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This 41 km route runs from Kitakata to Aizuwakamatsu within Fukushima. In the past 30 days, 31 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 5 of them. The latest sighting was reported 7 hours ago near Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
In Higashiyama-machi Oaza Yumoto, Aizuwakamatsu City, one bear about 1.5 m long crossed the road.
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
On Thursday, June 11 at approximately 3:40 p.m., a witness spotted one bear (about 50 cm in body length) in a parking lot in Yumoto Kamiyumoto area, Higashiyama-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City. The bear’s subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Higashiyamamachi-Yumoto, 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 was sighted in Akedashi Gange-toge, Bandai Town.
Bandai 大字赤枝, Fukushima
Around 6:15 PM on June 8, a bear was seen moving in Amanuma Noke, Shiokawa-machi, Kitakata City.
Kitakata 塩川町天沼, Fukushima
On Monday, June 8 at around 6:15 p.m., in a rice field in Nōke, Amanuma, Shiogawa-machi, Kitakata City, a witness (male, in his teens) who was traveling by vehicle spotted one bear (about 1 m in body length) in the rice field to the west. The bear then ran westward and disappeared from view.
Kitakata 塩川町天沼, Fukushima
On Sunday, June 7, at around 7:15 p.m., on the Tohoku Expressway (Ban-etsu Expressway) westbound near 112.6 km in Hatta, Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a passenger car driven by a man in his 40s, while traveling in the westbound passing lane, collided with a bear (approximately 1.2 m in body length) that crossed from the right toward the left across the direction of travel. Neither the driver nor the occupants were injured. The bear died near the accident site.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Hatta, Fukushima
On Sunday, June 7 at about 6:05 p.m., in the Matsubara area of Torimiyama, Matsuyama Town, Kitakata City, a witness (woman in her 40s) was driving north on the prefectural road when she spotted one bear (about 50 cm in length) crossing the road from west to east. The bear ran off to the east and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Kitakata 松山町鳥見山, Fukushima
On Sunday, June 7 at approximately 11:26 a.m., on the downhill lane of the Tohoku Expressway (Ban-etsu Expressway) near 107.2 km in Shimokawamae, Sarashina, Bandai Town, a passenger car driven by a man in his 60s, traveling in the first lane of the downhill direction, collided with a bear (about 50 cm in body length) that crossed from the right to the left of the travel direction. There were no injuries to the vehicle’s driver or other occupants. The bear was found dead near the accident site.
Bandai, Fukushima
We saw a bear around 1m long just before東山ダム damp
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
One bear was beside National Route 49 in Hata, Kawahigashi Town, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Hatta, Fukushima
On Saturday, June 6 at around 6:30 p.m., in the Hatta area of Kawahigashi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male in his 30s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) at the roadside while riding a motorcycle on National Route 49. The bear's subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Hatta, Fukushima
A bear was seen walking out of a facility site in Ichimachi Oaza Tsuruga, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu Ikkimachi-Tsuruga, Fukushima
On Friday, June 5 at approximately 12:10 a.m., in the Tsuruga area of Ikki-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a male witness driving a vehicle spotted a bear (about 1 m in body length) walking out toward an area outside the facility grounds. The bear proceeded westward; its subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Ikkimachi-Tsuruga, Fukushima
On Wednesday, June 3, at around 9:00 a.m., on a municipal road in Shiogata Aza Chimako, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (female in her 70s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in length) on the road while driving. The bear fled toward the forested area to the south, and its subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Shizukata, Fukushima
On Tuesday, June 2 at approximately 11:05 a.m., in the Akai Yashikichi area of Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male) while driving a vehicle observed one bear (about 50 cm in body length) walking through brush. After being seen, the bear entered the woodland to the west, and its subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Akai, Fukushima
In Arai, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, one bear about 50 cm long was seen walking in the bushes around 9:30 AM on May 31.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Akai, Fukushima
