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This 559 km route runs from Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park to Owani, passing through Tokyo and Aomori. In the past 30 days, 119 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 11 of them. The latest sighting was reported 7 hours ago near Tsuruoka, Yamagata.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
13 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Tokyo, Aomori.
Haguro government office: Sighted on the road at the entrance near the Gassan 8th Station parking area. Afterwards it entered the woods. / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
Was walking on the sidewalk from the school lunch center toward the Mitsumeno intersection.
Owani Mitsumenai, Aomori
A bear was sighted in Mitsumenaichi, Ōwani Town, Aomori on 2026-08-10 around 09:00.
Owani Mitsumenai, Aomori
Nikkō 所野, Tochigi
At the above date, time and location of discovery, one bear (about 1.5 meters in body length) was seen crossing the road and walking off to the west.
Owani, Aomori
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Iide Kazuma, Yamagata
A single bear (approximately 0.7 meters in body length) was sighted on a municipal road.
Yanaizu Kubota, Fukushima
A witness, while walking a bicycle, observed one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) coming from the forested area at the above sighting location toward the town road.
Aizubange 大字宇内, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Iwase Shitagaruishino, Odate City, Akita Prefecture, around 05:15 on August 5.
Odate, Akita
(From Ōwani Town) There was a sighting that a bear had climbed a cherry tree near Yamaguchi Oil, then climbed down, crossed the embankment and fled upstream.
Owani Nijikai, Aomori
At around 7:00 a.m. on August 4, one bear was seen climbing a cherry tree in Nijigai, Owani Town.
Owani Nijikai, Aomori
One bear was sighted on the road in front of Sakane Store. It left heading southwest. Body length 1.2 m.
Daisen Kyowa-Kotane, Akita
A single cub was sighted in the parking lot on the east side of Akita Prefectural Rehabilitation. It left into the brush. Body length about 60 cm.
Daisen Kyowa-Kamiyodokawa, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Kyowa Kamiyodogawa Botai, Daisen City.
Daisen Kyowa-Kamiyodokawa, Akita
It came out from the mountain onto the highway, was startled by a car, and returned to the mountain. Body length about 60 cm.
Daisen Kitanome, Akita
On 2026-08-01 in the evening, one bear was sighted at a medical institution parking lot in Kyowa Kamiyodogawa, Daisen City.
Daisen Kyowa-Kamiyodokawa, Akita
A bear was sighted in Shizumacho, Sano City.
Sano 閑馬町, Tochigi
Around 8:30 on July 31, a bear was sighted in Chugushi, Nikko City.
Nikkō, Tochigi
Ashikaga 名草上町, Tochigi
Driver sighted one bear (body length 1.0 m) / direction of travel: east / approximately 30 m to the nearest facility
Odate, Akita
A resident spotted one bear on a residential property in Kutsuracho, Nikko City.
Nikkō 久次良町, Tochigi
At around 15:27 on 2026-07-30, a bear was sighted in Iwase Inarisawa, Odate City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Odate, Akita
Nikkō 花石町, Tochigi
A neighborhood resident spotted one bear (body length unknown); direction of travel unknown; about 500 meters south of Municipal Minami Elementary School.
Odate, Akita
One bear was seen moving in Kokubu Uenodai, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Kushoda, Akita
(Posted) Ran through northwest between the hut and the grove
Daisen Kushoda, Akita
One bear was sighted in Honcho, Nikko City.
Nikkō Honmachi, Tochigi
Nikkō 花石町, Tochigi
Driver sighted three bears (sizes unknown; one adult, two cubs) / traveling eastward / approximately 150 m west of the former Hanaoka gymnasium
Odate, Akita
It ran and fled into the depths of the bushes.
Kitakata 山都町小舟寺, Fukushima
Spotted a 1.5 m bear in the east courtyard on the Yufōre premises. One animal — very close to the building.
Akita, Akita
It ran off in the direction of Hirakawa.
Owani Kuradate, Aomori
[Post] A bear cub walking through the rice paddy
Odate Niida, Akita
A bear was spotted moving in Niida Terago, Odate City, Akita.
Odate Niida, Akita
A bear was sighted in Hanaishicho, Nikko City, around 6:15 a.m. on July 28.
Nikkō 花石町, Tochigi
Nikkō 花石町, Tochigi
One bear, about 1.5 meters long, was sighted in Kawabe-San'nai, Akita City, and stayed there for about 10 minutes.
