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This 301 km route runs from Shimonoseki to Unnan, passing through Yamaguchi and Shimane. In the past 30 days, 86 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 17 of them. The latest sighting was reported 17 hours ago near Hamada Misumicho-Misumi, Shimane.
This is an active bear corridor. Reroute or postpone until activity quiets.
4 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Yamaguchi, Shimane.
At around 8:45 a.m. on June 15, 2026, near the Ko-Ochi intersection in Misumi, Misumi-cho, Hamada City, one young bear.
Hamada Misumicho-Misumi, Shimane
Around 6:40 a.m. on June 15, 2026, at a point 50 meters toward Ota from the Asayama IC entrance on National Route 9 in Asakura, Asayama-cho, Ota City, one bear about 1 meter in length was moving from the sea side toward the mountain side.
Oda Asayamacho-Asakura, Shimane
Two bears about 1 meter long were sighted on a prefectural road in Takasashimo, Hagi City.
Hagi, Yamaguchi
At approximately 7:25 p.m. on June 14, 2026, a local train from Masuda to Hamada collided with a bear on the San'in Line between Orei and Miho-Misumi stations in Nishikawachi, Misumi-cho, Hamada City.
Hamada Misumicho-Saigouchi, Shimane
Sanyo-Onoda Yamanoi, Yamaguchi
Around 7:30 a.m. on June 14, 2026, one young bear was at the JR Mikorori road railroad crossing in Maji, Nima-cho, Ōda City.
Oda Nimacho-Maji, Shimane
Around 7:30 on 2026-06-14, a bear was sighted in Nima-cho Umaji, Ota City, Shimane Prefecture.
Oda Nimacho-Maji, Shimane
At about 11:30 a.m. on June 13, 2026, one bear was near the area where the wide-area farm road enters the Tadamatsuga city road in Honmatsugacho, Masuda City.
Masuda Tadacho, Shimane
Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi
Around 7:15 p.m. on June 12, 2026, one bear was sighted near the Shimizu-Kubobashi area of Kawatō-chō, Masuda City.
Masuda Kawanoboricho, Shimane
Around 1:15 p.m. on June 12, 2026, near the backstop net of the ground at the Maji Town Development Center in Maji, Nima Town, Oda City, one bear approximately 1 meter in body length was observed.
Oda Nimacho-Maji, Shimane
Yamaguchi Atokanekami, Yamaguchi
At around 7:00 a.m. on June 11, 2026, one bear was sighted about 500 m along the Iwami Western Wide-area Farm Road toward Yamao from Hokuseindo Community Center in Ōkusa-cho, Masuda City.
Masuda Okusacho, Shimane
A bear about 80 cm long was sighted on National Route 9 in Ato Jifukukami, Yamaguchi City, crossing from east to west.
Yamaguchi Atojifukukami, Yamaguchi
About 8:00 a.m. on June 10, 2026, one bear crossing the Daikoku farm road in Ōoya, Ōya-chō, Ōda City
Oda Oyacho-Oya, Shimane
One bear was sighted crossing Okuni farm road in Oya, Oya Town, Oda City.
Oda Oyacho-Oya, Shimane
Around 7:30 a.m. on June 9, 2026, an empty lot in Umaji, Nima Town, where one bear about 1.0 meter long was found.
Oda Nimacho-Maji, Shimane
An animal believed to be a bear was seen moving in Nima-cho Umaji, Oda City.
Oda Nimacho-Maji, Shimane
Sanyo-Onoda Habu, Yamaguchi
A bear was sighted in Takatsu-cho, Masuda City.
Masuda Takatsucho, Shimane
Around 1:30 p.m. on June 4, 2026, one bear was sighted near the intersection of Matsubara-Mushio Line (municipal road) and Otani-Habara Wide-Area Farm Road in Mushiocho, Masuda City.
Masuda Musocho, Shimane
Around 9:10 a.m. on June 4, 2026, one adult bear was [encountered/spotted] on Yanaigauchi Line, a city road in Harai Town.
