Saves as a new trip plan. The original stays as-is.
This 634 km route runs from Sannohe to Sayama, passing through Aomori, Saitama, Fukushima, Gunma, Iwate, Miyagi, and Tochigi. In the past 30 days, 303 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 28 of them. The latest sighting was reported 12 hours ago near Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
5 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Aomori, Saitama, Fukushima, Gunma, Iwate, Miyagi, Tochigi.
A bear was sighted in Shinyu, Yuno, Iizakamachi, Fukushima City around 16:40 on July 11.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
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
A bear was sighted in Okamakamori, Takizawa City.
Takizawa 大釜高森, Iwate
On 2026-07-10 in Shimo-Konyu, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture, one bear was seen moving.
Kitakami Shimooniyanagi, Iwate
One bear was sighted in bushes within Takada 12th district, Yahaba Town, Iwate.
Yahaba 大字高田, Iwate
Two bears were sighted in Futabagaoka 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Fujimatsu, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Inosari Tamenogi, Morioka City.
Morioka 猪去田面野木, Iwate
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
A bear was sighted moving in Shono Nukubun, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Shono, Fukushima
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
A bear entered the Morioka City School Lunch Center in Nakanokita, Morioka, through the front gate and moved around the premises.
Morioka Kawasaki, Iwate
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
A bear was sighted in Gakuen, Taiwa Town, around 2:25 PM on July 8.
Taiwa Gakuen, 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
A resident spotted one bear in a residential area of Tokiwadai 2-chome, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Machibun, Iwate
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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
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 in Iito 19-ku, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Iitoyo, Iwate
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
A cub was sighted walking on the edge of the Tohoku Shinkansen viaduct in Kutsukawa 4-chome, Morioka City.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate
July 2
Taiwa, Miyagi
Around 10:10 on 2026-07-02, one bear was sighted in Sugo, Takizawa City, Iwate Prefecture.
Takizawa 巣子, Iwate
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
Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi
A person driving by spotted one bear about 80 cm long in a residential area in Nati-gaoka 1-chome, Natori City, Miyagi. The bear fled into the woods.
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi
Around 6 PM on 2026-07-01, a bear was sighted in Shimotano, Nasushiobara City, Tochigi Prefecture.
Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi
A bear about 1 m long crossed the road on a road in Shizuyama 1-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai 紫山, Miyagi
June 30
Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi
One bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Oritate 6-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi
June 30
Sendai 寺岡, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Miyako, Taiwa Town, Miyagi on June 30 around 18:30.
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
June 30
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
June 30
Taiwa Ochiai-Aikawa, Miyagi
One bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Ochiai-Aikawa, Yamato Town.
Taiwa Ochiai-Aikawa, Miyagi
Around 5:30 PM on June 30, a bear was sighted in Kita-terabayashi 2-chome, Ishidoriya-cho, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Daikoji, Iwate
Around 4:10 PM on 2026-06-30, a bear was sighted in Takanohara 3-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
June 30
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
June 30
Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi
Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi
A large tree was knocked down. I think it was a bear.
Morioka, Iwate
Near the Shin-Egai River An acquaintance reportedly saw something like a black animal on their way home. It might be a bear. There is a school nearby, so it is dangerous.
Osaki 古川楡木, Miyagi
June 29
Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi
Around 19:20 on 2026-06-29, a bear was sighted in Kinugawa-Nagano, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture.
Ōshū 衣川長嚢, Iwate
On June 29 at about 6:00 p.m., a report was received that footage from a security camera in the forested area of Utsuyama, Aza Uchisaka, Niteizaka, Fukushima City, showed one bear (body length unknown).
Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima
June 29
Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi
June 29
Ohira 中央平, Miyagi
June 29, 2026
Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi
June 29, 2026
Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Esashi Yoka-machi, Oshu City.
