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This 189 km route runs from Rifu to Yuzawa, passing through Miyagi, Akita, and Iwate. In the past 30 days, 199 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 22 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Ōshū 江刺稲瀬, Iwate.
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.
A bear was sighted in Seyako, Esashi-Inase, Osaki City around 8:30 a.m. on July 30.
Ōshū 江刺稲瀬, Iwate
Around 13:20 on 2026-07-30, one bear was sighted in Tomiya Karatakezawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
At around 7:00 PM on July 29, one bear was sighted in Keshozaka, Isawa Minami-Toda, Oshu City.
Ōshū, Iwate
One bear was sighted in Mizusawa-Sakura River Miyanochi, Ōshū City.
Ōshū, Iwate
July 28
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
July 28
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tsukidate Shimmiyano Uronosawa, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 築館字下宮野, Miyagi
July 28
Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi
A bear was sighted around 8:10 a.m. on July 28 in Yoshida Higashi Gofukuin, Yamato Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Waga-cho Fujine 1-chiwari, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Wagacho-Goto, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Waga-cho Naganuma 3-chiwari, Kitakami, Iwate on 2026-07-28.
Kitakami Wagacho-Naganuma, Iwate
July 27
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
July 27
Rifu Morigo, Miyagi
Before 18:00 on 2026-07-27, in Higashinari Shinden, Ōsato Town, Miyagi Prefecture, a person driving north passed a bear about 80 cm long. No injuries or damage were reported.
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
Around 7:45 AM on July 26, a bear was sighted in Furukawa-Shimizu, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi
Around 5:00 PM on July 26, a bear was sighted in Togatakezawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Morigo Uchino-me Kita, Rifu Town.
Rifu Morigo, Miyagi
July 25
Rifu, Miyagi
Around 11:10 on July 25, a bear was sighted in Kami-Kanari 23-ku, Kitakami City, Iwate.
Kitakami Kamioniyanagi, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Tsukidate Shimo-Miyano Yatsumatazawa, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 築館, Miyagi
July 25
Kurihara 築館, Miyagi
A bear was sighted moving around in Waga-machi Naganuma 8-chiwari, Kitakami City, around 4:30 PM.
Kitakami Wagacho-Naganuma, Iwate
July 24
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tomiya Ochiai, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
Observed one adult bear near the retention basin.
Ōshū 江刺岩谷堂, Iwate
July 23
Osaki 三本木新沼, Miyagi
July 23
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
A bear was sighted moving in Waga-cho Fujine 3-chiwari, Kitakami City, around 14:40 on July 23.
Kitakami Wagacho-Naganuma, Iwate
A bear was seen moving in Waga-cho Fujine 15-chiwari, Kitakami City, around 14:35 on July 23.
Kitakami Wagacho-Fujine, Iwate
July 23
Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi
July 23
Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi
A bear was sighted moving in Waga-cho Naganuma 5-chome, Kitakami City, around 13:55.
Kitakami Wagacho-Naganuma, Iwate
Witnessed one adult bear moving from paddy fields on the south side of Prefectural Route Kinugawa-Maesawa Line toward the Shiratori River.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
A single juvenile bear was sighted near the foot of the bridge. It climbed up the slope and headed west.
Ōshū 江刺岩谷堂, Iwate
July 23
Ohira 中央平, Miyagi
A bear was spotted moving in Waga-cho Fujine 6-chiwari, Kitakami, around 05:55 on July 23.
Kitakami Wagacho-Fujine, Iwate
July 23
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Miyakodo Yotsutsuji in Taiwa Town around 5:30 a.m.
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 23
Osaki, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Maesawa Ryoutesawa, Oshu City, and was seen moving.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
Around 3:20 PM on 2026-07-23, a bear was sighted in Takayashiki, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
A driver sighted one bear about 1 m long crossing the road on the Sendai-Sambongi Line in Imaizumi Miyamae, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 今泉, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Imaizumi Hachimanshita, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture, at around 21:08 on July 22.
Tomiya 今泉, Miyagi
July 22
Tomiya 今泉, Miyagi
A bear was sighted moving in Kami-Konyari 13-chome, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Kamioniyanagi, Iwate
July 22
Osaki 岩出山下野目, Miyagi
A bear cub was sighted behind a private house. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. Distance to the house approximately 5 meters.
Yuzawa 山田, Akita
[Post] [No description of situation]
Yokote Ōyashin-machi, Akita
July 21
Ohira 奥田, Miyagi
July 21
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
Around 9:40 on July 21, a bear was sighted in Takayashiki, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
Sighted one young bear on the roadway.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
July 21
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tomiya Futsusho, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
July 21
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
July 21
Osato, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Takashimizu Miyawaki, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Maego-Koyokotesawa, Yokote City.
