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This 288 km route runs from Izumi Ward, Sendai to Takko, passing through Miyagi, Aomori, and Iwate. In the past 30 days, 211 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 62 of them. The latest sighting was reported 14 hours ago near Taiwa Tsurusu-Toya, Miyagi.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
4 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Miyagi, Aomori, Iwate.
Around 9:30 on June 15, a bear was sighted in Tsurusu Kitemi Osaki Shinnyama-shita, Taiwa Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Taiwa Tsurusu-Toya, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Mizukoshi, Inasecho, Kitakami City, around 5:15 a.m. on June 15.
Kitakami Inasecho, Iwate
Around 05:30 on 2026-06-15, a bear was sighted in Tsuchikawa 4th district, Iwate Town.
Iwate Tsuchikawa, Iwate
6月14日
Kurihara 若柳, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Ikkatai 7-chiwari, Iwate Town.
Iwate Tsuchikawa, Iwate
6月12日
Osaki, Miyagi
One bear was sighted crossing a road in Iwadeyama Shimonome Sunada, Osaki City.
Osaki, Miyagi
6月12日
Taiwa Yoshida, Miyagi
リンゴ畑内で中型のクマ１頭を目撃
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate
On 2026-06-12 around 09:35, a bear was sighted moving in Kamionikiyanagi 2-chiwari, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.
Kitakami Kamioniyanagi, Iwate
住居に隣接する作業小屋等敷地内にクマの糞が多数あった。
Morioka, Iwate
近隣の小屋の米ぬか袋がクマに荒らされている。
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate
6月12日
Sendai 北中山, Miyagi
Around 22:15 on June 11, one bear was sighted in Kamisakuragi 2-chome, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 11
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
One bear about 1 meter long was seen walking north along a roadside in Ochiai Matsuzaka Akasaka, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, Miyagi
畑のマルチが破られ、足跡があった。堆肥が荒らされた。
Morioka Nagai, Iwate
A crack believed to have been caused by a bear was found in a window of the motorcycle storage/management building at the driving license test center in Shimoda, Morioka City.
Morioka Shimoda, Iwate
A crack was found in a window glass at a driving license test center facility in Morioka City, and police suspect bear damage.
Morioka, Iwate
Around 10:05 on 2026-06-11, one bear was sighted in Maesawa Ropponmatsu, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture.
Ōshū 衣川日向, Iwate
June 11
Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi
June 11
Taiwa, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Miyakodo-Nagakura, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa, Miyagi
June 11
Kurihara 築館字沢入, Miyagi
Around 5:10 AM on June 11, a bear was sighted in Nakaneko Nijūni Shinmei, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Nakaneko, Iwate
June 11
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 11
Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Oshimizu 1-chome, Tomiya, Miyagi, around 12:40 on 2026-06-11.
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Ono Goto, Taiwa Town, Miyagi, around 9:30 a.m. on 2026-06-11.
Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi
June 10
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 10
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
Around 15:30 on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Mizusawa Hidakanishi, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture.
Ōshū 水沢, Iwate
On 2026-06-10 around 14:50, a bear was sighted moving in Oniyanagicho Todori, Kitakami, Iwate.
Kitakami Oniyanagicho, Iwate
June 10
Osaki 岩出山, Miyagi
June 10
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
June 10
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
At around 09:15 on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Shiwahime Hachisugiurayama, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 志波姫台東, Miyagi
June 10
Kurihara 志波姫横峰浦, Miyagi
In Oasare 29th district, Hachimantai City, multiple passersby saw one adult bear crossing a road.
Hachimantai 大更, Iwate
June 10
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 10
Kurihara 築館字内南沢, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tsukidate Takada 2-chome, Kurihara City, Miyagi.
Kurihara 築館字内南沢, Miyagi
A bear was sighted moving in Fujisawa 15-chiwari, Kitakami City, around 04:07 on 2026-06-10.
Kitakami Ryutsu-center, Iwate
June 10
Kurihara, Miyagi
6月10日
Osaki 岩出山, Miyagi
Around 9:30 on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Takashimizu Nakano-sawa, Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Semine Ōwanidani, Kurihara City.
Kurihara, Miyagi
Multiple passersby spotted one adult bear crossing a road in Osore, Hachimantai City.
Hachimantai 田頭, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Mizusawa Ohatajikoji, Oshu City, around 10:05 on June 10.
