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This 643 km route runs from Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park to Mount Takao, passing through Tokyo and Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 133 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 16 of them. The latest sighting was reported 15 hours ago near Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata.
This is an active bear corridor. Reroute or postpone until activity quiets.
12 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Tokyo, Yamagata.
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Misawa, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
A bear about 70 cm long was sighted in Oogoya, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa, Yamagata
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Seki, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa, 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
One bear was sighted in Aono, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Aono, 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
On Friday, July 3 at around 5:25 p.m., on National Route 49 within Ukiribajichi, Ogasawara, Inawashiro Town, a witness (male in his 60s) saw a bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road from north to south while he was driving eastbound on Route 49. The bear then left into the brush to the south.
Inawashiro 大字翁沢, Fukushima
Nasushiobara, Tochigi
Environment: Around residential houses / Size: Unknown
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Three bears of unknown size were sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Misawa, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, 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
A bear was sighted in Kawanohigashi-machi Hatta Onohara, Aizuwakamatsu City, around 4:00 AM on July 1.
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
On July 1 (Wednesday) at around 4:00 a.m., in Oohara, Hatta, Kawatō-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male, in his 60s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in a buckwheat field while driving. The subsequent movements of the bear are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
Nasushiobara, Tochigi
On 2026-07-01 in the morning, one bear cub was sighted in Misawa, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
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
Moved westward from the sighting location / Environment: farmland / Size: adult
Kaminoyama 上生居, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in farmland in Kamiine, Kaminoyama City.
Kaminoyama 上生居, Yamagata
Early on the morning of the 30th, a man in his 70s was attacked by a bear at a house in Nakashiobara, Nasushiobara City, and suffered serious facial injuries.
Nasushiobara 中塩原, Tochigi
Nasushiobara 塩原, Tochigi
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
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
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 Tosaka, Yamagata City, around 08:30 on June 29.
Yamagata Tsuchizaka, Yamagata
A bear about 1 m in length was observed crossing the road from north to south. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Nakasakurada, Yamagata
A bear-like animal of unknown body length was sighted near the gazebo on Kumomi Hill. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: Yuso Hill / Size: Unknown
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
On 2026-06-27 in the afternoon, a bear was sighted in Maki-cho, Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture.
Sano 牧町, Tochigi
Sano 柿平町, Tochigi
A bear-like animal was sighted at Yuso-no-oka park in Kamisakurada, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Zaou Ueno, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Zao-Uwano, Yamagata
Sighted a bear in the brushwood about 100 m east of the Basho Memorial Temple. Body length approximately 1 m. / Size: adult
Yamagata Yamadera, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Haraguchi, Kaminoyama City.
Kaminoyama 原口, Yamagata
While driving toward Yamagata city, I observed one bear crossing the road eastward (toward the mountains). Estimated body length about 1 m. / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Nakasakurada, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Kaminoyama 原口, Yamagata
Around 12:40 on 2026-06-25, one bear was sighted in Haraguchi, Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Kaminoyama 原口, Yamagata
Environment: Around residential area / Size: Unknown
Takahata 大字金原, Yamagata
Around 6:30 on 2026-06-24, a bear was sighted in Shimo-Higashiyama, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yamagata Shimo-Higashiyama, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Rizan, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa, Yamagata
At around 4:25 on 2026-06-24, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted in farmland in Tonara-cho, Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture.
Sano 戸奈良町, Tochigi
At around 22:55 on 2026-06-23, an animal resembling a bear, about 1 meter long, was sighted in Azu, Hanno City, Saitama Prefecture. No one was injured.
Hanno Oaza Azu, Saitama
On Tuesday, June 23 at around 6:45 p.m., in Aza Kaidohigashi, Akaimachi, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male in his 50s) driving a vehicle spotted one bear (about 1 meter in body length) crossing the road. The bear left toward the forested area to the east, and its subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Kyowa, Fukushima
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Tendo 大字山元, Yamagata
Observed an adult bear moving in a mixed broadleaf grove. / Environment: mixed broadleaf grove / Size: adult
Yamagata Minamihango, Yamagata
One bear sighted while walking / Environment: forest / Size: adult
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
One bear was sighted on the north side of Yuso no Oka in Kamisakurada, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in a wooded area in Zao Hango, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Higashihango, Yamagata
Nasushiobara 中塩原, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Mitsuya, Inawashiro Town, Fukushima.
