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This 877 km route runs from Dōgashima to Fukaura, passing through Shizuoka, Aomori, Akita, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Miyagi, Saitama, Tochigi, and Tokyo. In the past 30 days, 667 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 92 of them. The latest sighting was reported 5 hours ago near Daisen Osawagotera, Akita.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
24 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Shizuoka, Aomori, Akita, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Miyagi, Saitama, Tochigi, Tokyo.
Posted: Spotted on a highway slope.
Daisen Osawagotera, Akita
I was walking through the field and went toward the houses on the other side of the road.
Daisen Takajo, Akita
A bear and cub(s) suspected to be a parent and offspring were sighted on the slope north of Sakura Elementary School’s pool. They moved off toward the north. Body length unknown.
Akita, Akita
Posted: It appears the bear came out of the river in a wet condition, walked through the parking lot, and then entered by climbing over the fence of the Miura House (Miura Residence).
Akita, Akita
[Report] While driving, it suddenly leapt out from the bushes on the left. About 1 meter long. It didn’t hit the car, but after wandering on the road for a while, it went back into the bushes.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted crossing Route 264 in Onoshindo, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
On Tuesday, June 23 at approximately 6:45 p.m., near the 245-kilometer post on the southbound lanes of the Tohoku Expressway underpass in Akagai-Mori area, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, a driver (male, in his 40s) traveling on the expressway observed a bear (one animal, about 50 cm in body length) attempting to cross the road from the shoulder into the lanes of the southbound Tohoku Expressway (toward Sendai). When the witness sounded his horn, the bear returned to the shoulder. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Sekiya, Fukushima
Spotted a bear on the roadway. It left heading east. Body length about 1 m. 1 m from a residence.
Akita Terauchi, Akita
On 2026-06-23 at about 18:22, a bear was sighted in Yui Kamekubo, Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture.
Nihonmatsu 油井, Fukushima
On Tuesday, June 23 at approximately 6:22 PM, in the Kabuko area of Yui, Nihonmatsu City, a witness (male in his 60s) driving a vehicle saw one bear (about 1 meter in body length) moving north through fields. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Nihonmatsu 矢ノ戸, Fukushima
A middle school student saw a bear in bushes in Yoshinari 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 吉成, Miyagi
Spotted one bear. It crossed the prefectural road and fled into the brush on the east side. Body length approximately 1 m.
Noshiro Iwao, Akita
June 23
Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, Miyagi
June 23
Taiwa Tsurusu-Kitameosaki, Miyagi
June 23
Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi
[Report] While driving on National Route 101, a vehicle collided with a bear. The bear ran up the mountain and fled.
Happou, Akita
A bear was sighted in Ōtani-Ushiroba, Ōgawara Town, Miyagi.
Ogawara 字新川前, Miyagi
June 23
Ogawara 字新川前, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Naruko Onsen Nozawa, Osaki City, around 07:50 on June 23.
Osaki, Miyagi
June 23
Osaki, Miyagi
Crossed the road near Echizenya Doll Shop and ran up the back hill of Koshio (Koshiuo) Shrine.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
While driving near Atago Bridge in Kamiinnai, Yuzawa City, I spotted one bear in front of the garbage collection point near the beauty salon just before Shinōin. The bear crossed Atago Bridge and ran west toward Atago Shrine. Body length: 0.8 m; 10 m from residential area.
Yuzawa, Akita
One bear about 90 cm long was sighted from a car in a mixed woods in Terauchi-Kizakura 3-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Ran off south while driving. Body length 1 m. 10 m to building. 5 m from car.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
June 22
Osaki, Miyagi
An adult bear (about 1 meter) was sighted wandering in a field. It wandered around the field for a while and then left heading northeast toward the Oyumagawa River.
Ugo 字大久保, Akita
While driving on the Akita Expressway toward Akita, I witnessed one cub crossing the road from right to left toward the service area.
Daisen Kushoda, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Kogoshige Uenodai, Daisen City, Akita, around 11:20 on June 22.
Daisen Kushoda, Akita
One bear was seen climbing a gumi tree and eating the berries on a residential property in Narukoonsen Onikobe, Osaki City, Miyagi.
Osaki, Miyagi
Witnessed a bear approximately 80 cm in length
Yokote 十文字町佐賀会, Akita
Bear sighted in front of Iwasaki Post Office. It was moving, so the direction it fled is unknown.
Yuzawa, Akita
[Post]
Akita Arayamachi, Akita
(Post) A cub ran off and entered the mountain from behind a convex traffic mirror.
Akita Terauchi, Akita
It ran out from the rear grounds of Koshio Shrine onto the road and then went back into the woods. Body length about 1.2 m.
Akita Terauchi, Akita
Bear sighted from inside the house. Body length 0.7 m. Left toward the southern mountain. 10 m from the building.
Akita Terauchi, Akita
Posted: Entered the grounds of Seirei Junior College
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
Posted: It swam through a drainage ditch near a rice field and came up onto the ground. It was startled by a kei truck and ran off. Body length about 1 m. It was reported not to be emaciated.
Daisen Niiyaji, Akita
A 1-meter-tall bear in poor condition was sighted in a rice field. It left heading north toward the river.
Daisen Takazekikamigo, Akita
Around 7:50 on 2026-06-21, a bear was seen moving at Hanadate Joboji in Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Hanadate, Akita
Report: Entered the brush from the farm road by more than one meter while feeling unwell
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
While passing along the road, I discovered bear droppings.
Akita, Akita
Around 06:45 on June 21, bear-like traces were found in Sakura-gaoka 4-chome, Akita City, Akita Prefecture; animal droppings resembling bear droppings were discovered.
Akita Kamikitate-Odo, Akita
June 21
Murata 大字薄木, Miyagi
One bear, 1 m (shoulder height), ran eastward across the prefectural road from the west. 10 m to the building.
Akita, Akita
A man driving a car spotted one bear, about 1.5 meters long, crossing the road and going into the mountains at Omoriwakiguri in Ōhira Village.
Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi
Report: A person fishing by the Omonogawa River? Had parked their vehicle, and next to it there was a bear about 1 meter long.
Akita, Akita
Observed while driving toward Ōmagari. Appears to be a cub.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
A bear was sighted in the city hall staff parking lot near Sun Green. It then fled down the southern slope.
Yuzawa 字湯ノ上山, Akita
[Post] While driving toward Akita City, I saw something running across the rice field (or maybe a field?) on the left.
Daisen Teradate, Akita
[Post] There was feces on the road. When I had a hunter check it, he said it was from a cub and that cherry pits were mixed in it.
Akita, Akita
Observed running along the ridge between rice fields heading northeast.
Happou Minehama-Menagata, Akita
Witnessed a bear leaving to the west. Body length 1 m. 10 m from a residence.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
On Saturday, June 20 at approximately 9:15 a.m., in the forested area of Nishiyama, Omote-go Komatsu, Shirakawa City, a man in his 50s, while driving a vehicle, observed one bear (about 1 m in length) in the forest.
Shirakawa 表郷小松, Fukushima
Around 9:15 on June 20, a bear was sighted in Omotego Komatsunishiyama, Shirakawa City.
Shirakawa 表郷小松, Fukushima
Spotted a bear about 1.0 m long in the rice field behind the FamilyMart Tennō Deto store. It moved toward Detohama.
Katagami, Akita
Two bears were sighted on the premises. Both are approximately 0.5 m in body length. They departed to the east. They got within 5 m of a residence.
Akita, Akita
One bear was sighted in a wooded area in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
June 19
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
Observed one bear. It proceeded toward the Maxvalu (supermarket) direction. Body length unknown.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
One bear crossed the road on the west side of Costco Wholesale Tohoku Warehouse Store in Takayashiki, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
June 19
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
Around 4:00 PM on June 19, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Oharanishi 1-chome, Nasushiobara City.
Nasushiobara 大原間, Tochigi
Received a report of suspected Asiatic black bear (tsukinowaguma) droppings and inspected the site. The droppings were believed to be from an Asiatic black bear.
Yuzawa 字角間沢, Akita
[Post] Witnessed a roughly 1-meter bear crossing the road
Akita, Akita
[Report] Believed to be a cub
Yuzawa, Akita
A bear was sighted in Midoridai 2-chome, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
June 19
Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, Miyagi
On Friday, June 19 at around 9:00 a.m., in the Odagawa Ushishimizu area of Shirakawa City, while driving through a mountain forest, a man in his 50s sighted one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in the mountain forest.
Shirakawa 豊地, Fukushima
June 19
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi
In Shirakawa City Odagawa Ushimizu, around 09:00, one bear-like animal measuring 1 m was in a forest.
Shirakawa 豊地, Fukushima
Body length 1 m. Sighted on a residential property; afterwards entered a forested area to the north.
Mitane Koikawa, Akita
Around 8:30 a.m. on June 19, a bear was seen moving in Korikawa-uchi Korikawa, Mitane Town, Akita Prefecture.
Mitane Koikawa, Akita
Went into the brush on the western side of the mountain.
