Machida~Kashiwazaki 드라이브 루트

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

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

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

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

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

Environment: Around residential area / Size: Adult

Sagae 大字留場, 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

Ōme Shiobune, Tokyo

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 about 50 cm in body length was sighted moving north. / Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile

Yamagata Monden, 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: Farmland / Size: Adult

Nanyo 宮内, Yamagata

Environment: On the railway tracks / Size: Juvenile

Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata

One bear was sighted in Miyauchi, Nanyo City, Yamagata.

Nanyo 宮内, Yamagata

Environment: Near railway tracks / Size: Juvenile

Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata

Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile

Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata

Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi

Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi

On 2026-07-01 in the morning, one bear cub was sighted in Misawa, Yonezawa City.

Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata

Around 6 PM on 2026-07-01, a bear was sighted in Shimotano, Nasushiobara City, Tochigi Prefecture.

Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi

Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Yonezawa Minamihara-Yokoborimachi, Yamagata

Moved westward from the sighting location / Environment: farmland / Size: adult

Kaminoyama 上生居, Yamagata

One bear was sighted in farmland in Kamiine, Kaminoyama City.

Kaminoyama 上生居, Yamagata

Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi

On June 29 at about 6:00 p.m., a report was received that footage from a security camera in the forested area of Utsuyama, Aza Uchisaka, Niteizaka, Fukushima City, showed one bear (body length unknown).

Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima

Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata

On Monday, June 29 at approximately 5:30 a.m., in the forested area of Futaishi Nakayama in Shirakawa City, a man in his 40s driving a vehicle sighted one bear (about 1 meter in length).

Shirakawa 南池下, Fukushima

One bear was seen in a forest area in Futaishi Nakayama, Shirakawa City.

Shirakawa 南池下, Fukushima

Around 4:00 PM on 2026-06-29, one bear was sighted in Sekine, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture. The bear was estimated to be about 1 meter long.

Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata

A bear was sighted in Hiranoboshita, Iizaka-machi, Fukushima City, around 6:30 PM on June 28.

Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima

On Sunday, June 28 at around 6:30 p.m., on the north-side walkway of Iizaka Cemetery in Hirano, Iizaka-machi, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his 40s) spotted three bears approaching from the opposite direction while he was walking west. One bear (A) was about 1 m in body length, and the other two (B and C) were about 50 cm each.

Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima

Environment: On the tracks / Size: Juvenile

Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata

Nasu, Tochigi

I heard a bear cry.

Aikawa Hanbara, Kanagawa

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

Around 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, a witness spotted one bear (body length unknown) on the Arakawa riverside near Hinokura Bridge in the Shono, Kita-Hinokura area of Fukushima City.

Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima

One bear was sighted on the Arakawa riverbank in Shono Hino-kura, Fukushima City, near Hinokura Bridge.

Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima

Kanuma 上石川, Tochigi

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

A large animal about the size of a bear or a wild boar in the bamboo grove

Atsugi Tanazawa, Kanagawa

Around 16:30, one bear (1 m) was spotted in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima

On Thursday, June 25 at around 4:30 p.m., in the Mizuhara area of Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 50s) sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) coming out of the brush.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima

One bear was sighted in Haraguchi, Kaminoyama City.

Kaminoyama 原口, 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: Near houses / Size: Adult

Kaminoyama 原口, Yamagata

Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Nanyo 上野, Yamagata

On Thursday, June 25 at about 5:30 a.m., in a forested area of Oyama Osarakubo, Otama Village, a witness (male in his 70s) observed one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) walking along the woodland near nearby houses. The bear then left into the forest.

Otama, Fukushima

Around 12:40 on 2026-06-25, one bear was sighted in Haraguchi, Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Kaminoyama 原口, Yamagata

Around noon on Thursday, June 25, in the Ashiike area of Hiraishi, Fukushima City, on Prefectural Route 148, a witness (male in his 70s) observed one bear (about 50 cm in body length) crossing the road from east to west while driving.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Sekiya, Fukushima

A man in his 70s driving a car saw one bear crossing Route 148 in Hiraishi, Fukushima City, from east to west.

