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This 713 km route runs from Nikko to Lake Sagami, passing through Tochigi, Yamagata, Fukushima, Kanagawa, Chiba, Ibaraki, Niigata, Saitama, and Tokyo. In the past 30 days, 158 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 21 of them. The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Iwaki 好間工業団地, Fukushima.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
6 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Tochigi, Yamagata, Fukushima, Kanagawa, Chiba, Ibaraki, Niigata, Saitama, Tokyo.
On Friday, June 19 at around 4:25 p.m., in the Fukuroguchi area of Takihara, Minamiaizu Town, a witness (male in his 70s) saw a bear (about 50 cm in body length) when he went outside his home; the bear was in what used to be a rice field west of the house. The bear then entered brush to the west.
Minamiaizu Takinohara, Fukushima
Around 1:20 p.m. on Friday, June 19, in Tabebara, Tajima, Minamiaizu Town, a witness (male in his 50s) saw a bear about 50 cm in body length near a shrine to the north while mowing grass. The bear then ran toward the river to the north and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Minamiaizu Tabe, Fukushima
On 2026-06-19 afternoon, one bear was seen moving in Tabebara, Tajima, Minamiaizu Town, Fukushima.
Minamiaizu Tabe, Fukushima
On Thursday, June 18 at approximately 5:30 PM, in a field in Nagao-michi, Tsurunobe, Aizumisato Town, a witness (male, in his 30s) walking his dog observed two bears emerge from the brush in the field (approximate body lengths: about 1 m and about 50 cm). The subsequent movements of the bears are unknown.
Aizumisato 立石田, Fukushima
At approximately 4:24 p.m. on Thursday, June 18, on National Route 121 in the Shimoozawa area of Nagano, Minamiaizu Town, a passenger car driven by a woman in her 70s, while traveling westbound, collided with a bear (about 50 cm in body length) that was crossing the road from south to north. After the collision, the bear continued north and entered the forest. The vehicle sustained minor damage. No human injuries or other property damage were confirmed.
Minamiaizu Tando, Fukushima
Environment: Farmland / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Yanazawa, Yamagata
Environment: Near homes / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Onogawamachi, Yamagata
Around 10:10 on 2026-06-16, one bear was sighted moving in Takihara Fukurakuchi, Minamiaizu Town, Fukushima Prefecture.
Minamiaizu Takinohara, Fukushima
On Tuesday, June 16, at approximately 10:10 a.m., in Fukuroguchi, Takihara, Minamiaizu Town, a witness (male in his 70s) looked outside from his home and saw one bear (about 50 cm in body length) in what used to be a rice field to the west of his house. The bear then left, heading toward the mountains to the west.
Minamiaizu Takinohara, Fukushima
On Sunday, June 14, at approximately 4:45 p.m., in the Dosshita area of Nagano, Minamiaizu Town, a witness (male in his 70s) observed one bear (about 50 cm in body length) crossing the road from south to north while he was taking a break. The bear fled into the brush on the north side and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Minamiaizu Nagano, Fukushima
Small black bear cub, seen 20 metres from the road. Did not see the mother because driving past.
Nikkō, Tochigi
Environment: Near houses / Size: Unknown
Kawanishi 大字上奥田, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Shirataka 大字高玉, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in farmland in Takadama, Shirataka Town.
Shirataka 大字高玉, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult (fully-grown)
Shirataka 大字高玉, Yamagata
On Friday, June 12 at around 4:30 PM, a witness (male in his 60s) driving a vehicle spotted a single bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in a rice paddy in Nakata, Asahimurashi, Aizumisato Town. The bear ran from that location toward the forested area to the east, and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Aizumisato 旭三寄, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Nagataseguchi, Minamiaizu Town, Fukushima Prefecture, around 11:42 on 2026-06-12.
