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This 760 km route runs from Machida to Kashiwazaki, passing through Tokyo, Yamagata, Niigata, Fukushima, Gunma, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Tochigi. In the past 30 days, 263 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 54 of them. The latest sighting was reported 5 hours ago near Tsuruoka 大宝寺, Yamagata.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
7 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Tokyo, Yamagata, Niigata, Fukushima, Gunma, Kanagawa, Saitama, Tochigi.
A bear was sighted in Shinyu, Yuno, Iizakamachi, Fukushima City around 16:40 on July 11.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
Environment: Riverbed / Size: Adult and cub
Yonezawa Hosenmachi, 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
A bear was sighted around 18:00 in Takei, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Takei, 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
Nasushiobara 塩野崎, Tochigi
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
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
Nasushiobara 春日町, Tochigi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Misawa, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Ogoya, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Ogoya, Yamagata
Environment: Around residential area / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字留場, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Matsukawamachi Kanazawanagamine, Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture, on 2026-07-06.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Kanezawa, Fukushima
Around 11:30 on 2026-07-06, one bear about 70 cm long was sighted in a forest in the Misawa area of Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Ōme Shiobune, Tokyo
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
Around 5:00 on 2026-07-05, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted near Yonezawa Ski Resort in the Bakasecho Kariyasu area of Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
Environment: railway / Size: adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
One bear was in a forested area in Babadaira, Nihonmatsu City.
Nihonmatsu 馬場平, Fukushima
Environment: On the railroad tracks / Size: Adult animal
Yonezawa Itaya, Yamagata
Around 16:40 on 2026-07-04, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Itaya, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Itaya, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Shimonoji Tohara, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Shimonodera, Fukushima
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Shimotano, Nasushiobara City, around 8:30 a.m. on July 3.
Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi
Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi
Environment: Around residential houses / Size: Unknown
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Three bears of unknown size were sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: On the tracks / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata
One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Misawa, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
A bear about 50 cm in body length was sighted moving north. / Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Yamagata Monden, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Zaitenbakamatsubara, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima
On Wednesday, July 1 at approximately 4:20 p.m., near the Niwatsuka Ohashi bridge in the Matsubara area of Niwatsuka, Fukushima City, a motorist traveling southbound sighted one bear (about 1 meter in body length) crossing the municipal road on the north side of Niwatsuka Ohashi from west to east.
Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima
A cub was sighted on the tracks in Tori-machi 1-chome, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Higashiodori 1-chome, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Nanyo 宮内, Yamagata
Environment: On the railway tracks / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Miyauchi, Nanyo City, Yamagata.
Nanyo 宮内, Yamagata
Environment: Near railway tracks / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata
Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi
Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi
On 2026-07-01 in the morning, one bear cub was sighted in Misawa, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Around 6 PM on 2026-07-01, a bear was sighted in Shimotano, Nasushiobara City, Tochigi Prefecture.
Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Minamihara-Yokoborimachi, Yamagata
Moved westward from the sighting location / Environment: farmland / Size: adult
Kaminoyama 上生居, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in farmland in Kamiine, Kaminoyama City.
Kaminoyama 上生居, Yamagata
Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi
On June 29 at about 6:00 p.m., a report was received that footage from a security camera in the forested area of Utsuyama, Aza Uchisaka, Niteizaka, Fukushima City, showed one bear (body length unknown).
Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
On Monday, June 29 at approximately 5:30 a.m., in the forested area of Futaishi Nakayama in Shirakawa City, a man in his 40s driving a vehicle sighted one bear (about 1 meter in length).
Shirakawa 南池下, Fukushima
One bear was seen in a forest area in Futaishi Nakayama, Shirakawa City.
Shirakawa 南池下, Fukushima
Around 4:00 PM on 2026-06-29, one bear was sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture. The bear was estimated to be about 1 meter long.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Hiranoboshita, Iizaka-machi, Fukushima City, around 6:30 PM on June 28.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
On Sunday, June 28 at around 6:30 p.m., on the north-side walkway of Iizaka Cemetery in Hirano, Iizaka-machi, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his 40s) spotted three bears approaching from the opposite direction while he was walking west. One bear (A) was about 1 m in body length, and the other two (B and C) were about 50 cm each.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
Environment: On the tracks / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Nasu, Tochigi
I heard a bear cry.
