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This 340 km route runs from Shimomasuda Shrine to Tsuruoka, passing through Miyagi and Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 85 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 7 of them. The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Tsuruoka 中野新田, Yamagata.
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, Yamagata.
One bear was captured in Haramachi, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Haramachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai, and captured on a camera installed on the riverbank.
Sendai Okaji, Miyagi
A driver saw what appeared to be a bear about 1 meter long crossing a city road in Haramachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Okaji, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Gamo 4-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Gamo, Miyagi
July 15
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
July 11
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted along the Umeda River in Haramachi 3-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
July 8
Sendai Okaji, 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
August 2
Matsushima Hataya, Miyagi
July 27
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
July 27
Osato Nakamura, Miyagi
July 27
Rifu Morigo, Miyagi
Before 18:00 on 2026-07-27, in Higashinari Shinden, Ōsato Town, Miyagi Prefecture, a person driving north passed a bear about 80 cm long. No injuries or damage were reported.
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Morigo Uchino-me Kita, Rifu Town.
Rifu Morigo, Miyagi
July 25
Rifu, Miyagi
A bear was sighted around 19:00 on July 25 at Kawanai Nakazubayama in Daigo Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osato Kawauchi, Miyagi
One bear was sighted inside a residential property in Hatayabaragasawa, Matsushima Town, Miyagi.
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
July 21
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in the yard of a house in Hataya, Matsushima Town.
Matsushima Hataya, Miyagi
July 18
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Nekori Maesawa, Matsushima Town.
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
July 13
Higashimatsushima Jogetsutsumi, Miyagi
July 8
Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi
August 2
Matsushima Hataya, Miyagi
July 27
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
July 27
Osato Nakamura, Miyagi
July 27
Rifu Morigo, Miyagi
Before 18:00 on 2026-07-27, in Higashinari Shinden, Ōsato Town, Miyagi Prefecture, a person driving north passed a bear about 80 cm long. No injuries or damage were reported.
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Morigo Uchino-me Kita, Rifu Town.
Rifu Morigo, Miyagi
July 25
Rifu, Miyagi
A bear was sighted around 19:00 on July 25 at Kawanai Nakazubayama in Daigo Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osato Kawauchi, Miyagi
One bear was sighted inside a residential property in Hatayabaragasawa, Matsushima Town, Miyagi.
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
July 21
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Gamo 4-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Gamo, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in the yard of a house in Hataya, Matsushima Town.
Matsushima Hataya, Miyagi
July 18
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Nekori Maesawa, Matsushima Town.
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
July 13
Higashimatsushima Jogetsutsumi, Miyagi
July 8
Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi
August 2
Matsushima Hataya, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Yoshioka-Higashishibasaki, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi
August 1
Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi
One bear was sighted crossing Route 3 in Yoshioka, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi
July 28
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
July 27
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
July 27
Osato Nakamura, Miyagi
July 27
Rifu Morigo, Miyagi
July 27
Shikama 一の関, Miyagi
Before 18:00 on 2026-07-27, in Higashinari Shinden, Ōsato Town, Miyagi Prefecture, a person driving north passed a bear about 80 cm long. No injuries or damage were reported.
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
July 25
Shikama 高根, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Takane Baba, Shikama Town, around 20:35 on July 25.
Shikama 高根, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Morigo Uchino-me Kita, Rifu Town.
Rifu Morigo, Miyagi
July 25
Rifu, Miyagi
A bear was sighted around 19:00 on July 25 at Kawanai Nakazubayama in Daigo Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osato Kawauchi, Miyagi
July 23
Osaki 三本木新沼, Miyagi
July 23
Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi
July 23
Ohira 中央平, Miyagi
Environment: Around homes / Size: Adult
Obanazawa Tsurumakita, Yamagata
July 21
Ohira 奥田, Miyagi
July 21
Osato Kasukawa, Miyagi
One bear was sighted inside a residential property in Hatayabaragasawa, Matsushima Town, Miyagi.
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
July 21
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
July 21
Osato, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Gamo 4-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Gamo, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in the yard of a house in Hataya, Matsushima Town.
Matsushima Hataya, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kasukawa Kitanozawa, Ogawara Town, Miyagi Prefecture, around 12:00 on July 21.
Osato Kasukawa, Miyagi
July 18
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
July 18
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
July 18
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Nekori Maesawa, Matsushima Town.
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Matsuzakadaira, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ryutsudaira, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi
One bear, about 1 m long, was sighted on a road in Matsuzakahira 2-chome, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi
July 17
Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi
July 15
Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi
July 15
Ohira 中央平, Miyagi
July 14
Shikama, Miyagi
July 14
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
Around 05:40 on 2026-07-14, a bear was sighted in Sannbongi Sakamoto Terashima, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
July 13
Higashimatsushima Jogetsutsumi, Miyagi
Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Obanazawa Nitobukuro, Yamagata
July 10
Kami 沼ケ袋, Miyagi
July 10
Ohira 大森, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Toriyagasaki Dorosakayashiki, Kami Town, around 2:00 PM.
