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This 3.7 km route runs from Kotodai Park to Sendai Castle within Miyagi. In the past 30 days, 45 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 9 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Sendai Kawauchi-Oimawashi, Miyagi.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
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
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
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
June 4
Sendai Tomita, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tomita-Uenonaka, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, in the early morning.
Sendai Tomita, Miyagi
June 2
Sendai Kawauchi-Sanjuninmachi, 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 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 26
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai Kawauchi-Yamayashiki, 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 23
Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi
Around 6:30 AM on 2026-05-23, a bear was sighted in Goryo Kuzuoka, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi
May 21
Sendai Kadan, Miyagi
Near the brush above the forest park, it was crossing the gravel path.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
On May 20, 2026 at around 05:50, a woman walking in Taihaku Forest Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai, reported seeing a bear walking south to north. There were no injuries; Sendai North Police said a single bear about 1 meter long was seen near the rock garden by the HOKUSHU Science Museum. Officers patrolled but could not confirm it. A bear had also been sighted about 1.5 km south on the 14th, and police cannot tell if it is the same individual.
Sendai Kitane-Kuromatsu, Miyagi
At around 05:50 on the 20th, one adult bear was sighted walking from south to north near the science museum in Taihaku Forest Park, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
On May 20, 2026, Sendai City reported a bear sighting in Taihara Forest Park in Aoba Ward and has temporarily banned passage on most of the park, including paths without street lighting.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
May 17
Sendai 八幡, Miyagi
Around 04:30 on May 17, 2026, a female newspaper delivery worker spotted a bear about 50 cm long in shrubbery among houses in Yawata 5-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai. The bear left the scene; police patrolled the area but did not find it. The sighting location is about 300 meters in a straight line from Osaki Hachiman Shrine.
Sendai 八幡, Miyagi
Around 00:00 on May 15, a man driving on a city road in Masue, Miyagino Ward, Sendai, reported seeing a black mass that turned out to be a bear. The bear was a single animal about 1.5 m long, left toward the forest to the east, and there were no injuries; it may be the same individual seen the previous afternoon at Tohoku High School Komatsushima campus, and the city set box traps but had not captured it.
Sendai Masue, Miyagi
Around 00:00 on May 15, 2026, a man driving in Masue, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, called 110 after approaching a dark mass and discovering it was a bear. According to the Sendai East Police, a single bear about 1.5 meters long left toward woods to the north and east; there were no injuries.
Sendai Masue, Miyagi
May 14
Sendai Masue, Miyagi
Around 13:00 on May 14, 2026, a student spotted a bear about 50 meters away in the grove on the grounds of Tohoku High School in Komatsushima, Aoba-ku, Sendai. The school ordered a mass dismissal, and police warned that bears had also appeared in the area on May 11.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
Around 13:00 on the 14th, a staff member at Tohoku High School in Komatsushima 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai, reported a bear in a grove on the school grounds to emergency services. The city and Sendai North Police are responding, believing the bear remains in the grove, and have urged caution at nearby schools and the university.
Sendai Komatsu-Shintsutsumi, Miyagi
May 13
Sendai Aramaki, Miyagi
Around 2:00 a.m. on the 13th, two bears were sighted in front of Tohoku University Aobayama Campus in Aramaki Aoba, Aoba Ward, Sendai. A student reported it to the university, which notified the police in the afternoon; there were no injuries.
Sendai Aramaki, Miyagi
Around 02:00 on the 13th, a Tohoku University student in Aramaki Aoba, Aoba Ward, Sendai, called 110 reporting a cub and an adult bear in the bushes; the two bears fled into the bushes. The Sendai Central Police Station has urged caution in the area.
Sendai Aramaki, Miyagi
At around 20:35 on the 12th, a driver spotted one bear crossing a road from east to west near a pond in Taihaku 2-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai. The bear left the area; there are childcare facilities and houses nearby, and police are patrolling and standing by.
Sendai Hagigaoka, Miyagi
May 12
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi
Peak activity at 5:00 with 4 incidents
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In the past 30 days, 45 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 9 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Sendai Kawauchi-Oimawashi, Miyagi.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 5:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 3.7 km route runs from Kotodai Park to Sendai Castle within Miyagi. In the past 30 days, 45 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 9 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Sendai Kawauchi-Oimawashi, Miyagi. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
