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This 52 km route runs from Bandai to Issai kyousan within Fukushima. In the past 30 days, 32 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 6 of them. The latest sighting was reported 3 days ago near Inawashiro 字五十軒道南, Fukushima.
This is an active bear corridor. Reroute or postpone until activity quiets.
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On Friday, June 12 at around 5:00 p.m., on a municipal road in Kaminouchi, Iwanosato, Inawashiro Town, an eyewitness (female in her 80s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in length) crossing the municipal road from west to east while she was driving.
Inawashiro 字五十軒道南, Fukushima
On Friday, June 12 at approximately 7:50 a.m., in Inawashiro Town, Gorinbara area, on a municipal road, a witness driving south along the road observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road from east to west and leaving into the forest.
Inawashiro 字五輪原, Fukushima
One bear was sighted crossing a town road and leaving into the forest in Gorinbara, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 字五輪原, Fukushima
On Wednesday, June 10 at approximately 7:05 p.m., in the Hayama area of Inawashiro Town on a municipal road, a witness (male in his 50s) driving a vehicle saw one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road from south to north.
Inawashiro 字高塚山, Fukushima
One bear crossed a town road in Hayama, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 字葉山, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Akedashi Gange-toge, Bandai Town.
Bandai 大字赤枝, Fukushima
On Sunday, June 7, at around 7:15 p.m., on the Tohoku Expressway (Ban-etsu Expressway) westbound near 112.6 km in Hatta, Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a passenger car driven by a man in his 40s, while traveling in the westbound passing lane, collided with a bear (approximately 1.2 m in body length) that crossed from the right toward the left across the direction of travel. Neither the driver nor the occupants were injured. The bear died near the accident site.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Hatta, Fukushima
On Sunday, June 7, at about 6:40 p.m., a resident of an apartment complex in Kaminomura-nishi, Inawashiro Town, witnessed four bears (body lengths unknown) that had been on the premises leave the area.
Inawashiro 字上村西, Fukushima
On Sunday, June 7 at approximately 2:20 p.m., in the Numajiri-yama Ko area of Sangai, Inawashiro Town, a witness (male in his 50s) was traveling northeast on a town road by vehicle when he observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) that had been on the right side of the road leaving toward the forested hillside to the east.
Inawashiro, Fukushima
On Sunday, June 7 at approximately 11:26 a.m., on the downhill lane of the Tohoku Expressway (Ban-etsu Expressway) near 107.2 km in Shimokawamae, Sarashina, Bandai Town, a passenger car driven by a man in his 60s, traveling in the first lane of the downhill direction, collided with a bear (about 50 cm in body length) that crossed from the right to the left of the travel direction. There were no injuries to the vehicle’s driver or other occupants. The bear was found dead near the accident site.
Bandai, Fukushima
One bear was beside National Route 49 in Hata, Kawahigashi Town, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Hatta, Fukushima
On Saturday, June 6 at around 6:30 p.m., in the Hatta area of Kawahigashi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male in his 30s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) at the roadside while riding a motorcycle on National Route 49. The bear's subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Hatta, Fukushima
On Saturday, June 6 at 1:45 p.m., a witness (male, in his 50s), while on duty at a private facility on the premises in Kawageta Aza Tennozaka, Inawashiro Town, spotted one bear (about 50 cm in body length) on the facility grounds. The bear then left heading south into the brush.
Inawashiro 大字八幡, Fukushima
On Friday, June 5 at approximately 1:45 PM, an elderly male witness in his 80s saw one bear (about 1 meter in body length) in the brush beside a town road in the Hayama area of Inawashiro Town. The bear then left eastward through the brush.
Inawashiro 字高塚山, Fukushima
A bear was seen in bushes beside a town road in Hayama, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 字大沢, Fukushima
On Friday, June 5 at approximately 11:30 a.m., in the Towno-nishi area of Inawashiro Town, a witness (a man in his 70s) saw one bear (about 1 meter in length) in the bushes beside a municipal road when he went outside his home. The bear subsequently left on foot toward the forested area to the north.
Inawashiro 字中道, Fukushima
Around 10:55 a.m. on Friday, June 5, on the premises of a private facility in Yano-ki-sawa, Inawashiro Town, a facility staff member (female in her 70s) spotted a bear (about 1 m in body length) in a tree on the facility grounds while working indoors. The bear later climbed down from the tree and left toward the forested area to the east.
