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This 247 km route runs from Aizuwakamatsu to Kurihara, passing through Fukushima and Miyagi. In the past 30 days, 182 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 31 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Sendai Kamiyagari, Miyagi.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
2 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Fukushima, Miyagi.
A bear was sighted around 2:00 a.m. in Niji-no-oka 4-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Kamiyagari, Miyagi
While driving a vehicle, sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) climbing a slope.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Hatta, Fukushima
A security guard sighted a cub about 1 meter long on company premises in Meito 2-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi
While driving northbound on the Nakanosawa-Atami line, the observer sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) at the roadside appearing to be checking the road with the intent to cross.
Koriyama 熱海町高玉, Fukushima
Around 10:15 on 2026-08-05, a bear was sighted in Tomiya Ochiai, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
A man driving in Kamo 1-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City, saw a bear-like black animal.
Sendai Kamiyagari, Miyagi
A sighting of one bear about 1 m long was reported in Semine Shinowaki, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 瀬峰, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long crossed the road and moved toward the Hirose River.
Sendai Ayashi-chuo 2-chome, Miyagi
August 3
Kurihara 築館字左野原, Miyagi
On a municipal road, one bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Motomiya 関下, Fukushima
Bear tracks were found in the rice paddy.
Fukushima Kamitoriwata, Fukushima
One bear, about 1 meter long, was sighted on the Agagawa riverbank in Mondenmachi Oaza Iiji, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu Kitaaizumachi-Sanbonmatsu, Fukushima
One bear was sighted near National Route 4 in Yurigakubo, Asakawa, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima, emerging from bushes on the east side of the road.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Asakawa, Fukushima
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on National Route 4.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Asakawa, Fukushima
August 2
Sendai, Miyagi
August 2
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
August 2
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Chomeigaoka 1-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Chomeigaoka-higashi, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Kozukehira, Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Shiroishi 越河平, Miyagi
August 2
Shiroishi 越河平, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in bushes along a city road near homes in Minatakano, Aizuwakamatsu.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Minamikoya, Fukushima
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted. The bear was found in brush near a residential area and then moved further into the brush, where it disappeared from view.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Minamikoya, Fukushima
August 2
Sendai 北中山, Miyagi
August 2
Sendai Chomeigaoka-higashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Tsubonuma Akaishiyama in Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Sendai, Miyagi
One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in bushes in Minamikōya, Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Minamikoya, Fukushima
There was a sighting report of one bear with the same characteristics in a residential area in Minaminakayama 3-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Sanezawa, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Yoshioka-Higashishibasaki, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi
August 1
Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi
August 1
Taiwa Ochiai-Maino, Miyagi
A man driving a car sighted one bear about 1 meter long crossing Route 3 in Maino 3-chome, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ochiai-Maino, Miyagi
One bear was sighted crossing Route 3 in Yoshioka, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kawauchi, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, around 11:35 PM on 2026-07-31.
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
Around 14:04 on 2026-07-31 in Kikutamachi Maedazawa 2-chome, Koriyama City, one bear about 1 m long was seen on the slope of the Tohoku Expressway.
Koriyama 喜久田町早稲原, Fukushima
Koriyama 喜久田町前田沢, Fukushima
In Yamato Town, at Miyakodomach倉 on National Route 457, a woman driving a car saw one bear about 70 cm long cross the road.
Taiwa, Miyagi
Around 13:20 on 2026-07-30, one bear was sighted in Tomiya Karatakezawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
While on duty, (the witness) looked toward the staff parking lot and observed one bear (body length about 1 m) walking across the grassy area on the south side of the staff parking lot from east to west.
Aizuwakamatsu Tsutsumimachi, Fukushima
One bear was sighted on a road in Adachishibukoshita, Murata Town, and moved south toward bushes.
Murata 大字村田, Miyagi
Aizumisato 大石, Fukushima
One bear (1.5 m body length) was sighted crossing National Route 118 in Shimouruya, Oto-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu Otomachi-Shimoamaya, Fukushima
July 28
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
July 28
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tsukidate Shimmiyano Uronosawa, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 築館字下宮野, Miyagi
July 28
Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi
A bear was sighted around 8:10 a.m. on July 28 in Yoshida Higashi Gofukuin, Yamato Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima
July 27
Sendai Sanezawa, Miyagi
July 27
Sendai Sanezawa, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Takamori 3-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi
July 26
Sendai 寺岡, Miyagi
Around 7:45 AM on July 26, a bear was sighted in Furukawa-Shimizu, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi
Around 5:00 PM on July 26, a bear was sighted in Togatakezawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
July 25
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tsukidate Shimo-Miyano Yatsumatazawa, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 築館, Miyagi
July 25
Kurihara 築館, Miyagi
July 25
Shiroishi 越河平, Miyagi
One bear appeared in an apartment complex parking lot in Kaminish, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 字上村西, Fukushima
July 24
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
Around 7:30 AM on July 24, a bear was sighted in Tsuboyo Minamihama, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima
July 24
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tomiya Ochiai, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
July 23
Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi
July 23
Osaki 三本木新沼, Miyagi
July 23
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
July 23
Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi
July 23
Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi
July 23
Ohira 中央平, Miyagi
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the roadway.
Otama, Fukushima
July 23
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Miyakodo Yotsutsuji in Taiwa Town around 5:30 a.m.