Ikawa 坂本, Akita
One bear was sighted walking on a road in Yagiyamahigashi 1-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi
One bear was sighted around 04:10 in Dainohara 3-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
June 19
Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi
June 19
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
One bear was sighted at a house in Dainohara 3-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
Nasushiobara 前弥六南町, Tochigi
June 18
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
June 18
Tomiya 大亀, Miyagi
[Report] While driving, three cubs were crossing the road.
Mitane Sotooka, Akita
Observed three bears crossing the road 1 km from Chuo Funeral Hall toward Akita. One about 1 m long and two about 70 cm. They fled toward the mountains. No houses nearby.
Daisen, Akita
[Report] A bear came out of the woods north of Koikawa Station, passed in front of the station, and went into the woods on the south side.
Mitane Koikawa, Akita
Observed on the uphill slope at the entrance to Nishi-Semboku High School while vehicles were passing. Body length about 1 meter. Direction in which it later fled is unknown.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
Witnessed on the uphill slope at the entrance to Nishi-Semboku High School while vehicles were passing. Body length about 1 m. Direction it ran off afterward unknown.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
June 18
Natori Tekurada, Miyagi
Multiple footprints were found in the soybean field. They appear to be coming and going from the riverside on the west side. It is believed the animal has appeared several times between Sunday the 14th and today, Thursday the 18th.
Yokote 十文字町佐賀会, Akita
A bear (0.5 m) was sighted on the road. The bear then departed to the south. Distance to the nearby building: 10 m.
Akita, Akita
One bear was sighted walking on a road in Taihira 6-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Umedamachi, Miyagi
In the early hours of the 18th, an animal resembling a bear was spotted in a residential area of Dainohara, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Umedamachi, Miyagi
[Report] At first it was running along the road. Startled by the car's headlights, it hurried into the bushes.
Noshiro Sotoaramaki, Akita
June 17
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
Crossed in front of me while I was driving
Akita, Akita
June 17
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
Spotted one bear on National Route 13. It went back into the mountains. Body length about 50 cm.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
Appeared from the bushes and went back into the bushes.
Akita, Akita
When I went to the field behind my house, the bell I was wearing seemed to startle it; it ran through the rice paddy, crossed the levee along the Omonogawa River, and fled into the woods along the river.
Daisen Teradate, Akita
Around 5:30 PM on 2026-06-17, one bear was sighted in Ohara, Shikama Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Shikama, Miyagi
Sighted near the pachinko parlor Himawari close to Across
Noshiro Teramukai, Akita
Size 1.2 m, headed south.
Mitane Koikawa, Akita
One bear was observed moving to the south.
Noshiro Akudo, Akita
[Post]
Akita, Akita
June 17
Kurihara, Miyagi
A citizen discovered signs indicating that a bear had been staying/lingering while mowing grass.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
Observed one approximately 1 m bear moving westward.
Noshiro Fukkoshi, Akita
One bear was seen moving toward the Yoneshiro River.
Noshiro Makabechi, Akita
June 17
Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Sanbongi Otonashi Amida, Osaki City, around 19:00 on June 17.
Osaki 三本木音無, Miyagi
On 2026-06-17 in Fukkoshiyachi, Noshiro City, Akita Prefecture, one bear was seen moving.
Noshiro Fukkoshi, Akita
June 16
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
A bear about 1.5 meters long was spotted on the road in Higashi-Yokodai 1-chome, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 16
Osaki, Miyagi
Observed one walking cub
Happou Minehama-Tanaka, Akita
June 16
Osaki 岩出山下野目, Miyagi
[Report] One bear cub found on the railway tracks
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
Spotted a small bear in the rice fields near the levee. Made noise to drive it toward the nearby woods, and it ran away.
Daisen Kyowa-Mineyoshikawa, Akita
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Mitane Koikawa, Akita
Observed two bears (mother and cub) while mowing grass. They left toward the west.
Noshiro Makabechi, Akita
One bear (approximately 1 m in length) was sighted on the Omagari Nishi Road downhill lane. It then fled toward the left side of the uphill lane.
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita
On Tuesday, June 16 at around 7:00 a.m., in the Yayoi area of Kuroiwa, Fukushima City, a witness observed one animal believed to be a bear (body length unknown) leaving through the forest on the east side of a municipal road heading toward the Abukuma River. There were no human injuries or property damage.
Fukushima Kuroiwa, Fukushima
While driving from Soekawa toward Akita Station, an apparently adult large bear was sitting in the middle of the road. I stopped and watched, but since it showed no sign of moving and was looking at us, I honked the horn, and it ran off into the mountain to the east.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted moving at Soegawa Keidaigawara in Akita City around 4:15 a.m. on June 16.
Akita, Akita
Crossing the road. Large individual.
Akita, Akita
On Tuesday, June 16 at around 4:00 a.m., on a village road in Obokura (Obokura, Habisawa area), Saigō Village, a man driving a car sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length).
Nishigo, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Soegawa Chinochi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Around 10:15 PM on June 16, a bear was sighted in Akashi Nishinoiri, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
A bear was sighted moving in Teradate, Daisen City, Akita, on the afternoon of 2026-06-16.
Daisen Teradate, Akita
A bear was sighted in Koikawa-Ofukane, Mitane Town.
Mitane Koikawa, Akita
Crossing the small bridge beside the rice field, it walked slowly into the brush.
Akita, Akita
One adult bear is believed to be present. Direction of escape is unknown.
Noshiro Sunadomeyama, Akita
Spotted a young bear (50 cm) on the road shoulder. 300 m to the nearest house.
Akita, Akita
June 15
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
[Report] Two bears were walking slowly along the rice-field path, one behind the other.
Akita, Akita
Around 9:30 on June 15, a bear was sighted in Tsurusu Kitemi Osaki Shinnyama-shita, Taiwa Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Taiwa Tsurusu-Toya, Miyagi
June 15
Taiwa Tsurusu-Toya, Miyagi
June 15
Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi
Around 7:30 on June 15, a bear was seen moving in Takamatsushita-no, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture.
Yuzawa 相川, Akita
A bear jumped out from the mountain area and ran off toward the river to the south. Body length about 1 m, approximately 350 m from residences.
Yuzawa 相川, Akita
One cub was observed moving toward the national highway (east side).
Happou Minehama-Koyano, Akita
June 15
Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
Crossed the road and proceeded up the mountain
Akita, Akita
[Post] Feces
Akita, Akita
A cub came out onto the sidewalk trying to cross the road, was startled by a passing car, and returned back into the brush.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kawauchi Kawamaechō, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi
June 14
Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi
June 14
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi
(Posted) Crossed while driving—went toward the side with the pond.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
A bear was sighted in Terauchi-Ko, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
A black bear, about one meter tall, appeared to head toward the cemetery.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
On my way by car toward Iwami Sannai, I discovered a bear on the road to the left.
Akita, Akita
June 13
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
When the brake lights of the car in front turned on, I saw a cub run from the road into the brush. As I drove past that spot, the cub was looking toward the road.
Noshiro Gongendai, Akita
On Saturday, June 13 at around 3:25 p.m., on a municipal road in Minamimukoudai 3-chome, Fukushima City, an eyewitness (male in his 80s) driving a vehicle spotted two bears (each about 1.5 m in body length). The bears subsequently left heading west.
Fukushima Oguraji, Fukushima
I saw a 1-meter-tall bear on the premises. It left in the direction of the Chuo Interchange. It was very close to the building.
Akita, Akita
Posted: In front of a private home's entrance. Police have been notified.
Akita, Akita
[Post] A bear crossed right in front of my car while I was driving.
Yokote 雄物川町矢神, Akita
Posted: Came out from the Omagari Riverbed area and returned to the riverbed.
Yokote 雄物川町矢神, Akita
(Posted) Crossed the road and headed toward Kita Interchange
Akita, Akita
At around 12:25 a.m. on Saturday, June 13, in the fields in Fujikubo, Sekiya, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his teens) saw one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) crossing the fields near Kanayagawa Station on the JR Tohoku Main Line while he was walking. The bear then departed south from that location.
Fukushima Kanayagawa, Fukushima
June 13
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
June 13
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
June 13
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
Around 6:30 PM on June 13, a bear was seen moving in Asanai Kaminoyama, Noshiro City.
Noshiro Gongendai, Akita
Two bears about 1.5 meters long were sighted on a city road in Minamimukai-dai 3-chome, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Oguraji, Fukushima
A bear moving was sighted in Hatanosawa, Kawabe-Kitanodakoya, Akita City, around 10:03 on June 13.
Akita, Akita
When I was about to go to the convenience store, it ran across the parking lot.
Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita
[Post]
Akita, Akita
One bear was sighted in a rice field in Shimotadagawa Nakayama, Kami Town.
Kami, Miyagi
June 12
Sendai Tomita, Miyagi
One bear about 1 m long was sighted walking east along the riverbank in Takadate Kumano-do Nakagawa, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
[Post]
Akita, Akita
[Report] While walking my dog, I heard rustling in the bushes; when I looked, a bear stuck its head out. I heard it prowling in the undergrowth for a while.
