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This 340 km route runs from Yonezawa Castle to Tobinodai Shell Mound, passing through Yamagata, Chiba, Fukushima, Gunma, Saitama, Tochigi, and Tokyo. In the past 30 days, 80 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 3 of them. The latest sighting was reported 16 hours ago near Yonezawa, Yamagata.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
9 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Yamagata, Chiba, Fukushima, Gunma, Saitama, Tochigi, Tokyo.
Environment: Road / Size: Unknown
Yonezawa, Yamagata
Nasushiobara 千本松, Tochigi
One bear approximately 1.5 meters in length was sighted.
Koriyama 逢瀬町河内, Fukushima
In the woodland, one bear (body length approximately 1.2 meters) was sighted.
Shirakawa 大信豊地, Fukushima
A bear about 1.2 m long was sighted in the forest at Daishin Toyochi, Shirakawa City.
Shirakawa 大信豊地, Fukushima
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the roadway.
Otama, Fukushima
A resident man saw a bear about 1 meter long on a village road in Tamai, Otama Village.
Otama, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Tamai-Kodakura, Otama Village, around 05:50 on July 23.
Otama Tamanoi, Fukushima
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Sano 田之入町, Tochigi
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on a residential property but left for the forest.
Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima
On the morning of 2026-07-20, a bear was seen moving in Arai Hayama, Motomiya City, Fukushima.
Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima
Koriyama, Fukushima
Koriyama, Fukushima
Around 18:20 on 2026-07-19, one bear about 1.2 m long was sighted in farmland in Fujicho, Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture.
Sano 富士町, Tochigi
Nasushiobara 上大貫, Tochigi
Sano 富士町, Tochigi
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Ogoya, Yamagata
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the roadway.
Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Arai Hayama, Motomiya City, Fukushima, around 4:30 PM on July 17, 2026.
Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima
Environment: Road / Size: Adult (full-grown)
Yonezawa Banseicho-Katako, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Iizaka-machi Yunosakudō, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
A single bear (about 1.5 meters in body length) was sighted along National Route 399.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Takei, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
Around 5:00 PM on 2026-07-16, two bears were sighted in Mansekimachi Kariyasu, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Fukushima, Fukushima
Environment: Riverside / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Around 7:30 a.m. on the 15th, one bear about 1 meter long was seen in Sekine district, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Around 6:10 PM on 2026-07-14, a bear was sighted in Nishi-Iwasaki, Nasushiobara City.
Nasushiobara 西岩崎, Tochigi
Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Yonezawa Hanazawa, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Hanazawa, Yonezawa City, on the morning of 2026-07-14.
Yonezawa Hanazawa, Yamagata
Around 6:50 PM on 2026-07-13, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Otawa, Fujioka-machi, Tochigi City.
Tochigi Fujiokamachi Ōdawa, Tochigi
Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Juvenile (young bear)
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Tochigi Fujiokamachi Ōdawa, Tochigi
Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Yonezawa Banseicho-Zusayama, Yamagata
Environment: Near dwellings / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
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 Shinyu, Yuno, Iizakamachi, Fukushima City around 16:40 on July 11.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
Environment: Riverbed / Size: Adult and cub
Yonezawa Hosenmachi, Yamagata
Environment: road / Size: adult (fully grown)
Yonezawa Kiwada, Yamagata
A bear was sighted around 18:00 in Takei, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Takei, Yamagata
Environment: Riverbanks / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
One bear about 80 cm long was sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
One bear about 80 cm long was sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
A bear was sighted moving in Shono Nukubun, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Shono, Fukushima
Nasushiobara 塩野崎, Tochigi
Around 1:00 PM, one bear about 80 cm long was sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Zusayama, Yamagata
Environment: Agricultural land / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Nasushiobara 春日町, Tochigi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Misawa, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Ogoya, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Ogoya, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Matsukawamachi Kanazawanagamine, Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture, on 2026-07-06.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Kanezawa, Fukushima
Around 11:30 on 2026-07-06, one bear about 70 cm long was sighted in a forest in the Misawa area of Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
Around 5:00 on 2026-07-05, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted near Yonezawa Ski Resort in the Bakasecho Kariyasu area of Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata
Environment: railway / Size: adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
One bear was in a forested area in Babadaira, Nihonmatsu City.
Nihonmatsu 馬場平, Fukushima
Environment: On the railroad tracks / Size: Adult animal
Yonezawa Itaya, Yamagata
Around 16:40 on 2026-07-04, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Itaya, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Itaya, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Shimonoji Tohara, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Shimonodera, Fukushima
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Shimotano, Nasushiobara City, around 8:30 a.m. on July 3.
Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi
Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi
Environment: Around residential houses / Size: Unknown
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Three bears of unknown size were sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
Environment: On the tracks / Size: Adult
Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata
One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Misawa, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata
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
A cub was sighted on the tracks in Tori-machi 1-chome, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Higashiodori 1-chome, Yonezawa City.
Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata
Environment: On the railway tracks / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata
Environment: Near railway tracks / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata
Peak activity at 16:00 with 8 incidents
Ursus thibetanus japonicus
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In the past 30 days, 80 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 3 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 16 hours ago near Yonezawa, Yamagata.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 16:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 340 km route runs from Yonezawa Castle to Tobinodai Shell Mound, passing through Yamagata, Chiba, Fukushima, Gunma, Saitama, Tochigi, and Tokyo. In the past 30 days, 80 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 3 of them. The latest sighting was reported 16 hours ago near Yonezawa, Yamagata. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