Hamada Haraicho, Shimane
A person in a car spotted one bear on a prefectural road in Shimokogawa, Hagi City.
Hagi Shimoogawa, Yamaguchi
Around 13:30 on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Mushiōchō, Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture.
Masuda Musocho, Shimane
Around 11:30 p.m. on June 3, 2026, one bear was sighted near Tono Suisen Park in Nishihirabaracho, Masuda City.
Masuda Nishihirabaracho, Shimane
On June 3, 2026, at approximately 9:55 PM, near the intersection of the municipal road Tōdai Line and the JR Sanin Main Line in Nishihirabaracho, Masuda City, one bear was...
Masuda Nishihirabaracho, Shimane
Around 5:35 p.m. on June 3, 2026, one bear was seen near the back of the JA Funeral Center in Misumi, Misumi-cho, Hamada City. It entered the mountain behind the Kinuyasanpuramu store.
Hamada Misumicho-Misumi, Shimane
Around 10:15 on 2026-06-03, a bear was sighted in Yasutomi-cho, Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture.
Masuda Yasudomicho, Shimane
Yamaguchi Atoshinome, Yamaguchi
After 10 a.m. in Ato Shinome, Yamaguchi City, one bear about 1 m long was seen crossing a prefectural road and left into the mountains.
Yamaguchi Atoshinome, Yamaguchi
Hagi, Yamaguchi
At around 9:00 p.m. on May 31, 2026, one suspected cub was in a fallow rice field in Fukumitsu, Yunotsu Town, Ōda City.
Oda Yunotsucho-Fukumitsu, Shimane
Around 8:40 p.m. on May 30, 2026, one bear was reported near the Hagi–Iwami Airport entrance intersection on National Route 191 in Takatsu-cho, Masuda City.
Masuda Takatsucho, Shimane
Around 6:30 p.m. on May 30, 2026, near the intersection of the Ichihara-Kiami Line and the Gotanda Line on a municipal road in Ichihara-machi, Masuda City, one bear was sighted.
Masuda Ichiharacho, Shimane
Yamaguchi 佐山, Yamaguchi
Ube 大字山中, Yamaguchi
Around 20:40 on 2026-05-30, a bear was sighted in Takatsu-cho, Masuda City.
Masuda Takatsucho, Shimane
Around 4:30 p.m. on May 29, 2026, one bear was [found] on a midstream sandbar of the Takatsu River about 1 km upstream from Kanda Ohashi Bridge in Kanda-cho, Masuda City.
Masuda Kandacho, Shimane
Around 7:00 p.m. on May 28, 2026, one bear was observed near Yokota Bridge in Yokota-cho, Masuda City.
Masuda Yokotacho, Shimane
On May 28, 2026, at around 5:30 p.m., on the Prefectural Road Tadokoro-Kokufu Line in Kamifu Town, Hamada City, one adult bear and two cubs
Hamada Kamikocho, Shimane
Around 5:20 p.m. on May 28, 2026, on the Prefectural Road Tadokoro-Kokufu Line in Kamifu-cho, Hamada City, one adult bear was [encountered/found].
Hamada Kamikocho, Shimane
At approximately 11:35 a.m. on May 28, 2026, in front of the main gate of Nakanishi Junior High School in Shirakami-cho, Masuda City, one bear approximately 1 meter in length
Masuda Shirakamicho, Shimane
Around 11:35 on 2026-05-28, a bear was sighted in Shirakami Town, Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture.
Masuda Shirakamicho, Shimane
Hagi, Yamaguchi
Around 2:50 p.m. on May 27, 2026, a single bear approximately 1 meter in body length was crossing the Fukimitsu-Nishida municipal road in Tanishida, Yunotsu-cho, Ota City.
Oda Yunotsucho-Nishita, Shimane
At approximately 7:10 a.m. on May 27, 2026, an adult bear was crossing and moving along National Route 9 in Kokubumachi, Hamada City.