Minamiaizu Nagata, Fukushima
On Friday, June 12 at approximately 11:42 a.m., in the Sekiguchi area of Nagata, Minamiaizu Town, a witness (male in his 40s) spotted a bear while driving. The witness saw one bear (about 50 cm in body length) sitting in the roadside grass. The witness drove past the location, so the bear’s subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Minamiaizu Nakaarai, Fukushima
On Thursday, June 11 at approximately 5:45 PM, in Fukuroguchi area, Takihara, Minamiaizu Town, a witness (male in his 70s) went outside to bring in laundry that had been hung out and spotted one bear (about 50 cm in body length) on the slope of the mountain southwest of his home. The bear then ran off toward the interior of the forest.
Minamiaizu Takinohara, Fukushima
A bear was sighted by an elementary school student while commuting to school in a farm field in Hirayama, Nagai City.
Nagai 平山, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Nagai 平山, Yamagata
On Wednesday, June 10 at around 8:00 p.m., on National Route 121 in Miyamae, Kawashima, Minamiaizu Town, a passenger car traveling south collided with a bear (about 1 m in body length) that dashed onto the road from west to east. After the collision, the bear continued east and left for the forest. No human or property damage has been confirmed.
Minamiaizu Sekimoto, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Kawashima-Miyamae, Minamiaizu Town, and collided with a car.
Minamiaizu Sekimoto, Fukushima
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult and cub
Kawanishi, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Kawanishi, Yamagata
Around 6:15 PM on June 8, a bear was seen moving in Amanuma Noke, Shiokawa-machi, Kitakata City.
Kitakata 塩川町天沼, Fukushima
On Monday, June 8 at around 6:15 p.m., in a rice field in Nōke, Amanuma, Shiogawa-machi, Kitakata City, a witness (male, in his teens) who was traveling by vehicle spotted one bear (about 1 m in body length) in the rice field to the west. The bear then ran westward and disappeared from view.
Kitakata 塩川町天沼, Fukushima
On Sunday, June 7 at about 6:05 p.m., in the Matsubara area of Torimiyama, Matsuyama Town, Kitakata City, a witness (woman in her 40s) was driving north on the prefectural road when she spotted one bear (about 50 cm in length) crossing the road from west to east. The bear ran off to the east and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Kitakata 松山町鳥見山, Fukushima
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Unknown
Kawanishi 大字朴沢, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Tando Nasuzawa-yama, Minamiaizu town.
Shimogo, Fukushima
On Sunday, June 7 at approximately 10:40 a.m., in the Nasu-zawayama area of Tando, Minamiaizu Town, a witness (female in her 30s) saw one bear (about 50 cm in body length) on the slope of the forest to the right of the roadway while traveling west on National Route 121 at the above sighting location. The bear then ran back into the forest.
Minamiaizu Koya, Fukushima
Around 13:40 on June 5, a bear was sighted in Nakamisui, Nikko City.
Nikkō 中三依, Tochigi
Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Adult and cub
Nagai 宮, Yamagata
Environment: Riverbed / Size: Adult and cub
Nagai 成田, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Nagai 勧進代, Yamagata
On Thursday, June 4 at approximately 11:50 a.m., near Aizu-Kogen-Ozeguchi Station in Takihara Haneko area, Minamiaizu Town, a witness (male in his 60s) observed one bear (about 1 m in length) entering the mountain forest east of the railway tracks.
Minamiaizu Takinohara, Fukushima
A railway employee spotted one bear at Yagan Railway Naka-Miyori Onsen Station in Nikkō, Tochigi.
Nikkō 独鈷沢, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Takihara Haneko, Minamiaizu Town.
Minamiaizu Takinohara, Fukushima
Nikkō 独鈷沢, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Nakamiyori, Nikko City, Tochigi on the morning of 2026-06-04.
