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This 239 km route runs from Fukushima to Sanriku Fukko National Park, passing through Fukushima, Iwate, and Miyagi. In the past 30 days, 114 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 21 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Kesennuma 松崎柳沢, Miyagi.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
4 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi.
July 6
Kesennuma 松崎柳沢, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Akiwa Oda, Kesennuma City.
Kesennuma 赤岩小田, Miyagi
July 6
Kesennuma 赤岩小田, Miyagi
July 6
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Akaiwa Suginosawa, Kesennuma City, Miyagi, around 05:25 on 2026-07-06.
Kesennuma 赤岩杉ノ沢, Miyagi
July 6
Kesennuma 赤岩杉ノ沢, Miyagi
Around 1 p.m. on July 6, a bear was sighted in Akaiwa Makisawa, Kesennuma City.
Kesennuma 赤岩牧沢, Miyagi
July 5
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
Around 17:00 on 2026-07-05, a bear was sighted in Heisei 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi
A bear about 1.3 meters long was sighted in a residential area of Haramachi 6-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City, and it passed through a house yard and headed north.
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi
July 4
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi
July 3
Sendai Nihondaira, Miyagi
July 3
Ishinomaki 小船越, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in the premises of a private house in Komonakoshi Sawadayama, Ishinomaki City, as a resident was entering the house.
Ishinomaki 小船越, Miyagi
July 2
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
July 2
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Takadate Yoshida Kanjinohigashi, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
July 2
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
Two bears, described as a parent and cub-like pair, were sighted on a road in Heisei 1-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kooshio, Kesennuma City.
Kesennuma 小々汐, Miyagi
July 1
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
One bear was seen crossing National Route 45 in Ogimachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Sengoku, Miyagi
July 1
Sendai Fukuzumimachi, Miyagi
One bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Ogimachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Sengoku, Miyagi
A person driving by spotted one bear about 80 cm long in a residential area in Nati-gaoka 1-chome, Natori City, Miyagi. The bear fled into the woods.
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
June 30
Minami-Sanriku Tokura, Miyagi
June 29, 2026
Sendai Tsubonuma, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Tsubonuma Akaishiyama, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi, around 06:40 on June 29.
Sendai, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Hiranoboshita, Iizaka-machi, Fukushima City, around 6:30 PM on June 28.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
On Sunday, June 28 at around 6:30 p.m., on the north-side walkway of Iizaka Cemetery in Hirano, Iizaka-machi, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his 40s) spotted three bears approaching from the opposite direction while he was walking west. One bear (A) was about 1 m in body length, and the other two (B and C) were about 50 cm each.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
One bear was sighted from inside a house in Sawa-kawa, Mori-cho, Ofunato City.
Ofunato Sakaricho, Iwate
On the night of 2026-06-28, one bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Kamino Kitanashikawara, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City, and left toward the south in the direction of the Nanakita River.
Sendai Gamo, Miyagi
June 27
Sendai Gamo, Miyagi
Around 11:40 on 2026-06-27, one bear was sighted in the yard of a house in Inagawa-cho Hasedo, Ofunato City, Iwate, and was driven away.
Ofunato Akasakicho, Iwate
Around 11:40 on June 27, one adult bear was sighted on the grounds of a house in Inakocho, Ofunato City. A resident saw it, drove it away, and the bear left toward the eastern mountains.
Ofunato Ikawacho, Iwate
June 25
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
June 25, 2026
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
June 24
Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi
June 24
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
June 24
Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
Around 04:15 on 2026-06-23, a bear was sighted in Hasemachi Mori, Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tome 迫町森, Miyagi
June 22
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
June 22
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
Around 6:20 PM on June 22, a bear was sighted in Kamiyasawa-Kannosawa, Rifu Town.
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
June 21
Higashimatsushima Jogetsutsumi, Miyagi
Bear sighting around 1:30 PM in Terai, Tome Town, Tome City (the rest of the place name is truncated in the body).
Tome 登米町寺池, Miyagi
June 21
Tome 登米町寺池, Miyagi
June 21
Zao, Miyagi
June 21
Murata 大字薄木, Miyagi
June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi
June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi
June 20
Murata 大字村田, Miyagi
A man traveling west on Route 45 sighted one bear in a rice paddy to the south in Kawashita, Higashimatsushima.
Higashimatsushima Kawakudari, Miyagi
June 19
Higashimatsushima Kawakudari, Miyagi
June 19
Zao 大字円田, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Midoridai 2-chome, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
June 19
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
One bear was sighted walking on a road in Yagiyamahigashi 1-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi
June 19
Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi
June 19, 2026
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
June 18
Kesennuma 唐桑町港, Miyagi
June 18
Kesennuma 唐桑町港, Miyagi
June 18
Natori Tekurada, Miyagi
June 18, 2026
Kesennuma 唐桑町港, Miyagi
June 18
Kesennuma 唐桑町港, Miyagi
June 17
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi
A single cub, about 50 cm long, was sighted on a road in Fukuroku 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Fukumuro, Miyagi
A sighting of one bear crossing a prefectural road and leaving in Sakurawatobe Koshimizu, Matsushima Town.
Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi
June 16
Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi
June 16
Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi
June 16
Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi
June 16
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
June 16
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Hatsuhara-Kurogasawa, Matsushima Town, around 13:30 on June 16.
Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi
June 15
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
June 15
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi
June 15
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi
June 14
Higashimatsushima Kawakudari, Miyagi
June 14
Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi
June 14
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Yazutsu, Zao Town, Miyagi Prefecture, around 8:30 PM on June 14.
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi
June 13
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Takagi Baba 2, Matsushima Town, around 17:40 on 2026-06-13.
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
Two bears, about 1.5 m and 0.5 m long, were sighted on the road in Komurasaki Yamazaki, Zao Town.
Zao 大字小村崎, Miyagi
June 12
Tome 迫町森, 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
June 12
Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi
June 12
Kawasaki, Miyagi
Around 12:35 on 2026-06-12, a bear was sighted in Nagasawa, Ofunato-cho, Ofunato City, Iwate.
Ofunato Ofunatocho, Iwate
June 11
Sendai Matsumori, Miyagi
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
Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi
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
While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted one bear (approx. 1.5 m in body length) in a field/cultivated land.
Fukushima Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima
June 10
Shiroishi 大鷹沢鷹巣, Miyagi
June 10
Kawasaki Hasekura, Miyagi
Around 08:55 on 2026-06-10, one bear was sighted in grassland in Tateshimmacho Kubo, Ofunato City, Iwate, and then went into the western woods. No human or property damage was reported.
Ofunato Takkoncho, Iwate
June 10
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
A pet dog was attacked by a bear on the grounds of a house in Hirasawa, Zaō Town, and suffered a bleeding abdominal injury.
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
June 10
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Sugaya-Kamihinokuchi, Rifu Town, around 4:10 a.m.
Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi
June 10
Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi
Around 7:00 PM on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima
June 9
Sendai Kawauchi-Oimawashi, Miyagi
June 9
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
June 9
Taiwa Tsurusu-Ozurusawa, Miyagi
June 9
Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi
Peak activity at 18:00 with 15 incidents
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In the past 30 days, 114 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 21 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Kesennuma 松崎柳沢, Miyagi.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 18:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 239 km route runs from Fukushima to Sanriku Fukko National Park, passing through Fukushima, Iwate, and Miyagi. In the past 30 days, 114 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 21 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Kesennuma 松崎柳沢, Miyagi. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
