เส้นทางขับรถ Yonezawa-Bandai

Around 5:00 PM on May 20, a bear was sighted in Sarashina Tohei, Bandai Town, Fukushima.

Bandai, Fukushima

Crossed National Route 49 from the recreation park side and entered the brush on the north side.

Inawashiro 大字翁沢, Fukushima

At about 14:50 on the 5th, a man in his 50s reported to the Inawashiro Police Station that he had sighted one bear about 1 meter long in a parking lot in Tsumachi, Inawashiro Town. The bear fled into the forest east of the parking lot, and the police are patrolling the area.

Inawashiro 字並杉西, Fukushima

A bear was walking south from Iwahashi Shrine.

Inawashiro 字西峰, Fukushima

At around 13:50 on May 4, a single bear about 1 meter long was spotted along Route 49 near Ogasawara Goten-yama (Ogasawa), Inawashiro Town. No human or property damage has been confirmed so far, and the police have warned the public to be cautious.

Inawashiro 大字翁沢, Fukushima

At around 15:05 on April 29, 2026, a man collecting wild plants at the edge of the ski slope in the Minero area of Inawashiro Ski Resort, Nakamaruyama, Inawashiro Town, Fukushima Prefecture, sighted one bear about 1.2 meters long. The bear returned to the woods afterward, and no injuries or property damage were reported.

Inawashiro 字葉山, Fukushima