Akita, Akita
June 12
Osaki, Miyagi
One bear was sighted crossing a road in Iwadeyama Shimonome Sunada, Osaki City.
Osaki, Miyagi
On Friday, June 12 at about 5:15 p.m., on a village road in Oyama Aza Atago, Otama Village, a male witness riding a bicycle toward Nihonmatsu City spotted one bear (about 1 m in body length) walking toward him.
Otama, Fukushima
I sighted one 1‑m bear that came out of the woods on the west side of the house and was walking on the road. It then returned to the woods to the southwest. Distance from the nearest building: 5 m.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Crossing National Route 101 from the seaside toward the mountains
Happou Minehama-Menagata, Akita
Posted: Heading toward Akita City, it came out from the left, crossed the road, and crossed to the right.
Ikawa 赤沢, Akita
[Post] While driving toward the Yokoyama-Kanaashi Line, I saw it in the bushes beside a field. Body length about 1 m.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Crossed the area near the Lower House inner IC entrance from right to left as seen by a witness, which on the map is from north to south. Body length about 1 m, approximately 200 m to a private house.
Yuzawa Shimo-Innai, Akita
June 12
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 12
Taiwa Yoshida, Miyagi
I spotted a bear about 80 cm long on the levee. The bear ran down to the riverside area on the south side.
Yokote 雄物川町西野, Akita
The bear crossed the slope near yesterday’s sighting, passed through residences, and left eastward along the drainage channel. Body length 1.2 m. One individual. Distance from building: 5 m.
Akita, Akita
While driving, I sighted one bear approximately 1.0 m in body length. It departed into brush to the north. Nearest residence is 300 m away.
Akita, Akita
June 12
Ohira 奥田, Miyagi
Around noon on Friday, June 12, within the Yamanaka area of Nukazawa, Motomiya City, on Prefectural Route Nihonmatsu-Kanaya, a witness (male in his 20s) driving a vehicle observed one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 m in body length) walking toward Motomiya on the road.
Motomiya 仁井田, Fukushima
Around 22:15 on June 11, one bear was sighted in Kamisakuragi 2-chome, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 11
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 11
Sendai Matsumori, Miyagi
Posted: Walking right beside the river and wading in it. Body length about 1.6 m.
Akita, Akita
June 11
Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi
I sighted one bear approximately 1 m in size. It moved southeast. It was 5 m from nearby buildings.
Akita Narayama-Furukawashinmachi, Akita
Crossed in front of the car and went into the brush
Noshiro, Akita
June 11
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
One bear about 1.5 meters long was seen walking downstream in the Sasa River in Kagitori 4-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Oyachi, Miyagi
June 11
Ohira 大衡, Miyagi
June 11
Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, Miyagi
There was one by the side of the road. About 80 cm. It didn't run away even when cars passed.
Akita, Akita
One bear about 1 meter long was seen walking north along a roadside in Ochiai Matsuzaka Akasaka, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, Miyagi
[Post] While driving through, an adult bear about 1–1.5 m long crossed (in front of me) from the forest.
Akita, Akita
Spotted a 1 m long bear in front of a residence. It ran off to the northwest.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
[Post] Sighted when getting out of the car
Yuzawa, Akita
[Post] There was bear scat. It was dry, so it appears to be several days old.
Yokote 雄物川町常野, Akita
Posted: It went down the road toward the houses.
Akita, Akita
June 11
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
June 11
Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi
June 11
Taiwa, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Miyakodo-Nagakura, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa, Miyagi
On Thursday, June 11 at approximately 2:55 a.m., on National Route 13 in Funaba-cho, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 20s) driving a vehicle observed one animal believed to be a bear crossing the road (about 50 cm in body length). There were no human injuries or property damage.
Fukushima Minamimachi, Fukushima
An animal thought to be a bear was sighted crossing Route 13 in Funaba-cho, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Minamimachi, Fukushima
One bear approximately 1.0 m in length was sighted within the facility grounds. Direction of departure is unknown. Approximately 10 m from the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
June 11
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 11
Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted by a man on a facility premises in Goshono-Shimoshutsutsumi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
On the night of 2026-06-11, one bear was sighted on a city road in Narayama-Atagoshita, Akita City.
Akita Narayama-Atagoshita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Oshimizu 1-chome, Tomiya, Miyagi, around 12:40 on 2026-06-11.
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Ono Goto, Taiwa Town, Miyagi, around 9:30 a.m. on 2026-06-11.
Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi
June 10
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
[Post] While driving toward Izumi, I thought something was in front of me — it was a bear. It ran off toward the funeral hall area.
Akita, Akita
On Wednesday, June 10, at around 7:00 p.m., in the Kanisawa area of Yuno, Iizaka Town, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his 40s) observed one bear (approximately 1.5 m in body length) standing in a field while driving. After noticing the vehicle, the bear departed to the north.
Fukushima Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima
June 10
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
June 10
Shiroishi 大鷹沢鷹巣, Miyagi
[Report] It appeared to be a cub, as it was relatively small. It crossed the limited-access road and entered the brush toward the parking lot of Akita Prefectural Central Park.
Akita, Akita
June 10
Osaki, Miyagi
June 10
Osaki 鳴子温泉, Miyagi
June 10
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
On Wednesday, June 10 at approximately 1:20 p.m., in the Suwayama area of Kuroiwa, Fukushima City, on a municipal road, a witness (female in her 20s) observed one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 meter in body length) crossing the road while traveling by vehicle.
Fukushima Kuroiwa, Fukushima
After 12:00, it was seen on the road in front of Bōchū Community Hall. Startled by the sound of a tractor, it ran off toward the mountain. Body length about 1 m. About 1 m from a private house.
Yuzawa, Akita
A citizen driving on the highway toward Akita City spotted a bear approximately 1 meter in length on the west embankment.
Daisen, Akita
Encountered a bear about 1 meter tall while walking. It went off to the south.
Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita
Around 9:50 on 2026-06-10, a bear was seen moving in Omori-machi Chonuma, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture.
Yokote 大森町, Akita
It ran off up the mountain.
Yokote 大森町, Akita
June 10
Osaki 鳴子温泉, Miyagi
(Report) It was on the road ahead while I was driving. When it noticed the approaching car, it immediately ran into the bushes.
Mitane Amasegawa, Akita
June 10
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
A single young bear was running along the rice field's ridge path.
Happou Minehama-Sakagata, Akita
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Akita, Akita
Sighted one bear eating cherry fruits. Body length approximately 1 meter.
Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita
Spotted one bear near Autoland Kyowa. It ran into the underbrush.
Daisen Kyowa-Funesawa, Akita
June 10
Osaki 鳴子温泉, Miyagi
Around 7:00 PM on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima
Ohtawara 荻野目, Tochigi
A bear was seen moving in Matsuokabochu, Yuzawa City.
Yuzawa, Akita
June 9
Sendai Kawauchi-Oimawashi, Miyagi
[Post] While driving from the Kawabe area toward Akita Chuo IC, a cub about 50 cm long was walking on the sidewalk.
Akita, Akita
Bear droppings believed to be from a bear were discovered on the path between the park and the daycare center.
Akita, Akita
[Report] An animal believed to be a bear ran off
Akita, Akita
While driving from Mizusawa Dam Park toward Route 63, a bear jumped out from brush on the north side but, startled by the car, immediately went back. Its body length was about 1.2 m, sex unknown, and it was alone. About 20 m before the sighting point there was a contractor mowing grass, so I verbally warned them as well.
Happou, Akita
While driving, I spotted a bear about 1 m in length in a rice field. It left toward the forest to the east. There are no buildings nearby, but there is a building approximately 400 m to the west.
Akita, Akita
Encountered a bear about 100 meters before the traffic signal heading from the golf practice range toward Yokogane Line. The bear was approximately 60–80 cm and climbed over the fence from the road into the thicket.
Akita, Akita
June 9
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
As i was walking the trial around lake ashi i suddenly heard a giant animal run off from the shore, i was too late to photograph it.
Hakone, Kanagawa
One bear was found and captured on a residential lot in Higashiyanaze, Utsunomiya.
Utsunomiya Yanazemachi, Tochigi
One Japanese black bear, believed to be a young adult male, was captured using a tranquilizer dart and box trap in the grounds of a house in Higashiyanaze 1-chome, Utsunomiya City.
Utsunomiya Yanazemachi, Tochigi
June 9
Osaki, Miyagi
A veterinarian fired an anesthetic dart at a bear inside a residential property in Higashiyanase 1-chome, Utsunomiya City; the third shot may have hit the bear.
Utsunomiya Yanazemachi, Tochigi
One bear that fled into the grounds of a house in Higashiyanasé, Utsunomiya City, was captured by a hunters' association around 3:40 PM the same day.
Utsunomiya Yanazemachi, Tochigi
A bear sighting was reported in the residential area of Hiramatsumotocho, Utsunomiya.
Utsunomiya 平松本町, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Shiguracho, Utsunomiya City.
