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This 199 km route runs from Sendai Daikannon Temple to Nasu, passing through Miyagi, Tochigi, and Fukushima. In the past 30 days, 84 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 25 of them. The latest sighting was reported 20 hours ago near Nasu 北沢, Tochigi.
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 Miyagi, Tochigi, Fukushima.
Nasu 北沢, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Kamiaiko Miyashita, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted around 2:00 a.m. in Niji-no-oka 4-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Kamiyagari, Miyagi
Nasushiobara 細竹, Tochigi
Nasu もみじヶ丘, Tochigi
Nasu Yumoto, Tochigi
A man driving in Kamo 1-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City, saw a bear-like black animal.
Sendai Kamiyagari, Miyagi
Nasu Takaku-otsu, Tochigi
Nasu 那須高原, Tochigi
A bear about 1 meter long crossed the road and moved toward the Hirose River.
Sendai Ayashi-chuo 2-chome, Miyagi
On a municipal road, one bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Motomiya 関下, Fukushima
Bear tracks were found in the rice paddy.
Fukushima Kamitoriwata, Fukushima
One bear was sighted near National Route 4 in Yurigakubo, Asakawa, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima, emerging from bushes on the east side of the road.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Asakawa, Fukushima
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on National Route 4.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Asakawa, Fukushima
August 2
Sendai, Miyagi
August 2
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
August 2
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Chomeigaoka 1-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Chomeigaoka-higashi, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Kozukehira, Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Shiroishi 越河平, Miyagi
August 2
Shiroishi 越河平, Miyagi
August 2
Sendai 北中山, Miyagi
August 2
Sendai Chomeigaoka-higashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Tsubonuma Akaishiyama in Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Sendai, Miyagi
Nasu Takaku-otsu, Tochigi
There was a sighting report of one bear with the same characteristics in a residential area in Minaminakayama 3-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Sanezawa, Miyagi
On the evening of August 1, a bear was sighted in Takakuotsu, Nasu Town, Tochigi Prefecture.
Nasu 高久乙, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Kawauchi, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, around 11:35 PM on 2026-07-31.
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
Around 14:04 on 2026-07-31 in Kikutamachi Maedazawa 2-chome, Koriyama City, one bear about 1 m long was seen on the slope of the Tohoku Expressway.
Koriyama 喜久田町早稲原, Fukushima
Koriyama 喜久田町前田沢, Fukushima
A bear-like animal was seen moving in Otsukimachi Matsui, Koriyama, around 03:25 on 2026-07-31.
Koriyama 三穂田町大谷, Fukushima
A passerby sighted one animal believed to be a bear walking along the rice-field embankment (about 50 centimeters in body length).
Koriyama 三穂田町大谷, Fukushima
Nasu 那須高原, Tochigi
Around 5:50 PM on July 31, a bear was sighted in Yumoto, Nasu Town.
Nasu 那須高原, Tochigi
Nasu 那須高原, Tochigi
Nasu 那須高原, Tochigi
One bear was sighted on a road in Adachishibukoshita, Murata Town, and moved south toward bushes.
Murata 大字村田, Miyagi
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima
July 27
Sendai Sanezawa, Miyagi
July 27
Sendai Sanezawa, Miyagi
July 25
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, 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
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
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the roadway.
Otama, Fukushima
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
July 21
Shiroishi 福岡長袋, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Yumoto, Nasu Town, Tochigi Prefecture on 2026-07-21.
Nasu 那須高原, Tochigi
Nasu 那須高原, Tochigi
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
July 19
Sendai, 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
July 17
Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Takakuotsu, Nasu Town.
Nasu 高久乙, Tochigi
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
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
Nasu もみじヶ丘, Tochigi
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Fukushima, Fukushima
Nasu 那須高原, Tochigi
A bear was sighted in Yumoto, Nasu Town.
Nasu 那須高原, Tochigi
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
Bear sighting reported at Kamiyakari Kumanoshitashita, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Nomura, Miyagi
July 14
Sendai Nomura, 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
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
Peak activity at 10:00 with 8 incidents
Ursus thibetanus japonicus
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In the past 30 days, 84 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 25 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 20 hours ago near Nasu 北沢, Tochigi.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 10:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 199 km route runs from Sendai Daikannon Temple to Nasu, passing through Miyagi, Tochigi, and Fukushima. In the past 30 days, 84 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 25 of them. The latest sighting was reported 20 hours ago near Nasu 北沢, Tochigi. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
