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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, 172 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 25 of them. The latest sighting was reported 19 hours ago near Nasu 北沢, Tochigi.
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.
Nasu 北沢, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Kamiaiko Miyashita, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted around 2:00 a.m. in Niji-no-oka 4-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Kamiyagari, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Takabayashi, Nasu-Shiobara, Tochigi, around 17:00 on 2026-08-04.
Nasushiobara 高林, Tochigi
A bear about 1 meter long crossed the road and moved toward the Hirose River.
Sendai Ayashi-chuo 2-chome, 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
August 2
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Kozukehira, Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Shiroishi 越河平, Miyagi
August 2
Shiroishi 越河平, 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
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
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
Around 8:20 PM on July 26, a bear-like animal was sighted in Hirai, Hinode Town, Tokyo.
Tokyo Hirai, Tokyo
Nasushiobara 千本松, Tochigi
July 25
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
One bear approximately 1.5 meters in length was sighted.
Koriyama 逢瀬町河内, Fukushima
One bear was captured in Haramachi, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
July 25
Shiroishi 越河平, Miyagi
July 24
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, 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
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
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Haramachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai, and captured on a camera installed on the riverbank.
Sendai Okaji, Miyagi
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the roadway.
Otama, Fukushima
A driver saw what appeared to be a bear about 1 meter long crossing a city road in Haramachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Okaji, 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
Akiruno Sannai, Tokyo
Sano 田之入町, Tochigi
July 21
Shiroishi 福岡長袋, Miyagi
July 20
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi
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
Koriyama, Fukushima
Koriyama, Fukushima
July 19
Sendai, 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
Sano 富士町, Tochigi
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
In Fukuoka Kuramoto, Shiroishi City, an elderly-home employee saw one bear about 1 meter long in a rice paddy.
Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi
July 17
Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi
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
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Fukushima, Fukushima
July 15
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
July 14
Kawasaki, Miyagi
July 14
Kawasaki, Miyagi
Around 6:10 PM on 2026-07-14, a bear was sighted in Nishi-Iwasaki, Nasushiobara City.
Nasushiobara 西岩崎, Tochigi
July 14
Natori, 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
July 11
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted along the Umeda River in Haramachi 3-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
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
Around 16:20 on 2026-07-10, a bear was sighted in Fukurokumoto Yokomukai, Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi
July 10
Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi
Two bears were sighted in Futabagaoka 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Fujimatsu, Miyagi
July 9
Sendai Fujimatsu, Miyagi
August 2
Matsushima Hataya, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kawauchi, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, around 11:35 PM on 2026-07-31.
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
July 27
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
July 27
Osato Nakamura, Miyagi
July 27
Rifu Morigo, 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 Morigo Uchino-me Kita, Rifu Town.
Rifu Morigo, Miyagi
July 25
Rifu, Miyagi
One bear was captured in Haramachi, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted around 19:00 on July 25 at Kawanai Nakazubayama in Daigo Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osato Kawauchi, 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 about 1 meter long was sighted in Haramachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai, and captured on a camera installed on the riverbank.
Sendai Okaji, Miyagi
A driver saw what appeared to be a bear about 1 meter long crossing a city road in Haramachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Okaji, Miyagi
One bear was sighted inside a residential property in Hatayabaragasawa, Matsushima Town, Miyagi.
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
July 21
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Gamo 4-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Gamo, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in the yard of a house in Hataya, Matsushima Town.
Matsushima Hataya, Miyagi
July 20
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi
July 18
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Nekori Maesawa, Matsushima Town.
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
July 17
Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi
July 15
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
July 14
Natori, Miyagi
July 13
Higashimatsushima Jogetsutsumi, Miyagi
July 11
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted along the Umeda River in Haramachi 3-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kamiaiko Miyashita, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted around 2:00 a.m. in Niji-no-oka 4-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Kamiyagari, Miyagi
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
A bear about 1 meter long crossed the road and moved toward the Hirose River.
Sendai Ayashi-chuo 2-chome, Miyagi
August 2
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
August 2
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Chomeigaoka 1-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Chomeigaoka-higashi, Miyagi
August 2
Matsushima Hataya, Miyagi
August 2
Sendai 北中山, Miyagi
August 2
Sendai Chomeigaoka-higashi, Miyagi
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
Sendai Sakunami, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Sakanami Nagahara, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi on August 1 around 7:30 PM.
