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This 39 km route runs from Nihonmatsu Castle to Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art within Fukushima. In the past 30 days, 22 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. No reports were recorded in the past 7 days. The latest sighting was reported 1 week ago near Fukushima Tsuchiya-onsenmachi, Fukushima.
At this density of recent sightings, be ready to brake at any moment and avoid stopping in flagged stretches.
One bear (about 0.5 meters in body length) was sighted on National Route 115.
Fukushima Tsuchiya-onsenmachi, Fukushima
A single bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the national highway. The bear then ran off into the forested area to the west.
Nihonmatsu 不動平, Fukushima
Around 6:40 PM on July 14 in Fudodaira, Nihonmatsu City, one bear was seen crossing National Route 459 and then entering the mountainside forest.
Nihonmatsu 不動平, Fukushima
Around 6:00 a.m. in Nakano-me, Nihonmatsu City, one bear about 1.5 m long was sighted crossing a field.
Nihonmatsu 中ノ目, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara Murozawa, Fukushima City.
Fukushima, Fukushima
Around 9:00 on July 4, a bear was sighted moving in Dakeonsen 4-chome, Nihonmatsu, Fukushima.
Nihonmatsu 岳東町, Fukushima
In Kamiyomita, Nihonmatsu City, one bear was in fields and rice paddies.
Nihonmatsu 上蓬田, Fukushima
On June 28 at approximately 4:15 p.m., in the Tsuchiyu Onsen area of Fukushima City on National Route 115, a witness (female in her 50s) observed a single bear (about 1 meter in body length) while passing by in a vehicle.
Fukushima, Fukushima
At around 9:30 a.m. on June 28, a witness (male in his 40s) observed a bear (approximately 1 meter in length) crossing the road on National Route 115 in the Tsuchiyu Onsen area of Fukushima City.
Fukushima, Fukushima
One bear (about 0.5 meters in body length) was sighted on National Route 115.
Fukushima Tsuchiya-onsenmachi, Fukushima
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Fukushima, Fukushima
A single bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the national highway. The bear then ran off into the forested area to the west.
Nihonmatsu 不動平, Fukushima
Around 6:40 PM on July 14 in Fudodaira, Nihonmatsu City, one bear was seen crossing National Route 459 and then entering the mountainside forest.
Nihonmatsu 不動平, Fukushima
A bear was sighted moving in Shono Nukubun, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Shono, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara Murozawa, Fukushima City.
Fukushima, Fukushima
One bear, about 1 m long, was seen crossing National Route 115 in Tsuchiyu Onsen-machi, Fukushima City.
Fukushima, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Shimonoji Tohara, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Shimonodera, Fukushima
Around 9:00 on July 4, a bear was sighted moving in Dakeonsen 4-chome, Nihonmatsu, Fukushima.
Nihonmatsu 岳東町, Fukushima
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
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
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
On June 28 at approximately 4:15 p.m., in the Tsuchiyu Onsen area of Fukushima City on National Route 115, a witness (female in her 50s) observed a single bear (about 1 meter in body length) while passing by in a vehicle.
Fukushima, Fukushima
At around 11:10 a.m. on June 28, in the Mizubayashi natural forest area, Arai, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 70s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) while walking.
Fukushima Arai, Fukushima
At around 9:30 a.m. on June 28, a witness (male in his 40s) observed a bear (approximately 1 meter in length) crossing the road on National Route 115 in the Tsuchiyu Onsen area of Fukushima City.
Fukushima, Fukushima
At approximately 9:10 a.m. on June 28, in the Arakawa riverbed area of Arai, Kawashida, Fukushima City, a witness (female in her 50s) observed one bear (about 1 meter in length) walking upstream along the Arakawa riverbed while she was driving.
Fukushima Arai, Fukushima
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on National Route 115 in Tsuchiyuonsenmachi, Fukushima City, around 9:30 a.m.
Fukushima, Fukushima
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
Peak activity at 18:00 with 5 incidents
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In the past 30 days, 22 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. No reports were recorded in the past 7 days.
The latest sighting was reported 1 week ago near Fukushima Tsuchiya-onsenmachi, Fukushima.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 18:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 39 km route runs from Nihonmatsu Castle to Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art within Fukushima. In the past 30 days, 22 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. No reports were recorded in the past 7 days. The latest sighting was reported 1 week ago near Fukushima Tsuchiya-onsenmachi, Fukushima. At this density of recent sightings, be ready to brake at any moment and avoid stopping in flagged stretches.