Hamada Kokubucho, Shimane
A Japanese black bear was sighted around 7:10 AM in Kokubu-cho, Hamada City, and moved across Route 9 from the sea side to the mountain side.
Hamada Kokubucho, Shimane
On May 26, 2026, at around 6:30 p.m., an approximately 80-centimeter-long bear was found in a vacant lot beside a municipal road in Imaura, Yunotsu-cho, Ōda City.
Oda Yunotsucho-Imaura, Shimane
Around 6:00 p.m. on May 26, 2026, one bear was seen near the intersection of Matsubaramushioisen city road and Otani-Hahara farm road in Shirakami district, Masuda City.
Masuda Shirakamicho, Shimane
One adult bear was sighted around 6:50 a.m. at the Hamada River and National Highway Office equipment yard in Jigocho, Hamada City.
Hamada Chiwacho, Shimane
Around 4:00 PM on May 25, 2026, one bear was sighted on National Route 9 north of the Nishimasuda Ohashi Bridge in Yasutomi-cho, Masuda City.
Masuda Yasudomicho, Shimane
Around 10:00 a.m. on May 25, 2026, near the Miyagasako community center in Katsurahiracho, Masuda City, two bears
Masuda Katsurahiracho, Shimane
Shimonoseki 菊川町大字七見, Yamaguchi
Around 4:00 PM on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Yasutomi-cho, Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture.
Masuda Yasudomicho, Shimane
Around 5:00 p.m. on May 24, 2026, one bear was observed on the JR Yamaguchi Line near Ōtaki bus stop in Kanda-cho, Masuda City.
Masuda Kandacho, Shimane
Around 4:00 p.m. on May 24, 2026, two bears were [sighted/encountered] near the Iwami Resource Recycling Business Cooperative in Sakeyama-cho, Masuda City.
Masuda Hidarigayamacho, Shimane
A bear was sighted in Tane, Kakeya-cho, Unnan City, Shimane on 2026-05-24 afternoon.
Unnan Kakeyacho-Tane, Shimane
Ube 大字東万倉, Yamaguchi
Around 8:30 on 2026-05-24, one bear was sighted in Susocho, Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture.
Masuda Sakaemachi, Shimane
Around 8:30 a.m. on May 24, 2026, one bear was sighted near the Kakunishi intersection in Sukomachi.
Masuda Iidacho, Shimane
Around 12:10 a.m. on May 24, 2026, one bear was near the Fushitaniguchi bus stop in Otani Town.
Masuda Otanicho, Shimane
Around 5 PM on May 24, a bear was sighted in Kanda-cho, Masuda City, Shimane.
Masuda Kandacho, Shimane
Around 7:20 p.m. on May 22, 2026, one bear was seen near the intersection of Ganchō Line, Kiamigawa Riverside Line, and Suberu Line on a city road in Kiamicho.
Masuda Kiamicho, Shimane
Around 2:55 p.m. on May 22, 2026, near the Sky Hill golf range in Yasutomi Town, Masuda City, one bear...
Masuda Honmatagacho, Shimane
Around 1:55 p.m. on May 22, 2026, one bear was near Kyoshō-ji Temple in Yasuda-machi, Masuda City.
Masuda Yasudomicho, Shimane
Around 9:30 a.m. on May 22, 2026, one adult bear was (located) near Kawashimo Sakura Park in Shimotane Town, Masuda City.
Masuda Shimotanecho, Shimane
At approximately 6:45 a.m. on May 22, 2026, on a municipal road in Asari Town, one adult bear about 1 meter in body length.
Gotsu Matsukawacho-Ota, Shimane
May 22, 2026, at approximately 12:20 p.m., one bear in the Nameguwa area, Kiamimachi, Masuda City.
Masuda Todacho, Shimane
May 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM — one bear near Takenoshita Bridge, Baigetsu Town.