Inawashiro 字三ツ屋, Fukushima
A bear was sighted crossing through a field in Minato-machi Oaza Hirakata, Aizuwakamatsu City, while the witness was driving by.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hirakata, Fukushima
At around 10:40 a.m. on Saturday, June 20, a witness (female in her 60s) traveling by car in Hiragata area, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) crossing through a field. The witness continued driving and did not follow, so the bear’s subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hirakata, Fukushima
One bear was seen leaving the roadside for the mountains in Hayama, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 字葉山, Fukushima
On Saturday, June 20 at approximately 6:40 a.m., in the Hayama area of Inawashiro Town, beside a municipal road, a witness (male in his 60s) traveling eastbound by vehicle on the road observed one bear (approximately 80 cm in body length) on the left roadside walking off into the northern woodland.
Inawashiro 字大沢, Fukushima
Around 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 20, in Akai, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male, in his 70s) was checking an electric fence being installed near a rice paddy when he spotted two bears (each about 1 meter in body length) climbing trees in the woodland to the south of the rice paddy. The two bears later moved deeper into the mountains.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Akai, Fukushima
Two bears were sighted climbing a tree in a mountain forest south of a paddy field in Minato-machi Oaza Akai, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Akai, Fukushima
June 19, 2026
Shichikashuku 字三十刈道下, Miyagi
Environment: Roadside slope / Size: Unknown
Yamagata Hachimori, Yamagata
June 19
Shichikashuku 字西干蒲, Miyagi
On Friday, June 19 at approximately 6:20 AM, in the Tsuchiyuzawa mountain area of Inawashiro Town on National Route 459, a witness traveling north on Route 459 in a vehicle observed one bear (about 50 cm in body length) crossing the road from east to west. Afterwards, the bear left and went into the forested area to the west.
Inawashiro 字上川上, Fukushima
In Inawashiro Town's Tsuchiyuzawa-yama, around 06:20, one bear measuring 0.5 m was crossing Route 459.
Inawashiro 字土湯沢山, Fukushima
June 19, 2026
Shichikashuku 字三十刈道下, Miyagi
On Thursday, June 18 at around 5:30 p.m., a bear about 1 meter long was sighted on the grounds of a resident’s home in Higashinakamura, Nagata, Inawashiro Town. The resident had been tending flowers in the garden when they spotted the bear on their property. The bear subsequently left, heading into the woods to the east.
Inawashiro 字堤西, Fukushima
Environment: Around residential area / Size: Adult
Takahata 大字金原, Yamagata
Around 11:20 on 2026-06-18, one bear was sighted in Hibara, Kitashiobara Village, Fukushima Prefecture.
Kitashiobara 大字桧原, Fukushima
On Thursday, June 18, at around 11:20 a.m., near Nakatsugawa Bridge in the Nakatsugawa Gorge on the Bandai-Azuma Lake Line (major prefectural road connecting Fukushima and Azuma, commonly called Bandai-Azuma Lake Line) in Wakamiyaza Azumayama Ko, Inawashiro Town, a witness (woman in her 50s) traveling eastbound by vehicle on the main road sighted a bear (approximately 70 cm in body length) crossing the road from north to south. The bear left on foot into the mountain forest south of the road.
Kitashiobara, Fukushima
One bear (about 0.7 m long) was near the Nakatsugawa Gorge on the Bandai-Azuma Lake Line in Kitashiobara Village.