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 23
Osaki, Miyagi
Around 3:20 PM on 2026-07-23, a bear was sighted in Takayashiki, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
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
A driver sighted one bear about 1 m long crossing the road on the Sendai-Sambongi Line in Imaizumi Miyamae, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 今泉, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Imaizumi Hachimanshita, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture, at around 21:08 on July 22.
Tomiya 今泉, Miyagi
July 22
Tomiya 今泉, Miyagi
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
A cub crossed the road and went into the grass.
Aizuwakamatsu Otomachi-Okawa, Fukushima
July 22
Osaki 岩出山下野目, Miyagi
July 21
Shiroishi 福岡長袋, Miyagi
July 21
Ohira 奥田, Miyagi
July 21
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
Around 9:40 on July 21, a bear was sighted in Takayashiki, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
A bear was sighted moving in Katō-machi Hatta Ōnonahara, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
July 21
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tomiya Futsusho, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
July 21
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
July 21
Osato, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Takashimizu Miyawaki, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
July 20
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi
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
One bear (about 0.5 meters in body length) was sighted.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Hatta, Fukushima
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
One bear about 0.5 meters long crossed a road in Hatta, Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Hatta, Fukushima
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
A bear was sighted in Takashimizu Kumano, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
July 19
Sendai, Miyagi
July 19
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Morinohashi 2-chome, Tomiya City, around 11:13 on July 19.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
July 19
Kurihara 高清水, Miyagi
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
July 18
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
July 18
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
July 18
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
July 18
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Ichinoseki-nezumiyama, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Matsuzakadaira, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ryutsudaira, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi
One bear, about 1 m long, was sighted on a road in Matsuzakahira 2-chome, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi
July 17
Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi
July 17
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
One bear, about 1.5 m long, was sighted on a road in Tomiya Negisizawa, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
July 17
Tomiya あけの平, Miyagi
One bear, about 70 cm long, was sighted on a road in Tomiya Ogochi, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
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
bear cub
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
July 17
Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Yoshidanishikaze, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Fukuoka Kuramoto Chazono in Shiroishi City.
Shiroishi 福岡長袋, Miyagi
In Fukuoka Kuramoto, Shiroishi City, an elderly-home employee saw one bear about 1 meter long in a rice paddy.
Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi
July 17
Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was seen crossing the road in Hiyoshi, Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu, with no injuries reported.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Koya, Fukushima
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
A bear was sighted at Miyadoko Yotsuji, Yamato Town, Miyagi.
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
One bear approximately 1 meter in body length was sighted. The bear has since already departed.
Koriyama, Fukushima
One bear about 1 meter long was seen walking in a park in Keizan, Aizuwakamatsu, and later returned to the mountain.
Aizuwakamatsu Tenneijimachi, Fukushima
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted. The bear departed into the forested area to the east, and its subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Higashiyamamachi-Ishiyama, Fukushima
July 16
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
July 16
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
One bear about 1.5 meters long was seen crossing National Route 49 in Hatta Ohnohara, Kawanohigashi-cho, Aizuwakamatsu.
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
One bear (approximately 1.5 meters in body length) was sighted.
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
July 16
Taiwa Technohills, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Naka-yasuda, Atami-machi, Koriyama City around 6:00 PM on July 16.
Koriyama, Fukushima
One bear was sighted on a slope in Kokudasetonosawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya あけの平, Miyagi
July 15
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
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
July 15
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 15
Taiwa 杜の丘, Miyagi
July 15
Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi
July 15
Ohira 中央平, Miyagi
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Fukushima, Fukushima
July 15
Taiwa Technohills, Miyagi
July 14
Kawasaki, Miyagi
July 14
Kawasaki, Miyagi
A single bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the paved road.
Inawashiro 字城南, Fukushima
July 14
Natori, Miyagi
July 14
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
Bear sighting reported at Kamiyakari Kumanoshitashita, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Nomura, Miyagi
July 14
Sendai Nomura, Miyagi
Around 05:40 on 2026-07-14, a bear was sighted in Sannbongi Sakamoto Terashima, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
July 13
Kurihara 高清水, Miyagi
A bear sighting was reported in Miyakoji Shimoshoji, Taiwa Town, around 05:50.
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 13
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 12
Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi
A woman walking her dog spotted one bear about 1 meter long at Shiroishi River Kiridoshi Park in Fukukakuramoto Iwanoue, Shiroishi City.
Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi
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 seen leaving into a forest in Iizakamachi Yuno Matoba, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Shinyu, Yuno, Iizakamachi, Fukushima City around 16:40 on July 11.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
July 11
Kurihara, Miyagi
July 11
Taiwa, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tsukidate Ota Yamazukazawa, Kurihara City.
Kurihara, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in a rice paddy in Shimohori, Aizumisato, and walked away.
Aizumisato 下堀, Fukushima
Around 16:20 on 2026-07-10, a bear was sighted in Fukurokumoto Yokomukai, Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi
July 10
Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi
July 10
Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi
July 10
Taiwa, Miyagi
July 10
Ohira 大森, Miyagi
Two bears were sighted in Futabagaoka 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Fujimatsu, Miyagi
July 9
Sendai Fujimatsu, Miyagi
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In the past 30 days, 182 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 31 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Sendai Kamiyagari, Miyagi.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 7:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 247 km route runs from Aizuwakamatsu to Kurihara, passing through Fukushima and Miyagi. In the past 30 days, 182 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 31 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Sendai Kamiyagari, Miyagi. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