Nikkō 中三依, Tochigi
Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Adult and cub
Shirataka 大字横田尻, Yamagata
Environment: around human habitation / Size: unknown
Kawanishi 大字下小松, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult and juvenile
Shirataka 大字高玉, Yamagata
On Sunday, May 31 at approximately 3:50 p.m., on National Route 121 in Itozawa Aza Toishizawa, Minamiaizu Town, a witness (male in his 50s) observed one bear (about 1 meter in length) while driving. The witness passed by the bear, and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Minamiaizu, Fukushima
On Saturday, May 30 at approximately 4:10 a.m., in the Ohgamizawa area of Higashiogi, Aizumisato Town, a witness (male in his 60s) opened his front door and saw one bear (about 1 meter in body length) on the premises of a neighboring residence. The bear immediately entered the forest, and its subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizumisato 旭無量, Fukushima
On Thursday, May 28 at approximately 6:54 p.m., in the Shimohara area of Takihara, Minamiaizu Town, on National Route 352, an eyewitness (male in his 80s) while driving observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the national highway from east to west. The bear proceeded toward the river on the west side of the highway, and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Minamiaizu, Fukushima
On Thursday, May 28 at approximately 5:15 p.m., in Dangoishi, Itosawa, Minamiaizu Town, a witness (woman in her 60s) traveling by vehicle observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) wandering in the roadside brush. The bear's subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Minamiaizu, Fukushima
One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Soegawa, Iide Town, Yamagata Prefecture.
Iide Soegawa, Yamagata
One bear was observed walking through the rice fields from the mountain side toward the prefectural road / Environment: near houses / Size: adult
Iide Matsubara, Yamagata
Size: Unknown
Yonezawa Toyamamachi, Yamagata
Environment: Around residences / Size: Adult
Takahata 福沢南, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Tsuyubashi, Nanyo City, and later culled.
Nanyo 露橋, 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: Farmland / Size: Adult
Shirataka 大字高玉, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in farmland in Takadama, Shirataka Town.
Shirataka 大字高玉, Yamagata
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
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult and cub
Nagai 小出, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult (fully-grown)
Shirataka 大字高玉, Yamagata
Around 10:10 on 2026-06-13, a bear was sighted at Ogawa-machi Kamiogawa Takasaki, Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture.
Iwaki 小川町福岡, Fukushima
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
Two bears about 1.5 meters long were sighted on a city road in Minamimukai-dai 3-chome, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Oguraji, Fukushima
Habitat: forest / Size: adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
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
Environment: Near human residences / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Fukuda, Yamagata
A bear was sighted by an elementary school student while commuting to school in a farm field in Hirayama, Nagai City.
Nagai 平山, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Nagai 平山, Yamagata
On Thursday, June 11 at approximately 2:55 a.m., on National Route 13 in Funaba-cho, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 20s) driving a vehicle observed one animal believed to be a bear crossing the road (about 50 cm in body length). There were no human injuries or property damage.
Fukushima Minamimachi, Fukushima
An animal thought to be a bear was sighted crossing Route 13 in Funaba-cho, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Minamimachi, Fukushima
On Wednesday, June 10, at around 7:00 p.m., in the Kanisawa area of Yuno, Iizaka Town, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his 40s) observed one bear (approximately 1.5 m in body length) standing in a field while driving. After noticing the vehicle, the bear departed to the north.
Fukushima Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
On Wednesday, June 10 at approximately 1:20 p.m., in the Suwayama area of Kuroiwa, Fukushima City, on a municipal road, a witness (female in her 20s) observed one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 meter in body length) crossing the road while traveling by vehicle.
Fukushima Kuroiwa, Fukushima
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Banseicho-Ushimori, Yamagata
Around 7:00 PM on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima
One bear, about 1.2 meters long, was sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
On Tuesday, June 9 at around 2:00 p.m., in a field in Uenakashima, Sasakino, Fukushima City, a caller (male in his 70s) discovered footprints believed to be from a bear. When Fukushima City Hall staff arrived and inspected the scene, they confirmed the tracks were from a bear.
Fukushima Kaminodera, Fukushima
Bear tracks were found in a field in Nagabayashi, Machinobasaka, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Shimonodera, Fukushima
On Tuesday, June 9 at approximately 11:40 a.m., in a field within Osanabayashi area, Machinibasaka, Fukushima City, the reporter (male) discovered footprints believed to be from a bear. Fukushima City Hall staff responded to the scene and confirmed that the tracks were from a bear.