Ōshū 江刺愛宕, Iwate
June 29, 2026
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
June 29, 2026
Sendai Tsubonuma, Miyagi
On Monday, June 29 at approximately 5:30 a.m., in the forested area of Futaishi Nakayama in Shirakawa City, a man in his 40s driving a vehicle sighted one bear (about 1 meter in length).
Shirakawa 南池下, Fukushima
One bear was seen in a forest area in Futaishi Nakayama, Shirakawa City.
Shirakawa 南池下, Fukushima
On 2026-06-29 in Inasecho Iwawaki, Kitakami City, one bear was seen moving.
Kitakami Inasecho, Iwate
Bear tracks confirmed in the fields around the house
Morioka, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Shinminamioki, Ichinoseki, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kurihara City's Kurikomawatari Nishihara around 8:30 AM on June 29.
Kurihara 栗駒嶺崎, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Tsubonuma Akaishiyama, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi, around 06:40 on June 29.
Sendai, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Ishizumimatsugai, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Kuroishino 3-chome, Morioka City.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Hiranoboshita, Iizaka-machi, Fukushima City, around 6:30 PM on June 28.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
On Sunday, June 28 at around 6:30 p.m., on the north-side walkway of Iizaka Cemetery in Hirano, Iizaka-machi, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his 40s) spotted three bears approaching from the opposite direction while he was walking west. One bear (A) was about 1 m in body length, and the other two (B and C) were about 50 cm each.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
One bear was seen moving in Nikocho Kanisawa, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Kotorizaki, Iwate
June 28, 2026
Taiwa, Miyagi
I saw a young bear near a roadside station under construction, not far from Shibutami Nursery School.
Morioka, Iwate
A bear about 60 cm was sighted near Jokoji Temple. It ran off into the mountains.
Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate
One bear was seen moving downstream along a ravine near the sighting location. Its size was larger than a large dog.
Sannohe Izumiyama, Aomori
An animal believed to be a bear was seen moving in Izumiyama Sawanosawa, Sannohe Town.
Sannohe Kujimachi, Aomori
Around 1:00 PM on June 28, a bear was seen moving in Waga-cho Goto 10-chiwari, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.
Kitakami Wagacho-Goto, Iwate
Nasu, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Higashi-Anba 3-chome, Morioka City, around 09:05 on June 28.
Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate
June 27
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
Around 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, a witness spotted one bear (body length unknown) on the Arakawa riverside near Hinokura Bridge in the Shono, Kita-Hinokura area of Fukushima City.
Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima
One bear was sighted on the Arakawa riverbank in Shono Hino-kura, Fukushima City, near Hinokura Bridge.
Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima
Kanuma 上石川, Tochigi
Around 12:09 on 2026-06-27, one adult bear was seen by a passerby in a residential area of Ueda, Morioka City, Iwate. The bear left to the east, and no damage to people or property was confirmed.
Morioka, Iwate
There was what appeared to be bear droppings on the premises.
Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate
June 26, 2026
Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi
June 26, 2026
Osaki 岩出山, Miyagi
June 26, 2026
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
June 26
Ohira 中央平, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Tomiya, Tomiya City, Miyagi, and ran toward the forest.
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
June 26, 2026
Osaki 岩出山, Miyagi
June 26, 2026
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
June 26, 2026
Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi
Around 16:30, one bear (1 m) was spotted in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima
On Thursday, June 25 at around 4:30 p.m., in the Mizuhara area of Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 50s) sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) coming out of the brush.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima
June 25, 2026
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 25, 2026
Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi
On Thursday, June 25 at about 5:30 a.m., in a forested area of Oyama Osarakubo, Otama Village, a witness (male in his 70s) observed one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) walking along the woodland near nearby houses. The bear then left into the forest.
Otama, Fukushima
June 25
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
June 25, 2026
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Maesawa Komizu, Oshu City.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
June 25, 2026
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
Around noon on Thursday, June 25, in the Ashiike area of Hiraishi, Fukushima City, on Prefectural Route 148, a witness (male in his 70s) observed one bear (about 50 cm in body length) crossing the road from east to west while driving.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Sekiya, Fukushima
A man in his 70s driving a car saw one bear crossing Route 148 in Hiraishi, Fukushima City, from east to west.