Aikawa Hanbara, Kanagawa
A bear about 1 m in length was observed crossing the road from north to south. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Nakasakurada, Yamagata
A bear-like animal of unknown body length was sighted near the gazebo on Kumomi Hill. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: Yuso Hill / Size: Unknown
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
Around 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, a witness spotted one bear (body length unknown) on the Arakawa riverside near Hinokura Bridge in the Shono, Kita-Hinokura area of Fukushima City.
Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima
One bear was sighted on the Arakawa riverbank in Shono Hino-kura, Fukushima City, near Hinokura Bridge.
Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima
Kanuma 上石川, Tochigi
A bear-like animal was sighted at Yuso-no-oka park in Kamisakurada, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Zaou Ueno, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Zao-Uwano, Yamagata
A large animal about the size of a bear or a wild boar in the bamboo grove
Atsugi Tanazawa, Kanagawa
Around 16:30, one bear (1 m) was spotted in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima
On Thursday, June 25 at around 4:30 p.m., in the Mizuhara area of Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 50s) sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) coming out of the brush.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima
One bear was sighted in Haraguchi, Kaminoyama City.
Kaminoyama 原口, Yamagata
While driving toward Yamagata city, I observed one bear crossing the road eastward (toward the mountains). Estimated body length about 1 m. / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Nakasakurada, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Kaminoyama 原口, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Nanyo 上野, Yamagata
On Thursday, June 25 at about 5:30 a.m., in a forested area of Oyama Osarakubo, Otama Village, a witness (male in his 70s) observed one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) walking along the woodland near nearby houses. The bear then left into the forest.
Otama, Fukushima
Around 12:40 on 2026-06-25, one bear was sighted in Haraguchi, Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Kaminoyama 原口, Yamagata
Around noon on Thursday, June 25, in the Ashiike area of Hiraishi, Fukushima City, on Prefectural Route 148, a witness (male in his 70s) observed one bear (about 50 cm in body length) crossing the road from east to west while driving.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Sekiya, Fukushima
A man in his 70s driving a car saw one bear crossing Route 148 in Hiraishi, Fukushima City, from east to west.
Fukushima Hiraishi, Fukushima
Around noon on 2026-06-25, a bear was sighted at Hiraishi Ashiike, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Sekiya, Fukushima
One bear was sighted in Ueno, Nanyo City, Yamagata Prefecture, crossing a road from north to south about 400 meters southeast of the former Hygeia Park.
Nanyo 上野, Yamagata
On Wednesday, June 24 at approximately 6:40 p.m., in the Koyama area of Iwane, Motomiya City, a nearby resident spotted two bears walking through a field (one about 1 m in length, the other about 50 cm). The bears subsequently left on foot toward the forested area to the north.
Motomiya 岩根, Fukushima
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Minamihara-Yokoborimachi, Yamagata
One bear was seen crossing near the Fukushima-side entrance of the Higashi-Kurikoto Tunnel on National Route 13 in Iizaka-machi Nakano, Fukushima City.
Fukushima, Fukushima
On Wednesday, June 24 at approximately 4:50 PM, near the Fukushima Prefecture-side entrance/exit of the Higashi-Kuriko Tunnel on National Route 13 in Nakano, Iizaka Town, Fukushima City, a witness (female, in her 30s) observed, while driving, one bear (about 50 cm in body length) crossing National Route 13 from north to south.
Fukushima, Fukushima
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Nishikawa, Yamagata
On Wednesday, June 24 at approximately 10:30 a.m., on the Heiwa Line main farm road in Ōzaka, Ōtama Village (Ōyama, Ōsarakkubo area), a witness (male in his 60s) driving a vehicle observed a single bear (about 50 cm in body length) sitting in the woodland adjacent to the road. The bear then ran off east into the forested area.
Otama, Fukushima
In Tamugimata, Tsuruoka, a 41-year-old man picking Gassan bamboo shoots was bitten in the waist by a bear and injured.
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
Feces thought to be from a bear were found on a riverbed in Fukutamiya-no-mae, Sukagawa City, and confirmed as bear feces.
