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This 418 km route runs from Gekkō-ji Temple to Taiwa, passing through Yamanashi, Miyagi, Fukushima, Gunma, Saitama, Tochigi, and Tokyo. In the past 30 days, 120 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 Sendai Kamiyagari, Miyagi.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
7 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Yamanashi, Miyagi, Fukushima, Gunma, Saitama, Tochigi, Tokyo.
A bear was sighted around 2:00 a.m. in Niji-no-oka 4-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Kamiyagari, Miyagi
Tsuru Ohata, Yamanashi
A security guard sighted a cub about 1 meter long on company premises in Meito 2-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi
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
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
A bear was witnessed in the field in the night time.
Kanuma 久野, Tochigi
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
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
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
Around 7:35 a.m. on August 2, a bear-like animal was sighted in Suehirocho, Yaita City.
Yaita Tomita, Tochigi
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
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
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
A bear-like animal was seen moving in Otsukimachi Matsui, Koriyama, around 03:25 on 2026-07-31.
Koriyama 三穂田町大谷, Fukushima
A passerby sighted one animal believed to be a bear walking along the rice-field embankment (about 50 centimeters in body length).
Koriyama 三穂田町大谷, Fukushima
One bear-like animal was sighted in Fukiage-cho, Tochigi City.
Tochigi 吹上町, Tochigi
Around 13:20 on 2026-07-30, one bear was sighted in Tomiya Karatakezawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
One bear was sighted on a road in Adachishibukoshita, Murata Town, and moved south toward bushes.
Murata 大字村田, Miyagi
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima
July 27
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
Otsuki Hatsukarimachi-Shimohatsukari, Yamanashi
July 27
Sendai Sanezawa, Miyagi
July 27
Sendai Sanezawa, Miyagi
Before 18:00 on 2026-07-27, in Higashinari Shinden, Ōsato Town, Miyagi Prefecture, a person driving north passed a bear about 80 cm long. No injuries or damage were reported.
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Takamori 3-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi
Around 8:20 PM on July 26, a bear-like animal was sighted in Hirai, Hinode Town, Tokyo.
Tokyo Hirai, Tokyo
July 26
Sendai 寺岡, Miyagi
Around 5:00 PM on July 26, a bear was sighted in Togatakezawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
Nasushiobara 千本松, Tochigi
July 25
Rifu, Miyagi
July 25
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
One bear approximately 1.5 meters in length was sighted.
Koriyama 逢瀬町河内, Fukushima
July 25
Shiroishi 越河平, Miyagi
Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Iwadono, Yamanashi
July 24
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
Around 00:40 on 2026-07-24, a driver saw one bear, about 1 meter long, on a city road in Komatsushima Shिंtei, Aoba Ward, Sendai. The bear crossed the road heading north and left the area.
Sendai Komatsu-Shintsutsumi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tomiya Ochiai, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
In the woodland, one bear (body length approximately 1.2 meters) was sighted.
Shirakawa 大信豊地, Fukushima
A bear about 1.2 m long was sighted in the forest at Daishin Toyochi, Shirakawa City.
Shirakawa 大信豊地, Fukushima
July 23
Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi
July 23
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
July 23
Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the roadway.
Otama, Fukushima
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
Akiruno Sannai, Tokyo
Sano 田之入町, Tochigi
July 21
Shiroishi 福岡長袋, 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 in Tomiya Futsusho, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
July 21
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
July 20
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi
Tsuru Shishidome, Yamanashi
It is believed to have been digging a hole in the mountains.
Tsuru, Yamanashi
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
A mother bear and two cubs were sighted near a community center in Asari, Nigoka-cho, Otsuki City.
Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Asari, Yamanashi
Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Asari, Yamanashi
Koriyama, Fukushima
Koriyama, Fukushima
I was walking from Iwadono Mountain toward Chigo-Otoshi. Just as I was about to reach Chigo-Otoshi, I encountered a bear cub.
Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Yurigaoka, Yamanashi
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
Around 18:20 on 2026-07-19, one bear about 1.2 m long was sighted in farmland in Fujicho, Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture.
Sano 富士町, Tochigi
Nasushiobara 上大貫, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Shigenokamachi Kozuse, Otsuki City.
Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Yurigaoka, Yamanashi
Sano 富士町, Tochigi
July 18
Tomiya 石積, 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
July 17
Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Fukuoka Kuramoto Chazono in Shiroishi City.
Shiroishi 福岡長袋, Miyagi
July 17
Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi
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
July 16
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
July 16
Taiwa Technohills, Miyagi
One bear was sighted on a slope in Kokudasetonosawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya あけの平, 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
July 14
Natori, Miyagi
Bear sighting reported at Kamiyakari Kumanoshitashita, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Nomura, Miyagi
July 14
Sendai Nomura, Miyagi
Around 6:50 PM on 2026-07-13, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Otawa, Fujioka-machi, Tochigi City.
Tochigi Fujiokamachi Ōdawa, Tochigi
Tochigi Fujiokamachi Ōdawa, Tochigi
Around 19:20 on July 12, a bear-like animal was sighted in Kurosawa 3-chome, Ome City.
Ōme Kurosawa, Tokyo
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
Black bear, 1m20 long and 0,7m high. Saw during a hiking from Mitsutogeyama to Kawaguchi Asama Shrine. 20-30 before the haha waterfall.
Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
July 10
Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi
Tsuru Shimoya, Yamanashi
Two bears were sighted in Futabagaoka 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Fujimatsu, Miyagi
July 9
Sendai Fujimatsu, Miyagi
Peak activity at 7:00 with 8 incidents
Ursus thibetanus japonicus
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In the past 30 days, 120 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 Sendai Kamiyagari, Miyagi.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 7:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 418 km route runs from Gekkō-ji Temple to Taiwa, passing through Yamanashi, Miyagi, Fukushima, Gunma, Saitama, Tochigi, and Tokyo. In the past 30 days, 120 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 Sendai Kamiyagari, Miyagi. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