Fukushima Hiraishi, Fukushima
Around noon on 2026-06-25, a bear was sighted at Hiraishi Ashiike, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Sekiya, Fukushima
June 24
Ohira 大森, Miyagi
On Wednesday, June 24 at approximately 6:40 p.m., in the Koyama area of Iwane, Motomiya City, a nearby resident spotted two bears walking through a field (one about 1 m in length, the other about 50 cm). The bears subsequently left on foot toward the forested area to the north.
Motomiya 岩根, Fukushima
June 24
Tomiya 大亀, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
Three bears (one adult, two cubs) observed
Morioka, Iwate
On Wednesday, June 24 at approximately 10:30 a.m., on the Heiwa Line main farm road in Ōzaka, Ōtama Village (Ōyama, Ōsarakkubo area), a witness (male in his 60s) driving a vehicle observed a single bear (about 50 cm in body length) sitting in the woodland adjacent to the road. The bear then ran off east into the forested area.
Otama, Fukushima
June 24
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
June 24
Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, Miyagi
Feces thought to be from a bear were found on a riverbed in Fukutamiya-no-mae, Sukagawa City, and confirmed as bear feces.
Sukagawa 袋田, Fukushima
On Wednesday, June 24 at approximately 8:20 a.m., a man in his 40s, the discoverer, found what appeared to be bear droppings on the riverbed in the Miyamae area of Fukuroda, Sukagawa City. When staff from Sukagawa City Hall inspected the site, they confirmed the droppings were from a bear.
Sukagawa 袋田, Fukushima
June 24
Ohira 奥田, Miyagi
A bear was sighted around 7:45 AM in Kaminagura Somekita, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima
On Wednesday, June 24, at around 7:45 a.m., a witness spotted one bear (approximately 50 cm in body length) in the Somenkita area of Kaminakura, Fukushima City. The bear headed toward the river to the north and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima
Around 07:25 on 2026-06-24, one adult bear was seen at the entrance of a private home in Ōsōrishō 25-chōme area, Hachimantai City, Iwate. No human or property damage was confirmed.
Hachimantai, Iwate
June 24, 2026
Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Ohira 奥田, Miyagi
Spotted one young bear near a house.
Morioka, Iwate
June 24, 2026
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Ohira 大森, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Tomiya 大亀, Miyagi
June 23
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted crossing Route 264 in Onoshindo, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
On Tuesday, June 23 at approximately 6:45 p.m., near the 245-kilometer post on the southbound lanes of the Tohoku Expressway underpass in Akagai-Mori area, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, a driver (male, in his 40s) traveling on the expressway observed a bear (one animal, about 50 cm in body length) attempting to cross the road from the shoulder into the lanes of the southbound Tohoku Expressway (toward Sendai). When the witness sounded his horn, the bear returned to the shoulder. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Sekiya, Fukushima
June 23
Osaki 古川雨生沢, Miyagi
June 23
Sendai 北中山, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Misawa Hirose, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 北中山, Miyagi
On 2026-06-23 at about 18:22, a bear was sighted in Yui Kamekubo, Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture.
Nihonmatsu 油井, Fukushima
On Tuesday, June 23 at approximately 6:22 PM, in the Kabuko area of Yui, Nihonmatsu City, a witness (male in his 60s) driving a vehicle saw one bear (about 1 meter in body length) moving north through fields. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Nihonmatsu 矢ノ戸, Fukushima
On Tuesday, June 23 at around 6:20 p.m., on Prefectural Route 5 in the Shono Nukiwari area of Fukushima City, a witness (female in her 30s) saw one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) while driving. The bear then left into the brush on the west side of the road.
Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima
Around 18:20 on 2026-06-23, a woman driving in Shono, Fukushima City, spotted one bear about 1 m long crossing Prefectural Route 5.
