Iwaki~Aizuwakamatsu 하이킹 루트

One bear appeared in an apartment complex parking lot in Kaminish, Inawashiro Town.

Inawashiro 字上村西, Fukushima

Around 7:30 AM on July 24, a bear was sighted in Tsuboyo Minamihama, Inawashiro Town.

Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima

Three bears (lengths unknown) were sighted in the mountains beside the municipal road.

Inawashiro 字堤東, Fukushima

Around 7:20 PM on 2026-07-22, a bear was sighted in Iwasato-Ueno, Inawashiro Town, Fukushima Prefecture.

Inawashiro 字五十軒道南, Fukushima

A bear-like animal was sighted inside Yoshima Industrial Park in Iwaki City.

Iwaki 好間工業団地, Fukushima

A bear was sighted moving in Katō-machi Hatta Ōnonahara, Aizuwakamatsu City.

Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima

One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted in the forested area on the east side of Prefectural Route 322.

Inawashiro 大字八幡, Fukushima

One bear (about 0.5 meters in body length) was sighted.

Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Hatta, Fukushima

One bear about 0.5 meters long crossed a road in Hatta, Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City.

Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Hatta, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Toyomae-hama, Inawashiro Town.

Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima

One bear (approximately 1 meter in length) was sighted beside National Route 49.

Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima

One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted.

Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima

Koriyama, Fukushima

Koriyama, Fukushima

One bear was inside a building lot in Dōmachi Minami, Inawashiro Town.

Inawashiro 字並杉西, Fukushima

One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.

Inawashiro 字並杉西, Fukushima

A bear about 1 meter long was seen crossing the road in Hiyoshi, Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu, with no injuries reported.

Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Koya, Fukushima

One bear approximately 1 meter in body length was sighted. The bear has since already departed.

Koriyama, Fukushima

One bear about 1.5 meters long was seen crossing National Route 49 in Hatta Ohnohara, Kawanohigashi-cho, Aizuwakamatsu.

Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima

One bear (approximately 1.5 meters in body length) was sighted.

Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Naka-yasuda, Atami-machi, Koriyama City around 6:00 PM on July 16.

Koriyama, Fukushima

A single bear (about 1.5 meters in body length) was sighted in the grassy area north of National Route 49.

Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima

A single bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the paved road.

Inawashiro 字城南, Fukushima

One bear about 1 m long was walking near Yamagamachi, Aizuwakamatsu City.

Aizuwakamatsu Yamagamachi, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Tsuboyo Minamihama, Inawashiro Town, Fukushima, around 09:30 on July 6.

Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima

On Friday, July 3 at around 5:25 p.m., on National Route 49 within Ukiribajichi, Ogasawara, Inawashiro Town, a witness (male in his 60s) saw a bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road from north to south while he was driving eastbound on Route 49. The bear then left into the brush to the south.

Inawashiro 大字翁沢, Fukushima

On Thursday, July 2 at approximately 11:25 a.m., near the 98.2-kilometer post on the outbound (up) lanes of the Ban-etsu Expressway in Katada, Inawashiro Town, a driver in his 40s observed a single bear (about 1 m in length) crossing the highway from the north side to the south side (toward the center of the road) while traveling on the outbound Ban-etsu Expressway (toward Iwaki). When the witness’s vehicle approached, the bear left toward the north side of the road.

Inawashiro 大字千代田, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in the thicket of Matsunaga 5-chome, Ikki-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City.

Aizuwakamatsu Ikkimachi-Matsunaga, Fukushima

On Wednesday, July 1 at around 6:20 p.m., in Matsunaga 5-chome, Ikkimachi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male in his 40s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in the brush on the east side of his home while he was at home. After being seen, the bear moved deeper into the brush and its subsequent movements are unknown.

Aizuwakamatsu Ikkimachi-Matsunaga, Fukushima