around 5:00 PM on 2026-07-16, two bears were sighted in Mansekimachi Kariyasu, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Fukushima, Fukushima
Environment: Riverside / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Around 7:30 a.m. on the 15th, one bear about 1 meter long was seen in Sekine district, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Juvenile (young bear)
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Yonezawa Banseicho-Zusayama, Yamagata
Environment: Near dwellings / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
A bear was seen leaving into a forest in Iizakamachi Yuno Matoba, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Shinyu, Yuno, Iizakamachi, Fukushima City around 16:40 on July 11.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
Three bears believed to be a mother and cubs were sighted in the Akakuzure area of Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa, Yamagata
Environment: Riverbanks / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
One bear about 80 cm long was sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
One bear about 80 cm long was sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Around 1:00 PM, one bear about 80 cm long was sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Zusayama, Yamagata
Environment: Agricultural land / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Misawa, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Ogoya, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Ogoya, Yamagata
Around 11:30 on 2026-07-06, one bear about 70 cm long was sighted in a forest in the Misawa area of Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
Around 5:00 on 2026-07-05, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted near Yonezawa Ski Resort in the Bakasecho Kariyasu area of Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
Environment: railway / Size: adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: On the railroad tracks / Size: Adult animal
Yonezawa Itaya, Yamagata
Around 16:40 on 2026-07-04, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Itaya, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Itaya, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Shimonoji Tohara, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Shimonodera, Fukushima
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: Around residential houses / Size: Unknown
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Three bears of unknown size were sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: On the tracks / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata
One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Misawa, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
A cub was sighted on the tracks in Tori-machi 1-chome, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Higashiodori 1-chome, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata
Environment: On the railway tracks / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata
Environment: Near railway tracks / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata
On 2026-07-01 in the morning, one bear cub was sighted in Misawa, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Around 4:00 PM on 2026-06-29, one bear was sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture. The bear was estimated to be about 1 meter long.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Hiranoboshita, Iizaka-machi, Fukushima City, around 6:30 PM on June 28.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
On Sunday, June 28 at around 6:30 p.m., on the north-side walkway of Iizaka Cemetery in Hirano, Iizaka-machi, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his 40s) spotted three bears approaching from the opposite direction while he was walking west. One bear (A) was about 1 m in body length, and the other two (B and C) were about 50 cm each.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
Environment: On the tracks / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Ogoya, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult (full-grown)
Yonezawa Banseicho-Katako, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Takei, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
Around 5:00 PM on 2026-07-16, two bears were sighted in Mansekimachi Kariyasu, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
Environment: Riverside / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Around 7:30 a.m. on the 15th, one bear about 1 meter long was seen in Sekine district, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Yonezawa Hanazawa, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Hanazawa, Yonezawa City, on the morning of 2026-07-14.
Yonezawa Hanazawa, Yamagata
Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Juvenile (young bear)
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Yonezawa Banseicho-Zusayama, Yamagata
Environment: Near dwellings / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Riverbed / Size: Adult and cub
Yonezawa Hosenmachi, Yamagata
Three bears believed to be a mother and cubs were sighted in the Akakuzure area of Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa, Yamagata
Environment: road / Size: adult (fully grown)
Yonezawa Kiwada, Yamagata
A bear was sighted around 18:00 in Takei, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Takei, Yamagata
Environment: forest / Size: adult
Yonezawa Tateishi, Yamagata
Environment: Riverbanks / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
One bear about 80 cm long was sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
One bear about 80 cm long was sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Around 1:00 PM, one bear about 80 cm long was sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Zusayama, Yamagata
Environment: Agricultural land / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Misawa, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Ogoya, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Ogoya, Yamagata
Around 11:30 on 2026-07-06, one bear about 70 cm long was sighted in a forest in the Misawa area of Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
Around 5:00 on 2026-07-05, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted near Yonezawa Ski Resort in the Bakasecho Kariyasu area of Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
Environment: railway / Size: adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: Around residential houses / Size: Unknown
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Three bears of unknown size were sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: On the tracks / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata
One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Misawa, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
A cub was sighted on the tracks in Tori-machi 1-chome, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Higashiodori 1-chome, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata
Environment: On the railway tracks / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata
Environment: Near railway tracks / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata
On 2026-07-01 in the morning, one bear cub was sighted in Misawa, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Minamihara-Yokoborimachi, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Around 4:00 PM on 2026-06-29, one bear was sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture. The bear was estimated to be about 1 meter long.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: On the tracks / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
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In the past 30 days, 60 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 2 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 4 days ago near Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 18:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 47 km route runs from Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art to Yonezawa Castle, passing through Fukushima and Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 60 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 2 of them. The latest sighting was reported 4 days ago near Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