Sukagawa 袋田, Fukushima
On Wednesday, June 24 at approximately 8:20 a.m., a man in his 40s, the discoverer, found what appeared to be bear droppings on the riverbed in the Miyamae area of Fukuroda, Sukagawa City. When staff from Sukagawa City Hall inspected the site, they confirmed the droppings were from a bear.
Sukagawa 袋田, Fukushima
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
A bear was sighted around 7:45 AM in Kaminagura Somekita, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima
On Wednesday, June 24, at around 7:45 a.m., a witness spotted one bear (approximately 50 cm in body length) in the Somenkita area of Kaminakura, Fukushima City. The bear headed toward the river to the north and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima
At around 22:55 on 2026-06-23, an animal resembling a bear, about 1 meter long, was sighted in Azu, Hanno City, Saitama Prefecture. No one was injured.
Hanno Oaza Azu, Saitama
On Tuesday, June 23 at approximately 6:45 p.m., near the 245-kilometer post on the southbound lanes of the Tohoku Expressway underpass in Akagai-Mori area, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, a driver (male, in his 40s) traveling on the expressway observed a bear (one animal, about 50 cm in body length) attempting to cross the road from the shoulder into the lanes of the southbound Tohoku Expressway (toward Sendai). When the witness sounded his horn, the bear returned to the shoulder. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Sekiya, Fukushima
On 2026-06-23 at about 18:22, a bear was sighted in Yui Kamekubo, Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture.
Nihonmatsu 油井, Fukushima
On Tuesday, June 23 at approximately 6:22 PM, in the Kabuko area of Yui, Nihonmatsu City, a witness (male in his 60s) driving a vehicle saw one bear (about 1 meter in body length) moving north through fields. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Nihonmatsu 矢ノ戸, Fukushima
On Tuesday, June 23 at around 6:20 p.m., on Prefectural Route 5 in the Shono Nukiwari area of Fukushima City, a witness (female in her 30s) saw one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) while driving. The bear then left into the brush on the west side of the road.
Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima
Around 18:20 on 2026-06-23, a woman driving in Shono, Fukushima City, spotted one bear about 1 m long crossing Prefectural Route 5.
Fukushima Shono, Fukushima
Observed an adult bear moving in a mixed broadleaf grove. / Environment: mixed broadleaf grove / Size: adult
Yamagata Minamihango, Yamagata
Environment: Railway / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata
On Tuesday, June 23 at approximately 7:19 a.m., on the road in Ikenoue, Oshinjo, Daishin, Shirakawa City, a man in his 40s, while driving, saw one bear (about 1 m in length) cross the road and head into the forest.
Shirakawa 大信上新城, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Oishinashinjō Ikenoue, Shirakawa City.
Shirakawa 大信上新城, Fukushima
One bear sighted while walking / Environment: forest / Size: adult
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
One bear was sighted on the north side of Yuso no Oka in Kamisakurada, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in a wooded area in Zao Hango, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Higashihango, Yamagata
Environment: Riverbed / Size: Unknown
Yamagata Kunugizawanishi, Yamagata
Environment: riverbank / Size: adult
Takahata 大字上平柳, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Juvenile (young animal)
Nanyo 元中山, Yamagata
Around 4:00 PM on June 19, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Oharanishi 1-chome, Nasushiobara City.
Nasushiobara 大原間, Tochigi
On Friday, June 19 at around 12:35 PM, in the Arakawa riverbed area of Shono, Nukkawari (Shono Aza Nukibun) in Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 40s) sighted one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) on the riverbed.
Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima
On Friday, June 19 at around 9:00 a.m., in the Odagawa Ushishimizu area of Shirakawa City, while driving through a mountain forest, a man in his 50s sighted one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in the mountain forest.
Shirakawa 豊地, Fukushima
In Shirakawa City Odagawa Ushimizu, around 09:00, one bear-like animal measuring 1 m was in a forest.
Shirakawa 豊地, Fukushima
On Friday, June 19 at around 8:00 a.m., on a farm road in the Waku-higashi area of Yazawa, Sukagawa City, a witness (male in his 50s) discovered feces believed to be from a bear. When staff from Sukagawa City Hall arrived on scene and inspected the site, they confirmed it was bear scat.
