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This 35 km route runs from Taiwa to Natori within Miyagi. In the past 30 days, 115 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 25 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.
A bear was sighted in Kawauchi Kawamaechō, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi
6月13日
Tomiya 明石, 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
Taiwa Yoshida, Miyagi
6月12日
Taiwa Yoshida, Miyagi
Around 22:15 on June 11, one bear was sighted in Kamisakuragi 2-chome, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 11
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
6月11日
Sendai Matsumori, 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
June 11
Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi
June 11
Taiwa, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Miyakodo-Nagakura, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa, Miyagi
June 11
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 11
Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Oshimizu 1-chome, Tomiya, Miyagi, around 12:40 on 2026-06-11.
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Ono Goto, Taiwa Town, Miyagi, around 9:30 a.m. on 2026-06-11.
Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi
June 10
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 10
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
June 10
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
June 10
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 9
Sendai Kawauchi-Oimawashi, Miyagi
June 9
Tomiya 明石, 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
A bear was sighted in Akashi Shimoinugazawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture, around 19:05 on 2026-06-08.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Akashishitaderamae, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 8
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 8
Taiwa, Miyagi
6月8日
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in a grassland in Akashidai 6-chome, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in a wooded area adjacent to Aeon Mall Tomiya in Oshimizu 1-chome, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 7
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 6
Tomiya 西成田, 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
June 4
Taiwa, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tomita-Uenonaka, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, in the early morning.
Sendai Tomita, Miyagi
June 3
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
June 2
Sendai Kawauchi-Sanjuninmachi, Miyagi
June 1
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
June 1st
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
June 1st
Taiwa Yoshida, Miyagi
June 1st
Sendai 紫山, Miyagi
Around 18:40 on 2026-06-01, a bear was sighted in Akashi Nitanme, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
May 31
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
May 31
Tomiya 三ノ関, Miyagi
May 30
Sendai Chomeigaoka-higashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Chomeigaoka 2-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City, around 23:15 on May 30.
Sendai Chomeigaoka-higashi, Miyagi
May 30
Taiwa Yoshida, Miyagi
May 29
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
May 29
Tomiya 石積, 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 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 28
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Asahi 1-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi
Around 05:30 on 2026-05-28, a bear was sighted at Hokuzawa-Miyakodoyama in Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Hozawa, Miyagi
May 27
Tomiya 穀田, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai Kawauchi-Yamayashiki, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai Fukuoka, Miyagi
Around 9:00 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted in Takayashiki, Tomiya, Miyagi, and was later captured.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
Around 05:00 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted in Fukuoka-Morishita, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Fukuoka, 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
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
On the night of 2026-05-25, one bear was sighted on a city road in Narita 8-chome, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kamiyagari 2-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Izumichuo-minami, Miyagi
May 24
Sendai Izumichuo-minami, Miyagi
May 24
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
May 23
Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi
May 22
Sendai Mizuhodai, Miyagi
May 22
Sendai Matsumori, Miyagi
May 21
Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi
May 21
Natori, Miyagi
May 21
Sendai Ogaku, 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
May 20
Taiwa Ono, 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
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
May 19
Natori, Miyagi
On May 18, 2026 at around 20:00 in Sakuragaoka 6-chome, Aoba-ku, Sendai, a passerby reported a black animal about 1 meter long (uncertain if it was a bear) on private property, but residents could not confirm it. At around 22:15 the same day, a bear was reported moving south on a road in Nakayamadai 1-chome and then left for nearby woods. A bear was also sighted at Sakuragaoka Elementary School on the 14th.
Sendai Nishikatsuyama, Miyagi
May 18
Natori Medeshimashiote, Miyagi
May 18
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
At around 06:10 on the 18th, a man driving on a municipal road in Takayashiki, Tomiya City, spotted a bear about 1.5 m long and called the police. The bear ran up the west slope toward the mountain; the previous evening (17th) two other bears (about 1.5 m and 1 m) were reported about 1 km to the west in Yamatocho Morinooka 3-chome.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
At around 06:10 on the 18th, a 1.5-meter bear was seen walking on a slope near the Costco Wholesale Tomiya warehouse in Takayashiki, Tomiya City, by a man in a car; at about 10:00 the same day two more bears were spotted in a rice field about 1 km south of that location. There were no injuries reported, and Miyagi Prefecture announced it will continue the 'bear sighting alert' until June 18 due to the surge in sightings.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
May 18
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
May 17
Taiwa 杜の丘, Miyagi
At around 18:20 on May 17, 2026, a resident reported seeing two bears (approximately 1.5 meters and 1 meter long) walking in a rice paddy in Mori-no-oka 3-chome, Taiwa Town, Miyagi Prefecture, and called emergency services.
Taiwa 杜の丘, Miyagi
May 17
Natori Medeshimashiote, Miyagi
May 17
Tomiya 富谷, 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
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In the past 30 days, 115 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 25 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 6:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 35 km route runs from Taiwa to Natori within Miyagi. In the past 30 days, 115 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 25 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.