Fukushima Hiraishi, Fukushima

Around noon on 2026-06-25, a bear was sighted at Hiraishi Ashiike, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Sekiya, Fukushima

One bear was sighted in Ueno, Nanyo City, Yamagata Prefecture, crossing a road from north to south about 400 meters southeast of the former Hygeia Park.

Nanyo 上野, Yamagata

On Wednesday, June 24 at approximately 6:40 p.m., in the Koyama area of Iwane, Motomiya City, a nearby resident spotted two bears walking through a field (one about 1 m in length, the other about 50 cm). The bears subsequently left on foot toward the forested area to the north.

Motomiya 岩根, Fukushima

Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult

Yonezawa Minamihara-Yokoborimachi, Yamagata

One bear was seen crossing near the Fukushima-side entrance of the Higashi-Kurikoto Tunnel on National Route 13 in Iizaka-machi Nakano, Fukushima City.

Fukushima, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 24 at approximately 4:50 PM, near the Fukushima Prefecture-side entrance/exit of the Higashi-Kuriko Tunnel on National Route 13 in Nakano, Iizaka Town, Fukushima City, a witness (female, in her 30s) observed, while driving, one bear (about 50 cm in body length) crossing National Route 13 from north to south.

Fukushima, Fukushima

Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile

Nishikawa, Yamagata

On Wednesday, June 24 at approximately 10:30 a.m., on the Heiwa Line main farm road in Ōzaka, Ōtama Village (Ōyama, Ōsarakkubo area), a witness (male in his 60s) driving a vehicle observed a single bear (about 50 cm in body length) sitting in the woodland adjacent to the road. The bear then ran off east into the forested area.

Otama, Fukushima

In Tamugimata, Tsuruoka, a 41-year-old man picking Gassan bamboo shoots was bitten in the waist by a bear and injured.

Tsuruoka, Yamagata

Feces thought to be from a bear were found on a riverbed in Fukutamiya-no-mae, Sukagawa City, and confirmed as bear feces.

Sukagawa 袋田, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 24 at approximately 8:20 a.m., a man in his 40s, the discoverer, found what appeared to be bear droppings on the riverbed in the Miyamae area of Fukuroda, Sukagawa City. When staff from Sukagawa City Hall inspected the site, they confirmed the droppings were from a bear.

Sukagawa 袋田, Fukushima

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

A bear was sighted around 7:45 AM in Kaminagura Somekita, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 24, at around 7:45 a.m., a witness spotted one bear (approximately 50 cm in body length) in the Somenkita area of Kaminakura, Fukushima City. The bear headed toward the river to the north and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima

At around 22:55 on 2026-06-23, an animal resembling a bear, about 1 meter long, was sighted in Azu, Hanno City, Saitama Prefecture. No one was injured.

Hanno Oaza Azu, Saitama

On Tuesday, June 23 at approximately 6:45 p.m., near the 245-kilometer post on the southbound lanes of the Tohoku Expressway underpass in Akagai-Mori area, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, a driver (male, in his 40s) traveling on the expressway observed a bear (one animal, about 50 cm in body length) attempting to cross the road from the shoulder into the lanes of the southbound Tohoku Expressway (toward Sendai). When the witness sounded his horn, the bear returned to the shoulder. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Sekiya, Fukushima

On 2026-06-23 at about 18:22, a bear was sighted in Yui Kamekubo, Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture.

Nihonmatsu 油井, Fukushima

On Tuesday, June 23 at approximately 6:22 PM, in the Kabuko area of Yui, Nihonmatsu City, a witness (male in his 60s) driving a vehicle saw one bear (about 1 meter in body length) moving north through fields. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Nihonmatsu 矢ノ戸, Fukushima

On Tuesday, June 23 at around 6:20 p.m., on Prefectural Route 5 in the Shono Nukiwari area of Fukushima City, a witness (female in her 30s) saw one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) while driving. The bear then left into the brush on the west side of the road.

Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima

Around 18:20 on 2026-06-23, a woman driving in Shono, Fukushima City, spotted one bear about 1 m long crossing Prefectural Route 5.

Fukushima Shono, Fukushima

Observed an adult bear moving in a mixed broadleaf grove. / Environment: mixed broadleaf grove / Size: adult

Yamagata Minamihango, Yamagata

Environment: Railway / Size: Adult

Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata

On Tuesday, June 23 at approximately 7:19 a.m., on the road in Ikenoue, Oshinjo, Daishin, Shirakawa City, a man in his 40s, while driving, saw one bear (about 1 m in length) cross the road and head into the forest.

Shirakawa 大信上新城, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Oishinashinjō Ikenoue, Shirakawa City.

Shirakawa 大信上新城, Fukushima

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: riverbank / Size: adult

Takahata 大字上平柳, Yamagata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Juvenile (young animal)

Nanyo 元中山, Yamagata

Around 4:00 PM on June 19, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Oharanishi 1-chome, Nasushiobara City.

Nasushiobara 大原間, Tochigi

On Friday, June 19 at around 12:35 PM, in the Arakawa riverbed area of Shono, Nukkawari (Shono Aza Nukibun) in Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 40s) sighted one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) on the riverbed.

Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima

On Friday, June 19 at around 9:00 a.m., in the Odagawa Ushishimizu area of Shirakawa City, while driving through a mountain forest, a man in his 50s sighted one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in the mountain forest.

Shirakawa 豊地, Fukushima

In Shirakawa City Odagawa Ushimizu, around 09:00, one bear-like animal measuring 1 m was in a forest.

Shirakawa 豊地, Fukushima

On Friday, June 19 at around 8:00 a.m., on a farm road in the Waku-higashi area of Yazawa, Sukagawa City, a witness (male in his 50s) discovered feces believed to be from a bear. When staff from Sukagawa City Hall arrived on scene and inspected the site, they confirmed it was bear scat.

Sukagawa 矢沢, Fukushima

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

Nasushiobara 前弥六南町, Tochigi

Environment: Road / Size: Adult (fully grown)

Takahata 大字泉岡, 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: Around residences / Size: Adult

Takahata 福沢南, 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

Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Adult

Nanyo 二色根, Yamagata

Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Adult

Nanyo 二色根, Yamagata

Was walking on the road. Approximately 1.0 m in body length.

Nanyo 郡山, Yamagata

Environment: Around houses / Size: Unknown

Nanyo 島貫, Yamagata

Environment: Near houses / Size: Unknown

Nanyo 島貫, Yamagata

Environment: Around houses / Size: Unknown

Nanyo 郡山, Yamagata

A bear was sighted in Tsuyubashi, Nanyo City, and later culled.

Nanyo 露橋, Yamagata

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Nishine, Nanyo City.

Nanyo 二色根, 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: Near residences / Size: Adult

Nanyo 二色根, Yamagata

Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult

Nanyo 三間通, Yamagata

Around 4:35 PM on 2026-06-16, one bear was sighted in Minamitōri, Nanyo City, Yamagata.

Nanyo 三間通, Yamagata

A bear was sighted at Chuohana Park in Mikamido, Nanyo City.

Nanyo 中央東, Yamagata

Environment: Near a park / Size: Adult

Nanyo 中央東, Yamagata

One bear was sighted in Zaidengasaka Jingeven, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima

On Tuesday, June 16 at approximately 1:15 p.m., a witness (male in his 40s) observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) in Jinga-mae area, Atezaka, Fukushima City. The bear headed toward the river to the north and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima

On Tuesday, June 16 at approximately 1:05 p.m., an man in his 80s, while doing farm work in a forested area of Atagoyama in Daishin Masumi, Shirakawa City, sighted two bears in the woods (one about 1 m in body length and the other about 50 cm).

Shirakawa 大信増見, Fukushima

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

On Tuesday, June 16 at around 7:00 a.m., in the Yayoi area of Kuroiwa, Fukushima City, a witness observed one animal believed to be a bear (body length unknown) leaving through the forest on the east side of a municipal road heading toward the Abukuma River. There were no human injuries or property damage.

