เส้นทางเดินป่า Fuefuki-Yonezawa

In the woodland, one bear (body length approximately 1.2 meters) was sighted.

Shirakawa 大信豊地, Fukushima

A bear about 1.2 m long was sighted in the forest at Daishin Toyochi, Shirakawa City.

Shirakawa 大信豊地, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Daishin-Kuwado Gobosawa, Shirakawa City.

Shirakawa 大信, Fukushima

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

Shirakawa 大信, 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

Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult

Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata

Akiruno Sannai, Tokyo

Four bears were sighted crossing Route 294 at Kōriyama City, Konanmachi Mikai.

Koriyama 湖南町三代, Fukushima

Four bears were sighted crossing National Route 294 (one approximately 1.0 m in body length and three approximately 0.5 m each).

Koriyama 湖南町三代, 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

A mother bear and two cubs were sighted near a community center in Asari, Nigoka-cho, Otsuki City.

Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Asari, Yamanashi

Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Asari, Yamanashi

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

Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Yonezawa Tsunagi, Yamagata

On the Gold Line, a collision traffic accident occurred in which a passenger car in transit struck a bear that ran out from the roadside (approximately 1 meter in body length).

Kitashiobara, Fukushima

A vehicle collided with one bear on the Bandai Mountain Gold Line in Hibara, Kitashiobara Village.

Kitashiobara, Fukushima

I was walking from Iwadono Mountain toward Chigo-Otoshi. Just as I was about to reach Chigo-Otoshi, I encountered a bear cub.

Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Yurigaoka, Yamanashi

A bear was sighted in Shigenokamachi Kozuse, Otsuki City.

Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Yurigaoka, Yamanashi

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

Kitashiobara, Fukushima

Environment: Road / Size: Adult (full-grown)

Yonezawa Banseicho-Katako, Yamagata

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

Environment: Riverside / Size: Adult

Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata

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

Inawashiro 字城南, Fukushima

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

Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata

Fuefuki, Yamanashi

Around 19:20 on July 12, a bear-like animal was sighted in Kurosawa 3-chome, Ome City.

Ōme Kurosawa, Tokyo

Environment: Near dwellings / Size: Adult

Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata

Koshu Katsunumacho-Kamiiwasaki, Yamanashi

Environment: Riverbed / Size: Adult and cub

Yonezawa Hosenmachi, Yamagata

Fuefuki, Yamanashi

Tsuru Shimoya, Yamanashi

One bear about 1 m long was sighted in a forest in Seki, Yonezawa City.

Yonezawa, Yamagata

Environment: forest / Size: adult

Yonezawa Tateishi, Yamagata

Environment: Riverbanks / Size: Adult

Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata

Nasushiobara 塩野崎, Tochigi

Fuefuki, Yamanashi

Environment: Agricultural land / Size: Adult

Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata

Fuefuki, Yamanashi

Fuefuki, Yamanashi

Nasushiobara 春日町, Tochigi

Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata

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

Yonezawa, Yamagata

Environment: Near homes / Size: Adult

Yonezawa Sekimachi, Yamagata

Around 6:30 a.m. in Konanmachi Tachi, Koriyama City, two bears were seen crossing the road.

Koriyama 湖南町舘, Fukushima

Around 6:30 on 2026-07-07, one bear was sighted moving in Tatenotate, Konan-machi, Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture.

Koriyama 湖南町舘, Fukushima

Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata

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

Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima

Ōme Shiobune, Tokyo

Environment: railway / Size: adult

Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata

Encountered while ascending the left fork of the Yazawa-Kumakura River, a tributary of the Minami-Akishikawa (stream climbing). While resting, it attempted to descend from the slope to the stream bed. When I shouted “Hey! Hey!” to intimidate it, it flinched, noticed me, and ran off toward the ridge.

Tokyo Nango, Tokyo

One 1-meter bear was sighted in Konanmachi Hamaji, Koriyama City.

Koriyama 湖南町浜路, Fukushima

Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata

Environment: Around residential houses / Size: Unknown

Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata

Environment: On the tracks / Size: Adult

Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata

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

On July 1 (Wednesday) at around 1:30 p.m., on a private road in Umeda Ushiike area, Sukagawa City, a witness (a woman in her 40s) saw one bear (approximately 1 m in length) on the road while driving. The bear subsequently left for the woods.

Sukagawa, 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: On the railway tracks / Size: Juvenile

Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata

Environment: Near railway tracks / Size: Juvenile

Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata

Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile

Yonezawa Banseicho-Tatsuzawa, Yamagata

Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Yonezawa Minamihara-Yokoborimachi, Yamagata

On Monday, June 29 at around 11:20 a.m., near 312-1 Maeda Ko, Chiyoda, Inawashiro Town, south of Inawashiro Town Dai-ni Elementary School, a witness (female in her 50s), while on duty on the elementary school premises, sighted one bear (body length unknown) near the south side of the school. The bear later departed to the south.

Inawashiro 大字千代田, Fukushima

It was lumbering along through the field. When it noticed us, it ran toward the road.

Inawashiro 大字千代田, Fukushima

Environment: On the tracks / Size: Juvenile

Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata

Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile

Yonezawa Tsunagi, Yamagata