Sukagawa 矢沢, Fukushima
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
Nasushiobara 前弥六南町, Tochigi
Environment: Road / Size: Adult (fully grown)
Takahata 大字泉岡, 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: Around residences / Size: Adult
Takahata 福沢南, 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: Near human dwellings / Size: Adult
Nanyo 二色根, Yamagata
Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Adult
Nanyo 二色根, Yamagata
Was walking on the road. Approximately 1.0 m in body length.
Nanyo 郡山, Yamagata
Environment: Around houses / Size: Unknown
Nanyo 島貫, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Unknown
Nanyo 島貫, Yamagata
Environment: Around houses / Size: Unknown
Nanyo 郡山, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Tsuyubashi, Nanyo City, and later culled.
Nanyo 露橋, Yamagata
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Nishine, Nanyo City.
Nanyo 二色根, Yamagata
A single approximately 1.2 m bear crossed the parking lot heading west and entered the brush. / Environment: parking lot / Size: adult
Yamagata Kurosawa, Yamagata
Environment: Near residences / Size: Adult
Nanyo 二色根, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Nanyo 三間通, Yamagata
Around 4:35 PM on 2026-06-16, one bear was sighted in Minamitōri, Nanyo City, Yamagata.
Nanyo 三間通, Yamagata
A bear was sighted at Chuohana Park in Mikamido, Nanyo City.
Nanyo 中央東, Yamagata
Environment: Near a park / Size: Adult
Nanyo 中央東, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Zaidengasaka Jingeven, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima
On Tuesday, June 16 at approximately 1:15 p.m., a witness (male in his 40s) observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) in Jinga-mae area, Atezaka, Fukushima City. The bear headed toward the river to the north and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima
On Tuesday, June 16 at approximately 1:05 p.m., an man in his 80s, while doing farm work in a forested area of Atagoyama in Daishin Masumi, Shirakawa City, sighted two bears in the woods (one about 1 m in body length and the other about 50 cm).
Shirakawa 大信増見, Fukushima
Environment: Road / Size: Adult (full-grown)
Nishikawa, Yamagata
Sighted a bear approximately 1 m in body length on the road / Environment: roadway / Size: adult
Yamagata Minamihango, Yamagata
One bear was sighted on a road in Zao-Hangou, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Higashihango, Yamagata
On Tuesday, June 16 at around 7:00 a.m., in the Yayoi area of Kuroiwa, Fukushima City, a witness observed one animal believed to be a bear (body length unknown) leaving through the forest on the east side of a municipal road heading toward the Abukuma River. There were no human injuries or property damage.
Fukushima Kuroiwa, Fukushima
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Juvenile
Nishikawa 大字沼山, Yamagata
Moved along a small path beside a house near the intersection of National Route 13 bypass and the old road in the Kanze (Kambe?) area of Kaminoyama City toward the National Route 13 bypass. / Environment: near residences / Size: adult
Kaminoyama 東金瓶, Yamagata
A bear was seen moving from a path beside a residence toward National Route 13 in Kanakame, Kaminoyama City.
Kaminoyama 金瓶, Yamagata
A bear was sighted at Atagoyama in Oshin Masumi, Shirakawa City.
Shirakawa 大信増見, Fukushima
Observed one bear moving north along the road. Body length approximately 1 m. / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Sugesawa, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult (fully grown)
Nanyo 上野, Yamagata
One bear was sighted on a road in Zao-Hangou, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Higashihango, Yamagata
Spotted a bear approximately 1 meter in body length on the road / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Minamihango, Yamagata
One bear was sighted crossing the road on National Route 115 in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima
While driving a vehicle, the witness observed one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) crossing the road.
Fukushima, Fukushima
While driving a vehicle, the witness observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road.