Kitashiobara, Fukushima
On Thursday, June 18 at approximately 9:55 a.m., in the Takasaka area of Hara, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male in his 30s) saw one bear (about 1 m in body length) in a rice field while driving. The bear’s movements after the sighting are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hara, Fukushima
Spotted one bear on the roadway while walking / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Iwanami, Yamagata
One large adult bear crossing the road heading uphill
Bandai, Fukushima
A single approximately 1.2 m bear crossed the parking lot heading west and entered the brush. / Environment: parking lot / Size: adult
Yamagata Kurosawa, Yamagata
On Tuesday, June 16 at approximately 7:10 p.m., in a field in Hiragata, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City (about 1 km north of Kuromori Tunnel), a witness (female, teenager) while driving a vehicle sighted one bear (body length 1 m) in a field on the east side of National Route 294. The bear’s subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hara, Fukushima
Environment: Farmland / Size: Appears to be a cub
Tendo 大字奈良沢, Yamagata
On Tuesday, June 16 at around 11:20 a.m., on Route 289 in the Inhira area of Minamikurazawa, Shimogō, a witness (male in his 50s) reported that while driving from Shimogō toward Nishigō Village, he saw a bear (about 1 m in length) emerge from the mountains on the left side of the road. The bear noticed the car and returned into the mountains.
Shimogo 大字大松川, Fukushima
Sighted a bear approximately 1 m in body length on the road / Environment: roadway / Size: adult
Yamagata Minamihango, Yamagata
One bear was sighted on a road in Zao-Hangou, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Higashihango, Yamagata
Moved along a small path beside a house near the intersection of National Route 13 bypass and the old road in the Kanze (Kambe?) area of Kaminoyama City toward the National Route 13 bypass. / Environment: near residences / Size: adult
Kaminoyama 東金瓶, Yamagata
A bear was seen moving from a path beside a residence toward National Route 13 in Kanakame, Kaminoyama City.
Kaminoyama 金瓶, Yamagata
One bear was in a field near National Route 294 in Minato-machi Oaza Hirakata, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hirakata, Fukushima
In Higashiyama-machi Oaza Yumoto, Aizuwakamatsu City, one bear about 1.5 m long crossed the road.
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
One bear was sighted on a road in Zao-Hangou, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Higashihango, Yamagata
Spotted a bear approximately 1 meter in body length on the road / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Minamihango, Yamagata
A bear about 1 m in body length was seen moving east along a forest road. It was not located afterward. / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
A bear about 1 m in body length was sighted moving south along the trail. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: forest / Size: adult
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult (mature)
Takahata 大字安久津, Yamagata
Nasushiobara 中塩原, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Naka-Shiobara, Nasushiobara City, Tochigi, around 15:30 on June 15.
Nasushiobara 中塩原, Tochigi
Spotted a bear about 1 m in length on farmland / Environment: farmland / Size: adult
Yamagata Komoishi, Yamagata
An animal resembling a bear was sighted in farmland in the Shimo-Higashiyama area of Yamagata City.
Yamagata Shimo-Higashiyama, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Takahata 大字金原, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Takahata 大字下和田, Yamagata
While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted one bear (approximately 0.5 m in body length) crossing the road.
Inawashiro 大字磐根, Fukushima
Moved from the northern mountain, crossed farmland, and entered the southern mountain / Environment: farmland / Size: adult
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
While riding a bicycle, the observer sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) walking toward them across the road.
Inawashiro 字堤東, Fukushima
On Friday, June 12 at around 5:00 p.m., on a municipal road in Kaminouchi, Iwanosato, Inawashiro Town, an eyewitness (female in her 80s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in length) crossing the municipal road from west to east while she was driving.
Inawashiro 字五十軒道南, Fukushima
While riding in a vehicle, the observer sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) crossing the road.
Inawashiro 字堤東, Fukushima
A bear about 50 cm to 1 m entered the mountains southeast from the parking lot. / Environment: Near houses / Size: Unknown
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
Habitat: forest / Size: adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
While driving a vehicle, the witness observed one bear (body length approx. 1 m) crossing the town road from east to west and then leaving into the woods on the west side.
Inawashiro 字平次郎沢山, Fukushima
On Friday, June 12 at approximately 7:50 a.m., in Inawashiro Town, Gorinbara area, on a municipal road, a witness driving south along the road observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road from east to west and leaving into the forest.
Inawashiro 字五輪原, Fukushima
One bear was sighted crossing a town road and leaving into the forest in Gorinbara, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 字五輪原, Fukushima
Nikkō 鬼怒川温泉滝, Tochigi
Around 4:00 PM today, one bear about 1 meter long was spotted in Kariyasu, Bansho-machi, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Iwanami, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Iwanami, Yamagata
Nasushiobara 塩原, Tochigi
Sano 会沢町, Tochigi
At around 10:30 on June 12, a bear was sighted in Aizawa-cho, Sano City.
