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A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Seki, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Yonezawa, Yamagata

One bear, about 1 m long, was seen crossing National Route 115 in Tsuchiyu Onsen-machi, Fukushima City.

Fukushima, Fukushima

On June 28 at approximately 4:15 p.m., in the Tsuchiyu Onsen area of Fukushima City on National Route 115, a witness (female in her 50s) observed a single bear (about 1 meter in body length) while passing by in a vehicle.

Fukushima, Fukushima

At around 9:30 a.m. on June 28, a witness (male in his 40s) observed a bear (approximately 1 meter in length) crossing the road on National Route 115 in the Tsuchiyu Onsen area of Fukushima City.

Fukushima, Fukushima

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on National Route 115 in Tsuchiyuonsenmachi, Fukushima City, around 9:30 a.m.

Fukushima, Fukushima

On June 24 (Wednesday) at approximately 5:53 p.m., on National Route 115 in the Kita-mon area of the Oaza Kaiko district, Inawashiro Town, a witness (male in his 40s) observed a bear (about 1.5 m in body length) crossing the road from west to east while he was driving southbound on Route 115.

Inawashiro, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 24 at about 2:30 p.m., at 1157 Minamiorenzawayama, Hibara, Kitashiobara Village (on the road southeast of Michi-no-Eki Urabandai), a witness (age unknown, female) observed one bear (approx. 1 m in body length) crossing the national road from west to east. The subsequent whereabouts of the bear are unknown.

Kitashiobara, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Mitsuya, Inawashiro Town, Fukushima.

Inawashiro 字三ツ屋, Fukushima

A kei car collided with one bear that suddenly emerged on Route 115 in Wakamiya, Inawashiro Town, causing minor vehicle damage; the bear fled into the mountains.

Inawashiro 大字若宮, Fukushima

One bear was seen leaving the roadside for the mountains in Hayama, Inawashiro Town.

Inawashiro 字葉山, Fukushima

On Saturday, June 20 at approximately 6:40 a.m., in the Hayama area of Inawashiro Town, beside a municipal road, a witness (male in his 60s) traveling eastbound by vehicle on the road observed one bear (approximately 80 cm in body length) on the left roadside walking off into the northern woodland.

Inawashiro 字大沢, Fukushima

On Friday, June 19 at approximately 6:20 AM, in the Tsuchiyuzawa mountain area of Inawashiro Town on National Route 459, a witness traveling north on Route 459 in a vehicle observed one bear (about 50 cm in body length) crossing the road from east to west. Afterwards, the bear left and went into the forested area to the west.

Inawashiro 字上川上, Fukushima

In Inawashiro Town's Tsuchiyuzawa-yama, around 06:20, one bear measuring 0.5 m was crossing Route 459.

Inawashiro 字土湯沢山, Fukushima

Around 11:20 on 2026-06-18, one bear was sighted in Hibara, Kitashiobara Village, Fukushima Prefecture.

Kitashiobara 大字桧原, Fukushima

On Thursday, June 18, at around 11:20 a.m., near Nakatsugawa Bridge in the Nakatsugawa Gorge on the Bandai-Azuma Lake Line (major prefectural road connecting Fukushima and Azuma, commonly called Bandai-Azuma Lake Line) in Wakamiyaza Azumayama Ko, Inawashiro Town, a witness (woman in her 50s) traveling eastbound by vehicle on the main road sighted a bear (approximately 70 cm in body length) crossing the road from north to south. The bear left on foot into the mountain forest south of the road.

Kitashiobara, Fukushima

One bear (about 0.7 m long) was near the Nakatsugawa Gorge on the Bandai-Azuma Lake Line in Kitashiobara Village.

Kitashiobara, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 17, at approximately 9:25 a.m., near Akadome Bridge on the Bonari Green Line in Numajiri-yama Ko area, Koyari, Inawashiro Town, a witness traveling southbound on the Bonari Green Line in a vehicle observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road from west to east near Akadome Bridge and then leaving into the hillside forest on the east side.

Inawashiro, Fukushima