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This 704 km route runs from Zao to Nagai, passing through Miyagi, Yamagata, and Niigata. In the past 30 days, 143 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 19 of them. The latest sighting was reported 8 hours ago near Tsuruoka, Yamagata.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
2 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Miyagi, Yamagata, Niigata.
July 6
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was seen in a rice paddy beside a prefectural road in Maekawa, Kawasaki Town, Miyagi, then crossed the road and left toward the mountains.
Kawasaki, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in the same district of Maekawa, Kawasaki Town, Miyagi, around 10:00.
Kawasaki, Miyagi
July 2
Kawasaki, Miyagi
July 1
Zao 遠刈田温泉旭町, Miyagi
July 1
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 26
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 21
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 21
Zao, Miyagi
June 19
Zao 大字円田, Miyagi
June 17
Kawasaki Imashuku, Miyagi
June 17
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 17
Kawasaki Kawauchi, Miyagi
June 17
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi
June 17
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 13
Kawasaki Kawauchi, Miyagi
June 13
Kawasaki Kawauchi, Miyagi
June 12
Kawasaki Maekawa, Miyagi
June 12
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 12
Zao 遠刈田温泉栄町, Miyagi
June 12
Zao 遠刈田温泉栄町, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Imozawa Akasaka, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai, Miyagi
Moved south / Environment: Near residences / Size: Unknown
Higashine 大字野川, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Tendo, Yamagata
July 2
Sendai Akiumachi-Yumoto, Miyagi
July 2
Kawasaki, Miyagi
July 1
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Kamiaiko Dohan, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, around 19:00 on July 1.
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Higashine 大字泉郷甲, Yamagata
June 30
Sendai, Miyagi
June 30
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
Around 1:00 PM on June 30, a bear was sighted in Shinden, Iwazawa, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 29
Sendai Nikkawa, Miyagi
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Higashine 大字野川, Yamagata
Around 7:00 PM on June 28, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Kannonnji, Higashine City.
Higashine 大字観音寺, Yamagata
June 26
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Sendai, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Sendai, Miyagi
June 23
Sendai Akiumachi-Sakaino, Miyagi
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Tendo 大字山元, Yamagata
June 23, 2026
Sendai Akiumachi-Sakaino, Miyagi
June 21
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 21
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 20
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 20, 2026
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 17
Kawasaki Imashuku, Miyagi
June 17
Kawasaki Kawauchi, Miyagi
June 17
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 16
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
June 13
Kawasaki Kawauchi, Miyagi
June 13
Kawasaki Kawauchi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Sakunami Yunohara, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Nikkawa, Miyagi
June 13
Sendai Sakunami, Miyagi
June 12
Sendai Akiumachi-Sakaino, Miyagi
Moved south / Environment: Near residences / Size: Unknown
Higashine 大字野川, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Tendo, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Higashine 大字長瀞, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Higashine 大字泉郷甲, Yamagata
One cub was sighted in a forest in Izumigo, Higashine City.
Higashine, 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
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Higashine 大字野川, 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
Tendo 大字山元, Yamagata
Bear sighted moving west across the field south of a residence / Environment: near houses / Size: adult
Murayama 大字河島, Yamagata
Bear observed crossing the prefectural road from south to north / Environment: road / Size: adult
Murayama 大字田沢, Yamagata
Bear observed moving from the west side of National Route 13 toward the median / Environment: Road / Size: Unknown
Murayama 金谷, Yamagata
One cub was sighted in a forest in Izumigo, Higashine City.
Higashine, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Obanazawa, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult (fully grown)
Obanazawa Kitago, Yamagata
Environment: Near residences / Size: Unknown
Obanazawa Oboroke, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Juvenile
Obanazawa Oshikiri, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Unknown
Obanazawa Nobesawa, Yamagata
June 21
Kami 字鹿原水堀, Miyagi
Bear observed crossing the prefectural road from south to north / Environment: road / Size: adult
Murayama 大字田沢, Yamagata
June 15
Kami 字漆沢宇津野, Miyagi
Bear observed moving from the west side of National Route 13 toward the median / Environment: Road / Size: Unknown
Murayama 金谷, Yamagata
June 12
Kami 字漆沢宇津野, Miyagi
Was heading east on National Route 13 from the west and entered a cedar forest / Environment: Road / Size: Unknown
Shinjo Torigoe, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Torigoe, Shinjo City.
Shinjo Torigoe, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Shinjo Torigoe, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult (fully grown)
Obanazawa Nakisawa, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Juvenile
Obanazawa Shinmachi-chuo, Yamagata
Around 7:00 AM, a cub was sighted in farmland in Kitamachi, Obanazawa City.
