เส้นทางขับรถ Yonezawa Castle-Tobinodai Shell Mound

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

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

Otama, Fukushima

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

Sano 田之入町, Tochigi

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

Koriyama, Fukushima

Koriyama, Fukushima

Around 18:20 on 2026-07-19, one bear about 1.2 m long was sighted in farmland in Fujicho, Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture.

Sano 富士町, Tochigi

Nasushiobara 上大貫, Tochigi

Sano 富士町, Tochigi

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

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

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

Yonezawa Sekine, Yamagata

Around 6:10 PM on 2026-07-14, a bear was sighted in Nishi-Iwasaki, Nasushiobara City.

Nasushiobara 西岩崎, Tochigi

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

Around 6:50 PM on 2026-07-13, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Otawa, Fujioka-machi, Tochigi City.

Tochigi Fujiokamachi Ōdawa, Tochigi

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

Yonezawa Misawa, Yamagata

Tochigi Fujiokamachi Ōdawa, Tochigi

Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown

Yonezawa Banseicho-Zusayama, Yamagata

Environment: Near dwellings / Size: Adult

Yonezawa Sekine, 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

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

Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima

Environment: Riverbed / Size: Adult and cub

Yonezawa Hosenmachi, Yamagata

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

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

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

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

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 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: 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