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This 111 km route runs from Sendai Castle to Yamagata Castle, passing through Miyagi and Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 99 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 9 of them. The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
8 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Miyagi, Yamagata.
A woman passing by sighted one bear about 1 meter long walking on the road in Haramachi 3-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kawauchi Motohasekura, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, around 7:30 PM on July 8.
Sendai Kawauchi-Motohasekura, Miyagi
July 5
Sendai Minaminometate, Miyagi
Around 17:00 on 2026-07-05, a bear was sighted in Heisei 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi
A bear about 1.3 meters long was sighted in a residential area of Haramachi 6-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City, and it passed through a house yard and headed north.
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi
July 4
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi
July 3
Sendai Nihondaira, Miyagi
A person reported seeing one bear enter a company premises in Saiwaicho 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai; police patrolled the area but could not confirm it.
Sendai Ninomori, Miyagi
July 2
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Takadate Yoshida Kanjinohigashi, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
July 2
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
Two bears, described as a parent and cub-like pair, were sighted on a road in Heisei 1-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi
July 1
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
July 1
Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi
One bear was seen crossing National Route 45 in Ogimachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Sengoku, Miyagi
July 1
Sendai Fukuzumimachi, Miyagi
One bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Ogimachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Sengoku, Miyagi
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
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
On the night of 2026-06-28, one bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Kamino Kitanashikawara, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City, and left toward the south in the direction of the Nanakita River.
Sendai Gamo, Miyagi
June 27
Sendai Gamo, Miyagi
June 25
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
June 25, 2026
Rifu Kamiyasawa, 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
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
June 22
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
Around 6:20 PM on June 22, a bear was sighted in Kamiyasawa-Kannosawa, Rifu Town.
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi
June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, 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
June 19
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Midoridai 2-chome, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
June 19
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
June 19
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi
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, 2026
Natori Takadate-yoshida, 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
Natori Tekurada, Miyagi
One bear was sighted walking on a road in Taihira 6-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Umedamachi, 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
A single cub, about 50 cm long, was sighted on a road in Fukuroku 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Fukumuro, Miyagi
June 16
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kawauchi Kawamaechō, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi
June 14
Rifu Sugaya, 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
A woman passing by sighted one bear about 1 meter long walking on the road in Haramachi 3-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
While driving south (toward the mountain side), I saw one bear walking south on the left side of the road. It then entered the woods beside the road. Body length about 1 m. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Yamagata Nakasakurada, Yamagata
One bear about 1 meter long was seen on a road in Nakazukada, Yamagata City, walking south before entering the woods beside the road.
Yamagata Nakasakurada, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Aono, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Aono, Yamagata
July 5
Sendai Minaminometate, Miyagi
Around 17:00 on 2026-07-05, a bear was sighted in Heisei 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi
A bear about 1.3 meters long was sighted in a residential area of Haramachi 6-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City, and it passed through a house yard and headed north.
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi
July 4
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was seen in a rice paddy beside a prefectural road in Maekawa, Kawasaki Town, Miyagi, then crossed the road and left toward the mountains.
Kawasaki, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in the same district of Maekawa, Kawasaki Town, Miyagi, around 10:00.
Kawasaki, Miyagi
July 3
Sendai Nihondaira, Miyagi
July 2
Kawasaki, Miyagi
July 2
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Takadate Yoshida Kanjinohigashi, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
July 2
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
Two bears, described as a parent and cub-like pair, were sighted on a road in Heisei 1-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi
July 1
Kawasaki, Miyagi
July 1
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
One bear was seen crossing National Route 45 in Ogimachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Sengoku, Miyagi
July 1
Sendai Fukuzumimachi, Miyagi
One bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Ogimachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Sengoku, Miyagi
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
June 29, 2026
Sendai Tsubonuma, 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 Tosaka, Yamagata City, around 08:30 on June 29.
Yamagata Tsuchizaka, Yamagata
On the night of 2026-06-28, one bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Kamino Kitanashikawara, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City, and left toward the south in the direction of the Nanakita River.
Sendai Gamo, Miyagi
A bear about 1 m in length was observed crossing the road from north to south. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Nakasakurada, Yamagata
A bear-like animal of unknown body length was sighted near the gazebo on Kumomi Hill. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: Yuso Hill / Size: Unknown
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
June 27
Sendai Gamo, Miyagi
A bear-like animal was sighted at Yuso-no-oka park in Kamisakurada, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
June 25
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
While driving toward Yamagata city, I observed one bear crossing the road eastward (toward the mountains). Estimated body length about 1 m. / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Nakasakurada, Yamagata
June 25, 2026
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
June 24
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
One bear sighted while walking / Environment: forest / Size: adult
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
One bear was sighted on the north side of Yuso no Oka in Kamisakurada, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
June 22
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
Environment: Riverbed / Size: Unknown
Yamagata Kunugizawanishi, Yamagata
June 22
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
Around 6:20 PM on June 22, a bear was sighted in Kamiyasawa-Kannosawa, Rifu Town.
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
June 21
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi
June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi
June 20
Murata 大字村田, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Midoridai 2-chome, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
June 19
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
Environment: Roadside slope / Size: Unknown
Yamagata Hachimori, Yamagata
One bear was sighted walking on a road in Yagiyamahigashi 1-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi
June 19
Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi
June 19, 2026
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
June 18
Natori Tekurada, Miyagi
Spotted one bear on the roadway while walking / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Iwanami, Yamagata
June 17
Kawasaki Imashuku, Miyagi
June 17
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 17
Kawasaki Kawauchi, Miyagi
June 17
Kawasaki, Miyagi
A single cub, about 50 cm long, was sighted on a road in Fukuroku 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Fukumuro, Miyagi
June 16
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi
June 15
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
A bear about 1 m in body length was seen moving east along a forest road. It was not located afterward. / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
A bear about 1 m in body length was sighted moving south along the trail. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: forest / Size: adult
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
June 15
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi
June 14
Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi
June 13
Kawasaki Kawauchi, Miyagi
June 13
Kawasaki Kawauchi, Miyagi
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
Moved from the northern mountain, crossed farmland, and entered the southern mountain / Environment: farmland / Size: adult
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
A bear about 50 cm to 1 m entered the mountains southeast from the parking lot. / Environment: Near houses / Size: Unknown
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
June 12
Kawasaki Maekawa, Miyagi
June 12
Kawasaki, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Iwanami, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Iwanami, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in a parking lot in Hirashimizu, Yamagata City, around 3:50 PM.
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
Peak activity at 18:00 with 12 incidents
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In the past 30 days, 99 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 9 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 18:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 111 km route runs from Sendai Castle to Yamagata Castle, passing through Miyagi and Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 99 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 9 of them. The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