Obanazawa Shinmachi-chuo, Yamagata
Moved toward the eastern mountain / Environment: forest / Size: juvenile
Funagata, Yamagata
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on the platform of JR Rikuutō Line Semmi Onsen Station; it then went back toward the mountains / Environment: near houses / Size: adult
Mogami Ohori, Yamagata
Bear sighted near cowshed / Environment: cowshed / Size: unknown
Mogami Shimo, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Obanazawa, Yamagata
The bear moved to the mountain south of the former Koseien. / Size: Adult
Funagata, Yamagata
Environment: Near dwellings / Size: Unknown
Funagata Nagasawa, Yamagata
One bear cub was observed crossing the road from north to south and entering the woods / Environment: forest / Size: juvenile
Shinjo Odashima, Yamagata
One bear cub was sighted in Tokamachi, Shinjo City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Shinjo Tokamachi, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult (fully grown)
Obanazawa Kitago, Yamagata
Environment: Near residences / Size: Unknown
Obanazawa Oboroke, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Juvenile
Obanazawa Oshikiri, Yamagata
A single bear approximately 1 meter in body length was sighted near the Agricultural and Forestry Vocational School / Environment: forest / Size: adult
Shinjo Tsunozawa, Yamagata
Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Adult
Obanazawa Minamisawa, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Unknown
Obanazawa Nobesawa, Yamagata
June 21
Kami 字鹿原水堀, Miyagi
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Oishida Iwagafukuro, Yamagata
A bear about 1 m in length was sighted heading north along National Route 13 / Environment: farmland / Size: adult
Shinjo Nakamichimachi, Yamagata
Environment: Business premises / Size: Unknown
Funagata, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Obanazawa Nakisawa, Yamagata
June 15
Kami 字漆沢宇津野, Miyagi
Bear sighting / Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Mogami, Yamagata
June 12
Kami 字漆沢宇津野, Miyagi
Sighted a cub crossing National Route 13 from west to east / Environment: road / Size: young
Shinjo Itsukamachi, Yamagata
Was heading east on National Route 13 from the west and entered a cedar forest / Environment: Road / Size: Unknown
Shinjo Torigoe, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Torigoe, Shinjo City.
Shinjo Torigoe, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Shinjo Torigoe, Yamagata
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on the platform of JR Rikuutō Line Semmi Onsen Station; it then went back toward the mountains / Environment: near houses / Size: adult
Mogami Ohori, Yamagata
One cub (young bear) moved from south to north / Environment: near residential area / Size: juvenile
Shinjo Showa, Yamagata
Bear sighted near cowshed / Environment: cowshed / Size: unknown
Mogami Shimo, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult and cub
Mamurogawa Sasunabe, Yamagata
Environment: Near dwellings / Size: Unknown
Funagata Nagasawa, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama Urushino, Yamagata
One bear cub was sighted in Tokamachi, Shinjo City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Shinjo Tokamachi, Yamagata
Report received of a single bear seen running through a rice field while driving on the Tohoku Chuo Expressway / Environment: agricultural land / Size: adult
Shinjo Showa, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama Hoyama, Yamagata
A bear about 1 m in length was sighted heading north along National Route 13 / Environment: farmland / Size: adult
Shinjo Nakamichimachi, Yamagata
Bear sighting / Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Mogami, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama Hoyama, Yamagata
A bear walked past beside my parents' house!!
Shinjo Tokamachi, 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
Sighted a cub crossing National Route 13 from west to east / Environment: road / Size: young
Shinjo Itsukamachi, Yamagata
Was heading east on National Route 13 from the west and entered a cedar forest / Environment: Road / Size: Unknown
Shinjo Torigoe, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Torigoe, Shinjo City.
Shinjo Torigoe, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Shinjo Torigoe, 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: Near residential area / Size: Adult (fully grown)
Obanazawa Nakisawa, Yamagata
One cub was sighted heading east from the bamboo grove / Environment: near homes / Size: juvenile
Shinjo Masugata, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Juvenile
Obanazawa Shinmachi-chuo, Yamagata
Environment: Around residential area / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字留場, Yamagata
Around 7:00 AM, a cub was sighted in farmland in Kitamachi, Obanazawa City.
