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This 165 km route runs from Kotodai Park to Sakata, passing through Miyagi and Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 142 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 18 of them. The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Yamagata Aono, Yamagata.
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 Miyagi, Yamagata.
One bear was sighted in Aono, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Aono, Yamagata
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
A bear about 1 meter long was seen in a rice paddy beside a prefectural road in Maekawa, Kawasaki Town, Miyagi, then crossed the road and left toward the mountains.
Kawasaki, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in the same district of Maekawa, Kawasaki Town, Miyagi, around 10:00.
Kawasaki, Miyagi
July 3
Sendai Nihondaira, 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 3
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
July 2
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
July 2
Kawasaki, 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
July 1
Kawasaki, Miyagi
July 1
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
July 1
Sendai Moniwa, 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
Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi
One bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Oritate 6-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi
June 30
Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi
June 29, 2026
Sendai Mukaida, 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 Tosaka, Yamagata City, around 08:30 on June 29.
Yamagata Tsuchizaka, Yamagata
A bear-like animal of unknown body length was sighted near the gazebo on Kumomi Hill. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: Yuso Hill / Size: Unknown
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
A bear-like animal was sighted at Yuso-no-oka park in Kamisakurada, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
One bear (approximately 80 cm) was sighted entering the southwest mountain near the baseball field of Tsuruoka National College of Technology. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: forest / Size: juvenile
Tsuruoka 井岡, Yamagata
At around 15:58 on June 26, a bear was sighted in Ioka, Tsuruoka City.
Tsuruoka 井岡, Yamagata
June 25, 2026
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
While driving toward Yamagata city, I observed one bear crossing the road eastward (toward the mountains). Estimated body length about 1 m. / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Nakasakurada, Yamagata
June 25, 2026
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Nishikawa, Yamagata
June 24
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
In Tamugimata, Tsuruoka, a 41-year-old man picking Gassan bamboo shoots was bitten in the waist by a bear and injured.
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
At about 8:30 a.m., in the mountains about 1 km east of Yudonosan Ski Area, a man picking bamboo shoots sighted an adult bear with a cub and was attacked and injured by the cub (approximately 1.0 m in size). / Environment: forest / Size: adult and cub
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
Around 6:30 on 2026-06-24, a bear was sighted in Shimo-Higashiyama, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yamagata Shimo-Higashiyama, Yamagata
June 24, 2026
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
A middle school student saw a bear in bushes in Yoshinari 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 吉成, Miyagi
June 23
Sendai 吉成, Miyagi
One bear (1 m) entered the bushes on the south side of Kamo Community Center. / Environment: near houses / Size: adult
Tsuruoka 加茂, Yamagata
One bear sighted while walking / Environment: forest / Size: adult
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
One bear was sighted on the north side of Yuso no Oka in Kamisakurada, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
June 23, 2026
Sendai 吉成, 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
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
Kawasaki, 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
June 19
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Midoridai 2-chome, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
June 19
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
Environment: Roadside slope / Size: Unknown
Yamagata Hachimori, Yamagata
June 19
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Kamigawara, Sagae City.
Sagae 字上河原, Yamagata
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
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Sagae 字上河原, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Sagae 字上河原, Yamagata
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 19, 2026
Natori Takadate-yoshida, 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
At around 14:00, one bear (approximately 1.5 m in body length) was sighted on the road about 400 m southeast of Yutagawa Community Center. It moved westward and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: near houses / Size: adult
Tsuruoka 藤沢, Yamagata
Environment: Near residences / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata
Environment: Near human habitation / Size: Adult
Sagae 緑町, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Sagae 緑町, Yamagata
Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字西根, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata
Environment: Near residences / Size: Adult
Sagae 緑町, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Sagae 緑町, Yamagata
Environment: Near human habitation / Size: Adult
Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata
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
One bear, estimated at about 1.5 meters long, was sighted in Fujisawa, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Tsuruoka 藤沢, Yamagata
About 1 m in body length. Possibly the same bear that was sighted in the Tenjindo neighborhood association in the evening. / Environment: Around human residences / Size: Adult
Mikawa 大字押切新田, Yamagata
Spotted one bear on the roadway while walking / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Iwanami, Yamagata
Environment: riverbank / Size: adult (fully grown)
Mikawa 大字神花, Yamagata
June 17
Kawasaki Imashuku, Miyagi
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Mikawa 大字猪子, Yamagata
June 17
Kawasaki, Miyagi
One bear, about 1 meter long, was sighted in Iwashinden, Tsuruoka City, and crossed the Nipponkai Tohoku Expressway.
Tsuruoka 茨新田, Yamagata
Around 16:15, while driving on the Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway from Sakata toward Tsuruoka, one bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) was observed crossing from west to east. Subsequent whereabouts unknown. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 茨新田, Yamagata
June 17
Kawasaki Kawauchi, Miyagi
While traveling on National Route 345, one bear (approximately 1.2 m in body length) was sighted near Aikōen (Aikoen) of Tsuruoka City. The bear then moved toward the park behind Aikōen. / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 岡山, Yamagata
June 17
Kawasaki, Miyagi
A bear was also sighted in Kamibana, Mikawa Town.
Mikawa 大字神花, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult (full-grown)
Nishikawa, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Juvenile
Nishikawa 大字沼山, Yamagata
June 16
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi
June 15
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
A bear about 1 m in body length was seen moving east along a forest road. It was not located afterward. / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
A bear about 1 m in body length was sighted moving south along the trail. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: forest / Size: adult
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
Time of incident: estimated / Environment: forest / Size: adult
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
In a mountain area of Tamugimata, Tsuruoka City, a 39-year-old man was attacked by one bear while gathering bamboo shoots and suffered injuries to his left arm. He used bear spray and drove the bear away.
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
June 15
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 15
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 15
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
Spotted a bear about 1 m in length on farmland / Environment: farmland / Size: adult
Yamagata Komoishi, Yamagata
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
An animal resembling a bear was sighted in farmland in the Shimo-Higashiyama area of Yamagata City.
Yamagata Shimo-Higashiyama, Yamagata
June 13
Kawasaki Kawauchi, Miyagi
June 13
Kawasaki Kawauchi, 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
An animal resembling a bear crossed the road. / Environment: Near residential area / Size: Unknown
Yamanobe 大字北垣, Yamagata
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
Moved from the northern mountain, crossed farmland, and entered the southern mountain / Environment: farmland / Size: adult
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
A bear about 50 cm to 1 m entered the mountains southeast from the parking lot. / Environment: Near houses / Size: Unknown
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
June 12
Kawasaki Maekawa, Miyagi
June 12
Kawasaki, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Iwanami, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Iwanami, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in a parking lot in Hirashimizu, Yamagata City, around 3:50 PM.
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
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
Observed one bear-like animal in the roadside drainage ditch. It ran east. / Environment: road / Size: unknown
Yamagata Jumonji, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Sakata 黒森, Yamagata
June 10
Kawasaki Hasekura, Miyagi
Size: unknown
Nishikawa, Yamagata
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 9
Sendai Kawauchi-Oimawashi, Miyagi
June 9
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
At Daibara Forest Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai, a passerby called 110 to report a bear.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, 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
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In the past 30 days, 142 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 18 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Yamagata Aono, Yamagata.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 18:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 165 km route runs from Kotodai Park to Sakata, passing through Miyagi and Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 142 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 18 of them. The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Yamagata Aono, Yamagata. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
