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This 189 km route runs from Rifu to Yuzawa, passing through Miyagi, Akita, and Iwate. In the past 30 days, 209 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 50 of them. The latest sighting was reported 6 hours ago near Yokote Maego, Akita.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
2 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Miyagi, Akita, Iwate.
体長1m以上のクマ1頭が木の上に登っているのを目撃。その後クマは木を降りたが木の下は茂みだったため立ち去り方向不明。
Yokote Maego, Akita
Around 9:30 on June 15, a bear was sighted in Tsurusu Kitemi Osaki Shinnyama-shita, Taiwa Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Taiwa Tsurusu-Toya, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Mizukoshi, Inasecho, Kitakami City, around 5:15 a.m. on June 15.
Kitakami Inasecho, Iwate
One bear approximately 1 m in body length was observed in farmland. The bear then left toward the forested mountains to the south.
Yokote Maego, Akita
6月13日
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
One adult bear was seen moving north toward a residential area in Waga-cho Yokokawame 4-chome, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Wagacho-Iwasawa, Iwate
On 2026-06-12 around 09:35, a bear was sighted moving in Kamionikiyanagi 2-chiwari, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.
Kitakami Kamioniyanagi, Iwate
Around 12:00 on 2026-06-12, a bear was seen moving in Waga-cho Yokokawame 12-chiwari, Kitakami, Iwate.
Kitakami Wagacho-Yokokawame, Iwate
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
One bear about 1 meter long was seen walking north along a roadside in Ochiai Matsuzaka Akasaka, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, Miyagi
June 11
Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi
A bear was sighted moving in Waga-cho Iwasawa 10-chome, Kitakami.
Kitakami Wagacho-Iwasawa, Iwate
[Post] Sighted when getting out of the car
Yuzawa, Akita
Around 10:05 on 2026-06-11, one bear was sighted in Maesawa Ropponmatsu, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture.
Ōshū 衣川日向, Iwate
June 11
Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi
June 11
Kurihara 築館字沢入, Miyagi
June 11
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 11
Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi
Around 8:00 on 2026-06-11, a bear was sighted in Isawa Koyama Harakawa, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture.
Ōshū, Iwate
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
Around 15:30 on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Mizusawa Hidakanishi, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture.
Ōshū 水沢, Iwate
On 2026-06-10 around 14:50, a bear was sighted moving in Oniyanagicho Todori, Kitakami, Iwate.
Kitakami Oniyanagicho, Iwate
June 10
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
After 12:00, it was seen on the road in front of Bōchū Community Hall. Startled by the sound of a tractor, it ran off toward the mountain. Body length about 1 m. About 1 m from a private house.
Yuzawa, Akita
June 10
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
At around 09:15 on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Shiwahime Hachisugiurayama, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 志波姫台東, Miyagi
June 10
Kurihara 志波姫横峰浦, Miyagi
June 10
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 10
Kurihara 築館字内南沢, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tsukidate Takada 2-chome, Kurihara City, Miyagi.
Kurihara 築館字内南沢, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Sugaya-Kamihinokuchi, Rifu Town, around 4:10 a.m.
Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi
June 10
Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted moving in Fujisawa 15-chiwari, Kitakami City, around 04:07 on 2026-06-10.
Kitakami Ryutsu-center, Iwate
June 10
Kurihara, Miyagi
Around 9:30 on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Takashimizu Nakano-sawa, Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Semine Ōwanidani, Kurihara City.
Kurihara, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Mizusawa Ohatajikoji, Oshu City, around 10:05 on June 10.
Ōshū Mizusawa-Miyashitacho, Iwate
A bear was seen moving in Matsuokabochu, Yuzawa City.