Yokote Ōyashin-machi, Akita
At around 6:00 PM on 2026-07-21, a bear was sighted in Yamada-Kamidozawa, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture.
Yuzawa 山田, Akita
Around 3:30 PM, a bear was seen moving in Waga-cho Tatekawa-me 2-chiwari, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Wagacho-Tatekawame, Iwate
Around 2:30 PM on July 19, a bear was sighted in Waga-cho Naganuma 7-chiwari, Kitakami City, Iwate, and was observed moving.
Kitakami Wagacho-Naganuma, Iwate
A bear was sighted around 14:05 in Waga-machi Naganuma 6-chome, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Wagacho-Naganuma, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Takashimizu Kumano, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
July 19
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Morinohashi 2-chome, Tomiya City, around 11:13 on July 19.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
July 19
Kurihara 高清水, Miyagi
July 18
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
July 18
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
Around 5:50 PM on July 18, a bear was seen moving in Mutsunariikari, Yokote City.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
A bear about 1.2 m long was seen wandering under a bridge near Asakura Elementary School by a local resident. It is unknown which direction it went.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
When I heard a police car on the PA, I looked outside and saw it running in the grounds beneath the apartment. It crossed the road and ran off toward the back of the houses on the north side.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
[Report] Moved from the apartment complex side toward the drainage channel
Yokote Yawata, Akita
Crossed through the yard.
Yokote 3-chome, Akita
(Post) Ran into the brush on the north side of the parking lot
Yokote Yokote-machi, Akita
Posted: Entered the Mounts property from National Route 13. Went into a warehouse, then headed toward the Hachiman Shrine.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
A single adult was observed crossing the road westward near the road on the west side of the facility.
Ōshū 江刺岩谷堂, Iwate
A single bear about 1 meter long was seen moving north toward Jouri 2-chome along a drainage channel in Jouri 1-chome, Yokote City.
Yokote 1-chome, Akita
Bear sighted near the park south of the west side of the Starbucks.
Yokote 1-chome, Akita
July 18
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
Observation: Spotted walking along the riverside in the park near Cosmos Ophthalmology. Was walking toward the South Government Building.
Yokote 1-chome, Akita
One bear sighted. Size unknown. It left heading north.
Yokote 1-chome, Akita
[Post] Report of a sighting of a bear entering a home's property
Yokote Yokote-machi, Akita
A single bear believed to be an adult was seen entering a residential property. A relatively large individual.
Yokote Yokote-machi, Akita
[Post] Probably a female bear was spotted at the old driving school. It was walking slowly by itself. It noticed us and slowly disappeared into the grass, but what happened afterward is unknown.
Yokote Akasaka, Akita
July 18
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
On July 18 around 12:13, a bear was seen moving in Akasaka Kamikirimori, Yokote City.
Yokote Akasaka, Akita
A bear was sighted in Aksakauekono, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, on 2026-07-18.
Yokote Yokote-machi, Akita
Observed a bear approximately 1.4 m in length. It left along the farm road heading west (toward the prefectural road).
Yokote Inooka, Akita
A city employee on patrol spotted a bear running through rice fields from the north toward the south. The bear entered a thicket and its whereabouts became unknown. It was an adult measuring over 1.2 m in body length.
Yokote Inooka, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Ichinoseki-nezumiyama, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Matsuzakadaira, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ryutsudaira, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi
One bear, about 1 m long, was sighted on a road in Matsuzakahira 2-chome, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi
July 17
Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi
July 17
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
One bear, about 1.5 m long, was sighted on a road in Tomiya Negisizawa, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
July 17
Tomiya あけの平, Miyagi
One bear, about 70 cm long, was sighted on a road in Tomiya Ogochi, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
bear cub
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Yoshidanishikaze, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Miyadoko Yotsuji, Yamato Town, Miyagi.
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
[Report] I heard via word of mouth that a bear was sighted (a photo was taken) near the back of Satō Civil Engineering. I’m a local resident, and since it hadn’t yet been added to the map, I’m providing this information on behalf of the community for local safety.
Yuzawa, Akita
An adult (bear) was sighted near Ite police box.
Ōshū Mizusawa-Miyashitacho, Iwate
A bear was sighted moving in Waga-cho Sennin 3-chiwari, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Wagacho-Sennin, Iwate
July 16
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
July 16
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 16
Taiwa Technohills, Miyagi
One bear was sighted on a slope in Kokudasetonosawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya あけの平, Miyagi
July 15
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 15
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 15
Taiwa 杜の丘, Miyagi
July 15
Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi
July 15
Ohira 中央平, Miyagi
July 15
Taiwa Technohills, Miyagi
Observed one bear moving south.
