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This 57 km route runs from Kotodai Park to Mount Zaō, passing through Miyagi and Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 84 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 18 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
3 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Miyagi, Yamagata.
A bear was sighted in Kawauchi Kawamaechō, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Yazutsu, Zao Town, Miyagi Prefecture, around 8:30 PM on June 14.
Zao 大字矢附, 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
One bear about 1 m long was sighted walking east along the riverbank in Takadate Kumano-do Nakagawa, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
6月12日
Zao 遠刈田温泉栄町, Miyagi
6月11日
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
6月11日
Zao, Miyagi
June 11
Zao 遠刈田温泉旭町, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Osumisaka, Togattaonsen, Zao Town.
Zao, Miyagi
June 10
Zao 遠刈田温泉旭町, 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
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
June 7
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Ennda Takaki, Zaō Town, Miyagi, around 1:00 PM on June 7.
Zao 大字平沢, 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
A bear was sighted in Sugōdate, Murata Town, Miyagi Prefecture, around 00:15 on June 5.
Murata 大字菅生, 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
June 2
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 1
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
A bear about 50 cm long was sighted in the grounds of a private home in Zaō, Kaminoyama City.
Kaminoyama 蔵王, Yamagata
June 1st
Kawasaki, Miyagi
May 31
Kawasaki Hasekura, Miyagi
May 30
Zao 大字円田, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kozumazaka, Togatta Onsen, Zaō Town.
Zao, Miyagi
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
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
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
A bear was sighted in Adachi Yōjiki, Murata Town, Miyagi, on 2026-05-28.
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
May 27
Kawasaki Ono, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
May 26
Zao 遠刈田温泉旭町, 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 25
Zao 大字塩沢, Miyagi
May 24
Kawasaki Maekawa, Miyagi
May 21
Natori, Miyagi
May 21
Zao 大字円田, Miyagi
May 21
Sendai Kadan, Miyagi
May 20
Natori, Miyagi
Near the brush above the forest park, it was crossing the gravel path.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
May 20
Natori, Miyagi
May 20
Natori, Miyagi
May 20
Natori, Miyagi
May 20
Natori, 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 19
Natori, Miyagi
May 18
Natori Medeshimashiote, Miyagi
May 18
Zao 大字円田, Miyagi
May 18
Zao 遠刈田温泉旭町, Miyagi
May 18
Kawasaki Hasekura, Miyagi
May 17
Natori Medeshimashiote, Miyagi
May 17
Zao, Miyagi
May 17
Sendai Moniwa, 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
May 17
Kawasaki Maekawa, Miyagi
Peak activity at 11:00 with 7 incidents
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In the past 30 days, 84 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 18 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 11:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 57 km route runs from Kotodai Park to Mount Zaō, passing through Miyagi and Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 84 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 18 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