Utsunomiya 問屋町, Tochigi
At Daibara Forest Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai, a passerby called 110 to report a bear.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
[Report] One cub approximately 50 cm long. Spotted emerging from the road shoulder while driving on the Akita Expressway toward Noshiro. Turned back and left.
Akita, Akita
A bear was captured on security camera at an apartment building in Hiramatsumoto-cho, Utsunomiya.
Utsunomiya 平松本町, Tochigi
June 9
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
Bear sighted on middle school grounds: one bear, approximately 50 cm; left the area and went into the forest about 20 m east of nearby residences.
Akita, Akita
Posted: It was in the river under the bridge. Appeared to be an adult. It was large.
Yokote 十文字町佐賀会, Akita
A passerby sighted a bear moving south near the intersection of the municipal road from Nishi-Semboku Junior High School and the prefectural road. Body length about 1 m. One bear.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
A passerby spotted a bear moving south near the intersection of the municipal road from Nishisenboku Junior High School and the prefectural road. Body length about 1 m. One individual.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
60 cm, one bear, left toward the forested mountain area 10 m west of nearby building
Akita, Akita
June 9
Osaki, Miyagi
Encountered on the way to the fishing spot. Later moved into the woods on the wind turbine side. Body length over 1.0 m.
Akita, Akita
One bear was sighted in Hiramatsumotocho, Utsunomiya.
Utsunomiya 平松本町, Tochigi
Around 3:00 PM on 2026-06-09, a bear was sighted in Naruko Onsen Kurayu, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osaki, Miyagi
The bear was sighted again in Hiramatsu Honmachi, about 700 meters southwest of Utsunomiya University Mine Campus.
Utsunomiya 平松本町, Tochigi
June 9
Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi
A bear was filmed swimming in the Natsube River in Higashi-Yanaze 1-chome, Utsunomiya.
Utsunomiya 宮みらい, Tochigi
Around late morning on 2026-06-09, a bear about 1.5 meters long was sighted at Dainohara Forest Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
One bear entered a residential lot in Higashi-Yanaze, Utsunomiya, and was later captured by a hunters' association.
Utsunomiya Yanazemachi, Tochigi
On Monday, June 8 at approximately 9:35 p.m., near the 184.3-kilometer post on the inbound (upbound) lanes of the Tohoku Expressway at 40-2 Ikenoiriyama, Fumase, Izumizaki Village, a large commercial truck driven by a man in his 50s, traveling in the first lane of the inbound direction, collided with a bear (about 1.5 m in body length) that crossed from the right side to the left of the vehicle’s direction of travel. The driver of the vehicle sustained no injuries. There were no passengers. The bear was confirmed dead at the scene of the traffic accident.
Izumizaki Fumase, Fukushima
[Post] A bear about 1 m (tall)
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Akashi Shimoinugazawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture, around 19:05 on 2026-06-08.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 8
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
It ran along the farm road. It wasn't that big.
Akita, Akita
On June 8 (Monday) at approximately 5:50 PM, in the Kurokawa area below Shirasaka, Shirakawa City, a witness (male in his teens) spotted one bear (about 2 meters in body length) by the roadside while riding a bicycle.
Shirakawa, Fukushima
[Post] It was walking right next to the railroad tracks. I couldn't tell whether it was a cub about 1 meter long or a full-grown bear.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Akashishitaderamae, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 8
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 8
Osaki 岩出山下一栗, Miyagi
On Monday, June 8 at around 2:00 p.m., a single bear (about 1 m in body length) was sighted within the golf course area in Gakudan, Kuroiwa, Fukushima City. The bear later left and went into the grove of mixed woods.
Fukushima Tazawa, Fukushima
[Report] Spotted while driving. Its fur was shining black from the rain. I don’t think it was a meter tall. It was walking eastward through a residential property.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Was climbing a tree at a private house. Came down from there and ran west, destination unknown. Body length about 1 m. Distance to house: 0 m.
Akita, Akita
Was walking like a dog. About 7 meters from a house. Believed to be the same individual as the nearby bear.
Akita, Akita
At a chicken coop in Kawabe Moriyama-ne, Akita City, a bear ate 9 of 20 chickens. The about-1m bear stayed at the scene and was culled as a nuisance animal.
Akita, Akita
A report was received of feces believed to be from an Asiatic black bear, and the scene was inspected. It was believed to be feces of an Asiatic black bear.
Yuzawa, Akita
June 8
Taiwa, Miyagi
Sighted within residential property. Bear approximately 1 m in size.
Akita, Akita
On Monday, June 8 at approximately 5:50 a.m., in a field in Nishihara, Minamisawamata area, Fukushima City, a witness (female in her 40s) observed one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 m in body length) in the field. Because it was a brief passing sighting, the direction in which it left and other details are unknown.
Fukushima Minamisawamata, Fukushima
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Akita Shogunno-aoyamacho, Akita
A man spotted one bear about 1 meter long crossing a city road from east to west in Tsuchizakiminato-kita 2-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on the premises of Akita Bank Kōhoku Branch. The distance to the building was about 5 meters. It left toward the residential area to the west.
Akita, Akita
An elderly man saw one bear about 1 meter long crossing the road on a city road in Tsuchizakiminato-kita, Akita City.
Akita Iijima-Naganonakacho, Akita
[Post] I thought I saw something move in my car mirror, and when I looked closely there was a bear.
Akita, Akita
On June 8, a bear was sighted in Yonan, Utsunomiya City.
Utsunomiya 江曽島本町, Tochigi
Around 2 PM on June 8, a bear was sighted in Kuroiwa Gakudan, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Tazawa, Fukushima
A bear was sighted moving in Tsuchizakiminato-kita 6-chome, Akita City.
Akita Kohoku-shincho, Akita
A bear was sighted in Yonan 1-chome, Utsunomiya City.
Utsunomiya 西原町, Tochigi
Around 5:50 on June 8, a bear-like animal was sighted in Minamisawamata Nishihara, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Minamisawamata, Fukushima
Utsunomiya 宮本町, Tochigi
June 8
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
On June 8, a bear was sighted in Yanaze Town, Utsunomiya City.
Utsunomiya Yanazemachi, Tochigi
One bear was sighted in a grassland in Akashidai 6-chome, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
Utsunomiya Yanazemachi, Tochigi
Utsunomiya 西原町, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in a wooded area adjacent to Aeon Mall Tomiya in Oshimizu 1-chome, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 7
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
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Daisen Teradate, Akita
Daisen Teradate, Akita
A bear about 1 m in size was near the south side of the Teradate Community Interaction Center. It passed by the center and ran toward the north embankment road. It descended from the embankment road toward the riverbank and was lost from sight.
Daisen Teradate, Akita
While aboard a fishing boat navigating the Akita Canal, a bear about 1.5 m long was sighted at a lumber yard. It departed toward the Sea of Japan (west). The distance to the nearest building was 100 m.
Akita, Akita
Observed one bear moving toward the woods to the north. Body length approximately 1 m.
Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita
A bear was sighted on the premises of a special nursing home in Harabutazawa, Noshiro City.
Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita
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Daisen, Akita
[Post]
Daisen, Akita
June 7
Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi
A member of the public spotted one bear about 1.5 m long in a rice paddy while doing farm work. The bear left heading north toward the embankment.
Daisen, Akita
Noshiro Kitsunemori, Akita
Near the 129 km marker on the Akita Expressway, outbound lane: a collision between a bear and a vehicle. The bear was crossing from left to right (west to east) and the vehicle could not avoid it, with the rear of the vehicle striking the bear. Direction the bear went after the incident is unknown.
Akita, Akita
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Akita Arayamachi, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long crossed a prefectural road in Shimokawara, Araya-machi, Akita City, and was seen by a woman in her 20s driving by.
Akita, Akita
While driving on the prefectural road, I observed one bear about 1.0 m in body length moving from east to west. It was 50 m from the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
[Post]
Akita Arayamachi, Akita
[Report] Body condition: 1 m. While heading from Gojome toward Kami-Iwakawa, (the bear) was 1 m beside a house. It ran from along the road toward the mountains.
Mitane Kamiiwakawa, Akita
[Report] While driving from Kyowa toward Akita City, I sighted an individual approximately 1 meter in body length.
Akita, Akita
Around 06:17 on 2026-06-07, a bear was sighted in Yuwa-Tsubakigawa Komasakadai, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Came out from the forest on the south side, crossed the road, and moved toward the plaza on the north side where machinery is on display.
Akita, Akita
One bear was sighted on a city road in Takinohara 3, Utsunomiya.
Utsunomiya 大塚町, Tochigi
Sighting reported around Utsunomiya, Takinokahara 3-chome area.
Utsunomiya 大塚町, Tochigi
Around 5:15 on June 7, one bear was sighted in Otsuka-cho, Utsunomiya City.
Utsunomiya 大塚町, Tochigi
It was reported seen in this area. Residents of Utsunomiya City, please be careful!
Utsunomiya 明保野町, Tochigi
A bear was sighted at a park in Aikobano-cho, Utsunomiya City.
Utsunomiya 明保野町, Tochigi
A bear crossed in front of pedestrians on Orion Street in Utsunomiya and was captured on a fixed camera.