Hiraizumi, Iwate
A bear was seen moving in Isawa Koyama Hachimando, Oshu City.
Ōshū, Iwate
One bear was sighted moving south on the road running north–south in front of a residence.
Ōshū 水沢, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Waga-cho Naganuma 14-chome, Kitakami City, Iwate, around 16:15 on July 14.
Kitakami Wagacho-Naganuma, Iwate
Spotted one cub in a rice paddy.
Kanegasaki, Iwate
[Post] Crossing the road
Yokote, Akita
July 14
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
At around 2:30 PM on July 14, a bear was sighted moving in Yamanouchi Nango Nango, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture.
Yokote, Akita
Around 05:40 on 2026-07-14, a bear was sighted in Sannbongi Sakamoto Terashima, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Nakanoyachi, Isawa-Koyama, Oshu City, Iwate on 2026-07-14 around 16:10.
Ōshū, Iwate
Witnessed one young bear enter the brush from a municipal road.
Ōshū 衣川日向, Iwate
A bear was seen moving in Waga-cho Naganuma 14, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Wagacho-Naganuma, Iwate
July 13
Kurihara 高清水, Miyagi
One bear was sighted moving in Shimonikuriyu 4-chome, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Shimooniyanagi, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Maesawa Hinorematsu, Oshu City.
Ōshū, Iwate
Around 8:30 a.m. on July 13, a bear was sighted in Aisukechō, Kitakami City, Iwate, and was seen moving.
Kitakami Aisaricho, Iwate
A bear sighting was reported in Miyakoji Shimoshoji, Taiwa Town, around 05:50.
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 13
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Osaki City, Isawa Koyama Uraura.
Ōshū, Iwate
A moving bear was sighted in Tachibana 15-chome, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Tachibana, Iwate
[Post] A black bear about 80 cm long was between Mishin no Asupu and Onodera Building Materials.
Yokote Maego, Akita
July 11
Kurihara, Miyagi
July 11
Taiwa, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tsukidate Ota Yamazukazawa, Kurihara City.
Kurihara, Miyagi
Witnessed a mother bear and cub behind the house. They then fled toward the mountain to the east. About 10 m from the residential area; the mother’s body length about 1.0 m, the cub about 0.8 m.
Yuzawa 字東松沢, Akita
[Report] A bear was walking outside on the grounds of my home. It appeared to be a parent with its young.
Yuzawa 字内舘町, Akita
[Post]
Yuzawa 字新町, Akita
Two bears (a mother and a cub) were sighted on the mountain side behind a house. After being seen, they ran toward the mountain behind the temple to the east. Distance from the house: 30 meters. Adult bear length: about 1 meter. Cub length: unknown.
Yuzawa 字荒町, Akita
Observed two bears (a mother and a cub) on the hillside behind the residence. After being seen, they fled toward the mountain behind the temple to the east. They were 30 m from the house. Adult approximately 1 m in body length. Cub’s body length unknown.
Yuzawa 字荒町, Akita
Two bears—a mother and a cub—were sighted in the Sun Green parking lot. They entered the mountain on the south side. Distance to nearby houses: 10 meters.
Yuzawa 字湯ノ上山, Akita
A bear was sighted in Urakamon 1-chome, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Yuzawa 字湯ノ上山, Akita
July 10
Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi
July 10
Taiwa, Miyagi
July 10
Ohira 大森, Miyagi
On 2026-07-10 in Shimo-Konyu, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture, one bear was seen moving.
Kitakami Shimooniyanagi, Iwate
[Post] Not a mother with cubs — two bear cubs were walking toward a house.
Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita
Around 9:20 PM on July 9, a bear was sighted in Shinzusho Toisawa, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, and was observed moving.
Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita
An adult bear was sighted near the business premises parking lot.
Ōshū 江刺岩谷堂, Iwate
Observed two bears (parent and cub) near a residence. Body length and subsequent movements are unknown.
Yuzawa 字西愛染沢, Akita
Around 1:15 PM on 2026-07-09, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted by a resident in a residential area of Tokiwadai 3-chome, Kitakami, Iwate.
Kitakami Machibun, Iwate
July 9
Ohira 大衡, Miyagi
A person walking saw one adult bear on a city road in a residential area of Tokiwa-dai 4-chome, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Machibun, Iwate
Around 18:30 on 2026-07-09, a bear was sighted in Daiku-cho, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Yuzawa 字西愛染沢, Akita
Posted: It was on the mountainside across a large drainage ditch beside the road, looking this way.
