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This 522 km route runs from Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park to Aoba Ward, Sendai, passing through Tokyo, Miyagi, Fukushima, Gunma, Saitama, and Tochigi. In the past 30 days, 354 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 42 of them. The latest sighting was reported 18 hours ago near Sendai 吉成, Miyagi.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
16 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Tokyo, Miyagi, Fukushima, Gunma, Saitama, Tochigi.
While descending the Inariyama course, I witnessed a black shape moving down the slope ahead. It was some distance away, so I cannot be certain.
Hachioji, Tokyo
Hachioji, Tokyo
Early on 2026-05-31, a bear-like animal was sighted in Moto-Hachioji-cho 3-chome, Hachioji City.
Hachioji, Tokyo
At approximately 5:10 a.m. on May 31, 2026, near the Otstuden Falls area within Hachioji Castle Ruins in Motohachiōji 3-chome, Hachioji City, there was a report of a bear growling. Since a bear was also sighted at the same location yesterday, please refrain from going out in the vicinity, and if you see a bear, call 110 from a safe location.
Hachioji, Tokyo
Hachioji, Tokyo
There was one Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma) on the stairs descending from the rest/interaction area toward the Takao direction. It appeared to be large in size.
Hachioji, Tokyo
While descending the Inariyama course during trail running, I heard a loud rustling as if an animal was pushing through the bushes on my front left. When I looked toward the sound, I saw what appeared to be a black animal—likely a bear—running away quickly within about 50 meters. Although I was wearing sunglasses, it looked about 1–1.5 meters long, so I believe it was a bear. I had been running downhill with bear bells, so I think it noticed human presence and hurriedly fled. I didn’t have time to stop and take a photo, and the location is approximate. I was measuring distance by GPS as I ran, and it was just past 2 km from the summit, but I roughly identified the spot by comparing with someone’s recorded track on YAMAP. There may still be some margin of error. I posted this because there was a sighting reported yesterday at Yakoin.
Hachioji, Tokyo
Hachioji, Tokyo
At approximately 12:10 p.m. on May 30, 2026, a bear was sighted near the Goshuden Falls in the Hachioji Castle ruins area, Moto-Hachioji-cho 3-chome, Hachioji City.
Hachioji, Tokyo
While descending the Inariyama course, I witnessed a black shape moving down the slope ahead. It was some distance away, so I cannot be certain.
Hachioji, Tokyo
Hachioji, Tokyo
Early on 2026-05-31, a bear-like animal was sighted in Moto-Hachioji-cho 3-chome, Hachioji City.
Hachioji, Tokyo
At approximately 5:10 a.m. on May 31, 2026, near the Otstuden Falls area within Hachioji Castle Ruins in Motohachiōji 3-chome, Hachioji City, there was a report of a bear growling. Since a bear was also sighted at the same location yesterday, please refrain from going out in the vicinity, and if you see a bear, call 110 from a safe location.
Hachioji, Tokyo
Hachioji, Tokyo
There was one Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma) on the stairs descending from the rest/interaction area toward the Takao direction. It appeared to be large in size.
Hachioji, Tokyo
While descending the Inariyama course during trail running, I heard a loud rustling as if an animal was pushing through the bushes on my front left. When I looked toward the sound, I saw what appeared to be a black animal—likely a bear—running away quickly within about 50 meters. Although I was wearing sunglasses, it looked about 1–1.5 meters long, so I believe it was a bear. I had been running downhill with bear bells, so I think it noticed human presence and hurriedly fled. I didn’t have time to stop and take a photo, and the location is approximate. I was measuring distance by GPS as I ran, and it was just past 2 km from the summit, but I roughly identified the spot by comparing with someone’s recorded track on YAMAP. There may still be some margin of error. I posted this because there was a sighting reported yesterday at Yakoin.
Hachioji, Tokyo
Hachioji, Tokyo
At approximately 12:10 p.m. on May 30, 2026, a bear was sighted near the Goshuden Falls in the Hachioji Castle ruins area, Moto-Hachioji-cho 3-chome, Hachioji City.
