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This 421 km route runs from Ishioka to Tsuruoka, passing through Ibaraki, Yamagata, and Fukushima. In the past 30 days, 104 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 19 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Yonezawa Sekine, 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 Ibaraki, Yamagata, Fukushima.
Environment: forest / Size: adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Sakata 黒森, Yamagata
A bear approximately 1.0 m in body length was sighted about 100 m southwest of Kamishimizu Community Center. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 上清水, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 中野新田, Yamagata
One bear approximately one meter in body length was sighted.
Koriyama 西田町丹伊田, Fukushima
One wild boar was sighted on a road in Miharashigaoka 1-chome, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Matsubara, Yamagata
On a municipal road, one bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Motomiya 関下, Fukushima
Bear tracks were found in the rice paddy.
Fukushima Kamitoriwata, Fukushima
One bear was sighted inside the grounds of a house in Kumedokamura, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, and it crossed a field before entering the bushes.
Tsuruoka 板井川, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Hikarouchi, Tanida, Nishida-machi, Koriyama City.
Koriyama 西田町丹伊田, 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
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata
Environment: Near residences / Size: Juvenile
Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata
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
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Nishikawa 大字原, Yamagata
On 2026-07-30 at night, one bear was sighted in Komagiharamachi, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Tsuruoka 日枝, Yamagata
A bear-like figure about 1.5 m in body length was sighted at Komakihara Sports Park (near the sumo ring). Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: near houses / Size: adult
Tsuruoka 日枝, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult and juvenile
Tsuruoka 下名川, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Unknown
Yonezawa, Yamagata
A bear about 1.2 meters long was sighted in a residential property in Shimonagawa, Tsuruoka City, and was driven away with fireworks.
Tsuruoka 下名川, Yamagata
Environment: Near residences / Size: Adult (fully grown)
Tsuruoka 下名川, Yamagata
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima
One bear (body length about 1.0 m) was sighted in the Yunohama area (near the Yunohama Water Supply Distribution Station). It ran off to the north afterward. / Environment: near houses / Size: adult
Tsuruoka 湯野浜, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Yunohama 2-chome, Tsuruoka City, around 17:58 on 2026-07-27.
Tsuruoka 湯野浜, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Sakata, Yamagata
At around 19:45 on 2026-07-26, a bear was sighted in Zao-Narisawa, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Zao-Nogiwa, Yamagata
Animal resembling a bear (body length approx. 50 cm) / Environment: road / Size: juvenile
Yamagata Zao-Narisawa, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Nishikawa 大字吉川, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Juvenile
Sagae 大字高松, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Body length approx. 70 cm
Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata
One bear-like animal (body length approx. 50 cm) / Environment: near houses / Size: juvenile
Yamagata Katayachi, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Nishikawa 大字綱取, Yamagata
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the roadway.
Otama, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Iida 2-chome, Yamagata City, around 21:20 on July 23.
Yamagata Zao-Iida, Yamagata
A resident man saw a bear about 1 meter long on a village road in Tamai, Otama Village.
Otama, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Tamai-Kodakura, Otama Village, around 05:50 on July 23.
Otama Tamanoi, Fukushima
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
A bear-like animal was sighted inside Yoshima Industrial Park in Iwaki City.
Iwaki 好間工業団地, Fukushima
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Nanyo 上野, Yamagata
Was walking along the riverbed / Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult (fully grown)
Kaminoyama 須田板, Yamagata
Around 2:00 PM on 2026-07-21, one bear was sighted walking along a riverbank near a residential area in Narashita, Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Kaminoyama 楢下, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Oe 大字塩野平, Yamagata
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
Takada / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 金沢, Yamagata
A single cub (size unknown) was sighted near Dainichizaka Tunnel. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: forest / Size: juvenile
Tsuruoka 田川, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Unknown
Nishikawa 大字入間, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Ogoya, Yamagata
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
Environment: Road / Size: Adult (full-grown)
Yonezawa Banseicho-Katako, 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: Near houses / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Takei, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Nanyo 赤湯, 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
Two bears (each about 0.3 meters in body length) were sighted in the undergrowth.
Miharu 字清水畑, Fukushima
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
One bear approximately 1 meter in length was sighted crossing the road from west to east. It was not seen afterward.
Yamagata Zao-Hotta, Yamagata
One bear was sighted on a road in Zaō Ueno, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Zao-Uwano, Yamagata
Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Juvenile (young bear)
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Another bear was sighted around 10:00 a.m. in Zaō Ueno, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Zao-Uwano, Yamagata
One bear approximately 60 cm in length sighted on the road / Environment: roadway / Size: cub
Yamagata Kanno, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Zaō Ueno, Yamagata City, around 14:42 on July 13.
Yamagata Zao-Uwano, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Yonezawa Banseicho-Zusayama, Yamagata
Environment: Near dwellings / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Near homes / Size: Unknown
Sakata 浜中, Yamagata
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
Environment: riverbed / Size: adult (fully grown)
Tsuruoka 大宝寺, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Shinyu, Yuno, Iizakamachi, Fukushima City around 16:40 on July 11.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
Around 4:30 PM on July 11, a bear was sighted in Daiboji, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Tsuruoka 大宝寺, Yamagata
Environment: Riverbed / Size: Adult and cub
Yonezawa Hosenmachi, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Nishikawa 大字沼山, Yamagata
Sighting reported near Harada Bridge / Environment: Around residential area / Size: Unknown
Oe 大字原田, Yamagata
Environment: road / Size: adult (fully grown)
Yonezawa Kiwada, Yamagata
Around 13:15 on 2026-07-10, a bear was sighted in Oshikiri Shinden, Mikawa Town, Yamagata Prefecture.
Mikawa 大字押切新田, Yamagata
While heading north on former Route 7, I spotted an animal that appeared to be a bear cub on the riverbed. (Around 13:30) / Environment: riverbed / Size: juvenile
Mikawa 大字押切新田, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Hirose-Hanmonba, Takine-machi, Tamura City around 12:50 on July 10.
Tamura, Fukushima
A bear was sighted around 18:00 in Takei, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Takei, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Oshikiri-shinden, Mikawa Town, as it tried to go up from the riverbed to the embankment.
Mikawa 大字押切新田, Yamagata
Attempted to climb up the levee from the riverbed, was startled by a car and returned to the riverbed. (Sighted around 16:32) / Environment: Roadway / Size: Unknown
Mikawa 大字押切新田, 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
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
A bear was sighted moving in Shono Nukubun, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Shono, Fukushima
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
Observed moving to the west. / Environment: farmland / Size: unknown
Mikawa 大字神花, Yamagata
While driving south (toward the mountain side), I saw one bear walking south on the left side of the road. It then entered the woods beside the road. Body length about 1 m. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Yamagata Nakasakurada, Yamagata
One bear about 1 meter long was seen on a road in Nakazukada, Yamagata City, walking south before entering the woods beside the road.
Yamagata Nakasakurada, Yamagata
Around 8:00 on 2026-07-08, one bear of unknown body length was sighted in a field in Kamihana, Mikawa Town, Yamagata Prefecture.
Mikawa 大字神花, Yamagata
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In the past 30 days, 104 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 19 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 16:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 421 km route runs from Ishioka to Tsuruoka, passing through Ibaraki, Yamagata, and Fukushima. In the past 30 days, 104 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 19 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