Fukushima Shimonodera, Fukushima
A dark object believed to be a bear climbed a tree / Environment: Near houses / Size: Unknown
Yonezawa Hosenmachi, Yamagata
On Monday, June 8 at around 2:00 p.m., a single bear (about 1 m in body length) was sighted within the golf course area in Gakudan, Kuroiwa, Fukushima City. The bear later left and went into the grove of mixed woods.
Fukushima Tazawa, Fukushima
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Fukuda, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Ota-machi, Yonezawa City, crossing the road from west to east.
Yonezawa Fukuda, Yamagata
On Monday, June 8 at approximately 5:50 a.m., in a field in Nishihara, Minamisawamata area, Fukushima City, a witness (female in her 40s) observed one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 m in body length) in the field. Because it was a brief passing sighting, the direction in which it left and other details are unknown.
Fukushima Minamisawamata, Fukushima
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Kiwada, Yamagata
Around 2 PM on June 8, a bear was sighted in Kuroiwa Gakudan, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Tazawa, Fukushima
Around 5:50 on June 8, a bear-like animal was sighted in Minamisawamata Nishihara, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Minamisawamata, Fukushima
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Hosencho, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Hosenmachi, Yamagata
One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Ekimae 1-chome, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Shimohanazawa, Yamagata
Environment: On the railway tracks / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Shimohanazawa, Yamagata
On Sunday, June 7 at approximately 4:10 a.m., in a field in Minamisawamata, Suimonshimo, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his 70s) observed one animal believed to be a bear (about 50 cm in body length) in the field. The animal then left the scene heading east.
Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima
On Saturday, June 6 at around 6:30 p.m., in the riverbed area of Sakurauchi, Minamisawamata, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 40s) observed one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 m in body length) moving eastward along the riverbed.
Fukushima Minamisawamata, Fukushima
Size: cub/juvenile
Yonezawa Naoe-sekitei, Yamagata
Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Adult and cub
Nagai 宮, Yamagata
Environment: Riverbed / Size: Adult and cub
Nagai 成田, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Nagai 勧進代, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Sasakino Harai Kawazoe, Fukushima City, around 4:10 AM on June 5.
Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima
On June 5 (Friday) at approximately 4:10 a.m., in a rice paddy in the Harakawazoe area of Sasakino, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 60s) observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) moving south through the rice paddy.
Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima
In Sasakino, Fukushima City, a bear was seen in a paddy field near a city road about 2 km northwest of the escaped bear's factory.
Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima
One bear was sighted in Naoeishizutsumi, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Naoe-sekitei, Yamagata
In Sasakino, Fukushima City, a bear was seen crossing a city road about 2 km northwest of the escaped bear's factory.
Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima
On Thursday, June 4 at approximately 7:40 p.m., in the area of Harakawazoe, Sasakino, Fukushima City, on a municipal road, a witness (male) driving a vehicle observed a bear (one, about 1 meter in body length) crossing the road from east to west.
Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Sasakino Harigawasoe, Fukushima City, around 19:40 on June 4.
Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima
Environment: around human habitation / Size: juvenile
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: riverbed / Size: adult
Takahata 大字中島, Yamagata
Around 4:30 PM on 2026-06-04, one bear was sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture. It was estimated to be about 80 cm long.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
At around 19:15 on June 3, a bear was sighted in Matsukawa-machi Asakawa Hato, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Hikarigaoka, Fukushima
Around 19:15 on 2026-06-03, one bear was sighted on a city road in Asakawa, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Asakawa, Fukushima
On Wednesday, June 3 at approximately 7:15 p.m., in the area of Namiwataru, Asakawa, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, on a municipal road, a witness (male in his 20s) driving observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road from north to south.
Fukushima Hikarigaoka, Fukushima
Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Adult and cub
Shirataka 大字横田尻, Yamagata
On the night of 2026-06-03, one bear was seen moving in Sasakino Tachi, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima
Environment: around human habitation / Size: unknown
Kawanishi 大字下小松, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult and juvenile
Shirataka 大字高玉, Yamagata
At the Fukushimaseiko factory premises, a bear was seen on the roof of a three-story building.
Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima
A bear entered the premises of Fukushima Seiko in Sasakino Tenjikuda, Fukushima City, and attacked two employees.
Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima
At an establishment in Sasakino, Fukushima City, a bear attacked four employees/residents and four people were injured. The bear is believed to still be staying inside the building.
Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima
A bear appeared on the Fukushimaseiko premises in Sasakino, Fukushima City, and injured two employees, one nearby resident, and one security guard at another nearby company.
Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima
At around 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 2, at a business premises in Fukushima City, a bear that had entered the site attacked two employees, and then attacked two more people in a nearby residential area, injuring a total of four people. All sustained minor injuries and were conscious. Those attacked by the bear were two male employees in their 20s and 60s from “Fukushima Seikō” in Sasakino Tenjikuda, Fukushima City, and an 80-year-old woman and a 60-year-old man in the surrounding area. All appear to be conscious. The scene is a residential area about 3 kilometers northwest of JR Fukushima Station.
Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima
The bear attacked four people while moving across JR Ou Main Line Sasakino Station.
Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima
A bear entered the premises of Fukushima Steel in Fukushima City, chased a male employee in his 20s, and injured him lightly.
Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima
On Monday, June 1 at approximately 10:51 p.m., in a residential area of Tatsuda, Sasakino, Fukushima City, a witness (female in her 50s) spotted a single bear (about 1 m in body length) leaving the area, moving from east to west toward the residential neighborhood as she was about to stop at a convenience store. The witness saw the bear while driving.
Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima
On June 1 (Monday) at around 6:30 a.m., near the entrance on the Fukushima Prefecture side of the Higashikuriko Tunnel on National Route 13 in Nakano, Iizaka Town, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his 60s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in length) at the roadside while driving.
Fukushima, Fukushima
A sighting of one bear beside the road near the Fukushima-side entrance of the Higashi-Akiko Tunnel on National Route 13 in Iizaka-machi Nakano, Fukushima City.
Fukushima, Fukushima
At approximately 6:30 a.m. on May 31, in a field in Hiraakasaka, Suibara, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, the caller (a woman in her 60s) went to the field to do farm work and discovered what appeared to be bear tracks. She reported it to the police station. Afterwards she provided the information to Fukushima City Hall, and when city hall staff attended the scene with her and checked, it was confirmed to be bear tracks.
Fukushima, Fukushima
Environment: road / Size: young animal
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
Environment: farmland / Size: unknown
Shirataka 大字広野, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Sasakino Shigaido, Fukushima City, around 23:45 on May 28.
Fukushima Niida, Fukushima
On Thursday, May 28, at approximately 11:45 p.m., in the road area of Ichikaidō, Sasakino, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 20s) spotted one bear (approx. 1.5 m in body length) crossing the road while returning home from work. The bear then departed the scene heading west. The witness saw the bear while driving a vehicle.
Fukushima Niida, Fukushima
One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Soegawa, Iide Town, Yamagata Prefecture.
Iide Soegawa, Yamagata
At around 5:30 a.m. on May 27, in an agricultural field in Hiraakasaka, Suibara, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, a caller (a woman in her 60s) went to the field to do farm work and discovered bear tracks. She reported it to the police station, and later provided the information to Fukushima City Hall. City hall staff went to the scene with her and confirmed that the tracks were from a bear.
Fukushima, Fukushima
On Tuesday, May 26 at around 7:00 a.m., in Yoshikura, Hikokubo area, Nihonmatsu City, a witness (male in his 70s) driving a vehicle sighted one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the farm road from south to north. The bear entered the woodland beside the road and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Nihonmatsu 渋川, Fukushima
Size: Unknown
Yonezawa Toyamamachi, Yamagata
Size: Adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kanaya, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Katako, Mansei-machi, Yonezawa City, Yamagata.