Utsunomiya Enomachi, Tochigi
A bear ran past a pedestrian on Orion-dori in central Utsunomiya City.
Utsunomiya Enomachi, Tochigi
A bear was sighted moving in Hiyama-Shindenzawa, Noshiro City, around 1:30 a.m.
Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita
[Posted] Encountered it as I left the workplace to go home.
Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita
Utsunomiya 大塚町, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Nishikawada-cho, Utsunomiya City.
Utsunomiya 西川田町, Tochigi
A bear sighting was reported at Aikeno Park in Utsunomiya on the morning of June 7.
Utsunomiya 明保野町, Tochigi
Utsunomiya 明保野町, Tochigi
Utsunomiya 大塚町, Tochigi
Utsunomiya Honcho, Tochigi
Around 13:30 on 2026-06-07, a bear was sighted in Ohira Heirin, Ohira Village, Miyagi Prefecture.
Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi
Utsunomiya Mageshicho, Tochigi
Utsunomiya 大塚町, Tochigi
Utsunomiya 東原町, Tochigi
Crossed the roadway from west to east.
Izu 湯ケ島, Shizuoka
A bear was sighted in Kamiozocho.
Utsunomiya 上大曽町, Tochigi
While riding my motorcycle, a bear about 1 meter tall ran alongside me as if fleeing — I panicked.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Fujimigaoka 1, Utsunomiya.
Utsunomiya 山本町, Tochigi
On Saturday, June 6 at around 6:30 p.m., in the riverbed area of Sakurauchi, Minamisawamata, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 40s) observed one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 m in body length) moving eastward along the riverbed.
Fukushima Minamisawamata, Fukushima
Observed one 1-meter bear from inside a vehicle near Momosada Kaeru. It moved south.
Akita, Akita
A bear that had been missing since the morning was seen emerging from nearby woods. The bear moved toward the Chūō housing complex and the Jūmonji Nursery School area. Its whereabouts after that are unknown.
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
A bear cub less than 1 meter long was spotted on the highway heading from the Akita area toward Yokote.
Daisen, Akita
[Report] While working in the fields, an almost 1-meter-long young bear ran off toward Yamada Elementary School.
Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita
One bear cub appeared beside the highway (heading toward Omagari). Startled by a car, it quickly hid in the bushes.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
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Akita, Akita
June 6
Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi
A juvenile bear about 40 centimeters long suddenly crossed the road at speed from the farm side.
Noshiro Makabechi, Akita
It ran off in the direction of the national highway.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
It ran right past in front of me. The distance was less than about 5 meters.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
June 6
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in grassland in the Ohira Shionami area of Ohira Village.
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
[Post] Near Koto Oka General Gymnasium — Road leading to Kinbutsubai Park
Mitane, Akita
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Mitane, Akita
Crossed the road about 500 m before the Jūmonji Interchange tollbooth toward the Yokote side.
Yokote 十文字町, Akita
[Report] While traveling on the Tohoku-Chuo Expressway from Yokote toward Yuzawa, an adult bear crossed from the west to the east (toward National Route 13). (Posting may be delayed due to heavy traffic to the site.)
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
[Post] (No description of circumstances)
Yokote 十文字町十五野新田, Akita
Witnessed entering the brush (woods) on a highway embankment. Body length 70–80 cm.
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
[Report] A bear that came from the direction of the town office left heading toward the mountain.
Gojome 川崎, Akita
While driving from the Nashinoki three-way junction toward Nishihara, I saw someone walking.
Yokote 十文字町西原二番町, Akita
A woman driving on National Route 13 in Nashi, Jūmonji-machi, Yokote City, spotted one bear crossing the road westward.
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
Around 09:04 on 2026-06-06, a bear was sighted in Sanbongi Saida Magishi, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osaki 三本木斉田, Miyagi
June 6
Shiroishi 大平中目, Miyagi
[Report] While traveling from Akita Minami IC toward Akita Chuo IC, a bear crossed from the left to the right. Adult bear, 1.5 m — size comparable to bears at Kuma-Kuma Park.
Akita, Akita
[Report] In front of Kawabe Junior High School gate: a cub about 80 cm ran from the Raikochi apartment complex toward the grove of mixed woods.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakoya Raiguchi, Akita City, around 08:40 on 2026-06-06.
Akita, Akita
One bear was sighted at a construction site in the Ohira Nakame Koyashiki area of Shiraishi City.
Shiroishi 大平中目, Miyagi
I spotted a bear about 50 cm at the shoulder on the ground. It ran south toward the shrine. It was close to the building.
Akita, Akita
June 6
Tomiya 西成田, Miyagi
June 6
Shiroishi 大平中目, Miyagi
At around 5:30 a.m. on June 6, one bear was passed by on Route 457 in Yoshioka Ishigamizawa, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi
In Yoshioka, Taiwa Town, a driver spotted one bear about 1 meter long moving south on Route 457.
Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi
Utsunomiya 八幡台, Tochigi
Bear sightings were reported one after another in Utsunomiya City, and at night a bear was captured on security camera running through Orion Dori.
Utsunomiya Enomachi, Tochigi
A bear was sighted walking north on a city road in Fujimigaoka 1-chome, Utsunomiya City.
Utsunomiya 山本町, Tochigi
Around 8:30 PM on 2026-06-06, a bear 60–80 cm long was seen in Yamamoto, Utsunomiya, Tochigi. No injuries were reported.
Utsunomiya 八幡台, Tochigi
Utsunomiya 戸祭台, Tochigi
Utsunomiya 戸祭台, Tochigi
Two bears were seen crossing a city road in Shiraiwa-machi, Koriyama City.
Koriyama 白岩町, Fukushima
On Friday, June 5 at approximately 7:12 PM, on a municipal road in Yamanochi, Shiraiwa-machi, Koriyama City, a witness driving a vehicle observed two bears (each about 1 m in length).
Koriyama 白岩町, Fukushima
Two bears, about 1 m in length, were sighted crossing in front of a car on a city road in Shiwamachi Yamanouchi, Koriyama.
Koriyama 白岩町, Fukushima
June 5
Osaki, Miyagi
At around 6:20 p.m. on June 5, one bear was spotted crossing Route 47 in Naruko Onsen Kurayu, Osaki City.
Osaki, Miyagi
[Report] While attempting to cross the road along Route 13, it noticed a car and descended the slope.
Akita, Akita
On 2026-06-05 around 16:30, one bear was seen moving in Yamada Yūgaoka, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture.
Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita
A bear approximately 60 cm in body length, appearing to have just finished climbing up a slope on the road in front of the dispensing pharmacy, was observed. When it made eye contact with the observer, it descended the slope and fled eastward into a rice field. The distance to the nearest house is about 200 meters.
Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita
While driving on National Route 13 from Akita toward Omagari, a bear entered the highway from the shrubs on the small hill on the left, tried to cross the road to head toward Wada Station, but was blocked by the central divider fence. It attempted two or three times to ram through the fence to get out but couldn’t, and then fled back into the shrubs on the hill it had come from.
Akita, Akita
June 5
Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi
A bear was seen walking in a residential area in Akebono-cho, Aoba Ward.
Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi
June 5
Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi
It crossed in front of my car, almost colliding with it. Its body length is unknown.
Hachirogata Masaka, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kanada, Kanazawa Horinai, Akita City, and was seen moving.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 1.0 m in body length was sighted on the premises. It left toward the forest to the north. It was 50 m from the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
It (the bear) walked leisurely from the rice paddy toward the mountains.
Akita, Akita
One bear was seen moving in Kanaashi-Iwase-Oomote, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
June 5
Osaki, Miyagi
A bear was reported inside a residential barn in Naruko Onsen, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osaki, Miyagi
A witness driving along a farm road spotted one bear on a weir alongside the road and reported it through an acquaintance. The bear’s body length and other details are unknown.
Fukaura, Aomori
In Sasakino, Fukushima City, a bear was seen in a paddy field near a city road about 2 km northwest of the escaped bear's factory.
Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima
[Report] While driving, observed a creature that appeared to be a bear cub walking on the road; it moved toward the mountains and disappeared.
Akita, Akita
At around 2:00 a.m., one bear about 1.5 meters long was sighted within the grounds of a house in Yamada, Yaita City, Tochigi Prefecture.
Yaita Yamada, Tochigi
June 5
Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi
Yaita Yamada, Tochigi
Twenty minutes later, there was also a bear sighting at Akebonocho Park, about 1 km to the southeast.
Sendai Hayamamachi, Miyagi
A driver saw a bear in the residential area of Aramaki Chuo, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi
Around 6:00 on 2026-06-05, one bear was sighted in Kurosakikohama, Fukaura, Aomori.
Fukaura Kurosaki, Aomori
In Sasakino, Fukushima City, a bear was seen crossing a city road about 2 km northwest of the escaped bear's factory.
Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima
[Post] I saw a dark shape and, on checking, confirmed a 40–50 cm bear on the temple grounds.
Misato 六郷, Akita
Report: Encountered a bear about 1 m in body length while walking in a park. Distance approximately 50 m. It left heading southeast.