Fukushima Kuroiwa, Fukushima

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

A bear was sighted at Atagoyama in Oshin Masumi, Shirakawa City.

Shirakawa 大信増見, Fukushima

Observed one bear moving north along the road. Body length approximately 1 m. / Environment: road / Size: adult

Yamagata Sugesawa, Yamagata

Environment: Road / Size: Adult (fully grown)

Nanyo 上野, 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 crossing the road on National Route 115 in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima

While driving a vehicle, the witness observed one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) crossing the road.

Fukushima, Fukushima

While driving a vehicle, the witness observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road.

Fukushima, Fukushima

Sighted near the old Route 13 and the Route 13 Nakayama Bypass. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Kaminoyama 川口, Yamagata

Environment: Road / Size: Adult (mature)

Takahata 大字安久津, Yamagata

One bear was sighted in a wooded area in Sugisawa, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Sugesawa, Yamagata

Time of incident: estimated / Environment: forest / Size: adult

Tsuruoka, Yamagata

Moved down the slope toward the east / Environment: mixed broadleaf forest / Size: adult

Yamagata Sugesawa, Yamagata

In a mountain area of Tamugimata, Tsuruoka City, a 39-year-old man was attacked by one bear while gathering bamboo shoots and suffered injuries to his left arm. He used bear spray and drove the bear away.

Tsuruoka, Yamagata

A bear was sighted in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara Minamisawa, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima

While driving a vehicle, the observer spotted one bear (approximately 1.5 m in length) standing in a parking lot.

Fukushima Iizakamachi-Nakano, Fukushima

While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in the forested area.

Fukushima, Fukushima

Around 8:00 on 2026-06-14, a bear was sighted in Ageta-cho, Kanuma City.

Kanuma 油田町, Tochigi

Around 22:30 on 2026-06-14, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Kiwada-machi, Kanuma City.

Kanuma 亀和田町, Tochigi

Around 9:00 on June 14, a bear-like animal was sighted in Oguno, Hinode-machi, Tokyo.

Tokyo Oguno, Tokyo

On Saturday, June 13 at approximately 3:50 p.m., a witness (male in his 30s) spotted one bear (about 1 m in length) inside a park in Uenodera, Kamihiraba area, Fukushima City. The bear then left heading west.

Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima

While at home, [the witness] saw one bear (about 1 m in body length) walking in the park.

Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima

On Saturday, June 13 at around 3:25 p.m., on a municipal road in Minamimukoudai 3-chome, Fukushima City, an eyewitness (male in his 80s) driving a vehicle spotted two bears (each about 1.5 m in body length). The bears subsequently left heading west.

Fukushima Oguraji, Fukushima

While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted two bears crossing the road (each approximately 1.5 m in body length).

Fukushima Oguraji, Fukushima

Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile

Takahata 大字下和田, Yamagata

At around 12:25 a.m. on Saturday, June 13, in the fields in Fujikubo, Sekiya, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his teens) saw one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) crossing the fields near Kanayagawa Station on the JR Tohoku Main Line while he was walking. The bear then departed south from that location.

Fukushima Kanayagawa, Fukushima

While walking, the observer sighted one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the fields.

Otama, Fukushima

Two bears about 1.5 meters long were sighted on a city road in Minamimukai-dai 3-chome, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Oguraji, Fukushima

At around 3:50 PM on 2026-06-13, a bear was sighted in Uwanodera Kamihiraba, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima

An animal resembling a bear crossed the road. / Environment: Near residential area / Size: Unknown

Yamanobe 大字北垣, Yamagata

On Friday, June 12 at about 5:15 p.m., on a village road in Oyama Aza Atago, Otama Village, a male witness riding a bicycle toward Nihonmatsu City spotted one bear (about 1 m in body length) walking toward him.

Otama, Fukushima

Habitat: forest / Size: adult

Yonezawa Banseicho-Kariyasu, Yamagata

While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 m in length) on the roadway.