Sano 会沢町, Tochigi
One bear was sighted in a parking lot in Hirashimizu, Yamagata City, around 3:50 PM.
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
While driving a vehicle, observed one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in a field.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hirakata, Fukushima
On Thursday, June 11 at approximately 12:15 PM, in a field in Hiragata, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City (about 1 km north of Kuromori Tunnel), a witness (male, in his 50s) observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) in a field east of National Route 294 while driving. The bear's subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hara, Fukushima
A bear about 1 m long was sighted in a field along Route 294 in Minatomachi Oaza Hirata, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hirakata, Fukushima
A bear-like animal was sighted in Shimbori, Hidaka City, and a black shadow appeared on the reporter's car dashcam.
Hidaka 新堀, Saitama
On Wednesday, June 10 at approximately 7:05 p.m., in the Hayama area of Inawashiro Town on a municipal road, a witness (male in his 50s) driving a vehicle saw one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road from south to north.
Inawashiro 字高塚山, Fukushima
While driving a vehicle, the witness observed one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) crossing the road.
Inawashiro 字平次郎沢山, Fukushima
One bear crossed a town road in Hayama, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 字葉山, Fukushima
Observed one bear-like animal in the roadside drainage ditch. It ran east. / Environment: road / Size: unknown
Yamagata Jumonji, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Takahata, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Banseicho-Ushimori, Yamagata
Fled toward the northeast / Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Kaminoyama 須田板, Yamagata
A bear about 1 m in length was sighted in a grove of mixed trees. / Environment: mixed woodland / Size: adult
Yamagata Matsubara, Yamagata
Nasushiobara, Tochigi
Nasushiobara, Tochigi
Nasushiobara, Tochigi
One bear, about 1.2 meters long, was sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult (fully grown)
Takahata 大字金原, Yamagata
Nasushiobara, Tochigi
Around noon on 2026-06-09, one bear was seen on a road in Kinpara, Takahata Town, Yamagata Prefecture.
Takahata 大字金原, Yamagata
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Misawa, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
A bear about 70 cm long was sighted in Oogoya, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa, Yamagata
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Seki, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa, 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
One bear was sighted in Aono, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Aono, 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
On Friday, July 3 at around 5:25 p.m., on National Route 49 within Ukiribajichi, Ogasawara, Inawashiro Town, a witness (male in his 60s) saw a bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road from north to south while he was driving eastbound on Route 49. The bear then left into the brush to the south.
Inawashiro 大字翁沢, Fukushima
Nasushiobara, Tochigi
Environment: Around residential houses / Size: Unknown
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Three bears of unknown size were sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Misawa, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, 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
A bear was sighted in Kawanohigashi-machi Hatta Onohara, Aizuwakamatsu City, around 4:00 AM on July 1.
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
On July 1 (Wednesday) at around 4:00 a.m., in Oohara, Hatta, Kawatō-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male, in his 60s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in a buckwheat field while driving. The subsequent movements of the bear are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
Nasushiobara, Tochigi
On 2026-07-01 in the morning, one bear cub was sighted in Misawa, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
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
Moved westward from the sighting location / Environment: farmland / Size: adult
Kaminoyama 上生居, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in farmland in Kamiine, Kaminoyama City.
Kaminoyama 上生居, Yamagata
Early on the morning of the 30th, a man in his 70s was attacked by a bear at a house in Nakashiobara, Nasushiobara City, and suffered serious facial injuries.
Nasushiobara 中塩原, Tochigi
Nasushiobara 塩原, Tochigi
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
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
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 Tosaka, Yamagata City, around 08:30 on June 29.
Yamagata Tsuchizaka, Yamagata
A bear about 1 m in length was observed crossing the road from north to south. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Nakasakurada, Yamagata
A bear-like animal of unknown body length was sighted near the gazebo on Kumomi Hill. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: Yuso Hill / Size: Unknown
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
On 2026-06-27 in the afternoon, a bear was sighted in Maki-cho, Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture.