Inawashiro 字諏訪西, Fukushima
A bear was seen walking out of a facility site in Ichimachi Oaza Tsuruga, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu Ikkimachi-Tsuruga, Fukushima
On Friday, June 5 at approximately 12:10 a.m., in the Tsuruga area of Ikki-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a male witness driving a vehicle spotted a bear (about 1 m in body length) walking out toward an area outside the facility grounds. The bear proceeded westward; its subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Ikkimachi-Tsuruga, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Machinishi, Inawashiro Town, Fukushima on 2026-06-05 morning.
Inawashiro 字町西, Fukushima
On Tuesday, June 2, at approximately 7:20 p.m., in the area of Nanatsumori, Bandai, Bandai-machi, a female witness driving on a town road sighted one bear (approximately 50 cm in body length). The bear then crossed the town road from the sighting location and left into the grove of scrub trees to the south.
Bandai 大字更科, Fukushima
Around 6:15 p.m. on Saturday, May 30, on the Inawashiro-Shiozawa main prefectural road in the Tsutsumi Higashi area of Inawashiro Town, a witness (male in his 30s) driving toward Fukushima City observed one bear (approximately 1 m in length) crossing the road from north to south. The bear then left into the grove of trees on the south side of the road.
Inawashiro 字上村前, Fukushima
In Oyaichi, Inawashiro Town, one bear about 0.8 meters long was seen in bushes on the riverbank, then crossed the Yonezawa-Inawashiro Line and left for the forest.
Inawashiro 字大谷地, Fukushima
On Wednesday, May 27 at about 12:55 p.m., a witness (man in his 30s) spotted one bear (about 80 cm in body length) in the riverbed (brush) in the Ooyachi area of Inawashiro Town. The bear then crossed the Yonezawa–Inawashiro Prefectural Route from the sighting location and left into the forested mountains to the northwest.
Inawashiro 字清水前, Fukushima
On Wednesday, May 27 at about 10:55 AM, on National Route 49 in Takegafukuro, Okiwasawa, Inawashiro Town, a witness (male in his 40s) traveling eastbound by vehicle on the national route observed a bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road from south to north.
Inawashiro 大字翁沢, Fukushima
On Tuesday, May 26 at approximately 10:15 a.m., in the riverbed area of Otani-chi, Inawashiro Town, a witness (male in his 60s) who was working near the sighting location observed two bears in the riverside brush (body lengths about 1 m and about 60 cm). Both bears later left to the north.
Inawashiro 字大谷地, Fukushima
Two bears were in the riverside thicket at Ooyachi, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 字大谷地, Fukushima
On Monday, May 25, at approximately 6:40 a.m., a witness driving on a town road in Inawashiro Town, Oaza Iwazato, Aza Kaminochi, spotted one bear (approximately 50 cm in body length) in the forested area on the west side of the road. The bear then left the forest heading west.
Inawashiro 字上村西, Fukushima
Around 6:40 AM on May 25, a bear was sighted in Iwahara, Inawashiro Town, Fukushima Prefecture.
Inawashiro 字城南, Fukushima
On Wednesday, May 20 at around 5:00 PM, on a town road in Enhei area, Sarashina, Bandai Town, a witness driving eastbound on the town road observed one bear (approximately 70 cm in body length) crossing the road from left to right and then entering the forested area on the right side of the road.
Bandai, Fukushima
Around 5:00 PM on May 20, a bear was sighted in Sarashina Tohei, Bandai Town, Fukushima.
Bandai, Fukushima
On Tuesday, May 19 at approximately 7:45 a.m., near the 103.0 km post on the outbound lane of the Ban-etsu Expressway within Iwanone, Inawashiro Town, a driver of a vehicle (female in her 30s) observed a bear (one, about 1.5 m in body length) near the guardrail on the left side of the direction of travel while driving on the outbound lane of the Ban-etsu Expressway. The bear's movements after being sighted are unknown.
Bandai, Fukushima
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In the past 30 days, 32 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 6 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 3 days ago near Inawashiro 字五十軒道南, Fukushima.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 10:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 52 km route runs from Bandai to Issai kyousan within Fukushima. In the past 30 days, 32 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 6 of them. The latest sighting was reported 3 days ago near Inawashiro 字五十軒道南, Fukushima. This is an active bear corridor. Reroute or postpone until activity quiets.