Motomiya 仁井田, Fukushima

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

Around 5:30 AM on June 12, a bear was sighted in Takakuhei, Nasu Town, Tochigi Prefecture.

Nasu 一ツ樅, Tochigi

One bear (body length 1.0 m) was sighted near the old Aburato Tunnel (seaside exit). Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 油戸, Yamagata

At around 10:50 on July 9, one bear was seen moving in Hakoa, Shibata City, Niigata.

Shibata, Niigata

While driving on Prefectural Road 73 toward Yasuda, the witness spotted one bear in the bushes on the right-hand side. The bear immediately retreated back into the brush and fled.

Kashiwazaki, Niigata

Atsumi government office: One bear (body length unknown) was sighted in the Nezugaseki area. / Environment: Around residences / Size: Unknown

Tsuruoka, Yamagata

Atsumi government office area: One juvenile bear (approximately 0.7 m in body length) was sighted along the river near the Nezugaseki River Bridge. / Environment: Around residential area / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka, Yamagata

Around 6 a.m., one cub about 70 cm long was sighted in Nezugaseki, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Tsuruoka 鼠ケ関, Yamagata

Moved from the settlement to the forested mountains (south side).

Murakami, Niigata

One bear (body length unknown) was sighted about 300 m east of Abura-to Community Center, near Nakata Bridge. Subsequent whereabouts unknown. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 油戸, Yamagata

On 2026-07-08 around 19:30, one bear was seen moving in Nashioki, Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture.

Murakami, Niigata

There was a black object that appeared to be a bear; after checking a video on a smartphone, the person reported it. / Environment: Near residential area / Size: Unknown

Tsuruoka 日枝, Yamagata

A juvenile bear was sighted about 300 m past the Mitoe/Mitse (Mise) interchange exit. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: roadway / Size: juvenile

Tsuruoka 三瀬, Yamagata

Atsumi government office: A single bear (approx. 1 m in body length) was sighted within the Yu-Atsumi area. / Environment: Around residences / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 湯温海, Yamagata

Atsumi government office: One bear (approximately 1 m body length) was sighted within the Yu-Atsumi area. / Environment: Around houses / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 湯温海, Yamagata

A bear about 1 meter long collided with a moving passenger car on a road in Sakuramachi, Murakami City. The female driver was not injured, but part of the vehicle was damaged.

Murakami, Niigata

A vehicle traveling on National Route 113 from the Yamagata direction collided with a bear about 1.0 m in body length, and the bear ran off toward the Green Park Arakawa General Sports Park.

Murakami, Niigata

A single bear about 1.0 m in body length was roaming through the rice field.

Murakami, Niigata

One bear was spotted roaming in a rice paddy in the Sasaki area of Murakami City, Niigata.

Murakami, Niigata

One bear was sighted in Yutōnami, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Tsuruoka 湯温海, Yamagata

One bear was sighted at Koganebarahara Park in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata.

Tsuruoka 日枝, Yamagata

Atsumi government office: A vehicle on National Route 7 collided with one bear (body length 0.8 m). The bear subsequently fled into the mountains. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 大岩川, Yamagata

Atsumi Government Office area: One observer sighted a young bear (body length unknown) on the railroad tracks within the Koiwagawa vicinity. / Environment: On the railroad tracks / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 小岩川, Yamagata

Atsumi government office: A person observed one bear (body length unknown) within the Yuu-Atsumi area. / Environment: riverside / Size: unknown

Tsuruoka 湯温海, Yamagata

A single bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) was sighted near the Kogata Purification Center. It moved south from the seaside and was later not found. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 堅苔沢, Yamagata

One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Konokozawa, Tsuruoka City.

Tsuruoka 堅苔沢, Yamagata

Crossed from the east side to the west side.

Murakami, Niigata

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a highway in Shimoaikawa, Murakami City, Niigata.

Murakami, Niigata

One bear (approx. 1.0 m in body length) was sighted about 300 m east of Abura-do Community Center, near Nakata Bridge. It moved south and was later not found. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 油戸, Yamagata

One cub was sighted in Koiwagawa, Tsuruoka City, coming down from the mountain to National Route 7 and then returning to the mountain when a witness called out.