Yuzawa, Akita
June 9
Osaki 岩出山, Miyagi
A nearby resident spotted one bear, about 60 cm long, in a wooded area in Tsukidate Kido area, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 志波姫南堀口, Miyagi
June 9
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 9
Kurihara 志波姫南堀口, Miyagi
June 9
Kurihara 金成沢辺, Miyagi
June 9
Taiwa Tsurusu-Ozurusawa, Miyagi
Posted: It was in the river under the bridge. Appeared to be an adult. It was large.
Yokote 十文字町佐賀会, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kanari Sawabe Maemonzawa, Kurihara City, on 2026-06-09.
Kurihara 金成沢辺, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Akashi Shimoinugazawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture, around 19:05 on 2026-06-08.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 8
Kurihara 志波姫南堀口, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Akashishitaderamae, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 8
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
A report was received of feces believed to be from an Asiatic black bear, and the scene was inspected. It was believed to be feces of an Asiatic black bear.
Yuzawa, Akita
Spotted two bears believed to be a parent and offspring.
Yokote, Akita
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 7
Kurihara 築館字下待井, Miyagi
Witnessed one bear believed to be the mother and two cubs; sizes unknown. Direction in which they left is unknown.
Yokote 睦成, Akita
A bear was sighted in Jonancho, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, around 14:35 on 2026-06-07.
Yokote Shirominami-machi, Akita
June 7
Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi
Around 13:30 on 2026-06-07, a bear was sighted in Ohira Heirin, Ohira Village, Miyagi Prefecture.
Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi
Moved through the rice fields and entered the grounds of a vacant house.
Yokote 十文字町腕越, Akita
A bear that had been missing since the morning was seen emerging from nearby woods. The bear moved toward the Chūō housing complex and the Jūmonji Nursery School area. Its whereabouts after that are unknown.
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
[Report] While working in the fields, an almost 1-meter-long young bear ran off toward Yamada Elementary School.
Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita
June 6
Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi
June 6
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in grassland in the Ohira Shionami area of Ohira Village.
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
While heading north from Okutsumi toward Yunozawa, a cub was in the middle of the road. Startled by the car, it ran into the thicket growing on the mountain slope.
Nishiwaga Yunosawa, Iwate
Crossed the road about 500 m before the Jūmonji Interchange tollbooth toward the Yokote side.
Yokote 十文字町, Akita
[Report] While traveling on the Tohoku-Chuo Expressway from Yokote toward Yuzawa, an adult bear crossed from the west to the east (toward National Route 13). (Posting may be delayed due to heavy traffic to the site.)
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
[Post] (No description of circumstances)
Yokote 十文字町十五野新田, Akita
Witnessed entering the brush (woods) on a highway embankment. Body length 70–80 cm.
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
While driving from the Nashinoki three-way junction toward Nishihara, I saw someone walking.
Yokote 十文字町西原二番町, Akita
A woman driving on National Route 13 in Nashi, Jūmonji-machi, Yokote City, spotted one bear crossing the road westward.
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
[Report] While thinning apple trees, a bear about 1 meter long ran toward the railroad (west) about 10 meters in front of me. It quickly crossed the tracks and disappeared.
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
Around 09:04 on 2026-06-06, a bear was sighted in Sanbongi Saida Magishi, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osaki 三本木斉田, Miyagi
A farmer working in an apple orchard spotted a single bear about 1 m in body length at a distance of roughly 20 m. The bear then went off toward the woods to the east.
Yokote Sotonome, Akita
June 6
Tomiya 西成田, Miyagi
At around 5:30 a.m. on June 6, one bear was passed by on Route 457 in Yoshioka Ishigamizawa, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi
In Yoshioka, Taiwa Town, a driver spotted one bear about 1 meter long moving south on Route 457.
Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi
A bear was sighted walking on a city road in Kamicho, Yokote City, around 4:45 p.m.
Yokote Kamiuchi-machi, Akita
Post: About 1 meter long, it headed toward the Mizuho Road direction.
Yokote Kamiuchi-machi, Akita
On 2026-06-05 around 16:30, one bear was seen moving in Yamada Yūgaoka, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture.
Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita
A bear approximately 60 cm in body length, appearing to have just finished climbing up a slope on the road in front of the dispensing pharmacy, was observed. When it made eye contact with the observer, it descended the slope and fled eastward into a rice field. The distance to the nearest house is about 200 meters.
Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita
June 5
Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi
At around 13:37 on 2026-06-05, one bear was seen moving in Shimooni 2-chiwari, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.
Kitakami, Iwate
A bear was sighted at Tsukidate Terukoshi Yamanokamimae in Kurihara City.
Kurihara 築館字荒田沢, Miyagi
June 5
Kurihara 築館字照越, Miyagi
June 5
Taiwa Tsurusu-Yamada, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Maesawa Ainosawa, Oshu City.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
June 4
Kurihara, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Isshō Yanagime Mochikurezawa, Kurihara City, Miyagi, around 18:50 on June 4.
Kurihara 一迫柳目, Miyagi
One bear about 1 meter in body length was sighted on the embankment of the Yokote River. The bear departed to the north.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
June 4
Kurihara, Miyagi
Around 7:40 on June 4, a bear was sighted in Tsukidate Ota Nakaota, Kurihara City.
Kurihara, Miyagi
June 4
Kurihara, Miyagi
Several children (multiple) on their way home from school sighted an animal believed to be a bear and reported it fled eastward. City officials patrolled the area but did not find it. Body length unknown.
Yokote 十文字町十五野新田, Akita
At around 8:00 on June 3, a bear was seen moving in Waga-cho Yokokawame 11-chome, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.
Kitakami Wagacho-Yokokawame, Iwate
June 3
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
One bear was seen moving in Aisari-cho Kami-sanjunincho, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Aisaricho, Iwate
[Report] Observed one Asiatic black bear (approx. 1.2 m in body length) walking along the riverbank. The bear crossed the river and then left into the brush to the north.
Yuzawa, Akita
【Post】
Yuzawa 字角間沢, Akita
A report was received of feces believed to be from an Asiatic black bear, and the scene was inspected. It was believed to be feces of an Asiatic black bear.
Yuzawa 字稲荷山, Akita
June 1st
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
June 1st
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
June 1st
Osaki 三本木秋田, Miyagi
June 1st
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
Sighted at the railroad crossing near Kurata Factory. It ran away toward Yuzawa Station, parallel to the tracks. About 10 meters from a house.
Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita
Two bears were sighted crossing a road in Koganehara, Yuzawa City, Akita.
Yuzawa 字黄金原, Akita
A bear was sighted in Sugasawa-shinjo Sunada, Yuzawa City, and was seen moving.
Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita
[Report] Appeared near the Shinjo railroad crossing in Yuzawa City, headed along the farm road toward Yuzawa Station, crossed the tracks, and entered the Ugo Transportation parking lot. The bear believed to be the adult female is about 1.0–1.1 m in height; the bear believed to be a cub is about 0.7–0.8 m in height.
Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita
[Report] Witnessed on the opposite side of the national highway from Yuzawa-kita police box. The witness was driving and passed by quickly, so the body length, number of bears, and movements are unknown. Estimated to be within 10 meters of a house.
Yuzawa 杉沢新所, Akita
One bear was sighted at Sugisawa Mori Michiue in Yuzawa City, Akita.
Yuzawa 字黄金原, Akita
June 1st
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
June 1st
Osaki 岩出山下野目, Miyagi
June 1st
Kurihara, Miyagi
Around 18:40 on 2026-06-01, a bear was sighted in Akashi Nitanme, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Iwakiri Higashikawara, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
[Report] When I drove home, it ran away from in front of my house toward the grassy area. It looked small, so it appeared to be a cub. It was dark, so I couldn’t take a photo.
Yokote Akasaka, Akita
May 31
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
May 31
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
May 31
Tomiya 三ノ関, Miyagi
A bear was sighted moving in Waga-cho Naganuma 13-chome, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Wagacho-Naganuma, Iwate
A bear about 60 cm long was sighted near the Yuzawa High School ski jump. The bear went into the mountain. Distance to the nearest houses is about 100 meters.