Akita, Akita
Around 7:00 PM on 2026-06-04, one bear was sighted in a park in Goshosodai 2-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
June 4
Taiwa, Miyagi
While waiting at a traffic light, it crossed from the bushes on the right to the bushes on the left. The right side is the national highway side.
Akita, Akita
I was walking when I spotted one in the bushes. When I made a noise, it ran off toward the north (the prefectural road side).
Akita, Akita
[Report] A single Asiatic black bear (about 70 cm) entered the forest.
Akita, Akita
June 4
Osaki, Miyagi
[Report] A single bear cub suddenly appeared from the bushes as it joined National Route 13 from the Amano side.
Akita, Akita
Report: An adult bear was spotted on the roadside.
Akita, Akita
Witnessed a bear leaving eastward from the parking lot. Body length approximately 1 m. 5 m from the building.
Akita, Akita
[Post] While driving, there was only a small bear cub wandering around the center of the road.
Akita, Akita
Around 10:00 on 2026-06-04, one bear was seen moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakoya, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
A 50 cm-long cub was walking along the road. It ran off toward a forestry road.
Akita, Akita
June 4
Sendai Tomita, Miyagi
June 4
Osaki 岩出山池月, Miyagi
Post. Encountered during commute. Emerged from a rice paddy, crossed the road, and went into the mountains.
Daisen Tsuchikawa, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Tsuchikawa Akena, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture, around 07:45 on June 4.
Daisen Tsuchikawa, Akita
[Report] A 1.2 m long bear left the embankment tail at the Ushirokawa drainage sluice and departed toward the Omono River.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
Posted: It was located between the forest and the embankment.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
June 4
Taiwa, Miyagi
There was a bear about 50 cm tall.
Akita Hodono-Kanasamachi, Akita
A bear was sighted in Tomita-Uenonaka, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, in the early morning.
Sendai Tomita, Miyagi
Around 1:00 PM on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Kanadashi-Horiuchi, Akita City. It was seen moving.
Akita, Akita
Around 13:30 on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Goshono Tsutsumidai 1-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
June 4
Osaki, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Iwadeyama Uenome Miyama, Osaki City, Miyagi around 6:00 PM on June 4.
Osaki 岩出山下一栗, Miyagi
(Posted) Ran away
Akita, Akita
At around 19:15 on June 3, a bear was sighted in Matsukawa-machi Asakawa Hato, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Hikarigaoka, Fukushima
Around 19:15 on 2026-06-03, one bear was sighted on a city road in Asakawa, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Asakawa, Fukushima
On Wednesday, June 3 at approximately 7:15 p.m., in the area of Namiwataru, Asakawa, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, on a municipal road, a witness (male in his 20s) driving observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road from north to south.
Fukushima Hikarigaoka, Fukushima
Posted: Came out from the brush trying to cross the road. When the car horn was sounded, it went back into the brush. Body length about 1 m.
Akita, Akita
Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita
A young bear about 30 centimeters long went from the river toward the grounds of Omagari Agricultural High School.
Daisen Onukitakabatake, Akita
While patrolling rice fields by car on a farm road, I encountered a bear that had come down from the mountain on the west side onto the road. It noticed me and climbed back up the west-side mountain. Body length just under 1.0 m.
Akita, Akita
Moved from the grassy area in the center of the neighborhood toward the Inari shrine on the mountain side. Nearby is the Kitanoda Park Arena tennis courts.
Akita, Akita
Was walking in the middle of a rice paddy. When I honked the horn, it ran away behind a shrine. Body length about 1 m.
Akita, Akita
Around 5:25 PM on 2026-06-03, a bear was sighted in Kawabe-Kitanoda-Takaya-Odaka, Akita City, and it was seen moving.
Akita, Akita
June 3
Osaki, Miyagi
Around 4:25 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Narukoonsen Shin'yashiki, Osaki City, Miyagi.
Osaki, Miyagi
It ran out onto the highway. It ran across to the opposite lane and fled.
Akita Yanagida, Akita
[Post] While driving southbound on the Akita Expressway, crossed from west to east. About 2 km before Kyowa IC. Sex unknown, likely female.
Daisen Kyowa-Nakayodokawa, Akita
[Post] A bear about the size of a small cub was sniffing the grass on the sidewalk. I didn't see any sign of its parent.
Akita, Akita
On 2026-06-03 around 15:40, a bear was sighted in Owamihiratootorimaki, Akita City, Akita Prefecture.
Akita, Akita
Several children (multiple) on their way home from school sighted an animal believed to be a bear and reported it fled eastward. City officials patrolled the area but did not find it. Body length unknown.
Yokote 十文字町十五野新田, Akita
While driving on Route 13, I saw the face of one bear in the bushes directly across from Boatpia Kawabe.
Akita, Akita
Around 1:45 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Maeda, Kawabe-Kitanoda Takaya, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Witnessed from inside a car. It slowly moved toward the north embankment.
Akita, Akita
[Post] About 80 cm in length — a small bear cub was walking through the brush between houses.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Near Kotomozawa Bridge, a black bear cub was standing on the sidewalk. It ran into the woods just before a vehicle passed by.
Akita, Akita
Spotted a bear on the road. It ran east. It was heading quickly toward the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
Around 5:50 AM on 2026-06-03, one bear was seen moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakoyamaeda, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
I spotted a bear on the Akita Road. It walked off to the north. One bear about 1 m (tall). Approximately 1 km to the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
June 3
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
Witnessed a bear moving eastward through the rice field west of Maruho Construction. Body length approximately 1.5 m.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
[Report] At around 3:30 AM, a black animal about 50 cm ran off to the east.
Akita Izumiichinotsubo, Akita
At around 1:20 PM on June 3, one bear was seen moving in Kawanabe-Kitanodakoya Kuronuma Shimotsutsumishita, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Around 11:00 on June 3, one bear was seen moving in Kawanabe-Wada Shikida, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
On the evening of 2026-06-03, one bear was sighted on a city road in Omagari Kanaya-cho, Daisen City.
Daisen Iida, Akita
One bear was seen moving in Kamishinjo Nakasodegawa, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
On the night of 2026-06-03, one bear was seen moving in Sasakino Tachi, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima
At around 3:50 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted moving in Kyowa-Nakayodogawa, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Kyowa-Nakayodokawa, Akita
Around 10:55 on 2026-06-03, one bear was seen moving in Yuwa-Tsubakikawa Yamagomori, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
June 2
Sendai Kawauchi-Sanjuninmachi, Miyagi
A creature that looked like a bear cub was near the Welfare Hall of Akita National College of Technology.
Akita Iijima-Naganonakacho, Akita
A bear cub about one to two times larger than a cat walked toward the community center.
Akita Kohoku-matsunocho, Akita
(Post) Was running in the parking lot within the Silver Area (near the tree). Went off somewhere immediately.
Akita, Akita
Posted: In front of Tersa. The same bear is in the same spot. It’s been watching constantly.
Akita, Akita
An adult bear with its cub climbed up the mountainside slope behind the old Hachimori Junior High School.
Happou Hachimori, Akita
[Post] A bear and her cub were along National Route 13.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Location: between Goshono General Park and Akita Tersa. About 20 m from the main entrance of Tersa. Observed one adult Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma). Bear size about 1.0 to 1.2 m. Probably the same individual seen on May 29. Weather: clear. Temperature: 24°C.
Akita, Akita
[Post] My daughter said she saw it while coming home from school. Near the entrance to Pinocchio Park.
Akita, Akita
A bear over 1.5 m long ran at high speed, crossed the road, and went down toward the Red Cross Hospital side.
Akita, Akita
Crossing the road near the wind turbine
Noshiro 字塞ノ神, Akita
Observed one approximately 1-meter-tall bear. It fled to the east.
Noshiro Makabechi, Akita
Crossing the Akita Expressway
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita
[Report] Observed one Asiatic black bear (approx. 1.2 m in body length) walking along the riverbank. The bear crossed the river and then left into the brush to the north.
Yuzawa, Akita
[Post] Sighted one bear near the Menagata entrance along National Route 101
Happou Minehama-Menagata, Akita
A badly damaged unidentified body was found on a hillside behind a residential area in Kawabe-Wada, Akita City.
Akita Kawabe-Wada, Akita
One bear approximately 1 meter in body length was sighted 100 meters north of the residence. The bear walked off continuing north.
Akita, Akita
At the Fukushimaseiko factory premises, a bear was seen on the roof of a three-story building.
Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima
In Kawabe-Wada, Akita City, a 73-year-old woman was attacked by a bear and died while mowing grass.
Akita Kawabe-Wada, Akita
While weeding on the property, I was attacked.
Akita, Akita
Around 7:30 on 2026-06-02, a 73-year-old woman was attacked by a bear while weeding in Kawabe, Akita City, and died.
Akita, Akita
A woman was found dead in a mountain forest near her home in Kawabe-Wada, Akita City, and investigators considered that she may have been attacked by a bear.