On Sunday, May 31 at around 9:30 a.m., in Akai, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male in his 50s) spotted one bear (about 50 cm in body length) walking through brush while doing farm work. The bear left toward the forested area to the west, and its subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Akai, Fukushima
On Saturday, May 30 at around 6:20 p.m., in Sasayamahara, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male in his 70s) working in a field sighted one bear (about 80 cm in body length) walking through some brush. The bear went into the brush on the west side and its subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Akai, Fukushima
On Friday, May 29 at approximately 5:45 PM, in the Hiragata area of Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, on National Route 294 (about 1 km north of Kuromori Tunnel), a witness (male, in his 50s) while driving observed one bear (about 1 m in length) on the left (east) side of the road. The bear entered the mountains east of that location, and its subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
One bear (1 m long) was sighted beside National Route 294 near Mitsumori Tunnel, about 1 km north of it, in Minato-machi Oaza Hirakata, Aizuwakamatsu.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hirakata, Fukushima
On Friday, May 29 at approximately 9:40 a.m., on the Yagawa-Omachi prefectural road within Terayashiki, Yumoto, Higashiyama-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male, in his 60s) while driving observed one bear (about 1.5 m in body length) traveling from east to west across the road. Subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Higashiyamamachi-Yumoto, Fukushima
On Wednesday, May 27 at about 10:55 AM, on National Route 49 in Takegafukuro, Okiwasawa, Inawashiro Town, a witness (male in his 40s) traveling eastbound by vehicle on the national route observed a bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road from south to north.
Inawashiro 大字翁沢, Fukushima
On Monday, May 25 at approximately 8:50 p.m., in the Keizan 2-chome area of Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male in his 60s) saw one bear (about 1 m in body length) in the woods from his home. The bear entered the woodland, and its subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Higashiyamamachi-Ishiyama, Fukushima
On Wednesday, May 20 at around 5:00 PM, on a town road in Enhei area, Sarashina, Bandai Town, a witness driving eastbound on the town road observed one bear (approximately 70 cm in body length) crossing the road from left to right and then entering the forested area on the right side of the road.
Bandai, Fukushima
Around 5:00 PM on May 20, a bear was sighted in Sarashina Tohei, Bandai Town, Fukushima.
Bandai, Fukushima
On Tuesday, May 19 at approximately 7:33 PM, in the Tenmamae area of Kitakata City, a witness (man in his 60s) driving on a municipal road observed an animal believed to be a bear (about 50 cm in body length) entering a thicket. The subsequent whereabouts of the animal believed to be a bear are unknown.
Kitakata 字天満前, Fukushima
On Tuesday, May 19 at around 8:00 a.m., in Yoneoka, Shimodaira Otsu area, Netsushio-Kanocho, Kitakata City, on Prefectural Road Netsushio-Kano–Miyato–Nishi-Aizu Line, a witness (woman in her 40s) driving on the prefectural road observed one bear (about 50 cm in body length) crossing the road from north to south.
Kitakata Atsushio-Kano-Machi Atsushio, Fukushima
On Tuesday, May 19 at approximately 7:45 a.m., near the 103.0 km post on the outbound lane of the Ban-etsu Expressway within Iwanone, Inawashiro Town, a driver of a vehicle (female in her 30s) observed a bear (one, about 1.5 m in body length) near the guardrail on the left side of the direction of travel while driving on the outbound lane of the Ban-etsu Expressway. The bear's movements after being sighted are unknown.
Bandai, Fukushima
On Sunday, May 17 at around 12:50 p.m., a witness (female in her 50s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in a bamboo grove in Yumoto, Higashiyama-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City. After being sighted, the bear entered the forested area deeper in the bamboo grove, and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Higashiyamamachi-Yumoto, Fukushima
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In the past 30 days, 31 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 5 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 7 hours ago near Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 18:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 41 km route runs from Kitakata to Aizuwakamatsu within Fukushima. In the past 30 days, 31 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 5 of them. The latest sighting was reported 7 hours ago near Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