Akita Kawabe-Sannai, Akita
Around 3:15 p.m. on July 28, one bear was spotted moving in Kuradate Kawarada, Owani Town.
Owani Kuradate, Aomori
Nikkō 清滝安良沢町, Tochigi
Nikkō 花石町, Tochigi
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Iide Kazuma, Yamagata
Nikkō 花石町, Tochigi
Around 8:20 PM on July 26, a bear-like animal was sighted in Hirai, Hinode Town, Tokyo.
Tokyo Hirai, Tokyo
Around 2:39 PM on 2026-07-26, a bear was sighted in Takumi-cho, Nikko City.
Nikkō Takumi, Tochigi
One bear was standing at the roadside. It wandered around the area for about a minute, then descended into the grass under the road.
Odate, Akita
On the morning of 2026-07-26, a bear was sighted moving in Omorino, Hanaoka-machi, Odate City.
Odate, Akita
Nikkō Takumi, Tochigi
Kanuma, Tochigi
Nikkō 花石町, Tochigi
Nearby residents sighted two bears (each approximately 0.5 m in body length). Direction of travel: north. Approximately 10 m to the nearest facility.
Odate, Akita
Was crossing the road.
Daisen Kyowa-Funaoka, Akita
Around 14:25 on July 24, a bear was seen moving in Kyowa Funaokazawa, Daisen City.
Daisen Kyowa-Funaoka, Akita
One bear (approximately 0.8 meters in body length) was sighted on the roadway.
Yanaizu Makizawa, Fukushima
Was eating a watermelon.
Owani Hachimandate, Aomori
Around 05:25 on 2026-07-24, a bear was sighted in Kujiracho, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture.
Nikkō 久次良町, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Shimonotake, Hannō City, Saitama Prefecture, on the morning of 2026-07-24.
Hanno 大字下直竹, Saitama
Nikkō 久次良町, Tochigi
Hanno 大字上直竹下分, Saitama
(From Ōwani town post) Ran across and fled through the area near Ameike Community Center (ski resort slope).
Owani Nijikai, Aomori
Witnessed one bear approximately 1.6 meters in length.
Kitaakita Gomihori, Akita
Akiruno Sannai, Tokyo
Around 11:07 on 2026-07-22, one bear was sighted in Hakaishicho, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture.
Nikkō 花石町, Tochigi
A resident discovered crop damage in a field near their home and two different sizes of footprints.
Daisen Nangai-Sotootomo, Akita
Nikkō 花石町, Tochigi
Spotted a bear on the slope east of the expressway. Body length approximately 80 cm.
Daisen Osawagotera, Akita
Sighted a bear on the slope east of the highway. Body length approximately 80 cm.
Daisen Osawagotera, Akita
[Post] Witnessed a parent-and-cub Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma) entering a rice field from the roadside
Ugo, Akita
A bear about 1 m in length was sighted in a field near the village community hall. It then ran off in the direction of Kanayamazawa.
Daisen Kaneyamasawa, Akita
A bear about 1 m long was sighted in a field near the village hall. It then ran off toward the Kanayamasawa direction.
Daisen Kaneyamasawa, Akita
In Sakurakicho, Sano City, a man in his 70s was attacked by a bear while hiking and suffered a facial injury.
Sano 作原町, Tochigi
Around noon on 2026-07-21, a bear was sighted in Karuizawa Sakaisawa, Ugo Town, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Ugo, Akita
Around 10:00 on July 21, a bear was seen moving in Kiharada Kuriisawa, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Kiharada, Akita
[Post]
Yurihonjō, Akita
One bear (just under 1 m in body length) was observed walking from the road in front of Ōwani Town School Lunch Center toward the mountain behind the lunch center.
Owani Nijikai, Aomori
A young bear crossed the road from the rice field toward the mountain.
Daisen Teradate, Akita
I didn’t actually see the bear, but when I went to check during the peach harvest period I found damage from feeding, and discovered a small amount of droppings that appear to be from a bear.
Hirosaki, Aomori
A bear about 1.5 m long was sighted on the rice-field embankment.
Kitaakita Nanukaichi, Akita
Environment: Near houses / Size: Unknown
Nishikawa 大字入間, Yamagata
[Posted]
Odate, Akita
I was walking toward Ōdai when I heard a car and turned around. A bear crossed the tracks and went up toward Kashiwagidai.
