เส้นทางจักรยาน Osaki-Hakuba

Observed walking / Environment: Agricultural land / Size: Adult

Kaminoyama 金瓶, Yamagata

One bear was sighted on the farm road along the left bank of Shimamichigawa. It moved eastward.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult

Obanazawa Oshikiri, Yamagata

Size: Adult

Hakuba, Nagano

Size: Adult

Otari, Nagano

June 5

Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi

Size: adult

Hakuba, Nagano

While passing nearby, I spotted a figure that appeared to be a bear in the bushes.

Tainai, Niigata

Sighted an animal that appeared to be a bear cub on the riverbank / Environment: riverbank / Size: juvenile

Yamagata Komoishi, Yamagata

One bear sighted while traveling on National Route 113 in the Shimokawaguchi area.

Sekikawa, Niigata

A single cub was sighted near Tokugai Bridge from National Route 8.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Around 3:20 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Kurosawa Toridan, Shikama Town.

Shikama 黒沢, Miyagi

Spotted one bear near my house. It moved off toward the mountains.

Joetsu, Niigata

Two bear-like animals were sighted in Togami-mae, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Togamimae, Yamagata

One bear-like animal was sighted on a road in Izumicho, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Ochiaimachi, Yamagata

Witnessed a bear-like animal on the road / Environment: near residences / Size: adult

Yamagata Ochiaimachi, Yamagata

Person seen while doing farm work; direction of escape unknown / Environment: farmland / Size: adult

Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata

Environment: around human habitation / Size: unknown

Kawanishi 大字下小松, Yamagata

Went westbound on the street within Matsunami 1-chome. Body length approximately 1 m. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata

Went from the roadway in Matsunami 1-chome toward the mountains to the south. Body length about 1.2 m. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata

A bear was sighted in Yachimorikawakake, Kami Town, Miyagi Prefecture.

Kami 字原木舟, Miyagi

June 2

Kami 字原鶯沢, Miyagi

A bear was sighted twice walking on a road in Matsunami, Yamagata City, around 2:15 p.m.

Yamagata Kojirakawamachi, Yamagata

June 2

Kami 字二ノ坪, Miyagi

Went toward the Ebie settlement

Murakami, Niigata

One bear was observed moving in the mountain (south) direction.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Spotted one cub while passing through the area.

Tainai, Niigata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult

Obanazawa Gobono, Yamagata

Observed one bear running toward the mountains in the vicinity.

Tainai, Niigata

June 1st

Osaki 岩出山下野目, Miyagi

Environment: Near residences / Size: Adult

Nanyo 宮内, Yamagata

One bear sighted near the Tosawa (Shimo-Tosawa) community center

Sekikawa, Niigata

Environment: riverbed / Size: adult

Oguni Numazawa, Yamagata

One bear cub sighted near the Ōmine Mountain trailhead

Shibata, Niigata

One bear, about 1 meter long, was sighted in Sakamachi area, Murakami City.

Murakami, Niigata

Moved toward the Tainai City direction

Murakami, Niigata

Observed one bear near the residence. It moved toward the east side of the mountain.

Joetsu, Niigata

Spotted one bear peeking out from the mountain.

Tainai, Niigata

One bear was sighted in Shimoakaya, Tainai City, and went into the mountains to the south.

Tainai, Niigata

Environment: Public facility / Size: Juvenile

Obanazawa, Yamagata

One bear was sighted in Sōgetsu-cho, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Sotsuki-shincho, Yamagata

In a cherry orchard in Higashine City, Yamagata Prefecture, damage believed caused by a bear was found, with branches broken and claw marks on the trunks.

Higashine 大字泉郷, Yamagata

Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Oguni Aramata, Yamagata

A single bear-like animal was captured on the security camera.

Tainai, Niigata

One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Soegawa, Iide Town, Yamagata Prefecture.

Iide Soegawa, Yamagata

One bear was sighted on a road at Higashizawa Reservoir in Murayama City and moved into the forested area.

Murayama 楯岡東沢, Yamagata

One bear was observed walking through the rice fields from the mountain side toward the prefectural road / Environment: near houses / Size: adult

Iide Matsubara, Yamagata

One bear was sighted on the road near Higashizawa Reservoir. It moved into the forest. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Murayama Shieldhill East Marsh, Yamagata

Before 6:00 on 2026-05-27, a bear was reported sighted in Nagado, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Hasedo, Yamagata

Size: Juvenile

Hakuba, Nagano

While driving on the municipal road Sennō-Tsutsuishi Line, I observed one cub. It moved west.

Itoigawa, Niigata

One bear was sighted near the Izumi bus stop. It was moving toward the mountains.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Observed one bear behind the house. It moved toward the mountains.

Tainai, Niigata

Size: Adult

Nanyo 上野, Yamagata

Size: Adult

Otari Chikuni, Nagano

A bear was sighted in Furukawa Osaki Nyo Kodate, Ōsaki City.

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

Observed one bear moving west along the rice field embankment.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Around 4:30 PM on May 22, a bear was sighted in Teraji, Itoigawa City.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Around 12:30 on 2026-05-22, one bear was sighted in Izumi, Itoigawa City.

Itoigawa, Niigata

A single cub was wandering behind the house. It moved off toward the southwest.

Itoigawa, Niigata

One bear cub was sighted on the grounds of the Science Education Center in Nishinakaji. It was moving toward the mountain side.