Ōshū Mizusawa-Miyashitacho, Iwate
June 9
Osaki 岩出山, Miyagi
A nearby resident spotted one bear, about 60 cm long, in a wooded area in Tsukidate Kido area, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 志波姫南堀口, Miyagi
June 9
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 9
Kurihara 志波姫南堀口, Miyagi
June 9
Kurihara 金成沢辺, Miyagi
農作業兼物置小屋に保管していたリンゴが食い荒らされていた。また小屋の内外にクマの糞らしき物が多数あった。
Morioka, Iwate
June 9
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
国道４号中野交差点付近で、西側から東側（中野小学校方向）に移動したクマを目撃。
Morioka Koma, Iwate
Around 8:10 on 2026-06-09, a bear-like animal was sighted in Irozawa Kōjin, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
June 9
Osaki, Miyagi
A cub was sighted in Shimoda Ishibane, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, around 6:50 a.m. on June 9. No human or property damage was reported.
Morioka Shimoda, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Kanari Sawabe Maemonzawa, Kurihara City, on 2026-06-09.
Kurihara 金成沢辺, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Ishidoriya-cho Kuronuma 8-chiwari, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Kuronuma, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Akashi Shimoinugazawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture, around 19:05 on 2026-06-08.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 8
Sendai Fukuoka, Miyagi
June 8
Kurihara 志波姫南堀口, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Akashishitaderamae, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 8
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
A single young bear was sighted near the parking lot reserved for staff of the Handmade Village.
Morioka Yuzawa, Iwate
A bear entered the grounds of a prefectural apartment complex in Yuzawa-Higashi, Morioka, tore open fertilizer bags, and scattered fertilizer.
Morioka Yuzawa, Iwate
June 8
Taiwa, Miyagi
A single medium-sized bear was sighted moving toward Iwayama near the Iwayama entrance on National Route 4.
Morioka Yuzawa, Iwate
6月8日
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in a grassland in Akashidai 6-chome, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in a wooded area adjacent to Aeon Mall Tomiya in Oshimizu 1-chome, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 7
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 7
Sendai 住吉台, Miyagi
June 7
Kurihara 築館字下待井, Miyagi
June 7
Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted at a park in Sumiyoshidai Nishi 4-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 住吉台, Miyagi
Around 13:30 on 2026-06-07, a bear was sighted in Ohira Heirin, Ohira Village, Miyagi Prefecture.
Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi
June 6
Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi
June 6
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in grassland in the Ohira Shionami area of Ohira Village.
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
Around 09:04 on 2026-06-06, a bear was sighted in Sanbongi Saida Magishi, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osaki 三本木斉田, Miyagi
June 6
Tomiya 西成田, Miyagi
At around 5:30 a.m. on June 6, one bear was passed by on Route 457 in Yoshioka Ishigamizawa, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi
In Yoshioka, Taiwa Town, a driver spotted one bear about 1 meter long moving south on Route 457.
Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi
June 5
Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi
At around 13:37 on 2026-06-05, one bear was seen moving in Shimooni 2-chiwari, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.
Kitakami, Iwate
A single young bear was sighted near the parking lot reserved for staff of the Handmade Village.
Morioka Sanbonyanagi, Iwate
A bear was sighted at Tsukidate Terukoshi Yamanokamimae in Kurihara City.
Kurihara 築館字荒田沢, Miyagi
June 5
Kurihara 築館字照越, Miyagi
A bear-like animal was sighted in Sanbonyanagi 4-chiwari, Morioka City.
Morioka Sanbonyanagi, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Maesawa Ainosawa, Oshu City.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
June 4
Kurihara, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Isshō Yanagime Mochikurezawa, Kurihara City, Miyagi, around 18:50 on June 4.
Kurihara 一迫柳目, Miyagi
June 4
Taiwa, Miyagi
June 4
Sendai 中山台, Miyagi
Around 7:40 on June 4, a bear was sighted in Tsukidate Ota Nakaota, Kurihara City.
Kurihara, Miyagi
June 4
Taiwa, Miyagi
Around 6:00 PM on June 4, a bear was sighted in Nakayamadai 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 中山台, Miyagi
Around 2:00 on June 4, a mature bear was captured on an AI camera on the south side of Kamimachi Park in Ishidoriya-cho, Koji, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Kochi, Iwate
Around 8:00 PM on June 4, a bear was sighted in Kosegawa 1-chiwari, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Kunuginome, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Tengada, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Tenkada, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Sumiyoshidai Higashi 3-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 住吉台, Miyagi
June 3
Sendai 西中山, Miyagi
June 3
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
A woman reported a bear in the bushes while walking in Nishinakayama 2-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai 西中山, Miyagi
An adult bear was seen running east on a road in Ishidoriya-machi Ezo 9-chome, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Eso, Iwate
June 2
Kurihara 一迫真坂, Miyagi
An adult bear was behind the garbage collection point near the caller’s home; afterward it ran off toward the forest.
Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate
June 1st
Sendai 館, Miyagi
June 1st
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
June 1st
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
June 1st
Osaki 岩出山下野目, Miyagi
June 1st
Kurihara, Miyagi
June 1st
Sendai 紫山, Miyagi
A resident spotted one adult bear crossing a city road in Tagashira 21th district, Hachimantai City, Iwate Prefecture.
Hachimantai 田頭, Iwate
Around 18:40 on 2026-06-01, a bear was sighted in Akashi Nitanme, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
May 31
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
May 31
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
May 31
Sendai 北中山, Miyagi
May 31
Tomiya 三ノ関, Miyagi
There were bear tracks in the field.
Morioka Yuzawa, Iwate
Signs suggesting a bear sighting (tracks of raspberries/blackberries eaten)
Morioka Yuzawa, Iwate
May 30
Sendai Chomeigaoka-higashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Chomeigaoka 2-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City, around 23:15 on May 30.
Sendai Chomeigaoka-higashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kuzu 1-chiwari, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Eso, Iwate
On May 30 around 14:30, a bear was sighted in Waga-machi Goto 13-chiwari, Kitakami, and was seen moving.
Kitakami Nippei, Iwate
May 29
Ohira, Miyagi
May 29
Ohira, Miyagi
Around 6:55 a.m. on May 29, a bear was sighted in Kamishinai 10-chome, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Kaminitanai, Iwate
Spotted one juvenile near a house.
Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate
May 28
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Asahi 1-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi
Around 05:30 on 2026-05-28, a bear was sighted at Hokuzawa-Miyakodoyama in Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Hozawa, Miyagi
May 27
Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi
May 27
Tomiya 穀田, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Maesawa Jinja, Oshu City.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
A bear was sighted moving in Murasaki-no 14-chome, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Murasakino, Iwate
May 26
Kurihara 築館字左野原, Miyagi
Around 11:10 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted at Takenoshita-mae, Tsukidate-Yazawa, Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Kurihara, Miyagi
May 26
Kurihara 築館字下待井, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai Fukuoka, Miyagi
Around 9:00 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted in Takayashiki, Tomiya, Miyagi, and was later captured.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
Around 05:00 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted in Fukuoka-Morishita, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Fukuoka, Miyagi
May 25
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Sakuramachi 1-chome, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Toyosawacho, Iwate
On the night of 2026-05-25, one bear was sighted on a city road in Narita 8-chome, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
Around 8:30 PM on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Narita, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture.
Hanamaki Narita, Iwate
May 24
Kurihara, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kamiyagari 2-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Izumichuo-minami, Miyagi
May 24
Sendai Izumichuo-minami, Miyagi
May 24
Kurihara, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Yatsumatazawa, Tsukidate Shimomiyano, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 築館, Miyagi
May 24
Kurihara 築館, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kukunome 3rd Chiwari, Hanamaki City, around 18:00 on 2026-05-24.
Hanamaki Kunuginome, Iwate
Around 7:12 PM on May 24, a bear was observed on security camera in Matsuzonocho, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture.
Hanamaki Tenkada, Iwate
May 23
Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Shinbori 32-wari, Ishidoriya-cho, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Hachiman, Iwate
May 22
Sendai Mizuhodai, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Furukawa Osaki Nyo Kodate, Ōsaki City.
Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi
May 22
Sendai 北中山, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Ōguri, Ohira Village.
Ohira 大瓜, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Owari Higashishizaki, Ohira Village.
Ohira 大瓜, Miyagi
May 22
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Yokomukaiyama, Irozawa, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
May 22
Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi
May 21
Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi
May 21
Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi
May 21
Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi
Around 11:40 on May 21, a bear was sighted at Furukawa Shimizu Narita Omotemae in Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi
At around 10:47 on 2026-05-21, a bear was sighted in Matsuzonocho, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture.
Hanamaki Tenkada, Iwate
May 21
Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Uchimagarisawa, Mizusawa Kurosuishi-cho, Oshu City.
Ōshū 水沢羽田町うぐいす平, Iwate
May 20
Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Furukawa Osaki Odachi, Ōsaki City, Miyagi, around 14:20 on May 20, 2026.
Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi
A bear is climbing up and down a chestnut tree.
Morioka, Iwate
At around 10:25 on May 20, 2026, a woman in her 70s encountered a bear about 1 meter long in a bamboo grove behind her home in Furukawa Shinhori, Osaki City, Miyagi. She waved a saw she was carrying and drove the bear off but fell and suffered a fractured bone in her lower back; the bear fled west.