Fukushima, Fukushima
Sighted near the old Route 13 and the Route 13 Nakayama Bypass. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Kaminoyama 川口, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult (mature)
Takahata 大字安久津, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in a wooded area in Sugisawa, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Sugesawa, Yamagata
Time of incident: estimated / Environment: forest / Size: adult
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
Moved down the slope toward the east / Environment: mixed broadleaf forest / Size: adult
Yamagata Sugesawa, 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
A bear was sighted in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara Minamisawa, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima
While driving a vehicle, the observer spotted one bear (approximately 1.5 m in length) standing in a parking lot.
Fukushima Iizakamachi-Nakano, Fukushima
While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in the forested area.
Fukushima, Fukushima
Around 8:00 on 2026-06-14, a bear was sighted in Ageta-cho, Kanuma City.
Kanuma 油田町, Tochigi
Around 22:30 on 2026-06-14, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Kiwada-machi, Kanuma City.
Kanuma 亀和田町, Tochigi
Around 9:00 on June 14, a bear-like animal was sighted in Oguno, Hinode-machi, Tokyo.
Tokyo Oguno, Tokyo
On Saturday, June 13 at approximately 3:50 p.m., a witness (male in his 30s) spotted one bear (about 1 m in length) inside a park in Uenodera, Kamihiraba area, Fukushima City. The bear then left heading west.
Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima
While at home, [the witness] saw one bear (about 1 m in body length) walking in the park.
Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima
On Saturday, June 13 at around 3:25 p.m., on a municipal road in Minamimukoudai 3-chome, Fukushima City, an eyewitness (male in his 80s) driving a vehicle spotted two bears (each about 1.5 m in body length). The bears subsequently left heading west.
Fukushima Oguraji, Fukushima
While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted two bears crossing the road (each approximately 1.5 m in body length).
Fukushima Oguraji, Fukushima
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Takahata 大字下和田, Yamagata
At around 12:25 a.m. on Saturday, June 13, in the fields in Fujikubo, Sekiya, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his teens) saw one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) crossing the fields near Kanayagawa Station on the JR Tohoku Main Line while he was walking. The bear then departed south from that location.
Fukushima Kanayagawa, Fukushima
While walking, the observer sighted one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the fields.
Otama, Fukushima
Two bears about 1.5 meters long were sighted on a city road in Minamimukai-dai 3-chome, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Oguraji, Fukushima
At around 3:50 PM on 2026-06-13, a bear was sighted in Uwanodera Kamihiraba, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima
An animal resembling a bear crossed the road. / Environment: Near residential area / Size: Unknown
Yamanobe 大字北垣, Yamagata
On Friday, June 12 at about 5:15 p.m., on a village road in Oyama Aza Atago, Otama Village, a male witness riding a bicycle toward Nihonmatsu City spotted one bear (about 1 m in body length) walking toward him.
Otama, Fukushima
Habitat: forest / Size: adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 m in length) on the roadway.
Motomiya 仁井田, Fukushima
One bear about 1 m in body length was moving toward the mountain. / Environment: mixed broadleaf forest / Size: adult
Yamagata Murakizawa, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Murakizawa, Yamagata City, on June 12 in the morning.
Yamagata Minorigaoka, Yamagata
Around 5:30 AM on June 12, a bear was sighted in Takakuhei, Nasu Town, Tochigi Prefecture.
Nasu 一ツ樅, Tochigi
Around 4:00 PM today, one bear about 1 meter long was spotted in Kariyasu, Bansho-machi, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
Around noon on Friday, June 12, within the Yamanaka area of Nukazawa, Motomiya City, on Prefectural Route Nihonmatsu-Kanaya, a witness (male in his 20s) driving a vehicle observed one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 m in body length) walking toward Motomiya on the road.
Motomiya 仁井田, Fukushima
Kanuma みなみ町, Tochigi
Environment: riverbed / Size: adult (fully grown)
Tsuruoka 大宝寺, Yamagata
Around 4:30 PM on July 11, a bear was sighted in Daiboji, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Tsuruoka 大宝寺, Yamagata
There were footprints in the rice field. Sightings were also reported nearby on 7/7 and 7/8. The estimated date and time are unknown.
Murakami, Niigata
One bear (body length 1.0 m) was sighted near the old Aburato Tunnel (seaside exit). Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 油戸, Yamagata
At around 10:50 on July 9, one bear was seen moving in Hakoa, Shibata City, Niigata.