Yonezawa Banseicho-Katako, Yamagata
Around 8:10 p.m. on Saturday, May 23, on National Route 399 in the Nakanouchi area of Iizaka Town, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his 50s) driving a vehicle spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in length) crossing Route 399 from west to east. The bear left for nearby woods; as of now there have been no property or human injuries.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Nakanouchi, Iizaka-machi, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
On Saturday, June 20 at around 1:50 p.m., in the Yoshima Industrial Park area of Iwaki City, a witness (male in his 30s) observed, while driving, one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) crossing the road.
Iwaki 好間工業団地, Fukushima
One bear-like animal was seen crossing a road in the Yoshima Industrial Park area of Iwaki City.
Iwaki 好間工業団地, Fukushima
On Saturday, June 20 at approximately 5:20 a.m., in Mine-ne within Miyamachi, Uchigo, Iwaki City, a male witness driving a vehicle observed a bear (about 1 meter in body length) crossing the road and entering the mountains.
Iwaki 内郷宮町, Fukushima
One bear was seen crossing a road and entering the mountains in Mine, Uchigo-Miyamachi, Iwaki City.
Iwaki 内郷宮町, Fukushima
On Friday, June 19 at around 7:30 a.m., in the Minami area of Shiota, Ogawa-machi, Iwaki City, a witness (male in his 40s) while driving a vehicle observed one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 meter in body length) attempting to enter the mountains.
Iwaki 小川町福岡, Fukushima
On Wednesday, June 17 at around 7:10 a.m., in Onago-Odakasakaimachi Onigoshi area, Iwaki City, a witness (male teenager) sighted one bear (body length 50 cm) walking in a nearby irrigation canal while he was walking. No human or property damage has been confirmed. There was one other similar report.
Iwaki 内郷御台境町, Fukushima
One bear about 0.5 m long was sighted walking in a drainage canal in Oki-no-koshi, Uchigo-Odaizaka-machi, Iwaki City.
Iwaki 内郷御台境町, Fukushima
A bear was sighted crossing a road in Sakashita, Joban Kamiyata-cho, Iwaki City.
Iwaki, Fukushima
On Monday, June 15 at approximately 7:20 PM, in the Sakashita area of Tokiwa Kamiyatamachi, Iwaki City, a witness (female in her 40s) driving a vehicle observed one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 50 cm in body length) crossing the road.
Iwaki, Fukushima
A bear-like animal was sighted in Tokiwa-Kamiyata Town, Iwaki City, on the night of June 15.
Iwaki 常磐上矢田町, Fukushima
On Sunday, June 14 at about 6:00 a.m., in the Hosoiaka area of Kamikogawa, Ogawamachi, Iwaki City, a man in his 50s, while riding a motorcycle, sighted one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 m in length) crossing the road.
Iwaki 小川町福岡, Fukushima
Around 10:10 on 2026-06-13, a bear was sighted at Ogawa-machi Kamiogawa Takasaki, Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture.
Iwaki 小川町福岡, Fukushima
On Thursday, June 11, at approximately 4:30 a.m., in Tegura area, Shimo-yoshima, Yoshima (Kōma) Town, Iwaki City, a man in his 50s, while driving, sighted one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 m in length) on the road. The animal believed to be a bear ran off to the south.
Iwaki 好間町下好間, Fukushima
Around 4:30 AM on 2026-06-11, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Yoshima-machi Shimoyoshima Tegura, Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture.
Iwaki 好間町下好間, Fukushima
Sagamihara Magino, Kanagawa
Around 1:00 PM on 2026-06-09, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Makino, Midori Ward, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Sagamihara Magino, Kanagawa
Around 10:00 on 2026-06-08, a bear was sighted in Shibahara, Ogawa-machi, Iwaki City, and the city identified it as a Japanese black bear.
Iwaki 小川町上平, Fukushima
At around 10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 8, a wild animal believed to be a bear was sighted in the Shibahara area of Ogawa-machi, Iwaki City. Iwaki City conducted an on-site inspection and, after reviewing images provided by the witness, determined it was an Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma).
Iwaki 小川町柴原, Fukushima
In Ogawa-machi Shibahara, Iwaki City, one bear was spotted.
Iwaki 小川町柴原, Fukushima
Around 10:00 on 2026-06-08, a brown bear was sighted in Ogawamachi-Shibahara, Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture.