Osaki 古川新堀, Miyagi
At around 08:45 on May 20, a passerby sighted one bear south of Yahata Elementary School in Ishidoriya-cho, Hanamaki. The bear crossed Prefectural Route 265 from west to east and left the area; no damage was reported, and the police are patrolling the scene and urging residents to be cautious.
Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Hachiman, Iwate
May 20
Kami 上狼塚, Miyagi
An elementary school student on the way to school witnessed something that appeared to be a bear running from the Takenoko Square area of Koshika Park into the woods.
Morioka, Iwate
May 20
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
Witnessed one young bear bolt down from the bridge railing toward the cliff below.
Ōshū 江刺岩谷堂, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Matsuzonocho, Hanamaki City, Iwate, on May 20 in the late afternoon.
Hanamaki Tenkada, Iwate
May 20
Osaki 古川新堀, Miyagi
May 20
Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi
A bear appeared in Furukawa, Ōsaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, and the city carried out its first emergency shooting to cull the animal.
Osaki 古川, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Fukuoka Nishiuenohara, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Fukuoka, Miyagi
May 19
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
On the morning of May 19, 2026, one male bear was spotted in a grove near Furukawa Shinden, Osaki City. The city authorized emergency gun hunting for public safety and the bear was killed around 11:00 a.m. The bear was about 1.1 m long, weighed approximately 45 kg, was estimated to be four years old, and is believed to have wandered in via a nearby river.
Osaki 古川新田, Miyagi
May 19
Osaki 古川斎下, Miyagi
May 19
Osaki 古川新田, Miyagi
May 19
Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi
May 19
Osaki 古川楡木, Miyagi
May 18
Sendai 中山台, Miyagi
On May 18, 2026 at around 20:00 in Sakuragaoka 6-chome, Aoba-ku, Sendai, a passerby reported a black animal about 1 meter long (uncertain if it was a bear) on private property, but residents could not confirm it. At around 22:15 the same day, a bear was reported moving south on a road in Nakayamadai 1-chome and then left for nearby woods. A bear was also sighted at Sakuragaoka Elementary School on the 14th.
Sendai Nishikatsuyama, Miyagi
Observed one young bear entering the brush from the road.
Ōshū 衣川日向, Iwate
May 18
Taiwa Ryutsudaira, Miyagi
May 18
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
May 18
Osaki 三本木斉田, Miyagi
At around 06:10 on the 18th, a man driving on a municipal road in Takayashiki, Tomiya City, spotted a bear about 1.5 m long and called the police. The bear ran up the west slope toward the mountain; the previous evening (17th) two other bears (about 1.5 m and 1 m) were reported about 1 km to the west in Yamatocho Morinooka 3-chome.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
At around 06:10 on the 18th, a 1.5-meter bear was seen walking on a slope near the Costco Wholesale Tomiya warehouse in Takayashiki, Tomiya City, by a man in a car; at about 10:00 the same day two more bears were spotted in a rice field about 1 km south of that location. There were no injuries reported, and Miyagi Prefecture announced it will continue the 'bear sighting alert' until June 18 due to the surge in sightings.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
May 18
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
May 17
Taiwa 杜の丘, Miyagi
At around 18:20 on May 17, 2026, a resident reported seeing two bears (approximately 1.5 meters and 1 meter long) walking in a rice paddy in Mori-no-oka 3-chome, Taiwa Town, Miyagi Prefecture, and called emergency services.
Taiwa 杜の丘, Miyagi
One bear sighted near the garage of a private residence
Morioka, Iwate
Around 08:00 on May 17, a single bear was seen walking in an irrigation canal near Ota 6-chome, Morioka City. No damage from the bear has been confirmed, and the Morioka East Police Station has urged nearby residents to be cautious.
Morioka Shimoota-Sawada, Iwate
May 17
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
At around 03:30 on May 17, 2026, one bear was sighted near Tegake no Matsu green space at 2-19 Takamatsu, Morioka, Iwate. No human or property damage was reported.
Morioka, Iwate
Signs of a bear were found at a beekeeping site near the home
Morioka, Iwate
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In the past 30 days, 211 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 62 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 14 hours ago near Taiwa Tsurusu-Toya, Miyagi.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 8:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 288 km route runs from Izumi Ward, Sendai to Takko, passing through Miyagi, Aomori, and Iwate. In the past 30 days, 211 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 62 of them. The latest sighting was reported 14 hours ago near Taiwa Tsurusu-Toya, Miyagi. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