Yokote Sotonome, Akita
July 8
Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi
Sighted on the road. Body length and subsequent movements are unknown.
Yuzawa 杉沢, Akita
[Post] On the Mizuho-no-Sato Road, a 30-cm cub crossed the road at the tunnel exit and entered the brush on the mountainside.
Yokote, Akita
One bear about 1 m in body length was observed walking in front of a private house. The bear later moved into the forested area to the north.
Yokote 山内大沢, Akita
July 8
Tomiya 穀田, Miyagi
Observed one adult bear heading west on National Route 456.
Ōshū 江刺岩谷堂, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Kogota Senoki, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 穀田, Miyagi
A bear was sighted moving in Waga-cho Saimago 19-chiwari, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Wagacho-Naganuma, Iwate
A resident spotted one bear in a residential area of Tokiwadai 2-chome, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Machibun, Iwate
Saw a bear emerge from the undergrowth, climb onto the road, and run off.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
Observed one adult and one juvenile bear near the irrigation pond.
Ōshū 江刺岩谷堂, Iwate
[Report] At Minase Headworks, it disappeared toward the southwest across the river about 150 meters upstream. *Because the posted content and the sighting location differed, the sighting point was corrected.
Yokote 増田町八木, Akita
At around 05:15 on 2026-07-06, a bear was sighted in Ohi Village, Ōguri Shimo-Nishizawa.
Ohira 大衡, Miyagi
July 5
Taiwa Tsurusu-Ozurusawa, Miyagi
July 5
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Waga-cho Iwasaki 27-chiwari, Kitakami City, around 6:50 a.m. on July 5.
Kitakami Wagacho-Iwasaki, Iwate
At around 06:45 on July 5, one bear was seen moving in Waga-cho Iwasaki 30-chiwari, Kitakami.
Kitakami Wagacho-Iwasaki, Iwate
A bear was sighted moving in Waga-cho Goto 3-chiwari, Kitakami City, around 21:05 on July 4.
Kitakami Wagacho-Goto, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Waga-cho Yamaguchi 40-chiwari, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Wagacho-Yamaguchi, Iwate
Witnessed walking toward the mountain on the road between Mitake Nursery School and a private house. Body length: adult about 1.2 m, cub about 50 cm; 1 m from the house.
Yuzawa 字湯ノ上山, Akita
A bear about 1 meter in body length ran off toward the north. (The map point is not exact. The sighting occurred in the area around that point.)
Yokote Sotonome, Akita
July 2
Taiwa, Miyagi
July 2
Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi
Found footprints that appear to have crossed the farm road. A bear was spotted the previous day heading toward the Kaizawa settlement, so these may be the tracks of that same individual.
Ugo 字戸付, Akita
The bear from just before was seen returning up the mountain.
Ugo 字箕ノ森, Akita
Sighted along the same route as yesterday evening. Came out from Minomori.
Ugo 字清水端, Akita
I wasn't sure if it was a cub because it seemed small, or a smaller female bear. I spotted it in the rice field, and it then ran toward the residential area.
Ugo 字野中, Akita
On the way home from volleyball practice (No details given about the bear's length or situation; the post by a parent and child is unclear about the number of bears, but we are publishing it as posted.)
Yokote 十文字町上鍋倉, Akita
I was walking along the embankment when a vehicle approached and it ran into the riverside brush.
Yokote 十文字町鼎, Akita
It went into the mountains of Minomori from the direction of the Rice Center.
Ugo 字箕ノ森, Akita
A bear was sighted running along the rice-field ridges toward the Kaizawa settlement from near the ENEOS gas station. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Ugo 字稲荷, Akita
A bear was seen moving in Kaizawa Hane-no-Ue, Ugo Town.
Ugo 字小悪戸, Akita
[Post] While working with an agricultural cart, it suddenly appeared right in front of me. I shouted loudly and it ran away. Reported to authorities.
Yokote 十文字町佐賀会, Akita
Ran along the rice-field embankment and headed toward the Oto River. Entered the brush in the river; whereabouts after that are unknown.
Ugo 字野中, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long was wandering around in a field. The bear went into a nearby wood. People who saw the bear evacuated, so what happened afterward is unknown.
Yokote 十文字町鼎, Akita
One bear was seen moving in Jumonji-machi Kanagawa-Nakagawa, Yokote City.
Yokote 十文字町鼎, Akita
At the east base of Akanotsu Bridge, observed one adult entering the woods to the north.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
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In the past 30 days, 199 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 22 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Ōshū 江刺稲瀬, Iwate.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 17:00. 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, 199 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 22 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Ōshū 江刺稲瀬, Iwate. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