Fukushima Shono, Fukushima
A middle school student saw a bear in bushes in Yoshinari 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 吉成, Miyagi
June 23
Sendai 吉成, Miyagi
June 23
Sendai 西中山, Miyagi
June 23
Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, Miyagi
June 23
Taiwa Tsurusu-Kitameosaki, Miyagi
June 23
Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi
June 23
Osaki, Miyagi
On Tuesday, June 23 at approximately 7:19 a.m., on the road in Ikenoue, Oshinjo, Daishin, Shirakawa City, a man in his 40s, while driving, saw one bear (about 1 m in length) cross the road and head into the forest.
Shirakawa 大信上新城, Fukushima
Around 7:30 AM on 2026-06-23, a bear was sighted in Iwadeyama Kamiyamazawa, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osaki, Miyagi
June 23
Osaki 古川雨生沢, Miyagi
June 23, 2026
Sendai 西中山, Miyagi
June 23, 2026
Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi
June 23, 2026
Sendai 北中山, Miyagi
June 23, 2026
Sendai 吉成, Miyagi
June 23, 2026
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
June 23, 2026
Taiwa Tsurusu-Kitameosaki, Miyagi
Around 3:15 PM on 2026-06-23, a bear was sighted in Hachiyoneshiki, Minarai, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 西中山, Miyagi
Around 08:15 on 2026-06-23, one bear was sighted in Sugo, Takizawa City, Iwate Prefecture.
Takizawa 巣子, Iwate
June 23, 2026
Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
June 22
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
June 22
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
Two bears were sighted in an empty lot in Nishikigaoka 9-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
One bear was sighted running away toward Lake Gosho near the Sakura Garden area of Goshoko Regional Park.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate
June 21
Zao, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Shimonokawara Shijūda, Morioka City.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate
June 21
Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi
Bear sighting around 1:10 PM in Hanzainake, Nenoshiroishi, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi
An adult bear was sighted near the Tsunagi multipurpose sports ground. It moved toward the Goshoko (Gosho Lake) area.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Yumoto 12-chome, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Yumoto, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Kutsukawa 1-chome, Morioka City.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate
An adult bear was sighted on National Route 4 in Kuchikawa, Morioka City. After the horn was sounded, the bear moved west.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate
One young bear was sighted near the road by the parking area of Oirino Wetland Botanical Garden in Gosho Lake Regional Park.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate
Around 10:40 on June 21, a bear was sighted in Yumoto 7-chiwari, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Ohata, Iwate
June 21
Murata 大字薄木, Miyagi
June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi
June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi
At around 7:06 PM on 2026-06-20, a bear was seen moving in Waga-cho Iwasakishinden 10-chiwari, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Wagacho-Iwasakishinden, Iwate
A man driving a car spotted one bear, about 1.5 meters long, crossing the road and going into the mountains at Omoriwakiguri in Ōhira Village.
Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi
June 20
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
While working in the fields, I saw a small-sized bear. It noticed me and seemed to run off toward the mountains.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate
One bear (size unknown) was observed moving into the northern woodland.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Kamineko Hōzen, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Nishihareyama, Iwate
June 20
Murata 大字村田, Miyagi
June 20, 2026
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in a wooded area in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
June 19
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
One bear, believed to be a cub, was sighted on the road in front of Shiroito Machinami Exchange Hall in Nishineurakoji, Kanegasaki Town, Iwate, and crossed Route Esashi-Kanegasaki from north to south.
Kanegasaki, Iwate
One bear crossed the road on the west side of Costco Wholesale Tohoku Warehouse Store in Takayashiki, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
June 19
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
June 19
Kurihara 築館字蟹沢, Miyagi
Around 4:00 PM on June 19, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Oharanishi 1-chome, Nasushiobara City.
Nasushiobara 大原間, Tochigi
June 19
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi
June 19
Zao 大字円田, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Midoridai 2-chome, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
June 19
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
A bear is climbing up and down a chestnut tree.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate
One bear was sighted in Higashi-Senboku 2-chome, Morioka City.
Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate
On Friday, June 19 at around 12:35 PM, in the Arakawa riverbed area of Shono, Nukkawari (Shono Aza Nukibun) in Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 40s) sighted one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) on the riverbed.
Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima
June 19
Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, Miyagi
On Friday, June 19 at around 9:00 a.m., in the Odagawa Ushishimizu area of Shirakawa City, while driving through a mountain forest, a man in his 50s sighted one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in the mountain forest.
Shirakawa 豊地, Fukushima
June 19
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi
In Shirakawa City Odagawa Ushimizu, around 09:00, one bear-like animal measuring 1 m was in a forest.
Shirakawa 豊地, Fukushima
On Friday, June 19 at around 8:00 a.m., on a farm road in the Waku-higashi area of Yazawa, Sukagawa City, a witness (male in his 50s) discovered feces believed to be from a bear. When staff from Sukagawa City Hall arrived on scene and inspected the site, they confirmed it was bear scat.
Sukagawa 矢沢, Fukushima
One bear was sighted walking on a road in Yagiyamahigashi 1-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi
One bear was sighted around 04:10 in Dainohara 3-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
June 19
Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi
June 19
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
One bear was sighted at a house in Dainohara 3-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
June 19
Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi
June 19
Ohira 駒場, Miyagi
June 19, 2026
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
June 19, 2026
Ohira 駒場, Miyagi
Nasushiobara 前弥六南町, Tochigi
June 18
Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi
June 18
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
June 18
Tomiya 大亀, Miyagi
In the early hours of the 18th, an animal resembling a bear was spotted in a residential area of Dainohara, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Umedamachi, Miyagi
June 17
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
June 17
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
Around 5:10 PM on 2026-06-17, a bear was sighted in Takagi 20-chiwari, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture.
Hanamaki Takaki, Iwate
One bear was sighted on the opposite side across the Neda Shigekawa (Nedashigekawa) River.
Morioka, Iwate
June 17
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi
June 17
Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Sanbongi Otonashi Amida, Osaki City, around 19:00 on June 17.
Osaki 三本木音無, Miyagi
June 16
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
A bear about 1.5 meters long was spotted on the road in Higashi-Yokodai 1-chome, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Zaidengasaka Jingeven, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima
On Tuesday, June 16 at approximately 1:15 p.m., a witness (male in his 40s) observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) in Jinga-mae area, Atezaka, Fukushima City. The bear headed toward the river to the north and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima
On Tuesday, June 16 at approximately 1:05 p.m., an man in his 80s, while doing farm work in a forested area of Atagoyama in Daishin Masumi, Shirakawa City, sighted two bears in the woods (one about 1 m in body length and the other about 50 cm).
Shirakawa 大信増見, Fukushima
On Tuesday, June 16 at around 7:00 a.m., in the Yayoi area of Kuroiwa, Fukushima City, a witness observed one animal believed to be a bear (body length unknown) leaving through the forest on the east side of a municipal road heading toward the Abukuma River. There were no human injuries or property damage.
Fukushima Kuroiwa, Fukushima
June 16
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi
Around 10:15 PM on June 16, a bear was sighted in Akashi Nishinoiri, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Atagoyama in Oshin Masumi, Shirakawa City.
Shirakawa 大信増見, Fukushima
One bear was sighted crossing the road on National Route 115 in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima
While driving a vehicle, the witness observed one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) crossing the road.
Fukushima, Fukushima
While driving a vehicle, the witness observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road.
Fukushima, Fukushima
June 15
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
June 15
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
Around 9:30 on June 15, a bear was sighted in Tsurusu Kitemi Osaki Shinnyama-shita, Taiwa Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Taiwa Tsurusu-Toya, Miyagi
June 15
Taiwa Tsurusu-Toya, Miyagi
June 15
Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi
At around 8:20 on June 15, a bear was sighted at Izawa Hanasakashita, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 15
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 15
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Mizukoshi, Inasecho, Kitakami City, around 5:15 a.m. on June 15.