Hachioji, Tokyo
While descending the Inariyama course, I witnessed a black shape moving down the slope ahead. It was some distance away, so I cannot be certain.
Hachioji, Tokyo
Hachioji, Tokyo
Early on 2026-05-31, a bear-like animal was sighted in Moto-Hachioji-cho 3-chome, Hachioji City.
Hachioji, Tokyo
At approximately 5:10 a.m. on May 31, 2026, near the Otstuden Falls area within Hachioji Castle Ruins in Motohachiōji 3-chome, Hachioji City, there was a report of a bear growling. Since a bear was also sighted at the same location yesterday, please refrain from going out in the vicinity, and if you see a bear, call 110 from a safe location.
Hachioji, Tokyo
Hachioji, Tokyo
There was one Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma) on the stairs descending from the rest/interaction area toward the Takao direction. It appeared to be large in size.
Hachioji, Tokyo
While descending the Inariyama course during trail running, I heard a loud rustling as if an animal was pushing through the bushes on my front left. When I looked toward the sound, I saw what appeared to be a black animal—likely a bear—running away quickly within about 50 meters. Although I was wearing sunglasses, it looked about 1–1.5 meters long, so I believe it was a bear. I had been running downhill with bear bells, so I think it noticed human presence and hurriedly fled. I didn’t have time to stop and take a photo, and the location is approximate. I was measuring distance by GPS as I ran, and it was just past 2 km from the summit, but I roughly identified the spot by comparing with someone’s recorded track on YAMAP. There may still be some margin of error. I posted this because there was a sighting reported yesterday at Yakoin.
Hachioji, Tokyo
Hachioji, Tokyo
At approximately 12:10 p.m. on May 30, 2026, a bear was sighted near the Goshuden Falls in the Hachioji Castle ruins area, Moto-Hachioji-cho 3-chome, Hachioji City.
Hachioji, Tokyo
A middle school student saw a bear in bushes in Yoshinari 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 吉成, Miyagi
On Tuesday, June 23 at approximately 7:19 a.m., on the road in Ikenoue, Oshinjo, Daishin, Shirakawa City, a man in his 40s, while driving, saw one bear (about 1 m in length) cross the road and head into the forest.
Shirakawa 大信上新城, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
June 22
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
Two bears were sighted in an empty lot in Nishikigaoka 9-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 21
Zao, Miyagi
June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi
June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi
June 20
Murata 大字村田, Miyagi
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
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
June 19
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi
June 19
Zao 大字円田, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Midoridai 2-chome, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
On Friday, June 19 at around 12:35 PM, in the Arakawa riverbed area of Shono, Nukkawari (Shono Aza Nukibun) in Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 40s) sighted one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) on the riverbed.
Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima
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
On Friday, June 19 at around 8:00 a.m., on a farm road in the Waku-higashi area of Yazawa, Sukagawa City, a witness (male in his 50s) discovered feces believed to be from a bear. When staff from Sukagawa City Hall arrived on scene and inspected the site, they confirmed it was bear scat.
Sukagawa 矢沢, Fukushima
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
June 19
Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi
Nasushiobara 前弥六南町, Tochigi
June 18
Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi
June 18
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
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
June 17
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Zaidengasaka Jingeven, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima
On Tuesday, June 16 at approximately 1:15 p.m., a witness (male in his 40s) observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) in Jinga-mae area, Atezaka, Fukushima City. The bear headed toward the river to the north and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima
On Tuesday, June 16 at approximately 1:05 p.m., an man in his 80s, while doing farm work in a forested area of Atagoyama in Daishin Masumi, Shirakawa City, sighted two bears in the woods (one about 1 m in body length and the other about 50 cm).
Shirakawa 大信増見, Fukushima
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
June 16
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Atagoyama in Oshin Masumi, Shirakawa City.
