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This 52 km route runs from Higashine to Mount Gassan within Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 36 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 7 of them. The latest sighting was reported 7 hours ago near Tsuruoka, Yamagata.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
1 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Yamagata.
Haguro government office: Was in the forest near the Gassan 8th Station parking area / Environment: Forest / Size: Unknown
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
Sighting reported near Harada Bridge / Environment: Around residential area / Size: Unknown
Oe 大字原田, Yamagata
Environment: Near human habitation / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字宮内, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字宮内, Yamagata
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted near a residence in Seisukeshinden, Sagae City.
Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata
Environment: Near inhabited areas / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata
Environment: Around residential area / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字留場, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Higashine 大字長瀞, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Higashine 大字六田, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Higashine 大字長瀞, Yamagata
Environment: Near residences / Size: Unknown
Higashine 大字長瀞, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Higashine 大字六田, Yamagata
Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Unknown
Higashine 大字長瀞, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Higashine 大字六田, Yamagata
Around 5:30 AM on June 29, a bear was sighted in Nagasato, Higashine City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Higashine 大字長瀞, Yamagata
One bear was sighted on a road lined with houses in Okubo, Murayama.
Murayama 大字大久保, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Nishikawa, Yamagata
At about 8:30 a.m., in the mountains about 1 km east of Yudonosan Ski Area, a man picking bamboo shoots sighted an adult bear with a cub and was attacked and injured by the cub (approximately 1.0 m in size). / Environment: forest / Size: adult and cub
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult (fully grown)
Kahoku 字造山, Yamagata
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Kamigawara, Sagae City.
Sagae 字上河原, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Sagae 字上河原, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Sagae 字上河原, Yamagata
Environment: Near residences / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata
Environment: Near human habitation / Size: Adult
Sagae 緑町, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Sagae 緑町, Yamagata
Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字西根, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata
Environment: Near residences / Size: Adult
Sagae 緑町, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Sagae 緑町, Yamagata
Environment: Near human habitation / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult (full-grown)
Nishikawa, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Juvenile
Nishikawa 大字沼山, Yamagata
Time of incident: estimated / Environment: forest / Size: adult
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
At around 8:00 on June 14, one bear was sighted in Nishi-sato, Kahoku Town, Yamagata Prefecture.
Kahoku 西里, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Juvenile
Kahoku 西里, Yamagata
Peak activity at 4:00 with 6 incidents
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In the past 30 days, 36 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 7 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 7 hours ago near Tsuruoka, Yamagata.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 4:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 52 km route runs from Higashine to Mount Gassan within Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 36 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 7 of them. The latest sighting was reported 7 hours ago near Tsuruoka, Yamagata. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
