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This 124 km route runs from Kotodai Park to Kesennuma within Miyagi. In the past 30 days, 74 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 17 of them. The latest sighting was reported 2 days 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.
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
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
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
A person reported seeing one bear enter a company premises in Saiwaicho 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai; police patrolled the area but could not confirm it.
Sendai Ninomori, Miyagi
July 2
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
July 2
Sendai Matsuokacho, 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
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
June 30
Minami-Sanriku Tokura, Miyagi
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
June 25
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
June 25, 2026
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
June 24
Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi
June 24
Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi
Around 04:15 on 2026-06-23, a bear was sighted in Hasemachi Mori, Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tome 迫町森, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
June 22
Sendai 国見, 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
Tome 迫町森, Miyagi
June 11
Sendai Matsumori, 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
At Daibara Forest Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai, a passerby called 110 to report a bear.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, 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
Peak activity at 18:00 with 10 incidents
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In the past 30 days, 74 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 17 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 2 days 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 124 km route runs from Kotodai Park to Kesennuma within Miyagi. In the past 30 days, 74 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 17 of them. The latest sighting was reported 2 days 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.