Masuda Umetsukicho, Shimane
Around 2:15 p.m. on May 21, 2026, one bear at the Hagi-Iwami Airport interchange in Iida Town.
Masuda Iidacho, Shimane
Around 8:30 a.m. on May 21, 2026, one bear was crossing National Route 191 toward the mountain side near the Kiaami bus stop in Kiaami-cho, Masuda City.
Masuda Kiamicho, Shimane
At approximately 8:00 a.m. on May 21, 2026, one bear about 80 cm long was on a municipal road in Hatai, Isotake Town.
Oda Isotakecho, Shimane
Around 8:10 p.m. on May 20, 2026, one bear was sighted near the Kazoku no Mori Plaza area in Takatsu-cho, Masuda City.
Masuda Ichiharacho, Shimane
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on May 20, 2026, one bear was sighted in the section of the San'in Expressway Masuda Road in Iidacho, Masuda City, between Yabara Tsutsumi Bridge and Iida-Kakui Ohashi Bridge.
Masuda Uchidacho, Shimane
Around noon on May 20, 2026, one bear was seen near the east side of the Nishimasuda Ohashi Bridge in Yasutomi-cho, Masuda City.
Masuda Yasudomicho, Shimane
Around 8:00 p.m. on May 19, 2026, one bear was seen near the Oku-no-in (inner sanctuary) of Toyota Shrine in Yokota-cho, Masuda City.
Masuda Yokotacho, Shimane
Around 6:20 p.m. on May 19, 2026, one bear was seen near the intersection of Prefectural Route Masuda-Abu Line and the Masuda Road (National Route) in Iida-cho, Masuda City.
Masuda Iidacho, Shimane
At about 18:20 on May 19, 2026, one bear was sighted at the intersection of the Prefectural Road Masuda–Abu Line and the Masuda National Road in Iida-cho, Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture.
Masuda Iidacho, Shimane
On May 19, 2026, in the early morning a bear of unknown size was sighted at Shinkawa, Kakushi-cho, Gotsu City, Shimane Prefecture. Around 10:00 the same day, an adult bear just under one meter long was sighted on National Route 9 in Ushiroji-cho, Gotsu City.
Gotsu Kakushicho, Shimane
At around 10:00 a.m. on May 19, 2026, one adult bear just under 1 meter in body length was [observed/located] on National Route 9 in Ushiroji-cho, Gōtsu City.
Gotsu Ushirojicho, Shimane
Early morning on May 19, 2026, one bear of unknown body length was found near the Shinkawa area of Kakushi Town.
Gotsu Kakushicho, Shimane
Around 5:00 p.m. on May 18, 2026, one bear was sighted in the mountains about 200 meters east of the Manyo Park East Entrance parking lot in Takatsu 2-chome, Masuda City.
Masuda Sukocho, Shimane
Around 7:00 a.m. on May 18, 2026, on the Iwami Airport–Iida Prefectural Road in Iida-machi, Masuda City, one bear ...
Masuda Uchidacho, Shimane
Around 4:00 p.m. on May 17, 2026, one adult bear in Kawasei, Yasutomi-cho, Masuda City.
Masuda Yasudomicho, Shimane
Around 4:00 p.m. on May 17, 2026, one adult bear was (located) near a National Land-developed agricultural area in Hisashiro-cho, Masuda City.
Masuda Kushirocho, Shimane
Around 5:30 a.m. on May 17, 2026, one young bear was (found) near the intersection of the Ichihara-Kiami municipal road and the Sai-no-toge municipal road in Ichiharacho, Masuda City.
Masuda Ichiharacho, Shimane
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In the past 30 days, 86 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 17 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 17 hours ago near Hamada Misumicho-Misumi, Shimane.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 8:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 301 km route runs from Shimonoseki to Unnan, passing through Yamaguchi and Shimane. In the past 30 days, 86 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 17 of them. The latest sighting was reported 17 hours ago near Hamada Misumicho-Misumi, Shimane. This is an active bear corridor. Reroute or postpone until activity quiets.