Yuzawa 字東松沢, Akita
When I drove by, it stuck only its face out of the snow-melting ditch, then quickly pulled back in. At first I thought it was a raccoon dog, but its face (head) was completely black, so I posted because it might be a bear cub.
Yuzawa, Akita
An animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Iwasaki Mori-ai, Yuzawa City.
Yuzawa, Akita
Two bears were sighted near the mountainside on the east side of the batting center. Their subsequent whereabouts are unknown. Distance to the nearest house: approximately 5 meters.
Yuzawa 杉沢新所, Akita
May 29
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
A surveillance camera at the Asakura water level observation station near Otorii Bridge captured one bear of unknown length moving downstream along the Yokote River.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
May 29
Ohira, Miyagi
May 29
Ohira, Miyagi
[Report] There were footprints in the field on the property of my home.
Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita
There were footprints in the garden on the property.
Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita
Around 9:00 on May 29, a bear was sighted in Akinagicho, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture.
Yokote Myoei-cho, Akita
May 28
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
Two bears (a parent and a cub) were sighted on a city road near 10 Narusawa, Narusawa, Yuzawa City. The bears fled toward the mountain to the southeast. The adult measured 1.0 m in body length; the cub measured 0.6 m. The sighting occurred about 10 m from a residential area.
Yuzawa 成沢, Akita
May 27
Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi
A cub about 50 cm long was sighted. It is unknown whether an adult bear was nearby. The bear moved toward a nearby river.
Yokote 山内土渕, Akita
May 27
Tomiya 穀田, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Yamanouchi-Hirasawaa Iwanome, Yokote City, Akita, around 14:40 on May 27, and it was seen moving.
Yokote 山内土渕, Akita
A bear was sighted in Maesawa Jinja, Oshu City.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
[Report] Two bears in front of a house's garage
Yuzawa 岩崎, Akita
May 26
Kurihara 築館字左野原, Miyagi
Around 11:10 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted at Takenoshita-mae, Tsukidate-Yazawa, Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Kurihara, Miyagi
May 26
Kurihara 築館字下待井, Miyagi
A bear emerged from the brush on the right but quickly became out of sight.
Yuzawa 成沢, Akita
Around 08:40 on May 26, a bear was sighted in Narusawa, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Yuzawa 成沢, Akita
Around 9:00 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted in Takayashiki, Tomiya, Miyagi, and was later captured.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
In the afternoon of 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted in Waga-cho Yamaguchi 46-chiwari, Kitakami, Iwate, and was seen moving.
Kitakami Wagacho-Yamaguchi, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Iwasaki Chitose, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, around 8:00 PM on 2026-05-26.
Yuzawa 岩崎, Akita
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
May 24
Kurihara, Miyagi
May 24
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
May 24
Kurihara, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Yatsumatazawa, Tsukidate Shimomiyano, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 築館, Miyagi
May 24
Kurihara 築館, Miyagi
May 23
Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi
May 23
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
May 23
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Furukawa Osaki Nyo Kodate, Ōsaki City.
Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi
May 22
Sendai Matsumori, Miyagi
May 22
Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi
May 21
Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi
May 21
Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi
Around 11:40 on May 21, a bear was sighted at Furukawa Shimizu Narita Omotemae in Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi
May 21
Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Iwakiri-Higashikawara, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
At around 18:10 on May 20, a bear about 1 m long was sighted on the riverbank near Iwakiri Ohashi on the Nanakita River in Iwakiri, Miyagino Ward, Sendai; within about 20 minutes there were three reports extending to the Imaichi Bridge area. After hunters set off firecrackers after 20:00, the bear emerged from a thicket and moved westward; no further sightings or damages have been confirmed.
