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This 142 km route runs from Mount Zaō to Mount Gassan within Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 64 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 14 of them. The latest sighting was reported 7 hours ago near Tsuruoka, Yamagata.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
Sighting reported near Harada Bridge / Environment: Around residential area / Size: Unknown
Oe 大字原田, Yamagata
One bear approximately 60 cm in body length sighted on the road / Environment: road / Size: cub
Yamagata Zao-onsen, Yamagata
One bear approximately 50 cm in body length sighted on the road / Environment: road / Size: juvenile
Yamagata Zao-onsen, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Zao Onsen, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Zao-onsen, Yamagata
Environment: Near human habitation / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字宮内, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字宮内, Yamagata
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted near a residence in Seisukeshinden, Sagae City.
Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata
Environment: Near inhabited areas / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata
While driving south (toward the mountain side), I saw one bear walking south on the left side of the road. It then entered the woods beside the road. Body length about 1 m. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Yamagata Nakasakurada, Yamagata
One bear about 1 meter long was seen on a road in Nakazukada, Yamagata City, walking south before entering the woods beside the road.
Yamagata Nakasakurada, Yamagata
Two bears were sighted moving east / Environment: forest / Size: adult and juvenile
Yamagata Zao-onsen, Yamagata
Environment: Around residential area / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字留場, Yamagata
While driving in the mountains, one cub was sighted / Environment: forest / Size: juvenile
Yamagata Zao-onsen, Yamagata
A bear about 50 cm in body length was sighted moving north. / Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Yamagata Monden, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Tosaka, Yamagata City, around 08:30 on June 29.
Yamagata Tsuchizaka, Yamagata
A bear about 1 m in length was observed crossing the road from north to south. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Nakasakurada, Yamagata
A bear-like animal of unknown body length was sighted near the gazebo on Kumomi Hill. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: Yuso Hill / Size: Unknown
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
Environment: Riverbank / Size: Unknown
Nishikawa, Yamagata
A bear-like animal was sighted at Yuso-no-oka park in Kamisakurada, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Zaou Ueno, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Zao-Uwano, Yamagata
While driving toward Yamagata city, I observed one bear crossing the road eastward (toward the mountains). Estimated body length about 1 m. / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Nakasakurada, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Nishikawa, Yamagata
Observed an adult bear moving in a mixed broadleaf grove. / Environment: mixed broadleaf grove / Size: adult
Yamagata Minamihango, Yamagata
One bear sighted while walking / Environment: forest / Size: adult
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
One bear was sighted on the north side of Yuso no Oka in Kamisakurada, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in a wooded area in Zao Hango, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Higashihango, Yamagata
Environment: Riverbed / Size: Unknown
Yamagata Kunugizawanishi, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Juvenile
Nishikawa, Yamagata
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Kamigawara, Sagae City.
Sagae 字上河原, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Sagae 字上河原, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Sagae 字上河原, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Nishikawa, Yamagata
Environment: Near residences / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata
Environment: Near human habitation / Size: Adult
Sagae 緑町, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Sagae 緑町, Yamagata
Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字西根, Yamagata
Environment: Near residences / Size: Unknown
Nishikawa, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata
Environment: Near residences / Size: Adult
Sagae 緑町, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Sagae 緑町, Yamagata
Environment: Near human habitation / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Oisawa, Nishikawa Town, Yamagata Prefecture.
Nishikawa 大字大井沢, Yamagata
Spotted one bear on the roadway while walking / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Iwanami, Yamagata
A single approximately 1.2 m bear crossed the parking lot heading west and entered the brush. / Environment: parking lot / Size: adult
Yamagata Kurosawa, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult (full-grown)
Nishikawa, Yamagata
Sighted a bear approximately 1 m in body length on the road / Environment: roadway / Size: adult
Yamagata Minamihango, Yamagata
One bear was sighted on a road in Zao-Hangou, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Higashihango, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Juvenile
Nishikawa 大字沼山, Yamagata
Moved along a small path beside a house near the intersection of National Route 13 bypass and the old road in the Kanze (Kambe?) area of Kaminoyama City toward the National Route 13 bypass. / Environment: near residences / Size: adult
Kaminoyama 東金瓶, Yamagata
A bear was seen moving from a path beside a residence toward National Route 13 in Kanakame, Kaminoyama City.
Kaminoyama 金瓶, Yamagata
Observed one bear moving north along the road. Body length approximately 1 m. / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Sugesawa, Yamagata
One bear was sighted on a road in Zao-Hangou, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Higashihango, Yamagata
Spotted a bear approximately 1 meter in body length on the road / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Minamihango, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in a wooded area in Sugisawa, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Sugesawa, Yamagata
Moved down the slope toward the east / Environment: mixed broadleaf forest / Size: adult
Yamagata Sugesawa, Yamagata
An animal resembling a bear crossed the road. / Environment: Near residential area / Size: Unknown
Yamanobe 大字北垣, Yamagata
Moved from the northern mountain, crossed farmland, and entered the southern mountain / Environment: farmland / Size: adult
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
One bear about 1 m in body length was moving toward the mountain. / Environment: mixed broadleaf forest / Size: adult
Yamagata Murakizawa, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Murakizawa, Yamagata City, on June 12 in the morning.
Yamagata Minorigaoka, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Iwanami, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Iwanami, Yamagata
Haguro government office: Was in the forest near the Gassan 8th Station parking area / Environment: Forest / Size: Unknown
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
Environment: Riverbank / Size: Unknown
Nishikawa, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Nishikawa, Yamagata
At about 8:30 a.m., in the mountains about 1 km east of Yudonosan Ski Area, a man picking bamboo shoots sighted an adult bear with a cub and was attacked and injured by the cub (approximately 1.0 m in size). / Environment: forest / Size: adult and cub
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Juvenile
Nishikawa, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Nishikawa, Yamagata
Environment: Near residences / Size: Unknown
Nishikawa, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Oisawa, Nishikawa Town, Yamagata Prefecture.
Nishikawa 大字大井沢, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult (full-grown)
Nishikawa, Yamagata
Time of incident: estimated / Environment: forest / Size: adult
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
Peak activity at 6:00 with 7 incidents
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In the past 30 days, 64 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 14 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 7 hours ago near Tsuruoka, Yamagata.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 6:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 142 km route runs from Mount Zaō to Mount Gassan within Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 64 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 14 of them. The latest sighting was reported 7 hours ago near Tsuruoka, Yamagata. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
