Saves as a new trip plan. The original stays as-is.
This 308 km route runs from Tendo to Semboku, passing through Yamagata, Iwate, Akita, and Miyagi. In the past 30 days, 398 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 56 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
2 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Yamagata, Iwate, Akita, 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
A bear about 1 m long crossed the road on a road in Shizuyama 1-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai 紫山, Miyagi
One bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Oritate 6-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Miyako, Taiwa Town, Miyagi on June 30 around 18:30.
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
One bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Ochiai-Aikawa, Yamato Town.
Taiwa Ochiai-Aikawa, Miyagi
Near the Shin-Egai River An acquaintance reportedly saw something like a black animal on their way home. It might be a bear. There is a school nearby, so it is dangerous.
Osaki 古川楡木, Miyagi
June 29
Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi
June 29
Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi
June 29
Ohira 中央平, Miyagi
June 29, 2026
Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi
June 29, 2026
Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi
June 29, 2026
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
June 29, 2026
Sendai Tsubonuma, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Shinminamioki, Ichinoseki, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kurihara City's Kurikomawatari Nishihara around 8:30 AM on June 29.
Kurihara 栗駒嶺崎, 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 Ishizumimatsugai, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tosaka, Yamagata City, around 08:30 on June 29.
Yamagata Tsuchizaka, Yamagata
June 28, 2026
Taiwa, Miyagi
June 27
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
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
A bear-like animal was sighted at Yuso-no-oka park in Kamisakurada, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
June 26, 2026
Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi
June 26, 2026
Osaki 岩出山, Miyagi
June 26, 2026
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
June 26
Ohira 中央平, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Tomiya, Tomiya City, Miyagi, and ran toward the forest.
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
June 26, 2026
Osaki 岩出山, Miyagi
June 26, 2026
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
June 26, 2026
Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi
June 25, 2026
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, 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
Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi
June 25
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
June 25, 2026
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 25, 2026
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
June 24
Ohira 大森, Miyagi
June 24
Tomiya 大亀, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
June 24
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
June 24
Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, Miyagi
June 24
Ohira 奥田, Miyagi
Around 6:30 on 2026-06-24, a bear was sighted in Shimo-Higashiyama, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yamagata Shimo-Higashiyama, Yamagata
June 24, 2026
Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Ohira 奥田, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Ohira 大森, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Tomiya 大亀, Miyagi
June 23
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted crossing Route 264 in Onoshindo, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
June 23
Osaki 古川雨生沢, Miyagi
June 23
Sendai 北中山, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Misawa Hirose, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 北中山, Miyagi
Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile
Tendo 大字山元, Yamagata
A middle school student saw a bear in bushes in Yoshinari 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 吉成, Miyagi
June 23
Sendai 吉成, Miyagi
June 23
Sendai 西中山, Miyagi
June 23
Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, Miyagi
June 23
Taiwa Tsurusu-Kitameosaki, Miyagi
June 23
Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi
June 23
Osaki, Miyagi
One bear sighted while walking / Environment: forest / Size: adult
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
Around 7:30 AM on 2026-06-23, a bear was sighted in Iwadeyama Kamiyamazawa, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osaki, Miyagi
June 23
Osaki 古川雨生沢, Miyagi
June 23, 2026
Sendai 西中山, Miyagi
June 23, 2026
Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi
One bear was sighted on the north side of Yuso no Oka in Kamisakurada, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
June 23, 2026
Sendai 北中山, Miyagi
June 23, 2026
Sendai 吉成, Miyagi
June 23, 2026
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
June 23, 2026
Taiwa Tsurusu-Kitameosaki, Miyagi
Around 3:15 PM on 2026-06-23, a bear was sighted in Hachiyoneshiki, Minarai, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 西中山, Miyagi
June 23, 2026
Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, 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
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
Two bears were sighted in an empty lot in Nishikigaoka 9-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 21
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 21
Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi
Bear sighting around 1:10 PM in Hanzainake, Nenoshiroishi, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi
June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi
June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi
A man driving a car spotted one bear, about 1.5 meters long, crossing the road and going into the mountains at Omoriwakiguri in Ōhira Village.
Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi
June 20
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
June 20
Murata 大字村田, Miyagi
June 20, 2026
Ohira ときわ台南, 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
One bear crossed the road on the west side of Costco Wholesale Tohoku Warehouse Store in Takayashiki, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
June 19
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
June 19
Kurihara 築館字蟹沢, 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
Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, Miyagi
Environment: Roadside slope / Size: Unknown
Yamagata Hachimori, Yamagata
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
Ohira 駒場, Miyagi
June 19, 2026
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
June 19, 2026
Ohira 駒場, Miyagi
June 18
Sendai Mukaida, 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
Tomiya 大亀, 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
June 17
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
June 17
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, 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
Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, Miyagi
June 17
Kawasaki, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Sanbongi Otonashi Amida, Osaki City, around 19:00 on June 17.
Osaki 三本木音無, Miyagi
June 16
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
A bear about 1.5 meters long was spotted on the road in Higashi-Yokodai 1-chome, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
Environment: Farmland / Size: Appears to be a cub
Tendo 大字奈良沢, Yamagata
June 16
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi
Around 10:15 PM on June 16, a bear was sighted in Akashi Nishinoiri, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 明石, 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
June 15
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
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
Around 9:30 on June 15, a bear was sighted in Tsurusu Kitemi Osaki Shinnyama-shita, Taiwa Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Taiwa Tsurusu-Toya, Miyagi
June 15
Taiwa Tsurusu-Toya, Miyagi
June 15
Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi
At around 8:20 on June 15, a bear was sighted at Izawa Hanasakashita, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 15
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 15
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 15
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 15
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 15
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 15
Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi
Spotted a bear about 1 m in length on farmland / Environment: farmland / Size: adult
Yamagata Komoishi, Yamagata
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
An animal resembling a bear was sighted in farmland in the Shimo-Higashiyama area of Yamagata City.
Yamagata Shimo-Higashiyama, Yamagata
June 13
Sendai Nishitanaka, Miyagi
June 13
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 13
Kawasaki Kawauchi, Miyagi
June 13
Kawasaki Kawauchi, Miyagi
June 13
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
June 13
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
June 13
Osaki 三本木坂本, 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
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 12
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 12
Ohira 奥田, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Iwanami, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Iwanami, Yamagata
June 12
Sendai 北中山, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in a parking lot in Hirashimizu, Yamagata City, around 3:50 PM.
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
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
June 11
Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi
June 11
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 11
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
One bear about 1.5 meters long was seen walking downstream in the Sasa River in Kagitori 4-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Oyachi, Miyagi
June 11
Ohira 大衡, Miyagi
June 11
Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, Miyagi
One bear about 1 meter long was seen walking north along a roadside in Ochiai Matsuzaka Akasaka, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, Miyagi
June 11
Ohira 大森, Miyagi
June 11
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
June 11
Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi
June 11
Kurihara 築館字沢入, Miyagi
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
Observed one bear-like animal in the roadside drainage ditch. It ran east. / Environment: road / Size: unknown
Yamagata Jumonji, Yamagata
June 10
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
June 10
Kawasaki Hasekura, Miyagi
June 10
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
June 10
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, 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
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
June 10
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
A pet dog was attacked by a bear on the grounds of a house in Hirasawa, Zaō Town, and suffered a bleeding abdominal injury.
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
June 10
Kurihara, 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
June 9
Sendai Kawauchi-Oimawashi, Miyagi
June 9
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
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
At Daibara Forest Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai, a passerby called 110 to report a bear.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
June 9
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 9
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
Around 8:10 on 2026-06-09, a bear-like animal was sighted in Irozawa Kōjin, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kanari Sawabe Maemonzawa, Kurihara City, on 2026-06-09.