Sano 牧町, Tochigi
Sano 柿平町, Tochigi
A bear-like animal was sighted at Yuso-no-oka park in Kamisakurada, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Zaou Ueno, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Zao-Uwano, Yamagata
Sighted a bear in the brushwood about 100 m east of the Basho Memorial Temple. Body length approximately 1 m. / Size: adult
Yamagata Yamadera, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Haraguchi, Kaminoyama City.
Kaminoyama 原口, Yamagata
While driving toward Yamagata city, I observed one bear crossing the road eastward (toward the mountains). Estimated body length about 1 m. / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Nakasakurada, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Kaminoyama 原口, Yamagata
Around 12:40 on 2026-06-25, one bear was sighted in Haraguchi, Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Kaminoyama 原口, Yamagata
Environment: Around residential area / Size: Unknown
Takahata 大字金原, Yamagata
Around 6:30 on 2026-06-24, a bear was sighted in Shimo-Higashiyama, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yamagata Shimo-Higashiyama, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Rizan, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa, Yamagata
At around 4:25 on 2026-06-24, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted in farmland in Tonara-cho, Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture.
Sano 戸奈良町, Tochigi
At around 22:55 on 2026-06-23, an animal resembling a bear, about 1 meter long, was sighted in Azu, Hanno City, Saitama Prefecture. No one was injured.
Hanno Oaza Azu, Saitama
On Tuesday, June 23 at around 6:45 p.m., in Aza Kaidohigashi, Akaimachi, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male in his 50s) driving a vehicle spotted one bear (about 1 meter in body length) crossing the road. The bear left toward the forested area to the east, and its subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Kyowa, Fukushima
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Tendo 大字山元, Yamagata
Observed an adult bear moving in a mixed broadleaf grove. / Environment: mixed broadleaf grove / Size: adult
Yamagata Minamihango, Yamagata
One bear sighted while walking / Environment: forest / Size: adult
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
One bear was sighted on the north side of Yuso no Oka in Kamisakurada, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in a wooded area in Zao Hango, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Higashihango, Yamagata
Nasushiobara 中塩原, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Mitsuya, Inawashiro Town, Fukushima.
Inawashiro 字三ツ屋, Fukushima
A bear was sighted crossing through a field in Minato-machi Oaza Hirakata, Aizuwakamatsu City, while the witness was driving by.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hirakata, Fukushima
At around 10:40 a.m. on Saturday, June 20, a witness (female in her 60s) traveling by car in Hiragata area, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) crossing through a field. The witness continued driving and did not follow, so the bear’s subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hirakata, Fukushima
One bear was seen leaving the roadside for the mountains in Hayama, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 字葉山, Fukushima
On Saturday, June 20 at approximately 6:40 a.m., in the Hayama area of Inawashiro Town, beside a municipal road, a witness (male in his 60s) traveling eastbound by vehicle on the road observed one bear (approximately 80 cm in body length) on the left roadside walking off into the northern woodland.
Inawashiro 字大沢, Fukushima
Around 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 20, in Akai, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male, in his 70s) was checking an electric fence being installed near a rice paddy when he spotted two bears (each about 1 meter in body length) climbing trees in the woodland to the south of the rice paddy. The two bears later moved deeper into the mountains.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Akai, Fukushima
Two bears were sighted climbing a tree in a mountain forest south of a paddy field in Minato-machi Oaza Akai, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Akai, Fukushima
June 19, 2026
Shichikashuku 字三十刈道下, Miyagi
Environment: Roadside slope / Size: Unknown
Yamagata Hachimori, Yamagata
June 19
Shichikashuku 字西干蒲, Miyagi
On Friday, June 19 at approximately 6:20 AM, in the Tsuchiyuzawa mountain area of Inawashiro Town on National Route 459, a witness traveling north on Route 459 in a vehicle observed one bear (about 50 cm in body length) crossing the road from east to west. Afterwards, the bear left and went into the forested area to the west.
Inawashiro 字上川上, Fukushima
In Inawashiro Town's Tsuchiyuzawa-yama, around 06:20, one bear measuring 0.5 m was crossing Route 459.
Inawashiro 字土湯沢山, Fukushima
June 19, 2026
Shichikashuku 字三十刈道下, Miyagi
On Thursday, June 18 at around 5:30 p.m., a bear about 1 meter long was sighted on the grounds of a resident’s home in Higashinakamura, Nagata, Inawashiro Town. The resident had been tending flowers in the garden when they spotted the bear on their property. The bear subsequently left, heading into the woods to the east.