Kami 孫沢, Miyagi
July 9
Ohira 大衡, Miyagi
July 8
Shikama 一の関, Miyagi
July 8
Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi
Environment: Forest / Size: Yearling (young bear)
Funagata, Yamagata
Just after leaving the roadside station and beginning to drive toward Akita, an adult animal crossed the Tohoku-Chuo Expressway from right to left.
Obanazawa Ashizawa, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Young cub
Sakata 山寺, Yamagata
Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Adult
Shōnai 狩川, Yamagata
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Shōnai 狩川, Yamagata
Environment: Around homes / Size: Adult
Obanazawa Tsurumakita, Yamagata
Environment: riverbed / Size: juvenile
Sakata 成興野, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Shinjo Odashima, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Haguro-machi Tōge, Tsuruoka City.
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
Haguro government office: A 1-meter bear was sighted in a field near a residence. The person went inside immediately, so the bear’s subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: Near dwellings / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 羽黒町玉川, Yamagata
Haguro government office: One bear sighted near Haguro Middle School. It fled toward the west. / Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 羽黒町野荒町, Yamagata
Headed toward the southern mountain / Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Okura Aikai, Yamagata
Haguro government office: One bear was observed moving from rice fields near Haguro Junior High School toward Hachiman Shrine. / Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 羽黒町野田, Yamagata
Observed one bear about 1 m in body length. It entered the adjacent woods. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: near residences / Size: adult
Tsuruoka 羽黒町玉川, Yamagata
Near Nadakahashi / Environment: Around residential houses / Size: Adult
Tozawa Nadaka, Yamagata
Haguro government office building: Bear sighted crossing the road / Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 羽黒町狩谷野目, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Obanazawa Nitobukuro, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Unknown
Obanazawa Ashizawa, Yamagata
Was heading east on National Route 13 from the west and entered a cedar forest / Environment: Road / Size: Unknown
Shinjo Torigoe, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Torigoe, Shinjo City.
Shinjo Torigoe, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Shinjo Torigoe, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult (fully grown)
Obanazawa Nakisawa, Yamagata
One cub was sighted heading east from the bamboo grove / Environment: near homes / Size: juvenile
Shinjo Masugata, Yamagata
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 中野新田, Yamagata
One bear was sighted inside the grounds of a house in Kumedokamura, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, and it crossed a field before entering the bushes.
Tsuruoka 板井川, Yamagata
Environment: Road / Size: Adult and juvenile
Tsuruoka 下名川, Yamagata
One bear (body length 1 m) ran off to the north. / Environment: forest / Size: adult
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
A bear about 1.2 meters long was sighted in a residential property in Shimonagawa, Tsuruoka City, and was driven away with fireworks.
Tsuruoka 下名川, Yamagata
Environment: Near residences / Size: Adult (fully grown)
Tsuruoka 下名川, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Haguro-machi Tōge, Tsuruoka City.
Tsuruoka, Yamagata
Haguro government office: A 1-meter bear was sighted in a field near a residence. The person went inside immediately, so the bear’s subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: Near dwellings / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 羽黒町玉川, Yamagata
Around 9:00 on 2026-07-16, one bear was sighted in Haguromachi-Arakawa, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture. It was about 300 meters southeast of Haguro Junior High School, and no damage to people or property was confirmed.
Tsuruoka 羽黒町荒川, Yamagata
Haguro government office: One bear sighted near Haguro Middle School. It fled toward the west. / Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 羽黒町野荒町, Yamagata
Around 6:00 PM on 2026-07-15, one bear of unknown length was sighted in Haguromachi Arakawa, Tsuruoka City, and moved from a rice field near Haguro Junior High School toward Hachiman Shrine.
Tsuruoka 羽黒町荒川, Yamagata
Haguro government office: One bear was observed moving from rice fields near Haguro Junior High School toward Hachiman Shrine. / Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 羽黒町野田, Yamagata
Observed one bear about 1 m in body length. It entered the adjacent woods. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: near residences / Size: adult
Tsuruoka 羽黒町玉川, Yamagata
Peak activity at 7:00 with 7 incidents
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In the past 30 days, 85 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 7 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Tsuruoka 中野新田, Yamagata.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 7:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 340 km route runs from Shimomasuda Shrine to Tsuruoka, passing through Miyagi and Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 85 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 7 of them. The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Tsuruoka 中野新田, Yamagata. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
