Ishioka~Tsuruoka 하이킹 루트

Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 中野新田, Yamagata

One bear approximately one meter in body length was sighted.

Koriyama 西田町丹伊田, Fukushima

One wild boar was sighted on a road in Miharashigaoka 1-chome, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Matsubara, Yamagata

On a municipal road, one bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted.

Motomiya 関下, Fukushima

Bear tracks were found in the rice paddy.

Fukushima Kamitoriwata, Fukushima

One bear was sighted inside the grounds of a house in Kumedokamura, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, and it crossed a field before entering the bushes.

Tsuruoka 板井川, Yamagata

A bear was sighted in Hikarouchi, Tanida, Nishida-machi, Koriyama City.

Koriyama 西田町丹伊田, Fukushima

One bear was sighted near National Route 4 in Yurigakubo, Asakawa, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima, emerging from bushes on the east side of the road.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Asakawa, Fukushima

One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on National Route 4.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Asakawa, Fukushima

Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult

Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata

Environment: Near residences / Size: Juvenile

Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata

Around 14:04 on 2026-07-31 in Kikutamachi Maedazawa 2-chome, Koriyama City, one bear about 1 m long was seen on the slope of the Tohoku Expressway.

Koriyama 喜久田町早稲原, Fukushima

Koriyama 喜久田町前田沢, Fukushima

Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Nishikawa 大字原, Yamagata

On 2026-07-30 at night, one bear was sighted in Komagiharamachi, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Tsuruoka 日枝, Yamagata

A bear-like figure about 1.5 m in body length was sighted at Komakihara Sports Park (near the sumo ring). Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: near houses / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 日枝, Yamagata

Environment: Road / Size: Adult and juvenile

Tsuruoka 下名川, Yamagata

Environment: Road / Size: Unknown

Yonezawa, Yamagata

A bear about 1.2 meters long was sighted in a residential property in Shimonagawa, Tsuruoka City, and was driven away with fireworks.

Tsuruoka 下名川, Yamagata

Environment: Near residences / Size: Adult (fully grown)

Tsuruoka 下名川, Yamagata

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

Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima

One bear (body length about 1.0 m) was sighted in the Yunohama area (near the Yunohama Water Supply Distribution Station). It ran off to the north afterward. / Environment: near houses / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 湯野浜, Yamagata

A bear was sighted in Yunohama 2-chome, Tsuruoka City, around 17:58 on 2026-07-27.

Tsuruoka 湯野浜, Yamagata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult

Sakata, Yamagata

At around 19:45 on 2026-07-26, a bear was sighted in Zao-Narisawa, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Zao-Nogiwa, Yamagata

Animal resembling a bear (body length approx. 50 cm) / Environment: road / Size: juvenile

Yamagata Zao-Narisawa, Yamagata

Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult

Nishikawa 大字吉川, Yamagata

Environment: Near houses / Size: Juvenile

Sagae 大字高松, Yamagata

Environment: Near houses / Size: Body length approx. 70 cm

Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata

One bear-like animal (body length approx. 50 cm) / Environment: near houses / Size: juvenile

Yamagata Katayachi, Yamagata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult

Nishikawa 大字綱取, Yamagata

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

Otama, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Iida 2-chome, Yamagata City, around 21:20 on July 23.

Yamagata Zao-Iida, Yamagata

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

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

Iwaki 好間工業団地, Fukushima

Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Nanyo 上野, Yamagata

Was walking along the riverbed / Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult (fully grown)

Kaminoyama 須田板, Yamagata

Around 2:00 PM on 2026-07-21, one bear was sighted walking along a riverbank near a residential area in Narashita, Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Kaminoyama 楢下, Yamagata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown

Oe 大字塩野平, Yamagata

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

Takada / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 金沢, Yamagata

A single cub (size unknown) was sighted near Dainichizaka Tunnel. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: forest / Size: juvenile

Tsuruoka 田川, Yamagata

Environment: Near houses / Size: Unknown

Nishikawa 大字入間, Yamagata

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

Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Nanyo 赤湯, 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

Two bears (each about 0.3 meters in body length) were sighted in the undergrowth.

Miharu 字清水畑, Fukushima

Around 7:30 a.m. on the 15th, one bear about 1 meter long was seen in Sekine district, Yonezawa City.

Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata

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

One bear approximately 1 meter in length was sighted crossing the road from west to east. It was not seen afterward.

Yamagata Zao-Hotta, Yamagata

One bear was sighted on a road in Zaō Ueno, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Zao-Uwano, Yamagata

Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Juvenile (young bear)

Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata

Another bear was sighted around 10:00 a.m. in Zaō Ueno, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Zao-Uwano, Yamagata

One bear approximately 60 cm in length sighted on the road / Environment: roadway / Size: cub

Yamagata Kanno, Yamagata

A bear was sighted in Zaō Ueno, Yamagata City, around 14:42 on July 13.

Yamagata Zao-Uwano, Yamagata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown

Yonezawa Banseicho-Zusayama, Yamagata

Environment: Near dwellings / Size: Adult

Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata

Environment: Near homes / Size: Unknown

Sakata 浜中, 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

Environment: riverbed / Size: adult (fully grown)

Tsuruoka 大宝寺, Yamagata

A bear was sighted in Shinyu, Yuno, Iizakamachi, Fukushima City around 16:40 on July 11.

Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima

Around 4:30 PM on July 11, a bear was sighted in Daiboji, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Tsuruoka 大宝寺, Yamagata

Environment: Riverbed / Size: Adult and cub

Yonezawa Hosenmachi, Yamagata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown

Nishikawa 大字沼山, Yamagata

Sighting reported near Harada Bridge / Environment: Around residential area / Size: Unknown

Oe 大字原田, Yamagata

Environment: road / Size: adult (fully grown)

Yonezawa Kiwada, Yamagata

Around 13:15 on 2026-07-10, a bear was sighted in Oshikiri Shinden, Mikawa Town, Yamagata Prefecture.

Mikawa 大字押切新田, Yamagata

While heading north on former Route 7, I spotted an animal that appeared to be a bear cub on the riverbed. (Around 13:30) / Environment: riverbed / Size: juvenile

Mikawa 大字押切新田, Yamagata

A bear was sighted in Hirose-Hanmonba, Takine-machi, Tamura City around 12:50 on July 10.

Tamura, Fukushima

A bear was sighted around 18:00 in Takei, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Yonezawa Takei, Yamagata

One bear was sighted in Oshikiri-shinden, Mikawa Town, as it tried to go up from the riverbed to the embankment.

Mikawa 大字押切新田, Yamagata

Attempted to climb up the levee from the riverbed, was startled by a car and returned to the riverbed. (Sighted around 16:32) / Environment: Roadway / Size: Unknown

Mikawa 大字押切新田, 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

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

A bear was sighted moving in Shono Nukubun, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Shono, Fukushima

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

Observed moving to the west. / Environment: farmland / Size: unknown

Mikawa 大字神花, 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

Around 8:00 on 2026-07-08, one bear of unknown body length was sighted in a field in Kamihana, Mikawa Town, Yamagata Prefecture.

Mikawa 大字神花, Yamagata