Akita Kawabe-Wada, Akita
A bear entered the premises of Fukushima Seiko in Sasakino Tenjikuda, Fukushima City, and attacked two employees.
Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima
At an establishment in Sasakino, Fukushima City, a bear attacked four employees/residents and four people were injured. The bear is believed to still be staying inside the building.
Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima
A bear appeared on the Fukushimaseiko premises in Sasakino, Fukushima City, and injured two employees, one nearby resident, and one security guard at another nearby company.
Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima
At around 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 2, at a business premises in Fukushima City, a bear that had entered the site attacked two employees, and then attacked two more people in a nearby residential area, injuring a total of four people. All sustained minor injuries and were conscious. Those attacked by the bear were two male employees in their 20s and 60s from “Fukushima Seikō” in Sasakino Tenjikuda, Fukushima City, and an 80-year-old woman and a 60-year-old man in the surrounding area. All appear to be conscious. The scene is a residential area about 3 kilometers northwest of JR Fukushima Station.
Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima
I was walking through the field. It ran toward the woods.
Akita, Akita
【Post】
Yuzawa 字角間沢, Akita
A report was received of feces believed to be from an Asiatic black bear, and the scene was inspected. It was believed to be feces of an Asiatic black bear.
Yuzawa 字稲荷山, Akita
Spotted a bear from the kitchen. Direction when it left unknown. The screen door was torn. One bear about 1 m (long/tall).
Akita, Akita
Saw a bear from the kitchen. It left and its whereabouts are unknown. The screen door was torn. About 1 m (away/long).
Akita, Akita
Observed one bear. Body length unknown. Direction of departure unknown.
Akita, Akita
The bear attacked four people while moving across JR Ou Main Line Sasakino Station.
Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima
A bear entered the premises of Fukushima Steel in Fukushima City, chased a male employee in his 20s, and injured him lightly.
Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima
Around 4:00 AM on June 2, a bear was sighted in Kawabe Moroi Nakamichi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
June 1
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
On Monday, June 1 at approximately 10:51 p.m., in a residential area of Tatsuda, Sasakino, Fukushima City, a witness (female in her 50s) spotted a single bear (about 1 m in body length) leaving the area, moving from east to west toward the residential neighborhood as she was about to stop at a convenience store. The witness saw the bear while driving.
Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima
[Post] I was driving from somewhere near Araya High School and turned left toward Shimohama when I saw a black shape climbing up toward Omoriyama. In the headlights it looked like a bear.
Akita, Akita
Crossing in front of a car
Akita, Akita
I went outside and it walked past the front of the entrance.
Akita, Akita
June 1st
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
Sighted at the railroad crossing near Kurata Factory. It ran away toward Yuzawa Station, parallel to the tracks. About 10 meters from a house.
Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita
Two bears were sighted crossing a road in Koganehara, Yuzawa City, Akita.
Yuzawa 字黄金原, Akita
A bear was sighted in Sugasawa-shinjo Sunada, Yuzawa City, and was seen moving.
Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita
[Report] Appeared near the Shinjo railroad crossing in Yuzawa City, headed along the farm road toward Yuzawa Station, crossed the tracks, and entered the Ugo Transportation parking lot. The bear believed to be the adult female is about 1.0–1.1 m in height; the bear believed to be a cub is about 0.7–0.8 m in height.
Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita
[Report] Witnessed on the opposite side of the national highway from Yuzawa-kita police box. The witness was driving and passed by quickly, so the body length, number of bears, and movements are unknown. Estimated to be within 10 meters of a house.
Yuzawa 杉沢新所, Akita
One bear was sighted at Sugisawa Mori Michiue in Yuzawa City, Akita.
Yuzawa 字黄金原, Akita
Posted: It ran off immediately. I only saw one, but there are fields and such nearby.
Akita, Akita
June 1st
Osaki 岩出山下野目, Miyagi
[Post] Around the 77.3 km marker on the Akita Expressway, moving from the road into the mountains
Akita, Akita
Crossed the road from the IC side
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita
June 1st
Sendai 紫山, Miyagi
Around 18:40 on 2026-06-01, a bear was sighted in Akashi Nitanme, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
May 31
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
May 31
Tomiya 三ノ関, Miyagi
[Report] A bear crossed the road on a curve with a passing lane on National Route 13.
Daisen Kyowa-Kamiyodokawa, Akita
A bear about 60 cm long was sighted near the Yuzawa High School ski jump. The bear went into the mountain. Distance to the nearest houses is about 100 meters.
Yuzawa 字東松沢, Akita
[Post] Two cubs with their mother bear
Akita, Akita
[Report] While driving along the B-C Line, I saw a black object by the roadside. When I slowed the car, it stood up without looking back and hurried into the grass. It was a cub about 50–60 cm; based on its behavior, a parent bear may have been nearby.
Happou Hachimori, Akita
When I drove by, it stuck only its face out of the snow-melting ditch, then quickly pulled back in. At first I thought it was a raccoon dog, but its face (head) was completely black, so I posted because it might be a bear cub.
Yuzawa, Akita
Two bears about 1.0 m and 0.5 m in body length crossed the road heading west.
Katagami, Akita
At approximately 6:30 a.m. on May 31, in a field in Hiraakasaka, Suibara, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, the caller (a woman in her 60s) went to the field to do farm work and discovered what appeared to be bear tracks. She reported it to the police station. Afterwards she provided the information to Fukushima City Hall, and when city hall staff attended the scene with her and checked, it was confirmed to be bear tracks.
Fukushima, Fukushima
One bear was seen moving in Yuzawa City Omogawa-cho Tochi.
Yokote 雄物川町道地, Akita
An animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Iwasaki Mori-ai, Yuzawa City.
Yuzawa, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Tenno Kitano, Katagami, Akita, around 06:30 on May 31.
Katagami, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kamishinjo Gojuttō Kobayashi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
In the afternoon of 2026-05-31, a bear was sighted in Shinmachi, Yuzawa City, Akita, and was seen moving.
Yuzawa 松岡, Akita
May 30
Sendai Chomeigaoka-higashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Chomeigaoka 2-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City, around 23:15 on May 30.
Sendai Chomeigaoka-higashi, Miyagi
A city office staff member on patrol spotted one bear running north from the woods where it had been seen around 9:00. It continued moving north and left the area. Body length: over 1 m.
Yokote 雄物川町常野, Akita
It was on the road, so I honked the horn and it ran off into the woods on the Sky Dome side.
Akita Yuwa-Tsubakikawa, Akita
Sighted on the road from Shiki no Machi toward Motokiyama. Near a bamboo grove. It ran off when a car approached.
Katagami Showa-Midarebashi, Akita
A bear was sighted in Motokiyama-ne, Showa Okubo, Katagami City, and was seen moving.
Katagami Showa-Midarebashi, Akita
It came out of the grassy thicket, noticed the car, and turned back.
Akita, Akita
[Report] One bear sighted. Direction of departure unknown.
Akita, Akita
[Post] (No eyewitness information provided)
Yokote 雄物川町常野, Akita
Was attempting to cross the road. Noticed a car and went into the brush on the north side.
Ikawa 赤沢, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Sakamoto-Onoji, Ikawa Town, Akita Prefecture, around 6:18 a.m. on May 30.
Ikawa 坂本, Akita
Ran from the Negi-ba area toward the Nakamura area.
Yokote 十文字町谷地新田, Akita
A single bear about 1 m in body length was sighted walking southwest from near the intersection. City hall community division staff searched the area near the sighting but did not find it.
Yokote 十文字町源太左馬, Akita
Two bears were sighted near the mountainside on the east side of the batting center. Their subsequent whereabouts are unknown. Distance to the nearest house: approximately 5 meters.
Yuzawa 杉沢新所, Akita
A bear was seen moving in Yuwatsubakigawa Okutsubakidai, Akita City, around 03:51 on May 30.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Saw a bear crossing the prefectural road from north to south. Size about 80 cm. Moved into the woods on the east side.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Jūmonji-machi Yachishinden Murashitata, Yokote City.
Yokote 十文字町谷地新田, Akita
While driving, after passing the entrance to Motokiyama Park — I spotted a bear in the brush on the left between there and the point where the road begins to descend toward the traffic light.
Katagami Showa-Toyokawaryuge, Akita
I spotted it in the grassy area near where I passed Motokiyama Park. It was about the size of an adult, not a cub.
Katagami Showa-Toyokawaryuge, Akita
[Report] While driving from Akita Airport toward Daisen City, a cub ran out onto the road from the left. It was startled by the car and ran back into the mountains.
Daisen, Akita
One adult approximately 1 m in body length was sighted. It walked off to the south toward the brush along the highway.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
[Report] The location was between Goshono General Park and Akita Tersa. About 20 meters from the main entrance of Tersa. I sighted one adult Asian black bear (Tsukinowaguma). The bear’s size was about 1.0–1.2 meters. The bear entered the park-side thicket once, but then returned to the same spot. After that it repeated disappearing into and reappearing from the thicket three times, and finally disappeared into the thicket. At that time, there were only a few cars in the parking lot. Also, traffic between Tersa and Aeon was not heavy. Weather: clear. Temperature: 18°C.