Kitakami Inasecho, Iwate
June 15
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara Minamisawa, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima
June 15
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 15
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 15
Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi
Observed one adult bear entering northwest into the woods from the area near Kinugawa Junior High School.
Ōshū 衣川古戸, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Kawauchi Kawamaechō, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi
June 14
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi
The beehive box at the apiary beside the house was knocked over, and one hive frame was damaged.
Morioka Haba, Iwate
Around 8:00 on 2026-06-14, a bear was sighted in Ageta-cho, Kanuma City.
Kanuma 油田町, Tochigi
Around 22:30 on 2026-06-14, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Kiwada-machi, Kanuma City.
Kanuma 亀和田町, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Yazutsu, Zao Town, Miyagi Prefecture, around 8:30 PM on June 14.
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi
June 13
Sendai Nishitanaka, Miyagi
June 13
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
On Saturday, June 13 at approximately 3:50 p.m., a witness (male in his 30s) spotted one bear (about 1 m in length) inside a park in Uenodera, Kamihiraba area, Fukushima City. The bear then left heading west.
Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima
While at home, [the witness] saw one bear (about 1 m in body length) walking in the park.
Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima
On Saturday, June 13 at around 3:25 p.m., on a municipal road in Minamimukoudai 3-chome, Fukushima City, an eyewitness (male in his 80s) driving a vehicle spotted two bears (each about 1.5 m in body length). The bears subsequently left heading west.
Fukushima Oguraji, Fukushima
While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted two bears crossing the road (each approximately 1.5 m in body length).
Fukushima Oguraji, Fukushima
At around 12:25 a.m. on Saturday, June 13, in the fields in Fujikubo, Sekiya, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his teens) saw one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) crossing the fields near Kanayagawa Station on the JR Tohoku Main Line while he was walking. The bear then departed south from that location.
Fukushima Kanayagawa, Fukushima
While walking, the observer sighted one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the fields.
Otama, Fukushima
June 13
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
June 13
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
June 13
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
On National Route 456 heading from Esashi toward Daitō, observed one adult (bear) moving from right to left across the road.
Ōshū 江刺岩谷堂, Iwate
Two bears about 1.5 meters long were sighted on a city road in Minamimukai-dai 3-chome, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Oguraji, Fukushima
At around 3:50 PM on 2026-06-13, a bear was sighted in Uwanodera Kamihiraba, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima
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
June 12
Sendai Tomita, 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
On Friday, June 12 at about 5:15 p.m., on a village road in Oyama Aza Atago, Otama Village, a male witness riding a bicycle toward Nihonmatsu City spotted one bear (about 1 m in body length) walking toward him.
Otama, Fukushima
June 12
Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi
While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 m in length) on the roadway.
Motomiya 仁井田, Fukushima
June 12
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
Observed one medium-sized bear inside an apple orchard
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate
June 12
Kawasaki, Miyagi
On 2026-06-12 around 09:35, a bear was sighted moving in Kamionikiyanagi 2-chiwari, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.
Kitakami Kamioniyanagi, Iwate
Bear tracks were found in the rice field east of the road east of Higashimizusawa Junior High School.
Ōshū 水沢佐倉河, Iwate
June 12
Ohira 奥田, Miyagi
Around 5:30 AM on June 12, a bear was sighted in Takakuhei, Nasu Town, Tochigi Prefecture.
Nasu 一ツ樅, Tochigi
Peak activity at 18:00 with 27 incidents
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In the past 30 days, 303 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 28 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 12 hours ago near Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 18:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 634 km route runs from Sannohe to Sayama, passing through Aomori, Saitama, Fukushima, Gunma, Iwate, Miyagi, and Tochigi. In the past 30 days, 303 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 28 of them. The latest sighting was reported 12 hours ago near Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