Itoigawa, Niigata

May 22

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

Size: Juvenile

Hakuba, Nagano

Size: Adult

Higashine, Yamagata

May 21

Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi

Around 11:40 on May 21, a bear was sighted at Furukawa Shimizu Narita Omotemae in Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi

Observed a bear moving from north to south along the Oodangawa River near Hibashi Bridge / Size: juvenile

Murayama 大字林崎, Yamagata

At around 07:30 on May 21, 2026, an animal resembling a bear was sighted in Matsubara, Yamagata City. The article is partially behind a paywall and detailed information about the sighting was not provided.

Yamagata Matsubara, Yamagata

A bear-like animal was sighted on the mountain slope / Size: adult

Yamagata Matsubara, Yamagata

May 21

Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi

May 20

Osaki, Miyagi

Size: Unknown

Kawanishi 大字西大塚, Yamagata

May 20

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Furukawa Osaki Odachi, Ōsaki City, Miyagi, around 14:20 on May 20, 2026.

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

Tracks (footprints) discovered in a rice field near the Prefectural Route Shimonagahashi–Kamidate line

Shibata, Niigata

At around 10:25 on May 20, 2026, a woman in her 70s encountered a bear about 1 meter long in a bamboo grove behind her home in Furukawa Shinhori, Osaki City, Miyagi. She waved a saw she was carrying and drove the bear off but fell and suffered a fractured bone in her lower back; the bear fled west.

Osaki 古川新堀, Miyagi

May 20

Kami 上狼塚, Miyagi

May 20

Kami 上狼塚, Miyagi

May 20

Osaki 古川新堀, Miyagi

May 20

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

A bear appeared in Furukawa, Ōsaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, and the city carried out its first emergency shooting to cull the animal.

Osaki 古川, Miyagi

May 19

Kami 字大門三番, Miyagi

Size: Unknown

Higashine 大字羽入, Yamagata

Environment: Forest / Size: Adult and cub

Obanazawa Nyu, Yamagata

On the morning of May 19, 2026, one male bear was spotted in a grove near Furukawa Shinden, Osaki City. The city authorized emergency gun hunting for public safety and the bear was killed around 11:00 a.m. The bear was about 1.1 m long, weighed approximately 45 kg, was estimated to be four years old, and is believed to have wandered in via a nearby river.

Osaki 古川新田, Miyagi

Size: cub/juvenile

Oishida Tazawa, Yamagata

May 19

Osaki 古川斎下, Miyagi

May 19

Osaki 古川新田, Miyagi

May 19

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

May 19

Kami 上狼塚, Miyagi

Size: Unknown

Higashine, Yamagata

May 18

Kami 上狼塚, Miyagi

May 18

Kami 城生, Miyagi

May 18

Kami 城生, Miyagi

May 18

Kami 羽場, Miyagi

One bear-like animal was sighted in the scrub woodland beside the road (under the bridge) / Size: adult

Yamagata Kurosawa, Yamagata

One bear-like animal was sighted in a woodland in Miharashi no Oka, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Kurosawa, Yamagata

Around 06:30 on 2026-05-18, one bear-like animal was sighted in a grove in Miharaishi-no-oka, Yamagata City. The city closed a nearby observation deck and used public announcement vehicles to warn local residents.

Yamagata Kurosawa, Yamagata

Was roaming near Sankōen

Murayama 楯岡中町, Yamagata

Just after 04:00 on May 18, 2026, one bear was sighted near Sankouen in Chuo, Murayama City, Yamagata Prefecture. The city warned of the possibility of further sightings and urged residents and passersby to carry noise-making devices like bells or radios and to secure their homes.

Murayama 楯岡中町, Yamagata

Sighted a bear moving on National Route 13 from east to west (on the grounds of Sankōen). / Size: adult

Murayama 楯岡中町, Yamagata

Size: juvenile

Hakuba Hokujo, Nagano

Several marathon runners who were participating in the ongoing event were sighted

Kashiwazaki, Niigata

On May 17, 2026, one bear was sighted around 10:00 AM on the course along Prefectural Route 73 Kujiranami-Miyakawa Line in Okouchi Nitta, Kashiwazaki City, and the organizers suspended the 26th Kashiwazaki Shiokaze Marathon at 12:15 PM. No injuries were reported.

Kashiwazaki, Niigata

This morning at around 10:00, a report was received that one bear was sighted along Prefectural Route 73 (Kujiranami-Miyagawa Line) in the Okochi Shinden area. ※As an aside, because of this the marathon (Shiokaze Marathon) was canceled. https://www.city.kashiwazaki.lg.jp/cgi-bin/smart_alert.php/1/detail/1193943 (The input screen overlaps with the keyboard, so I can’t paste the link there.)

Kashiwazaki 大字大河内新田, Niigata

A bear was spotted on the course of the Kashiwazaki Seaside Marathon, and the race was halted on May 17, 2026. Runners located before the sighting point were boarded onto buses and evacuated.

Kashiwazaki, Niigata

Witnessed while driving on municipal Hirayama Road near the Takanami-no-ike (Takanami Pond) observation deck.

Itoigawa, Niigata

A single animal resembling a bear was sighted in a roadside vacant lot / Size: adult

Yamagata Teranishi, Yamagata

May 14

Osaki, Miyagi

Size: Adult

Iide Tenoko, Yamagata

Fled toward the northwest, into the mountains. / Size: Adult

Oguni Tazawagashira, Yamagata

While descending Mount Chitose, I observed one animal resembling a bear heading down the west side / Size: adult

Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata

Size: Adult

Oishida Kawamae, Yamagata

Size: Adult

Oishida Toyoda, Yamagata

Size: Adult

Oishida Iwagafukuro, Yamagata