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
May 20
Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Furukawa Osaki Odachi, Ōsaki City, Miyagi, around 14:20 on May 20, 2026.
Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi
At around 10:25 on May 20, 2026, a woman in her 70s encountered a bear about 1 meter long in a bamboo grove behind her home in Furukawa Shinhori, Osaki City, Miyagi. She waved a saw she was carrying and drove the bear off but fell and suffered a fractured bone in her lower back; the bear fled west.
Osaki 古川新堀, Miyagi
On May 20 in Nishiwaga Town, Iwate Prefecture, Tatsurou Nakajima (85), who had gone out to pick warabi, was found dead near the bank of the Sawairi River with scratch-like wounds; it is believed he was likely attacked by a nearby bear. His family found him and hunters who arrived on the scene drove the bear away.
Nishiwaga Owatari, Iwate
On May 20 an 85-year-old man who had gone to pick wild plants was found dead in a stream near his home. The body had injuries to the head and torso, and firefighters spotted one bear at the scene and on the home's grounds, so police believe he was likely attacked by a bear and are investigating.
Nishiwaga Kawashiri, Iwate
An elderly man believed to be an 85-year-old who had gone out to gather wild vegetables was found dead in a stream in Kotonasezawa (Kotsunagisawa), Nishiwaga Town, Iwate Prefecture on the morning of May 20. The body showed severe injuries, including scratches and torn clothing on the head and upper body, and a single bear was spotted near the scene, so police suspect a bear attack and are investigating.
Nishiwaga Kotsunagizawa, Iwate
Early on the morning of May 20, 2026, one bear was sighted on the riverbed in Iwakiri, Miyagino Ward, Sendai. A nearby elementary school conducted group dismissal and police are on alert.
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
May 20
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
May 20
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
May 20
Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi
May 20
Osaki 古川新堀, Miyagi
May 20
Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi
May 20
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
On May 20, a severely damaged male body was found in a mountain stream in Kosengisawa, Nishiwaga Town, Iwate Prefecture. Fire officials said a bear was spotted nearby and the person may have been attacked.
Nishiwaga Kotsunagizawa, Iwate
A bear appeared in Furukawa, Ōsaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, and the city carried out its first emergency shooting to cull the animal.
Osaki 古川, Miyagi
A body was found in a mountain forest in Nishiwaga Town, Iwate Prefecture, and it has been reported that the person may have been attacked by a bear.
Nishiwaga Kawashiri, Iwate
May 19
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
On the morning of May 19, 2026, one male bear was spotted in a grove near Furukawa Shinden, Osaki City. The city authorized emergency gun hunting for public safety and the bear was killed around 11:00 a.m. The bear was about 1.1 m long, weighed approximately 45 kg, was estimated to be four years old, and is believed to have wandered in via a nearby river.
Osaki 古川新田, Miyagi
May 19
Osaki 古川斎下, Miyagi
May 19
Osaki 古川新田, Miyagi
May 19
Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi
May 19
Osaki 古川楡木, Miyagi
May 19
Kami 上狼塚, Miyagi
May 18
Tomiya 大亀, Miyagi
Observed one young bear entering the brush from the road.
Ōshū 衣川日向, Iwate
May 18
Taiwa Ryutsudaira, Miyagi
May 18
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
May 18
Osaki 三本木斉田, Miyagi
One Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma) was sighted near YUZAWA Clean Center Co., Ltd., and the police were notified. The bear ran off to the east. Police are patrolling the area. The sighting location was about 300 m from residences; the bear’s body length was 1.0 m.
Yuzawa 下関, Akita
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
5月18日
Tomiya 大亀, 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
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
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In the past 30 days, 209 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 50 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 6 hours ago near Yokote Maego, Akita.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 9:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 189 km route runs from Rifu to Yuzawa, passing through Miyagi, Akita, and Iwate. In the past 30 days, 209 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 50 of them. The latest sighting was reported 6 hours ago near Yokote Maego, Akita. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