Shirakawa 大信増見, Fukushima
One bear was sighted crossing the road on National Route 115 in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima
June 15
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
June 15
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 15
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara Minamisawa, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima
June 15
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kawauchi Kawamaechō, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi
June 14
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi
Around 8:00 on 2026-06-14, a bear was sighted in Ageta-cho, Kanuma City.
Kanuma 油田町, Tochigi
Around 22:30 on 2026-06-14, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Kiwada-machi, Kanuma City.
Kanuma 亀和田町, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Yazutsu, Zao Town, Miyagi Prefecture, around 8:30 PM on June 14.
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi
Around 9:00 on June 14, a bear-like animal was sighted in Oguno, Hinode-machi, Tokyo.
Tokyo Oguno, Tokyo
On Saturday, June 13 at approximately 3:50 p.m., a witness (male in his 30s) spotted one bear (about 1 m in length) inside a park in Uenodera, Kamihiraba area, Fukushima City. The bear then left heading west.
Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima
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
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
Two bears about 1.5 meters long were sighted on a city road in Minamimukai-dai 3-chome, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Oguraji, Fukushima
At around 3:50 PM on 2026-06-13, a bear was sighted in Uwanodera Kamihiraba, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima
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
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
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
June 12
Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi
June 12
Kawasaki, Miyagi
Around 5:30 AM on June 12, a bear was sighted in Takakuhei, Nasu Town, Tochigi Prefecture.
Nasu 一ツ樅, Tochigi
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
Kanuma みなみ町, Tochigi
Around 21:20 on June 11, a bear-like animal was sighted in Kitahanda, Kanuma City.
Kanuma 北半田, Tochigi
June 11
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, 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
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
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
Shiroishi 大鷹沢鷹巣, Miyagi
June 10
Kawasaki Hasekura, 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
June 10
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
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
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
On Tuesday, June 9 at around 2:00 p.m., in a field in Uenakashima, Sasakino, Fukushima City, a caller (male in his 70s) discovered footprints believed to be from a bear. When Fukushima City Hall staff arrived and inspected the scene, they confirmed the tracks were from a bear.
Fukushima Kaminodera, Fukushima
Bear tracks were found in a field in Nagabayashi, Machinobasaka, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Shimonodera, Fukushima
On Tuesday, June 9 at approximately 11:40 a.m., in a field within Osanabayashi area, Machinibasaka, Fukushima City, the reporter (male) discovered footprints believed to be from a bear. Fukushima City Hall staff responded to the scene and confirmed that the tracks were from a bear.
Fukushima Shimonodera, Fukushima
At Daibara Forest Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai, a passerby called 110 to report a bear.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
June 9
Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi
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
Kanuma 深程, 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
On Monday, June 8, at around 8:20 p.m., a witness (male in his 60s) sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) on the roadway in Uchimach in Machinawazaka, Fukushima City. The bear subsequently left the area heading west.
Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima
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
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
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
Around 2 PM on June 8, a bear was sighted in Kuroiwa Gakudan, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Tazawa, Fukushima
Around 5:50 on June 8, a bear-like animal was sighted in Minamisawamata Nishihara, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Minamisawamata, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Uchimachi, Machinaiwazaka, Fukushima City around 8:20 PM on June 8.
Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima
Hachioji, Tokyo
June 7
Sendai Akiumachi-Yumukai, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Moniwa Nakayachi-yama in Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, around 18:45 on 2026-06-07.
Sendai, Miyagi
Near the BMW, I saw it running from the field or rice paddy toward the grove of trees. I was driving and looked to the right when I saw it, so there are no photos. It wasn't in front, so the dashcam didn’t record it either.
Kanuma 深津, Tochigi
June 7
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
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
A bear was sighted at a park in Aikobano-cho, Utsunomiya City.
Utsunomiya 明保野町, Tochigi
On Sunday, June 7 at approximately 4:10 a.m., in a field in Minamisawamata, Suimonshimo, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his 70s) observed one animal believed to be a bear (about 50 cm in body length) in the field. The animal then left the scene heading east.
Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima
Utsunomiya 大塚町, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Nishikawada-cho, Utsunomiya City.
Utsunomiya 西川田町, Tochigi
Utsunomiya 明保野町, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Ennda Takaki, Zaō Town, Miyagi, around 1:00 PM on June 7.
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
Utsunomiya 大塚町, Tochigi
Utsunomiya Honcho, Tochigi
Utsunomiya 大塚町, Tochigi
Utsunomiya 東原町, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Kamiozocho.
Utsunomiya 上大曽町, Tochigi
At around 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 6, a witness (male, in his 60s) observed one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) running across a rice field in the Higashikubo area of Katahira Town, Koriyama City. The bear then left toward the mountain to the northwest.
Koriyama 片平町, Fukushima
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
June 6
Shiroishi 大平中目, Miyagi
One bear was sighted at a construction site in the Ohira Nakame Koyashiki area of Shiraishi City.
Shiroishi 大平中目, Miyagi
June 6
Shiroishi 大平中目, Miyagi
Utsunomiya 八幡台, 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
Hachioji, Tokyo
June 5
Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi
A bear was seen walking in a residential area in Akebono-cho, Aoba Ward.
Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Sasakino Harai Kawazoe, Fukushima City, around 4:10 AM on June 5.
Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima
On June 5 (Friday) at approximately 4:10 a.m., in a rice paddy in the Harakawazoe area of Sasakino, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 60s) observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) moving south through the rice paddy.
Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima
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
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
A bear was sighted in Sugōdate, Murata Town, Miyagi Prefecture, around 00:15 on June 5.
Murata 大字菅生, Miyagi
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
On Thursday, June 4 at approximately 7:40 p.m., in the area of Harakawazoe, Sasakino, Fukushima City, on a municipal road, a witness (male) driving a vehicle observed a bear (one, about 1 meter in body length) crossing the road from east to west.
Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Sasakino Harigawasoe, Fukushima City, around 19:40 on June 4.
Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima
On Thursday, June 4 at around 7:00 p.m., in the Moto-Kanazawa area of Sakurashita, Fukushima City, on the cycling road, a witness (a woman in her 30s) driving a vehicle saw one bear (about 1 m in body length) enter the riverside thicket from the cycling road.
Fukushima Sakurashimo, Fukushima
June 4
Sendai 中山台, Miyagi
While descending the Inariyama course, I witnessed a black shape moving down the slope ahead. It was some distance away, so I cannot be certain.
Hachioji, Tokyo
June 4
Sendai Tomita, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tomita-Uenonaka, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, in the early morning.
Sendai Tomita, Miyagi
Around 6:00 PM on June 4, a bear was sighted in Nakayamadai 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 中山台, Miyagi
Around 7:00 PM on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Sasukurashita Motokanazawa, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Sakurashimo, Fukushima
Around 8:00 PM on June 3, there was a report of a sighting of an animal believed to be a bear near 400 Chigasase 4-chome, Ome City.
Ōme Chigasemachi, Tokyo
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
Around 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 3, in Wariishi, Machinabasaka, Fukushima City, the caller (male in his 70s) discovered what appeared to be bear scat and reported it to the police. He provided the information to Fukushima City Hall, and when city officials responded to the scene with him and inspected the area, it was confirmed to be bear scat.
Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima
On the night of 2026-06-03, one bear was seen moving in Sasakino Tachi, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima
A woman reported a bear in the bushes while walking in Nishinakayama 2-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai 西中山, Miyagi
June 2
Sendai Kawauchi-Sanjuninmachi, Miyagi
At the Fukushimaseiko factory premises, a bear was seen on the roof of a three-story building.
Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima
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
Around 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 2, in Yumachi, Machinibasaka, Fukushima City, the reporter (a woman in her 30s) discovered bear droppings.
Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima
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
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
June 1st
Kawasaki, Miyagi
Hachioji, Tokyo
May 31
Kawasaki Hasekura, Miyagi
At approximately 2:45 p.m. on May 31, a bear-like animal was sighted near Nagafuchi 5-chome, Ome City, Tokyo (landmark: Meisei University entrance intersection).
Ōme Nagabuchi, Tokyo
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
Early on 2026-05-31, a bear-like animal was sighted in Moto-Hachioji-cho 3-chome, Hachioji City.
Hachioji, Tokyo
At approximately 5:10 a.m. on May 31, 2026, near the Otstuden Falls area within Hachioji Castle Ruins in Motohachiōji 3-chome, Hachioji City, there was a report of a bear growling. Since a bear was also sighted at the same location yesterday, please refrain from going out in the vicinity, and if you see a bear, call 110 from a safe location.
Hachioji, Tokyo
Hachioji, Tokyo
Nasushiobara 高林, Tochigi
There was one Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma) on the stairs descending from the rest/interaction area toward the Takao direction. It appeared to be large in size.
Hachioji, Tokyo
While descending the Inariyama course during trail running, I heard a loud rustling as if an animal was pushing through the bushes on my front left. When I looked toward the sound, I saw what appeared to be a black animal—likely a bear—running away quickly within about 50 meters. Although I was wearing sunglasses, it looked about 1–1.5 meters long, so I believe it was a bear. I had been running downhill with bear bells, so I think it noticed human presence and hurriedly fled. I didn’t have time to stop and take a photo, and the location is approximate. I was measuring distance by GPS as I ran, and it was just past 2 km from the summit, but I roughly identified the spot by comparing with someone’s recorded track on YAMAP. There may still be some margin of error. I posted this because there was a sighting reported yesterday at Yakoin.
Hachioji, Tokyo
Hachioji, Tokyo
At approximately 12:10 p.m. on May 30, 2026, a bear was sighted near the Goshuden Falls in the Hachioji Castle ruins area, Moto-Hachioji-cho 3-chome, Hachioji City.
Hachioji, Tokyo
May 29
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
May 29
Murata 大字小泉, Miyagi
May 29
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
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
May 29
Sendai Nihondaira, Miyagi
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
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
At around 6:40 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, in a fruit orchard in the Dozuna Kitayachi-tochi area of Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 50s) saw a single bear (about 1 m in body length) wandering through the orchard next to his home. The bear subsequently left the area heading west.
Fukushima Tsuchifune, Fukushima
May 28
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
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
Nasushiobara 折戸, Tochigi
Nasushiobara 高林, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Adachi Yōjiki, Murata Town, Miyagi, on 2026-05-28.
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
May 27
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
May 27
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, 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
May 26
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
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
May 26
Sendai Kawauchi-Yamayashiki, Miyagi
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
A bear was sighted in Takanashi, Nasushiobara City.
Nasushiobara 高林, Tochigi
One bear was sighted on the Tohoku University Aobayama Campus on the morning of May 26.
Sendai Aramaki, Miyagi
Nasushiobara 高林, Tochigi
A single bear was sighted on Route 31 in Yahata 5-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai, and it moved northward into the forest.
Sendai 八幡, Miyagi
May 25
Shiroishi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
June 22
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
June 21
Higashimatsushima Jogetsutsumi, Miyagi
June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi
June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi
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
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
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Midoridai 2-chome, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
June 19
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi
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
June 19
Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi
June 18
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
June 18
Natori Tekurada, Miyagi
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
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
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi
June 14
Higashimatsushima Kawakudari, Miyagi
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 13
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Takagi Baba 2, Matsushima Town, around 17:40 on 2026-06-13.
Matsushima Takagi, 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 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
A bear was sighted in Sugaya-Kamihinokuchi, Rifu Town, around 4:10 a.m.
Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi
June 10
Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi
June 9
Sendai Kawauchi-Oimawashi, Miyagi
June 9
Taiwa Tsurusu-Ozurusawa, Miyagi
June 7
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
June 5
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi
A bear was seen walking in a residential area in Akebono-cho, Aoba Ward.
Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi
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 7:00 PM on 2026-06-05, a bear was sighted in Takagido-den-ichi, Matsushima Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
June 4
Sendai Tomita, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tomita-Uenonaka, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, in the early morning.
Sendai Tomita, Miyagi
One bear was found captured in a box trap set in a forest in Asai, Higashimatsushima, Miyagi, and was culled.
Higashimatsushima Asai, Miyagi
June 2
Sendai Kawauchi-Sanjuninmachi, Miyagi
June 2
Higashimatsushima Otsuka, Miyagi
June 2
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi
June 2
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi
A bear was sighted around 11:30 on 2026-06-02 in Nobirugaoka 1-chome, Higashimatsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Nobiru Omo-kura, Higashimatsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture, around 3:00 PM on 2026-06-02.
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi
June 1
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
June 1st
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
June 1st
Higashimatsushima Otsuka, Miyagi
June 1st
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
June 1st
Higashimatsushima Otsuka, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Iwakiri Higashikawara, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
May 31
Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Hayakawahigashi, Terutama, Matsushima Town.
Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi
May 31
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
May 29
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
May 29
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
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
May 29
Sendai Nihondaira, Miyagi
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
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 27
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Negaori-Kirita, Matsushima town.
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
May 27
Osato Hanyu, Miyagi
May 27
Osato Nakamura, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
May 26
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai Kawauchi-Yamayashiki, Miyagi
May 26
Higashimatsushima Asai, Miyagi
May 26
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
One bear was sighted on the Tohoku University Aobayama Campus on the morning of May 26.
Sendai Aramaki, Miyagi
A single bear was sighted on Route 31 in Yahata 5-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai, and it moved northward into the forest.
Sendai 八幡, Miyagi
May 25
Osato Nakamura, Miyagi
May 25
Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi
May 25
Osato Kawauchi, Miyagi
A middle school student saw a bear in bushes in Yoshinari 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 吉成, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
June 22
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
June 22
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
Two bears were sighted in an empty lot in Nishikigaoka 9-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 21
Higashimatsushima Jogetsutsumi, Miyagi
June 21
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 21
Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi
Bear sighting around 1:10 PM in Hanzainake, Nenoshiroishi, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi
June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi
June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi
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
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
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi
June 19
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi
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
June 19
Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi
June 18
Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi
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
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
A single cub, about 50 cm long, was sighted on a road in Fukuroku 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Fukumuro, Miyagi
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
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
Sendai Kumagane, 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
Around 10:15 PM on June 16, a bear was sighted in Akashi Nishinoiri, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 15
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
At around 8:20 on June 15, a bear was sighted at Izawa Hanasakashita, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 15
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 15
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi
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 13
Sendai Nishitanaka, Miyagi
June 13
Tomiya 明石, 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
A bear was sighted in Sakunami Yunohara, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Nikkawa, Miyagi
June 13
Sendai Sakunami, Miyagi
June 12
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 12
Sendai Akiumachi-Sakaino, Miyagi
June 12
Sendai 北中山, Miyagi
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
June 11
Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi
June 11
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, 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
Sendai Sakunami, Miyagi
June 11
Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi
June 11
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 11
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
June 11
Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi
June 11
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 11
Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi
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
June 10
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
June 10
Sendai, Miyagi
June 10
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
June 10
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 10
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Sugaya-Kamihinokuchi, Rifu Town, around 4:10 a.m.
Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi
June 10
Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi
June 9
Sendai Kawauchi-Oimawashi, Miyagi
June 9
Sendai, Miyagi
June 9
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
At Daibara Forest Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai, a passerby called 110 to report a bear.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
June 9
Sendai Okura, Miyagi
June 9
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 9
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
Around 8:10 on 2026-06-09, a bear-like animal was sighted in Irozawa Kōjin, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
June 9
Taiwa Tsurusu-Ozurusawa, Miyagi
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
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
June 8
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
A bear about 1.5 m long was sighted in a grove in Kamiaiko, Aoba Ward, ate bait from a boar trap, and then left into the woods.
