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This 138 km route runs from Sendai Tōshō-gū to Takata Matsubara, passing through Miyagi and Iwate. In the past 30 days, 86 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 18 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Sendai 国見, Miyagi.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
June 22
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
June 21
Higashimatsushima Jogetsutsumi, Miyagi
Bear sighting around 1:30 PM in Terai, Tome Town, Tome City (the rest of the place name is truncated in the body).
Tome 登米町寺池, Miyagi
June 21
Tome 登米町寺池, 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
A man traveling west on Route 45 sighted one bear in a rice paddy to the south in Kawashita, Higashimatsushima.
Higashimatsushima Kawakudari, Miyagi
June 19
Higashimatsushima Kawakudari, Miyagi
One bear was sighted around 04:10 in Dainohara 3-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, 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 18
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
June 18
Kesennuma 唐桑町港, 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
A sighting of one bear crossing a prefectural road and leaving in Sakurawatobe Koshimizu, Matsushima Town.
Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi
June 16
Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi
June 16
Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi
June 16
Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi
June 16
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Hatsuhara-Kurogasawa, Matsushima Town, around 13:30 on June 16.
Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi
June 15
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi
June 14
Higashimatsushima Kawakudari, 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 13
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Takagi Baba 2, Matsushima Town, around 17:40 on 2026-06-13.
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
June 12
Tome 迫町森, Miyagi
June 11
Sendai Matsumori, Miyagi
June 11
Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Sugaya-Kamihinokuchi, Rifu Town, around 4:10 a.m.
Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi
June 10
Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi
June 9
Sendai Kawauchi-Oimawashi, Miyagi
At Daibara Forest Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai, a passerby called 110 to report a bear.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
June 9
Taiwa Tsurusu-Ozurusawa, Miyagi
Around late morning on 2026-06-09, a bear about 1.5 meters long was sighted at Dainohara Forest Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
June 7
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
One bear was sighted crossing National Route 45 in Kesenncho, Rikuzentakata City.
Rikuzen-Takata Kesencho, Iwate
June 5
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi
A bear was seen walking in a residential area in Akebono-cho, Aoba Ward.
Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi
June 5
Kesennuma 唐桑町港, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi
Twenty minutes later, there was also a bear sighting at Akebonocho Park, about 1 km to the southeast.
Sendai Hayamamachi, Miyagi
A driver saw a bear in the residential area of Aramaki Chuo, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi
Around 7:00 PM on 2026-06-05, a bear was sighted in Takagido-den-ichi, Matsushima Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
One bear was found captured in a box trap set in a forest in Asai, Higashimatsushima, Miyagi, and was culled.
Higashimatsushima Asai, Miyagi
June 2
Sendai Kawauchi-Sanjuninmachi, Miyagi
June 2
Higashimatsushima Otsuka, Miyagi
June 2
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi
June 2
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi
A bear was sighted around 11:30 on 2026-06-02 in Nobirugaoka 1-chome, Higashimatsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Nobiru Omo-kura, Higashimatsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture, around 3:00 PM on 2026-06-02.
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi
June 1st
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
June 1st
Higashimatsushima Otsuka, Miyagi
June 1st
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
June 1st
Higashimatsushima Otsuka, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Iwakiri Higashikawara, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
May 31
Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Hayakawahigashi, Terutama, Matsushima Town.
Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi
May 31
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Chomeigaoka 2-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City, around 23:15 on May 30.
Sendai Chomeigaoka-higashi, Miyagi
May 28
Sendai Okaji, Miyagi
A bear about 80 cm long was sighted in a drainage canal in Saiwai-cho 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Okaji, Miyagi
Two bears about 80 cm long were seen in the parking lot of government employee housing in Kawauchi, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
Two bears were sighted in a parking lot in Kawauchi Motoyashikita, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kawauchi-Motohasekura, Miyagi
May 27
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Negaori-Kirita, Matsushima town.
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
May 27
Osato Hanyu, Miyagi
May 27
Osato Nakamura, Miyagi
May 27
Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Utatsu Hiradana, Minamisanriku Town.
Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
May 26
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
May 26
Tome 登米町寺池, Miyagi
May 26
Higashimatsushima Asai, Miyagi
May 26
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
A single bear was sighted on Route 31 in Yahata 5-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai, and it moved northward into the forest.
Sendai 八幡, Miyagi
May 25
Osato Nakamura, Miyagi
May 25
Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi
May 25
Osato Kawauchi, Miyagi
Peak activity at 15:00 with 9 incidents
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In the past 30 days, 86 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 18 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Sendai 国見, Miyagi.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 15:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 138 km route runs from Sendai Tōshō-gū to Takata Matsubara, passing through Miyagi and Iwate. In the past 30 days, 86 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 18 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Sendai 国見, Miyagi. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