Shibata, Niigata
While driving on Prefectural Road 73 toward Yasuda, the witness spotted one bear in the bushes on the right-hand side. The bear immediately retreated back into the brush and fled.
Kashiwazaki, Niigata
Atsumi government office: One bear (body length unknown) was sighted in the Nezugaseki area. / Environment: Around residences / Size: Unknown
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
Atsumi government office area: One juvenile bear (approximately 0.7 m in body length) was sighted along the river near the Nezugaseki River Bridge. / Environment: Around residential area / Size: Juvenile
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
Around 6 a.m., one cub about 70 cm long was sighted in Nezugaseki, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Tsuruoka 鼠ケ関, Yamagata
Moved from the settlement to the forested mountains (south side).
Murakami, Niigata
One bear (body length unknown) was sighted about 300 m east of Abura-to Community Center, near Nakata Bridge. Subsequent whereabouts unknown. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 油戸, Yamagata
On 2026-07-08 around 19:30, one bear was seen moving in Nashioki, Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture.
Murakami, Niigata
There was a black object that appeared to be a bear; after checking a video on a smartphone, the person reported it. / Environment: Near residential area / Size: Unknown
Tsuruoka 日枝, Yamagata
A juvenile bear was sighted about 300 m past the Mitoe/Mitse (Mise) interchange exit. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: roadway / Size: juvenile
Tsuruoka 三瀬, Yamagata
Atsumi government office: A single bear (approx. 1 m in body length) was sighted within the Yu-Atsumi area. / Environment: Around residences / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 湯温海, Yamagata
Atsumi government office: One bear (approximately 1 m body length) was sighted within the Yu-Atsumi area. / Environment: Around houses / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 湯温海, Yamagata
A bear about 1 meter long collided with a moving passenger car on a road in Sakuramachi, Murakami City. The female driver was not injured, but part of the vehicle was damaged.
Murakami, Niigata
A vehicle traveling on National Route 113 from the Yamagata direction collided with a bear about 1.0 m in body length, and the bear ran off toward the Green Park Arakawa General Sports Park.
Murakami, Niigata
A single bear about 1.0 m in body length was roaming through the rice field.
Murakami, Niigata
One bear was spotted roaming in a rice paddy in the Sasaki area of Murakami City, Niigata.
Murakami, Niigata
One bear was sighted in Yutōnami, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Tsuruoka 湯温海, Yamagata
One bear was sighted at Koganebarahara Park in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata.
Tsuruoka 日枝, Yamagata
Atsumi government office: A vehicle on National Route 7 collided with one bear (body length 0.8 m). The bear subsequently fled into the mountains. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 大岩川, Yamagata
Atsumi Government Office area: One observer sighted a young bear (body length unknown) on the railroad tracks within the Koiwagawa vicinity. / Environment: On the railroad tracks / Size: Juvenile
Tsuruoka 小岩川, Yamagata
Atsumi government office: A person observed one bear (body length unknown) within the Yuu-Atsumi area. / Environment: riverside / Size: unknown
Tsuruoka 湯温海, Yamagata
A single bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) was sighted near the Kogata Purification Center. It moved south from the seaside and was later not found. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 堅苔沢, Yamagata
One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Konokozawa, Tsuruoka City.
Tsuruoka 堅苔沢, Yamagata
Crossed from the east side to the west side.
Murakami, Niigata
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a highway in Shimoaikawa, Murakami City, Niigata.
Murakami, Niigata
One bear (approx. 1.0 m in body length) was sighted about 300 m east of Abura-do Community Center, near Nakata Bridge. It moved south and was later not found. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 油戸, Yamagata
One cub was sighted in Koiwagawa, Tsuruoka City, coming down from the mountain to National Route 7 and then returning to the mountain when a witness called out.
Tsuruoka 小岩川, Yamagata
Atsumi government office building area: Witnessed one cub (body length unknown) that came down from the mountain onto National Route 7. When the witness called out, the cub returned to the mountain. / Environment: Near houses / Size: Juvenile
Tsuruoka 小岩川, Yamagata
A cub was sighted crossing a railway line from the mountain side to the sea side in Hayata, Tsuruoka City.