Inawashiro 字堤西, Fukushima
Environment: Around residential area / Size: Adult
Takahata 大字金原, Yamagata
Around 11:20 on 2026-06-18, one bear was sighted in Hibara, Kitashiobara Village, Fukushima Prefecture.
Kitashiobara 大字桧原, Fukushima
On Thursday, June 18, at around 11:20 a.m., near Nakatsugawa Bridge in the Nakatsugawa Gorge on the Bandai-Azuma Lake Line (major prefectural road connecting Fukushima and Azuma, commonly called Bandai-Azuma Lake Line) in Wakamiyaza Azumayama Ko, Inawashiro Town, a witness (woman in her 50s) traveling eastbound by vehicle on the main road sighted a bear (approximately 70 cm in body length) crossing the road from north to south. The bear left on foot into the mountain forest south of the road.
Kitashiobara, Fukushima
One bear (about 0.7 m long) was near the Nakatsugawa Gorge on the Bandai-Azuma Lake Line in Kitashiobara Village.
Kitashiobara, Fukushima
On Thursday, June 18 at approximately 9:55 a.m., in the Takasaka area of Hara, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male in his 30s) saw one bear (about 1 m in body length) in a rice field while driving. The bear’s movements after the sighting are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hara, Fukushima
Spotted one bear on the roadway while walking / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Iwanami, Yamagata
One large adult bear crossing the road heading uphill
Bandai, Fukushima
A single approximately 1.2 m bear crossed the parking lot heading west and entered the brush. / Environment: parking lot / Size: adult
Yamagata Kurosawa, Yamagata
On Tuesday, June 16 at approximately 7:10 p.m., in a field in Hiragata, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City (about 1 km north of Kuromori Tunnel), a witness (female, teenager) while driving a vehicle sighted one bear (body length 1 m) in a field on the east side of National Route 294. The bear’s subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hara, Fukushima
Environment: Farmland / Size: Appears to be a cub
Tendo 大字奈良沢, Yamagata
On Tuesday, June 16 at around 11:20 a.m., on Route 289 in the Inhira area of Minamikurazawa, Shimogō, a witness (male in his 50s) reported that while driving from Shimogō toward Nishigō Village, he saw a bear (about 1 m in length) emerge from the mountains on the left side of the road. The bear noticed the car and returned into the mountains.
Shimogo 大字大松川, Fukushima
Sighted a bear approximately 1 m in body length on the road / Environment: roadway / Size: adult
Yamagata Minamihango, Yamagata
One bear was sighted on a road in Zao-Hangou, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Higashihango, Yamagata
Moved along a small path beside a house near the intersection of National Route 13 bypass and the old road in the Kanze (Kambe?) area of Kaminoyama City toward the National Route 13 bypass. / Environment: near residences / Size: adult
Kaminoyama 東金瓶, Yamagata
A bear was seen moving from a path beside a residence toward National Route 13 in Kanakame, Kaminoyama City.
Kaminoyama 金瓶, Yamagata
One bear was in a field near National Route 294 in Minato-machi Oaza Hirakata, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hirakata, Fukushima
In Higashiyama-machi Oaza Yumoto, Aizuwakamatsu City, one bear about 1.5 m long crossed the road.
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
One bear was sighted on a road in Zao-Hangou, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Higashihango, Yamagata
Spotted a bear approximately 1 meter in body length on the road / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Minamihango, Yamagata
A bear about 1 m in body length was seen moving east along a forest road. It was not located afterward. / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
A bear about 1 m in body length was sighted moving south along the trail. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: forest / Size: adult
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult (mature)
Takahata 大字安久津, Yamagata
Nasushiobara 中塩原, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Naka-Shiobara, Nasushiobara City, Tochigi, around 15:30 on June 15.
Nasushiobara 中塩原, Tochigi
Spotted a bear about 1 m in length on farmland / Environment: farmland / Size: adult
Yamagata Komoishi, Yamagata
An animal resembling a bear was sighted in farmland in the Shimo-Higashiyama area of Yamagata City.
