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This 494 km route runs from Shiso to Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining, passing through Hyogo, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Okayama, and Shimane. In the past 30 days, 71 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 11 of them. The latest sighting was reported 16 hours ago near Hamada Misumicho-Misumi, Shimane.
This is an active bear corridor. Reroute or postpone until activity quiets.
5 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Hyogo, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Okayama, 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
Hagi Takasakami, 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
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
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 4:40 PM on June 12, 2026, a juvenile bear was seen crossing a prefectural road and moving south about 500 meters from Imaichi Post Office in Imaichi, Asahi-cho, Hamada City.
Hamada Asahicho-Wada, Shimane
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
Abu Fukudashimo, Yamaguchi
At about 8:30 a.m. on June 10, 2026, one bear was moving into the mountains toward the Asahi IC near the Asahi Fire Brigade substation in Maruhara, Asahi-cho, Hamada City.
Hamada Asahicho-Marubara, Shimane
Abu, Yamaguchi
Around 8:00 on 2026-06-09, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a prefectural road in Nago, Abu Town, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and then left into the mountains. No injuries were confirmed.
Abu, Yamaguchi
A bear was sighted in Takatsu-cho, Masuda City.
Masuda Takatsucho, Shimane
Hagi, Yamaguchi
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
Hagi, Yamaguchi
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
About 6:25 p.m. on June 3, 2026, near the Shimogo bus stop on National Route 186 in Kamikuraihara, Kanagi-cho, Hamada City, one bear was observed.
Hamada Kanagicho-Kamikurubara, 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
Hagi, Yamaguchi
Around 5:50 p.m. on June 1, 2026, near the Shimoiwaji bus stop in Maruhara, Asahi-cho, Hamada City, one bear
Hamada Asahicho-Kita, Shimane
Hagi, Yamaguchi
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
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
A bear about 1 meter long was seen walking.
Shobara Nigorikawacho, Hiroshima
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
At about 5:40 PM on May 27, 2026, an adult Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) appeared in the schoolyard of Imafuku Elementary School, a municipal school in Imafuku, Kanagi-cho, Hamada City. It moved toward the mountains to the east, and there were no injuries.
Hamada Kanagicho-Shimokurubara, Shimane
A bear was sighted moving in Kinjōcho Imafuku, Hamada City.
Hamada Kanagicho-Imafuku, Shimane
Hagi, Yamaguchi
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
Hagi, Yamaguchi
Hagi Chinto, Yamaguchi
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
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
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 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
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
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
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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Ursus thibetanus japonicus
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In the past 30 days, 71 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 11 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 16 hours ago near Hamada Misumicho-Misumi, Shimane.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 17:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 494 km route runs from Shiso to Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining, passing through Hyogo, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Okayama, and Shimane. In the past 30 days, 71 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 11 of them. The latest sighting was reported 16 hours ago near Hamada Misumicho-Misumi, Shimane. This is an active bear corridor. Reroute or postpone until activity quiets.