Kitaakita Gomihori, Akita
On July 17 around 4:45 PM, a bear was sighted in Gomibori, Kitaakita City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Kitaakita Gomihori, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kawabe Iwami-Kaisenzawaguchi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Posted] In front of the house
Akita, Akita
Spotted one cub on the slope beside the expressway. Body length approximately 50 cm.
Daisen Kyowa-Nakayodokawa, Akita
Post: Footprints were left in the field.
Odate, Akita
One bear approximately 1 meter in body length was sighted near the railroad tracks behind the Ani General Reception Center. It then left heading toward the river.
Kitaakita Ani-Ginzan, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Ani Ginzan Shimon-cho, Kitaakita City.
Kitaakita Ani-Ginzan, Akita
One bear was sighted in Kyowa-Nakadonagawa, Daisen City.
Daisen Kyowa-Nakayodokawa, Akita
A bear about 1.2 m long was walking on the road. When a car approached, it went into the bushes. The location is about 100 m from residences and about 250 m from an elementary/middle school students’ school bus stop.
Daisen Osawagotera, Akita
Around 6:10 on July 16, a bear was seen moving in Osawakyo Terashimakawa, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Osawagotera, Akita
Signs suggesting entry into the shed. Beehives were destroyed.
Odate, Akita
Around 23:50 on July 15, a bear was sighted in Kamikatsuo, Kanuma City.
Kanuma 上粕尾, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Osawanogou Shukudotoyazawa, Daisen City, around 17:40.
Daisen Osawagosyuku, Akita
[Report] While driving, an adult bear was walking alone in the roadside grass.
Daisen Osawagosyuku, Akita
While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted one bear (approximately 0.8 m in body length) crossing the road.
Aizumisato 松沢, Fukushima
One bear, 1 m. Sighted on the road while traveling; it ran to the south into the mountain. 150 m to the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Observed a young Asian black bear (Tsukinowaguma) on a municipal road near the Nawasawa No.2 intake of Akita City Waterworks and Sewage Bureau. When I briefly stopped my car, it ran off into the forest.
Akita, Akita
A single bear about 80 cm in body length crossed the farm road and headed west.
Hirosaki, Aomori
A 50-centimeter-long bear crossing the road was hit by a moving truck. Afterwards, members of the hunter association confirmed the bear was dead.
Kitaakita Komori, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Yakushido Minami Kumazawa, Hirosaki City, Aomori on July 15 around 12:30.
Hirosaki, Aomori
A bear appeared in Komori Yotsuto, Kitaakita City, and collided with a car.
Kitaakita Komori, Akita
hid in the nearby thicket
Minamiaizu, Fukushima
A local resident sighted one bear (body length 0.8 m) / direction of travel: east / 500 m northwest of the nearest settlement
Odate, Akita
[Report] Walked from south to north about 100 meters away from a private house. Believed to be an adult, but body length unknown.
Odate, Akita
A bear was sighted in Hanawaoka-machi Donomeuchi, Odate City, and was seen moving.
Odate, Akita
Nikkō 上鉢石町, Tochigi
Nikkō 湯西川, Tochigi
[Post]
Akita, Akita
It ran off to the left, heading toward the Ani area.
Kitaakita Gomihori, Akita
A bear was sighted in Ani-Maeda, Kitaakita City, and it was observed moving.
Kitaakita, Akita
[Post] A mother bear and cub were trying to cross from the left side of the road, but when a car approached they turned back.
Kitaakita Komata, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Komata-Hanekawadai, Kitaakita City, around 14:50 on July 13.
Kitaakita Komata, Akita
Nikkō 上鉢石町, Tochigi
Ashikaga 西宮町, Tochigi
Around 19:20 on July 12, a bear-like animal was sighted in Kurosawa 3-chome, Ome City.
Ōme Kurosawa, Tokyo
Encountered a bear about 70 centimeters tall on the prefectural road while driving; it climbed up the cliff and ran away.
Nikkō 黒部, Tochigi
A nearby resident sighted one bear (body length about 1.0 m). Direction of travel unknown. Approximately 10 m from the nearest house.
Odate Mochita, Akita
Around 8:20 on 2026-07-12, a bear was sighted in Mochida 2-chome, Odate City, Akita Prefecture.
Odate Mochita, Akita
Nikkō Takumi, Tochigi
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In the past 30 days, 119 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 11 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 7 hours ago near Tsuruoka, Yamagata.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 15:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 559 km route runs from Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park to Owani, passing through Tokyo and Aomori. In the past 30 days, 119 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 11 of them. The latest sighting was reported 7 hours ago near Tsuruoka, Yamagata. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