Tsuruoka 小岩川, Yamagata

Atsumi government office building area: Witnessed one cub (body length unknown) that came down from the mountain onto National Route 7. When the witness called out, the cub returned to the mountain. / Environment: Near houses / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 小岩川, Yamagata

A cub was sighted crossing a railway line from the mountain side to the sea side in Hayata, Tsuruoka City.

Tsuruoka 早田, Yamagata

Ainsai government office area: Observed a cub (about 0.5 m body length) crossing the tracks from the mountainside to the seaside in the Hayata area. / Environment: Around houses / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 早田, Yamagata

A witness observed one cub moving from the seaside toward the mountains. / Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 小岩川, Yamagata

Atsumi government office: One bear (body length unknown) sighted in the Yu-Atsumi area. / Environment: Near houses / Size: Unknown

Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata

Atsumi government office area: One bear (body length unknown) sighted within the Yunokami area. / Environment: Near residences / Size: Unknown

Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted at the Tsuruoka City Atsumi Forestry Association parking lot in Oiwagawa, Tsuruoka City.

Tsuruoka 大岩川, Yamagata

Atsumi government office: One bear (approximately 1 m in body length) sighted in the parking lot of the Tsuruoka City Atsumi Forest Cooperative. / Environment: business/office parking lot / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 大岩川, Yamagata

A single bear (body length 1.0 m) was sighted at a farming work hut in Nakayama area. It appeared to be eating rice. It moved away from the sighting location afterward. / Environment: Around homes / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 矢引, Yamagata

A bear entered a farm work shed in Nakayama, Tsuruoka City, and damaged rice stored in paper bags.

Tsuruoka 中山, Yamagata

A bear was sighted at a farm work shed in Nakayama, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata, eating rice stored in the shed.

Tsuruoka 中山, Yamagata

A witness driving a car observed one bear-like animal crossing the municipal road from the rice field side toward the mountain side.

Kashiwazaki, Niigata

One bear (approximately 80 cm) was sighted entering the southwest mountain near the baseball field of Tsuruoka National College of Technology. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: forest / Size: juvenile

Tsuruoka 井岡, Yamagata

At around 15:58 on June 26, a bear was sighted in Ioka, Tsuruoka City.

Tsuruoka 井岡, Yamagata

Atsumi Government Office: A single cub (approximately 0.8 m in body length) was sighted near the Atsumi government office / Environment: Near houses / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata

A cub was sighted within the Nakayama area and ran off to the north. / Environment: near houses / Size: juvenile

Tsuruoka 中山, Yamagata

Bear footprints were discovered on the roadway of the Prefectural Route Tashiro-Oguni. The direction of travel is unknown.

Nagaoka, Niigata

Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata

One bear (1 m) entered the bushes on the south side of Kamo Community Center. / Environment: near houses / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 加茂, Yamagata

Discovered bear tracks while doing farm work.

Nagaoka, Niigata

Discovered bear tracks while on the way to cultivate the field

Nagaoka, Niigata

Around 5:00 on 2026-06-20, a bear was sighted in Sakamachi, Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture.

Murakami, Niigata

At around 14:00, one bear (approximately 1.5 m in body length) was sighted on the road about 400 m southeast of Yutagawa Community Center. It moved westward and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: near houses / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 藤沢, Yamagata

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in the Shukuda area of Murakami City.

Murakami, Niigata

One bear, estimated at about 1.5 meters long, was sighted in Fujisawa, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Tsuruoka 藤沢, Yamagata

While traveling on National Route 345, one bear (approximately 1.2 m in body length) was sighted near Aikōen (Aikoen) of Tsuruoka City. The bear then moved toward the park behind Aikōen. / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 岡山, Yamagata

A bear was sighted on a prefectural road in Karuigawa, Kashiwazaki City.

Kashiwazaki, Niigata

While passing through the area, sighted one bear.

Tainai, Niigata

Spotted one bear while passing through the area.

Tainai, Niigata