Yamagata Shimo-Higashiyama, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Takahata 大字金原, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Takahata 大字下和田, Yamagata
While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted one bear (approximately 0.5 m in body length) crossing the road.
Inawashiro 大字磐根, Fukushima
Moved from the northern mountain, crossed farmland, and entered the southern mountain / Environment: farmland / Size: adult
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
While riding a bicycle, the observer sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) walking toward them across the road.
Inawashiro 字堤東, Fukushima
On Friday, June 12 at around 5:00 p.m., on a municipal road in Kaminouchi, Iwanosato, Inawashiro Town, an eyewitness (female in her 80s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in length) crossing the municipal road from west to east while she was driving.
Inawashiro 字五十軒道南, Fukushima
While riding in a vehicle, the observer sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) crossing the road.
Inawashiro 字堤東, Fukushima
A bear about 50 cm to 1 m entered the mountains southeast from the parking lot. / Environment: Near houses / Size: Unknown
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
Habitat: forest / Size: adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
While driving a vehicle, the witness observed one bear (body length approx. 1 m) crossing the town road from east to west and then leaving into the woods on the west side.
Inawashiro 字平次郎沢山, Fukushima
On Friday, June 12 at approximately 7:50 a.m., in Inawashiro Town, Gorinbara area, on a municipal road, a witness driving south along the road observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road from east to west and leaving into the forest.
Inawashiro 字五輪原, Fukushima
One bear was sighted crossing a town road and leaving into the forest in Gorinbara, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 字五輪原, Fukushima
Nikkō 鬼怒川温泉滝, Tochigi
Around 4:00 PM today, one bear about 1 meter long was spotted in Kariyasu, Bansho-machi, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Iwanami, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Iwanami, Yamagata
Nasushiobara 塩原, Tochigi
Sano 会沢町, Tochigi
At around 10:30 on June 12, a bear was sighted in Aizawa-cho, Sano City.
Sano 会沢町, Tochigi
One bear was sighted in a parking lot in Hirashimizu, Yamagata City, around 3:50 PM.
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
While driving a vehicle, observed one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in a field.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hirakata, Fukushima
On Thursday, June 11 at approximately 12:15 PM, in a field in Hiragata, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City (about 1 km north of Kuromori Tunnel), a witness (male, in his 50s) observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) in a field east of National Route 294 while driving. The bear's subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hara, Fukushima
A bear about 1 m long was sighted in a field along Route 294 in Minatomachi Oaza Hirata, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hirakata, Fukushima
A bear-like animal was sighted in Shimbori, Hidaka City, and a black shadow appeared on the reporter's car dashcam.
Hidaka 新堀, Saitama
On Wednesday, June 10 at approximately 7:05 p.m., in the Hayama area of Inawashiro Town on a municipal road, a witness (male in his 50s) driving a vehicle saw one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road from south to north.
Inawashiro 字高塚山, Fukushima
While driving a vehicle, the witness observed one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) crossing the road.
Inawashiro 字平次郎沢山, Fukushima
One bear crossed a town road in Hayama, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 字葉山, Fukushima
Observed one bear-like animal in the roadside drainage ditch. It ran east. / Environment: road / Size: unknown
Yamagata Jumonji, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Takahata, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Banseicho-Ushimori, Yamagata
Fled toward the northeast / Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Kaminoyama 須田板, Yamagata
A bear about 1 m in length was sighted in a grove of mixed trees. / Environment: mixed woodland / Size: adult
Yamagata Matsubara, Yamagata
Nasushiobara, Tochigi
Nasushiobara, Tochigi
Nasushiobara, Tochigi
One bear, about 1.2 meters long, was sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult (fully grown)
Takahata 大字金原, Yamagata
Nasushiobara, Tochigi
Around noon on 2026-06-09, one bear was seen on a road in Kinpara, Takahata Town, Yamagata Prefecture.
Takahata 大字金原, Yamagata
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In the past 30 days, 133 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 16 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 15 hours ago near Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 16:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 643 km route runs from Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park to Mount Takao, passing through Tokyo and Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 133 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 16 of them. The latest sighting was reported 15 hours ago near Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata. This is an active bear corridor. Reroute or postpone until activity quiets.
