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This 26 km route runs from Lake Inawashiro to Koriyama within Fukushima. In the past 30 days, 16 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 5 of them. The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Koriyama 湖南町舘, Fukushima.
At this density of recent sightings, consider rescheduling or choosing a different trail until activity quiets.
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On Monday, June 22 at about 12:30 p.m., on the Koriyama-Konan main prefectural road in Tachi, Kitabashime area, Konan Town, Koriyama City, a witness (male), while traveling by vehicle, saw one bear (approximately 1.5 m in body length) crossing the road from north to south and entering brush to the south.
Koriyama 湖南町舘, Fukushima
On Monday, June 22 at approximately 11:45 a.m., on the Koriyama-Konan Line (principal prefectural road) in Kitaboshime area, Tachi, Konan-machi, Koriyama City, a male witness driving observed one bear (about 1.5 m in body length) crossing the road from north to south and entering brush to the south.
Koriyama 湖南町舘, Fukushima
A bear was sighted crossing through a field in Minato-machi Oaza Hirakata, Aizuwakamatsu City, while the witness was driving by.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hirakata, Fukushima
At around 10:40 a.m. on Saturday, June 20, a witness (female in her 60s) traveling by car in Hiragata area, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) crossing through a field. The witness continued driving and did not follow, so the bear’s subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hirakata, Fukushima
On Thursday, June 18 at approximately 9:55 a.m., in the Takasaka area of Hara, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male in his 30s) saw one bear (about 1 m in body length) in a rice field while driving. The bear’s movements after the sighting are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hara, Fukushima
On Tuesday, June 16 at approximately 7:10 p.m., in a field in Hiragata, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City (about 1 km north of Kuromori Tunnel), a witness (female, teenager) while driving a vehicle sighted one bear (body length 1 m) in a field on the east side of National Route 294. The bear’s subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hara, Fukushima
One bear was in a field near National Route 294 in Minato-machi Oaza Hirakata, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hirakata, 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
Around 07:15, one bear was standing on a pull-off along the main prefectural road Koriyama-Konan Line in Konanmachi Funatsu, Koriyama City.
Koriyama 湖南町舟津, 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 Saturday, May 30 at around 3:25 p.m., in the Takasaka area of Hara, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (female in her 70s) saw a bear (about 1 m in body length) in a field while in a vehicle. The bear moved southwest, and its subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hara, Fukushima
On Saturday, May 30 at approximately 2:55 p.m., in Shimizu area, Hara, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male in his 50s) observed one bear (body length about 1 m) in a field while driving. The bear's subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hara, 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 Tuesday, May 26 at approximately 1:55 p.m., in Takasaka area, Hara, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male in his 20s) while driving a vehicle sighted one bear (about 1 m in length) in a rice field. The bear’s movements after the sighting are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Hara, Fukushima
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In the past 30 days, 16 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 5 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Koriyama 湖南町舘, Fukushima.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 12:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 26 km route runs from Lake Inawashiro to Koriyama within Fukushima. In the past 30 days, 16 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 5 of them. The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Koriyama 湖南町舘, Fukushima. At this density of recent sightings, consider rescheduling or choosing a different trail until activity quiets.