Obanazawa Shinmachi-chuo, Yamagata
Moved toward the eastern mountain / Environment: forest / Size: juvenile
Funagata, Yamagata
Bear sighted crossing the road on the west side of Shiratori Fudoson / Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Murayama 大字長善寺, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Higashine 大字長瀞, Yamagata
One cub (young bear) moved from south to north / Environment: near residential area / Size: juvenile
Shinjo Showa, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Higashine 大字六田, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Higashine 大字長瀞, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult and cub
Mamurogawa Sasunabe, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Obanazawa, 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
The bear moved to the mountain south of the former Koseien. / Size: Adult
Funagata, Yamagata
One bear cub was observed crossing the road from north to south and entering the woods / Environment: forest / Size: juvenile
Shinjo Odashima, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama Urushino, Yamagata
One bear was sighted on a road lined with houses in Okubo, Murayama.
Murayama 大字大久保, Yamagata
One bear cub was sighted in Tokamachi, Shinjo City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Shinjo Tokamachi, Yamagata
Report received of a single bear seen running through a rice field while driving on the Tohoku Chuo Expressway / Environment: agricultural land / Size: adult
Shinjo Showa, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama Hoyama, Yamagata
Environment: Near residences / Size: Unknown
Obanazawa Oboroke, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Nishikawa, Yamagata
A single bear approximately 1 meter in body length was sighted near the Agricultural and Forestry Vocational School / Environment: forest / Size: adult
Shinjo Tsunozawa, 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 human dwellings / Size: Adult
Obanazawa Minamisawa, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Unknown
Obanazawa Nobesawa, Yamagata
Bear sighted moving west across the field south of a residence / Environment: near houses / Size: adult
Murayama 大字河島, Yamagata
A bear attempting to climb a bush/tree on the south side of a residence noticed a person and moved into the wooded area to the west. / Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Murayama 大字湯野沢, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Oishida Iwagafukuro, 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
A bear about 1 m in length was sighted heading north along National Route 13 / Environment: farmland / Size: adult
Shinjo Nakamichimachi, Yamagata
Environment: Business premises / Size: Unknown
Funagata, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Obanazawa Nakisawa, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult (full-grown)
Nishikawa, Yamagata
Bear observed crossing the prefectural road from south to north / Environment: road / Size: adult
Murayama 大字田沢, 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
Bear observed moving from the west side of National Route 13 toward the median / Environment: Road / Size: Unknown
Murayama 金谷, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama Hoyama, Yamagata
A bear walked past beside my parents' house!!
Shinjo Tokamachi, Yamagata
Haguro government office: Was in the forest near the Gassan 8th Station parking area / Environment: Forest / Size: Unknown
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
In Tamugimata, Tsuruoka, a 41-year-old man picking Gassan bamboo shoots was bitten in the waist by a bear and injured.
Tsuruoka, 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
Time of incident: estimated / Environment: forest / Size: adult
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
In a mountain area of Tamugimata, Tsuruoka City, a 39-year-old man was attacked by one bear while gathering bamboo shoots and suffered injuries to his left arm. He used bear spray and drove the bear away.
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 residential area / Size: Adult
Shirataka 大字畔藤, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Asahi Miyajuku, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Shirataka 大字菖蒲, Yamagata
Environment: Riverbed / Size: Adult and juvenile
Nagai 五十川, Yamagata
Environment: Around residential areas / Size: Adult
Shirataka 大字鮎貝, Yamagata
Environment: Near human residences / Size: Adult
Shirataka 大字鮎貝, Yamagata
Environment: Around human residences / Size: Unknown
Nagai 成田, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Shirataka 大字深山, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Nishikawa, Yamagata
In Tamugimata, Tsuruoka, a 41-year-old man picking Gassan bamboo shoots was bitten in the waist by a bear and injured.
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
At around 8:30, one bear less than 1 m in length crossed the road. / Environment: near houses / Size: cub
Yamanobe 大字北山, 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: Road / Size: Unknown
Shirataka 大字萩野, 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
In a mountain area of Tamugimata, Tsuruoka City, a 39-year-old man was attacked by one bear while gathering bamboo shoots and suffered injuries to his left arm. He used bear spray and drove the bear away.
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Shirataka 大字菖蒲, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Shirataka 大字高玉, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in the residential area of Juo, Shirataka Town.
Shirataka 大字十王, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in farmland in Takadama, Shirataka Town.
Shirataka 大字高玉, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult and cub
Nagai 小出, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult (fully-grown)
Shirataka 大字高玉, Yamagata
Peak activity at 8:00 with 11 incidents
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In the past 30 days, 143 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 19 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 8 hours ago near Tsuruoka, Yamagata.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 8:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 704 km route runs from Zao to Nagai, passing through Miyagi, Yamagata, and Niigata. In the past 30 days, 143 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 19 of them. The latest sighting was reported 8 hours ago near Tsuruoka, Yamagata. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