Tsuruoka 早田, Yamagata
Ainsai government office area: Observed a cub (about 0.5 m body length) crossing the tracks from the mountainside to the seaside in the Hayata area. / Environment: Around houses / Size: Juvenile
Tsuruoka 早田, Yamagata
A witness observed one cub moving from the seaside toward the mountains. / Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Tsuruoka 小岩川, Yamagata
Atsumi government office: One bear (body length unknown) sighted in the Yu-Atsumi area. / Environment: Near houses / Size: Unknown
Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata
Atsumi government office area: One bear (body length unknown) sighted within the Yunokami area. / Environment: Near residences / Size: Unknown
Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted at the Tsuruoka City Atsumi Forestry Association parking lot in Oiwagawa, Tsuruoka City.
Tsuruoka 大岩川, Yamagata
Atsumi government office: One bear (approximately 1 m in body length) sighted in the parking lot of the Tsuruoka City Atsumi Forest Cooperative. / Environment: business/office parking lot / Size: adult
Tsuruoka 大岩川, Yamagata
A single bear (body length 1.0 m) was sighted at a farming work hut in Nakayama area. It appeared to be eating rice. It moved away from the sighting location afterward. / Environment: Around homes / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 矢引, Yamagata
A bear entered a farm work shed in Nakayama, Tsuruoka City, and damaged rice stored in paper bags.
Tsuruoka 中山, Yamagata
A bear was sighted at a farm work shed in Nakayama, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata, eating rice stored in the shed.
Tsuruoka 中山, Yamagata
A witness driving a car observed one bear-like animal crossing the municipal road from the rice field side toward the mountain side.
Kashiwazaki, Niigata
One bear (approximately 80 cm) was sighted entering the southwest mountain near the baseball field of Tsuruoka National College of Technology. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: forest / Size: juvenile
Tsuruoka 井岡, Yamagata
At around 15:58 on June 26, a bear was sighted in Ioka, Tsuruoka City.
Tsuruoka 井岡, Yamagata
Atsumi Government Office: A single cub (approximately 0.8 m in body length) was sighted near the Atsumi government office / Environment: Near houses / Size: Juvenile
Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata
A cub was sighted within the Nakayama area and ran off to the north. / Environment: near houses / Size: juvenile
Tsuruoka 中山, Yamagata
Bear footprints were discovered on the roadway of the Prefectural Route Tashiro-Oguni. The direction of travel is unknown.
Nagaoka, Niigata
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata
One bear (1 m) entered the bushes on the south side of Kamo Community Center. / Environment: near houses / Size: adult
Tsuruoka 加茂, Yamagata
Discovered bear tracks while doing farm work.
Nagaoka, Niigata
Discovered bear tracks while on the way to cultivate the field
Nagaoka, Niigata
Around 5:00 on 2026-06-20, a bear was sighted in Sakamachi, Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture.
Murakami, Niigata
At around 14:00, one bear (approximately 1.5 m in body length) was sighted on the road about 400 m southeast of Yutagawa Community Center. It moved westward and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: near houses / Size: adult
Tsuruoka 藤沢, Yamagata
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in the Shukuda area of Murakami City.
Murakami, Niigata
One bear, estimated at about 1.5 meters long, was sighted in Fujisawa, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Tsuruoka 藤沢, Yamagata
While traveling on National Route 345, one bear (approximately 1.2 m in body length) was sighted near Aikōen (Aikoen) of Tsuruoka City. The bear then moved toward the park behind Aikōen. / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 岡山, Yamagata
A bear was sighted on a prefectural road in Karuigawa, Kashiwazaki City.
Kashiwazaki, Niigata
While passing through the area, sighted one bear.
Tainai, Niigata
Spotted one bear while passing through the area.
Tainai, Niigata
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In the past 30 days, 263 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 54 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 5 hours ago near Tsuruoka 大宝寺, Yamagata.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 16:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 760 km route runs from Machida to Kashiwazaki, passing through Tokyo, Yamagata, Niigata, Fukushima, Gunma, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Tochigi. In the past 30 days, 263 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 54 of them. The latest sighting was reported 5 hours ago near Tsuruoka 大宝寺, Yamagata. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