Akita, Akita
Posted: Parking space for Kuroneko Yamato truck
Akita, Akita
A family of Asian black bears (Tsukinowaguma) was wandering around a Yamato Transport truck. The adult was about 120 cm and the cub about 60 cm. The bears wandered for about five minutes before leaving to the south.
Akita, Akita
May 29
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
May 29
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
I observed two bears about 60–70 cm tall emerging from the west near the entrance of Sasakura Park. The bears were startled by a car and retreated back into the western thicket.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
May 29
Ohira, Miyagi
May 29
Ohira, Miyagi
[Report] There were footprints in the field on the property of my home.
Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita
There were footprints in the garden on the property.
Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita
May 29
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
May 29
Iwanuma Kita-Hase, Miyagi
Around 7:35 on May 29, a bear was sighted in Futsuyu Nakaodo, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Niiyaji, Akita
Spotted a bear about 1.5 m in body length.
Daisen Yotsuya, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long ran east through the rice fields.
Daisen Niiyaji, Akita
A bear was sighted in Yagiyamaminami 2-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
May 29
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
A junior high school boy spotted one bear on a road in Yagiyama Honcho 2-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Matsugaoka, Miyagi
Around 6:01 on 2026-05-29, a bear was sighted at Shingayachi Mizunomiba in Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Niiyaji, Akita
[Post]
Daisen Niiyaji, Akita
Around 4:00 PM on May 29, a bear was seen moving in Kyowa-Nakayodogawa, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Kyowa-Nakayodokawa, Akita
A bear was sighted in Sasakino Shigaido, Fukushima City, around 23:45 on May 28.
Fukushima Niida, Fukushima
On Thursday, May 28, at approximately 11:45 p.m., in the road area of Ichikaidō, Sasakino, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 20s) spotted one bear (approx. 1.5 m in body length) crossing the road while returning home from work. The bear then departed the scene heading west. The witness saw the bear while driving a vehicle.
Fukushima Niida, Fukushima
[Post] A giant bear
Akita, Akita
May 28
Sendai Okaji, Miyagi
A bear about 80 cm long was sighted in a drainage canal in Saiwai-cho 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Okaji, Miyagi
It was beside the guardrail. As I passed by in the car, it did a somersault under the guardrail and went into the bushes.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
A bear was sighted around 3:15 PM on May 28 in Kyowa Funaoka Ichi-no-watari, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Daisen, Akita
While doing farm work, I sighted a single bear about 1 meter tall in a rice field. It was approximately 100 meters from a residence.
Daisen Yotsuya, Akita
On 2026-05-28 morning, a bear was seen moving in Kanazawa Kata, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
One bear approximately 1.0 m in body length was observed crossing Akita Showa Line from the rice paddy on the southwest side of the sighting location and leaving toward the rice paddies to the northeast. Distance from the nearest building: 50 m.
Akita, Akita
[Report] While driving on the road between rice paddies, a bear about 1 meter long was running. There are houses nearby.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kanazotakaoka Inaribayashi, Akita City, around 08:30 on May 28.
Akita, Akita
As I was about to get out of the car, I noticed it walking past alongside the driver's door.
Akita, Akita
Around 05:10 on 2026-05-28, a bear was sighted in Nitsusawa, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Sendai Futatsusawa, Miyagi
May 28
Sendai Futatsusawa, Miyagi
Two bears about 80 cm long were seen in the parking lot of government employee housing in Kawauchi, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
Two bears were sighted in a parking lot in Kawauchi Motoyashikita, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kawauchi-Motohasekura, Miyagi
May 28
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Asahi 1-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi
On 2026-05-28 at night, a bear was sighted in Goshono Jizodai 4-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Around 19:35 on 2026-05-27, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Kamikita-Saruta Futatsudera, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Post] While driving, a black animal that appeared to be a bear was moving in the woods. Body length over 1 m.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Spotted a bear from inside a car near the river. It seemed agitated, swinging its head back and forth. Size was under 1 meter, thin build.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kamikita-te Funo-Wakinoda, Akita City, around 18:45 on May 27.
Akita, Akita
A fairly large bear. It was fat. There is also a school for students with disabilities nearby.
Akita, Akita
Two bears (a parent and a cub) were sighted on a city road near 10 Narusawa, Narusawa, Yuzawa City. The bears fled toward the mountain to the southeast. The adult measured 1.0 m in body length; the cub measured 0.6 m. The sighting occurred about 10 m from a residential area.
Yuzawa 成沢, Akita
A bear was sighted in Chiyokawa, Funasako, Shibata Town, Miyagi on May 27 around 16:30.
Shibara Funabasama, Miyagi
[Post] There were footprints in the field, so I sent the photos to an acquaintance in the hunters' association to check. He said they were bear footprints and seemed fairly fresh.
Yokote, Akita
Bear-like animal tracks were found in Dai-Ichinoseki, Yokote City.
Yokote, Akita
May 27
Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi
Saw it while driving; when I honked the horn it ran away.
Akita, Akita
May 27
Tomiya 穀田, Miyagi
[Report] R7, from the highway side toward Motokiyama Park
Katagami Showa-Toyokawaryuge, Akita
A bear was sighted in Goshono-Motomachi 1-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Report] While taking an early-morning walk, I spotted one bear. It's on an elementary school student’s route to school, so I think it's dangerous.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted at 5:40 a.m. in Iwadeyama Iketsuki Kamiminakazawa, Osaki City.
Osaki 岩出山池月, Miyagi
At around 5:30 a.m. on May 27, in an agricultural field in Hiraakasaka, Suibara, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, a caller (a woman in her 60s) went to the field to do farm work and discovered bear tracks. She reported it to the police station, and later provided the information to Fukushima City Hall. City hall staff went to the scene with her and confirmed that the tracks were from a bear.
Fukushima, Fukushima
A newspaper delivery person spotted one bear about 1 meter long on a city road in Kuwahara, Iwanuma City.
Iwanuma Honchō, Miyagi
May 27
Iwanuma Inarichō, Miyagi
A newspaper delivery worker saw one bear on a city road in Kuwabara 1-chome, Iwanuma City.
Iwanuma Honchō, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Minamigaoka 2-chome, Akita City, on 2026-05-27 afternoon.
Akita, Akita
May 26
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
Report: While driving north after turning from Kappei Street, I saw a black animal heading west from the direction of Kappei Hiyoshi Shrine. It was a moon bear about 60 cm tall with thick four legs.
Akita Arayakotobukimachi, Akita
May 26
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
[Report] Two bears in front of a house's garage
Yuzawa 岩崎, Akita
A bear about the size of a cub was seen walking.
Akita Tegata-Yamanakamachi, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Shikado, Mitane Town.
Mitane Kado, Akita
(Report) Crossing the prefectural road from south to north while running. Body length 1.0 m–1.2 m. No houses nearby.
Mitane Kamiiwakawa, Akita
May 26
Osaki, Miyagi
One bear was sighted at Iwadeyama Jōyama in Osaki City, Miyagi.
Osaki, Miyagi
While driving on Prefectural Route Akita-Kitanoda, I saw one bear about 50 cm crossing from east to west. It was 30 m from the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
Walked along the rice-field ridge toward the river and left. One bear, 1.1 m.
Daisen, Akita
Walked along the rice-field ridge toward the river and left. One bear, 1 m.
Daisen, Akita
On Tuesday, May 26 at approximately 10:15 a.m., in a forested area of Sugita-machi 3-chome, Nihonmatsu City, a witness (woman in her 30s) while driving saw one animal believed to be a bear walking near a trail in the forest. The animal was only partially seen, so its body length is unknown. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Nihonmatsu 大作, Fukushima
A bear emerged from the brush on the right but quickly became out of sight.
Yuzawa 成沢, Akita
Around 08:40 on May 26, a bear was sighted in Narusawa, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Yuzawa 成沢, Akita
A bear was sighted in Tajirisawa, Araya-machi, Akita City around 08:30 on May 26.
Akita Arayatajirizawa-nakamachi, Akita
While walking my dog, a bear about 130 cm long ran into the woods near Shin'ya High School.
Akita Arayatajirizawa-nakamachi, Akita
May 26
Sendai Kawauchi-Yamayashiki, Miyagi
While driving, I witnessed a bear about 1 meter tall cross the road and go into the bushes.
Akita, Akita
On Tuesday, May 26 at around 7:00 a.m., in Yoshikura, Hikokubo area, Nihonmatsu City, a witness (male in his 70s) driving a vehicle sighted one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the farm road from south to north. The bear entered the woodland beside the road and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Nihonmatsu 渋川, Fukushima
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In the past 30 days, 667 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 92 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 5 hours ago near Daisen Osawagotera, Akita.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 18:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 877 km route runs from Dōgashima to Fukaura, passing through Shizuoka, Aomori, Akita, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Miyagi, Saitama, Tochigi, and Tokyo. In the past 30 days, 667 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 92 of them. The latest sighting was reported 5 hours ago near Daisen Osawagotera, Akita. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
