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This 449 km route runs from Koriyama to Oguni, passing through Fukushima, Yamagata, and Niigata. In the past 30 days, 76 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 9 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Koriyama 熱海町高玉, Fukushima.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
4 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Fukushima, Yamagata, Niigata.
On a municipal road, one bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Motomiya 関下, Fukushima
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
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the roadway.
Otama, Fukushima
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
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
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
While driving northbound on the Nakanosawa-Atami line, the observer sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) at the roadside appearing to be checking the road with the intent to cross.
Koriyama 熱海町高玉, Fukushima
On a municipal road, one bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Motomiya 関下, Fukushima
One bear was sighted in bushes along a city road near homes in Minatakano, Aizuwakamatsu.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Minamikoya, Fukushima
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted. The bear was found in brush near a residential area and then moved further into the brush, where it disappeared from view.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Minamikoya, Fukushima
One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in bushes in Minamikōya, Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Minamikoya, Fukushima
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
While on duty, (the witness) looked toward the staff parking lot and observed one bear (body length about 1 m) walking across the grassy area on the south side of the staff parking lot from east to west.
Aizuwakamatsu Tsutsumimachi, Fukushima
One bear appeared in an apartment complex parking lot in Kaminish, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 字上村西, Fukushima
Around 7:30 AM on July 24, a bear was sighted in Tsuboyo Minamihama, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the roadway.
Otama, Fukushima
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
Three bears (lengths unknown) were sighted in the mountains beside the municipal road.
Inawashiro 字堤東, Fukushima
Around 7:20 PM on 2026-07-22, a bear was sighted in Iwasato-Ueno, Inawashiro Town, Fukushima Prefecture.
Inawashiro 字五十軒道南, Fukushima
A bear was sighted moving in Katō-machi Hatta Ōnonahara, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted in the forested area on the east side of Prefectural Route 322.
Inawashiro 大字八幡, Fukushima
One bear (about 0.5 meters in body length) was sighted.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Hatta, Fukushima
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
One bear about 0.5 meters long crossed a road in Hatta, Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Hatta, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Toyomae-hama, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima
One bear (approximately 1 meter in length) was sighted beside National Route 49.
Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima
One bear was inside a building lot in Dōmachi Minami, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 字並杉西, Fukushima
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Inawashiro 字並杉西, Fukushima
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
A bear about 1 meter long was seen crossing the road in Hiyoshi, Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu, with no injuries reported.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Koya, Fukushima
One bear approximately 1 meter in body length was sighted. The bear has since already departed.
Koriyama, Fukushima
One bear about 1.5 meters long was seen crossing National Route 49 in Hatta Ohnohara, Kawanohigashi-cho, Aizuwakamatsu.
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
One bear (approximately 1.5 meters in body length) was sighted.
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Naka-yasuda, Atami-machi, Koriyama City around 6:00 PM on July 16.
Koriyama, Fukushima
A single bear (about 1.5 meters in body length) was sighted in the grassy area north of National Route 49.
Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima
A single bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the paved road.
Inawashiro 字城南, Fukushima
A witness, while walking a bicycle, observed one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) coming from the forested area at the above sighting location toward the town road.
Aizubange 大字宇内, Fukushima
It ran and fled into the depths of the bushes.
Kitakata 山都町小舟寺, Fukushima
One bear (about 1 meter long) was sighted on residential property.
Aizubange 大字金上, Fukushima
Around 07:20 on 2026-07-24, a bear was sighted in Kanagami, Aizubange Town, Fukushima Prefecture.
Aizubange 字下川前丙, Fukushima
A bear about 1 m long was present in a vacant lot in Toyokawamachi Yoneshitsu, Kitakata City.
Kitakata 豊川町米室, Fukushima
In a home in Shiokawa-machi, Kitakata, a chicken coop was damaged in a suspected bear incident, leaving four chickens dead and three missing.
Kitakata 塩川町, Fukushima
Environment: forest / Size: adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Unknown
Yonezawa, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Ogoya, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult (full-grown)
Yonezawa Banseicho-Katako, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Kuchitazawa, Yamagata
Environment: Riverside / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
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
Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Juvenile (young bear)
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: Near dwellings / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Riverbed / Size: Adult and cub
Yonezawa Hosenmachi, Yamagata
Three bears believed to be a mother and cubs were sighted in the Akakuzure area of Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa, Yamagata
One bear about 1 m long was sighted in a forest in Seki, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa, Yamagata
Environment: forest / Size: adult
Yonezawa Tateishi, 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: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Kawanishi 大字上奥田, Yamagata
Around 1:00 PM, one bear about 80 cm long was sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Agricultural land / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Nishiaizu Onomoto, Fukushima
It ran and fled into the depths of the bushes.
Kitakata 山都町小舟寺, Fukushima
It headed toward Lake Hibara.
Kitashiobara, Fukushima
A bear about 1 m long was present in a vacant lot in Toyokawamachi Yoneshitsu, Kitakata City.
Kitakata 豊川町米室, Fukushima
A single bear (approximately 0.5 meters in body length) was sighted on National Route 459. The bear crossed the road from north to south and then was no longer visible.
Kitakata 高郷町磐見, Fukushima
A sighting in Yamato-machi Horai, Kitakata City, where one bear about 0.5 m long crossed Route 459 around 12:45.
Kitakata 山都町蓬莱, Fukushima
At a private residence, a chicken coop set up on the property was broken into, and seven chickens being kept there were harmed.
Kitakata 塩川町中屋沢, Fukushima
On the Gold Line, a collision traffic accident occurred in which a passenger car in transit struck a bear that ran out from the roadside (approximately 1 meter in body length).
Kitashiobara, Fukushima
Kitashiobara, Fukushima
In Yamatomachi Kofunji, Kitakata City, a man riding a motorbike on a prefectural road saw one bear enter the road.
Kitakata 山都町小舟寺, Fukushima
One bear about 1 m long was sighted in a forest in Seki, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa, Yamagata
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Nishiaizu Onomoto, Fukushima
A woman found a bear about 1 meter long inside a storehouse at a private residence in Onomoto, Nishiaizu, Fukushima. The bear later left toward the southern woods.
Nishiaizu Onomoto, Fukushima
One bear (about 1.0 meter in body length) was sighted crossing inside a snow shed on National Route 400.
Kaneyama Koguriyama, Fukushima
A 1-meter bear crossed inside a snow shed on Route 400 in Oguriyama, Kaneyama Town.
Kaneyama Koguriyama, Fukushima
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Nishiaizu Onomoto, Fukushima
A woman found a bear about 1 meter long inside a storehouse at a private residence in Onomoto, Nishiaizu, Fukushima. The bear later left toward the southern woods.
Nishiaizu Onomoto, Fukushima
One bear (about 1.0 meter in body length) was sighted crossing inside a snow shed on National Route 400.
Kaneyama Koguriyama, Fukushima
A 1-meter bear crossed inside a snow shed on Route 400 in Oguriyama, Kaneyama Town.
Kaneyama Koguriyama, Fukushima
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In the past 30 days, 76 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 9 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Koriyama 熱海町高玉, Fukushima.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 14:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 449 km route runs from Koriyama to Oguni, passing through Fukushima, Yamagata, and Niigata. In the past 30 days, 76 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 9 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Koriyama 熱海町高玉, Fukushima. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