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 8
Sendai, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Akashishitaderamae, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 8
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 8
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in a grassland in Akashidai 6-chome, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
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
June 7
Sendai 住吉台, Miyagi
June 7
Sendai, Miyagi
June 7
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
June 7
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
June 7
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted at a park in Sumiyoshidai Nishi 4-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 住吉台, Miyagi
A bear was sighted on the grounds of a home in Kamiayashi Oriha, Aoba Ward, Sendai, and left toward a northern mountain forest. No one was injured.
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
June 6
Tomiya 西成田, Miyagi
June 5
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi
A bear was seen walking in a residential area in Akebono-cho, Aoba Ward.
Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Okura, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi
Twenty minutes later, there was also a bear sighting at Akebonocho Park, about 1 km to the southeast.
Sendai Hayamamachi, Miyagi
June 5
Taiwa Tsurusu-Yamada, Miyagi
A driver saw a bear in the residential area of Aramaki Chuo, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi
Around 7:00 PM on 2026-06-05, a bear was sighted in Takagido-den-ichi, Matsushima Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Kamiaiko Michiue, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai, Miyagi
June 4
Sendai 中山台, Miyagi
June 4
Sendai, Miyagi
Around 6:00 PM on June 4, a bear was sighted in Nakayamadai 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 中山台, Miyagi
A bear was sighted around 4:00 PM on June 4 in Izawa Akasaka, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai, Miyagi
June 3
Sendai, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Sumiyoshidai Higashi 3-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 住吉台, Miyagi
June 3
Sendai 西中山, Miyagi
June 3
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Akasaka 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai, Miyagi
A woman reported a bear in the bushes while walking in Nishinakayama 2-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai 西中山, Miyagi
June 2
Sendai Kawauchi-Sanjuninmachi, Miyagi
June 1st
Sendai 館, Miyagi
June 1st
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
June 1st
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
June 1st
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
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
A bear was sighted in Iwakiri Higashikawara, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
May 31
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
May 31
Sendai 北中山, Miyagi
May 31
Tomiya 三ノ関, Miyagi
May 31
Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Hayakawahigashi, Terutama, Matsushima Town.
Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi
May 31
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
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 person driving by spotted one bear in a bamboo grove in Kamiayashi, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
May 30
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
May 29
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
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
May 29
Sendai Nihondaira, Miyagi
May 28
Sendai Nikka, 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
May 27
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
May 27
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Negaori-Kirita, Matsushima town.
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
May 27
Osato Hanyu, Miyagi
May 27
Tomiya 穀田, Miyagi
May 27
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
May 27
Osato Nakamura, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
May 26
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai Kawauchi-Yamayashiki, Miyagi
Around 9:00 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted in Takayashiki, Tomiya, Miyagi, and was later captured.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
May 26
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
One bear was sighted on the Tohoku University Aobayama Campus on the morning of May 26.
Sendai Aramaki, Miyagi
A single bear was sighted on Route 31 in Yahata 5-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai, and it moved northward into the forest.
Sendai 八幡, Miyagi
May 25
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
May 25
Sendai Akiumachi-Sakaino, Miyagi
May 25
Osato Nakamura, Miyagi
May 25
Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi
May 25
Osato Kawauchi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Sakunami Yunohara, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Nikkawa, Miyagi
June 13
Sendai Sakunami, Miyagi
June 11
Sendai Sakunami, Miyagi
June 9
Sendai Okura, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Okura, Miyagi
May 28
Sendai Nikka, Miyagi
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In the past 30 days, 354 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 42 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 18 hours ago near Sendai 吉成, Miyagi.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 18:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 522 km route runs from Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park to Aoba Ward, Sendai, passing through Tokyo, Miyagi, Fukushima, Gunma, Saitama, and Tochigi. In the past 30 days, 354 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 42 of them. The latest sighting was reported 18 hours ago near Sendai 吉成, Miyagi. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
