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This 290 km route runs from Nasushiobara to Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land, passing through Tochigi, Iwate, Fukushima, and Miyagi. In the past 30 days, 163 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 20 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
3 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Tochigi, Iwate, Fukushima, Miyagi.
Around 13:20 on 2026-07-30, one bear was sighted in Tomiya Karatakezawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
One bear was sighted on a road in Adachishibukoshita, Murata Town, and moved south toward bushes.
Murata 大字村田, Miyagi
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
July 27
Sendai Sanezawa, Miyagi
July 27
Sendai Sanezawa, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Takamori 3-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi
July 26
Sendai 寺岡, 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
Nasushiobara 千本松, Tochigi
July 25
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tsukidate Shimo-Miyano Yatsumatazawa, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 築館, Miyagi
July 25
Kurihara 築館, Miyagi
One bear approximately 1.5 meters in length was sighted.
Koriyama 逢瀬町河内, Fukushima
July 25
Shiroishi 越河平, Miyagi
July 24
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
July 24
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tomiya Ochiai, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi
In the woodland, one bear (body length approximately 1.2 meters) was sighted.
Shirakawa 大信豊地, Fukushima
A bear about 1.2 m long was sighted in the forest at Daishin Toyochi, Shirakawa City.
Shirakawa 大信豊地, Fukushima
July 23
Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi
July 23
Osaki 三本木新沼, Miyagi
July 23
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
July 23
Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi
July 23
Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi
July 23
Ohira 中央平, Miyagi
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the roadway.
Otama, Fukushima
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
Around 3:20 PM on 2026-07-23, a bear was sighted in Takayashiki, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
A resident man saw a bear about 1 meter long on a village road in Tamai, Otama Village.
Otama, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Tamai-Kodakura, Otama Village, around 05:50 on July 23.
Otama Tamanoi, Fukushima
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
July 22
Osaki 岩出山下野目, Miyagi
July 21
Shiroishi 福岡長袋, Miyagi
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
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
July 20
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on a residential property but left for the forest.
Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima
On the morning of 2026-07-20, a bear was seen moving in Arai Hayama, Motomiya City, Fukushima.
Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima
Koriyama, Fukushima
Koriyama, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Takashimizu Kumano, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
July 19
Sendai, 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
Nasushiobara 上大貫, Tochigi
July 18
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
July 18
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
July 18
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
July 18
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
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
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the roadway.
Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Arai Hayama, Motomiya City, Fukushima, around 4:30 PM on July 17, 2026.
Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima
bear cub
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
July 17
Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Yoshidanishikaze, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Fukuoka Kuramoto Chazono in Shiroishi City.
Shiroishi 福岡長袋, Miyagi
In Fukuoka Kuramoto, Shiroishi City, an elderly-home employee saw one bear about 1 meter long in a rice paddy.
Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi
July 17
Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Iizaka-machi Yunosakudō, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
A single bear (about 1.5 meters in body length) was sighted along National Route 399.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
A bear was sighted at Miyadoko Yotsuji, Yamato Town, Miyagi.
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
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
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Fukushima, Fukushima
July 15
Taiwa Technohills, Miyagi
Observed one bear moving south.
Hiraizumi, Iwate
July 14
Kawasaki, Miyagi
July 14
Kawasaki, Miyagi
Around 6:10 PM on 2026-07-14, a bear was sighted in Nishi-Iwasaki, Nasushiobara City.
Nasushiobara 西岩崎, Tochigi
July 14
Natori, Miyagi
July 14
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
Bear sighting reported at Kamiyakari Kumanoshitashita, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Nomura, Miyagi
July 14
Sendai Nomura, Miyagi
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
July 13
Kurihara 高清水, Miyagi
A bear sighting was reported in Miyakoji Shimoshoji, Taiwa Town, around 05:50.
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 13
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
July 12
Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi
A woman walking her dog spotted one bear about 1 meter long at Shiroishi River Kiridoshi Park in Fukukakuramoto Iwanoue, Shiroishi City.
Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi
Around 6:00 a.m. in Nakano-me, Nihonmatsu City, one bear about 1.5 m long was sighted crossing a field.
Nihonmatsu 中ノ目, Fukushima
A bear was seen leaving into a forest in Iizakamachi Yuno Matoba, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Shinyu, Yuno, Iizakamachi, Fukushima City around 16:40 on July 11.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
July 11
Kurihara, Miyagi
July 11
Taiwa, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tsukidate Ota Yamazukazawa, Kurihara City.
Kurihara, Miyagi
Around 16:20 on 2026-07-10, a bear was sighted in Fukurokumoto Yokomukai, Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi
July 10
Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi
July 10
Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi
July 10
Taiwa, Miyagi
July 10
Ohira 大森, Miyagi
Two bears were sighted in Futabagaoka 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Fujimatsu, Miyagi
July 9
Sendai Fujimatsu, Miyagi
July 9
Ohira 大衡, Miyagi
A bear was sighted moving in Shono Nukubun, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Shono, Fukushima
Nasushiobara 塩野崎, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Kawauchi Motohasekura, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, around 7:30 PM on July 8.
Sendai Kawauchi-Motohasekura, Miyagi
July 8
Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Gakuen, Taiwa Town, around 2:25 PM on July 8.
Taiwa Gakuen, Miyagi
July 8
Taiwa Gakuen, Miyagi
July 8
Tomiya 穀田, Miyagi
July 8
Sendai 西中山, Miyagi
Nasushiobara 春日町, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Kogota Senoki, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 穀田, Miyagi
At around 4:00 AM on 2026-07-08, a bear was sighted in Tateshichome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 館, Miyagi
Saw a bear emerge from the undergrowth, climb onto the road, and run off.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Matsukawamachi Kanazawanagamine, Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture, on 2026-07-06.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Kanezawa, Fukushima
July 6
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
July 6
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
At around 05:15 on 2026-07-06, a bear was sighted in Ohi Village, Ōguri Shimo-Nishizawa.
Ohira 大衡, Miyagi
July 5
Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi
One bear was in a forested area in Babadaira, Nihonmatsu City.
Nihonmatsu 馬場平, Fukushima
There was also a bear sighting report in Imozawa, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi, around 10:50.
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Shimonoji Tohara, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Shimonodera, Fukushima
July 3
Sendai Nihondaira, Miyagi
Around 8:00 on 2026-07-03, a bear-like animal was sighted in Iizawa Arajin, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
July 3
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
July 3
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Shimotano, Nasushiobara City, around 8:30 a.m. on July 3.
Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi
Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi
July 2
Taiwa, Miyagi
July 2
Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi
July 2
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Takadate Yoshida Kanjinohigashi, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
July 2
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Zaitenbakamatsubara, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima
On Wednesday, July 1 at approximately 4:20 p.m., near the Niwatsuka Ohashi bridge in the Matsubara area of Niwatsuka, Fukushima City, a motorist traveling southbound sighted one bear (about 1 meter in body length) crossing the municipal road on the north side of Niwatsuka Ohashi from west to east.
Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima
July 1
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
July 1
Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi
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In the past 30 days, 163 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 20 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 5:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 290 km route runs from Nasushiobara to Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land, passing through Tochigi, Iwate, Fukushima, and Miyagi. In the past 30 days, 163 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 20 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