Sendai Sakunami, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kawauchi, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, around 11:35 PM on 2026-07-31.
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
Around 13:20 on 2026-07-30, one bear was sighted in Tomiya Karatakezawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
July 27
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
July 27
Osato Nakamura, Miyagi
July 27
Sendai Sanezawa, Miyagi
July 27
Sendai Sanezawa, Miyagi
July 27
Rifu Morigo, 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
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
A bear was sighted in Morigo Uchino-me Kita, Rifu Town.
Rifu Morigo, Miyagi
July 25
Rifu, Miyagi
July 25
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted around 19:00 on July 25 at Kawanai Nakazubayama in Daigo Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osato Kawauchi, Miyagi
July 24
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
July 24
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tomiya Ochiai, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
July 23
Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi
Around 19:50 on 2026-07-23, a driver saw one bear about 1 meter long walking on the road on National Route 457 in Kami-aiko Oriteba, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
July 23
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
July 23
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
July 23
Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi
July 23
Sendai, Miyagi
July 23
Sendai Akiumachi-Sakaino, Miyagi
July 23
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Miyakodo Yotsutsuji in Taiwa Town around 5:30 a.m.
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
Around 3:20 PM on 2026-07-23, a bear was sighted in Takayashiki, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
A 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
July 21
Sendai, Miyagi
At around 5:00 PM on July 21, a bear was sighted in Imazawa Kushichika, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai, Miyagi
July 21
Sendai Okura, Miyagi
Around 2:30 PM on 2026-07-21, a bear was sighted in Okurairoha, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Sendai Okura, 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
One bear was sighted inside a residential property in Hatayabaragasawa, Matsushima Town, Miyagi.
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
July 21
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
July 21
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in the yard of a house in Hataya, Matsushima Town.
Matsushima Hataya, Miyagi
July 20
Sendai, Miyagi
July 20
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi
July 20
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
July 19
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Morinohashi 2-chome, Tomiya City, around 11:13 on July 19.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
July 18
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
July 18
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Nekori Maesawa, Matsushima Town.
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Ichinoseki-nezumiyama, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 一ノ関, 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
July 17
Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 17
Sendai Okura, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Miyadoko Yotsuji, Yamato Town, Miyagi.
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 16
Sendai, Miyagi
July 16
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
July 16
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
July 16
Taiwa Ono, 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
July 15
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 15
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 15
Taiwa 杜の丘, Miyagi
July 15
Taiwa Technohills, Miyagi
July 14
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
Bear sighting reported at Kamiyakari Kumanoshitashita, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Nomura, Miyagi
July 14
Sendai Nomura, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kami-Aiko Hashimoto, Aoba Ward, Sendai City on 2026-07-14.
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
July 13
Higashimatsushima Jogetsutsumi, Miyagi
July 13
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kami-Aiko Kami-Shida, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, around 06:40 on July 13.
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
A bear sighting was reported in Miyakoji Shimoshoji, Taiwa Town, around 05:50.
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 13
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 12
Sendai Okura, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Okura Saino-gami, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Sendai Okura, Miyagi
July 12
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kamiayashi Oriha, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, around 10:00 on July 12.
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Imozawa Akasaka, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai, Miyagi
July 10
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
July 10
Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi
Two bears were sighted in Futabagaoka 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Fujimatsu, Miyagi
July 9
Sendai Fujimatsu, Miyagi
August 1
Sendai Sakunami, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Sakanami Nagahara, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi on August 1 around 7:30 PM.
Sendai Sakunami, Miyagi
July 21
Sendai Okura, Miyagi
Around 2:30 PM on 2026-07-21, a bear was sighted in Okurairoha, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Sendai Okura, Miyagi
July 12
Sendai Okura, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Okura Saino-gami, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Sendai Okura, Miyagi
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In the past 30 days, 172 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 25 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 19 hours ago near Nasu 北沢, Tochigi.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 16:00. 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, 172 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 25 of them. The latest sighting was reported 19 hours ago near Nasu 北沢, Tochigi. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