Iwaki 小川町柴原, Fukushima
Hachioji, Tokyo
An animal thought to be a bear was seen in the bushes in Uchigo-uchimachi Sakuramoto, Iwaki City.
Iwaki 内郷内町, Fukushima
In Nagatsuki, Uchigo-Hakusui Town, Iwaki City, a teenage boy saw one bear-like animal while riding a bicycle.
Iwaki 常磐湯本町, Fukushima
A male high school student sighted one bear-like animal in bushes in Uchigo-Shirasu-machi, Iwaki City.
Iwaki 内郷白水町, Fukushima
On Thursday, June 4 at approximately 9:00 p.m., in Sakuramoto, Uchigo-cho, Iwaki City, a male in his teens, while riding a bicycle, sighted one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 meter in body length) in some brush. The animal believed to be a bear ran off toward the mountain to the east.
Iwaki 内郷内町, Fukushima
While descending the Inariyama course, I witnessed a black shape moving down the slope ahead. It was some distance away, so I cannot be certain.
Hachioji, Tokyo
A bear-like animal was sighted in Uchigo-Shiramizu-machi Nagatsuki, Iwaki City.
Iwaki 常磐湯本町, Fukushima
A bear-like animal was sighted in a thicket in Uchigo-uchimachi, Iwaki City.
Iwaki 内郷内町, Fukushima
Early on 2026-05-31, a bear-like animal was sighted in Moto-Hachioji-cho 3-chome, Hachioji City.
Hachioji, Tokyo
At approximately 5:10 a.m. on May 31, 2026, near the Otstuden Falls area within Hachioji Castle Ruins in Motohachiōji 3-chome, Hachioji City, there was a report of a bear growling. Since a bear was also sighted at the same location yesterday, please refrain from going out in the vicinity, and if you see a bear, call 110 from a safe location.
Hachioji, Tokyo
There was one Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma) on the stairs descending from the rest/interaction area toward the Takao direction. It appeared to be large in size.
Hachioji, Tokyo
While descending the Inariyama course during trail running, I heard a loud rustling as if an animal was pushing through the bushes on my front left. When I looked toward the sound, I saw what appeared to be a black animal—likely a bear—running away quickly within about 50 meters. Although I was wearing sunglasses, it looked about 1–1.5 meters long, so I believe it was a bear. I had been running downhill with bear bells, so I think it noticed human presence and hurriedly fled. I didn’t have time to stop and take a photo, and the location is approximate. I was measuring distance by GPS as I ran, and it was just past 2 km from the summit, but I roughly identified the spot by comparing with someone’s recorded track on YAMAP. There may still be some margin of error. I posted this because there was a sighting reported yesterday at Yakoin.
Hachioji, Tokyo
Hachioji, Tokyo
At approximately 12:10 p.m. on May 30, 2026, a bear was sighted near the Goshuden Falls in the Hachioji Castle ruins area, Moto-Hachioji-cho 3-chome, Hachioji City.
Hachioji, Tokyo
A bear was sighted in Kamiango, Yamada-machi, Iwaki City.
Iwaki 山田町, Fukushima
On Sunday, May 24 at around 3:20 p.m., in Yamada-machi, Kamiyasugyo area, Iwaki City, in the Tabatagawa area, a witness out for a walk observed one bear (about 1 meter in body length) standing on the ridge between rice paddies. No human or property damage has been confirmed.
Iwaki 山田町, Fukushima
A Japanese black bear was sighted on a paddy-field path in Kaminagagyo, Yamada-cho, Iwaki City, on May 24.
Iwaki 山田町, Fukushima
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In the past 30 days, 158 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 21 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Iwaki 好間工業団地, Fukushima.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 6:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 713 km route runs from Nikko to Lake Sagami, passing through Tochigi, Yamagata, Fukushima, Kanagawa, Chiba, Ibaraki, Niigata, Saitama, and Tokyo. In the past 30 days, 158 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 21 of them. The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Iwaki 好間工業団地, Fukushima. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