Kurihara 金成沢辺, 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
A bear was sighted in Akashi Shimoinugazawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture, around 19:05 on 2026-06-08.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 8
Tomiya 明石, 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
Observed one bear about 60 cm in size. It headed toward the southern mountains. / Environment: road / Size: juvenile
Yamagata Sekizawa, Yamagata
June 8
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 8
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
Kawasaki Ono, Miyagi
June 7
Kurihara 築館字下待井, Miyagi
June 7
Sendai Akiumachi-Yumukai, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Moniwa Nakayachi-yama in Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, around 18:45 on 2026-06-07.
Sendai, 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
A bear about 1 m long was seen crossing the road heading south. It was later not found / Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Yamagata Hachimori, Yamagata
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
Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi
A bear was seen walking in a residential area in Akebono-cho, Aoba Ward.
Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi
June 5
Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi
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
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
June 5
Taiwa Tsurusu-Yamada, Miyagi
A driver saw a bear in the residential area of Aramaki Chuo, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Sugōdate, Murata Town, Miyagi Prefecture, around 00:15 on June 5.
Murata 大字菅生, Miyagi
Sighted an animal that appeared to be a bear cub on the riverbank / Environment: riverbank / Size: juvenile
Yamagata Komoishi, Yamagata
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
Sendai 中山台, Miyagi
A bear about 1 m in size crossed the road. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: road / Size: adult
Yamagata Myokenji, Yamagata
June 4
Sendai Tomita, Miyagi
June 4
Kurihara, Miyagi
Around 7:40 on June 4, a bear was sighted in Tsukidate Ota Nakaota, Kurihara City.
Kurihara, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tomita-Uenonaka, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, in the early morning.
Sendai Tomita, 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
June 4
Kurihara, Miyagi
After 1 p.m. on 2026-06-04, one bear was sighted on the road in Myokenji, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Yamagata Hachimori, Yamagata
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
One bear-like animal was sighted on a road in Izumicho, Yamagata City.
Yamagata Ochiaimachi, Yamagata
Witnessed a bear-like animal on the road / Environment: near residences / Size: adult
Yamagata Ochiaimachi, Yamagata
June 2
Sendai Kawauchi-Sanjuninmachi, Miyagi
Person seen while doing farm work; direction of escape unknown / Environment: farmland / Size: adult
Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata
Went westbound on the street within Matsunami 1-chome. Body length approximately 1 m. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
Went from the roadway in Matsunami 1-chome toward the mountains to the south. Body length about 1.2 m. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata
There were two vending machines in front of the warehouse, and I sighted a bear about 1 m long at the gravesite across from them. (Reported July 1)
Yokote Sotonome, Akita
A single bear about 1 meter in body length ran along the service road on the west side of Kanayako overpass, went out toward the rice fields, and then disappeared into the woods under the overpass.
Yokote Sotonome, Akita
A single bear about 1 m long ran along the service road on the west side of Kanaya overpass, moved out toward the rice fields, and then disappeared into the woods beneath the overpass.
Yokote Sotonome, Akita
A citizen spotted one bear on the road, approximately 1.3 m in body length. The bear reportedly left toward the northern woods.
Daisen, Akita
Around 19:20 on 2026-06-29, a bear was sighted in Kinugawa-Nagano, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture.
Ōshū 衣川長嚢, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Esashi Yoka-machi, Oshu City.
Ōshū 江刺愛宕, Iwate
On 2026-06-29 in Inasecho Iwawaki, Kitakami City, one bear was seen moving.
Kitakami Inasecho, Iwate
A single bear about 50 cm in body length was sighted on the road. The bear then walked east.
Yokote Akagawa, Akita
A bear was sighted in Akasakayamazaki, Yokote City, and was seen moving.
Yokote Akagawa, Akita
On June 28 around 1:50 PM, a bear was sighted in Sotomezakura, Yokote City, Akita, and was seen moving.
Yokote Sotonome, Akita
A bear was running across the rice field toward the road, but it turned around and went back toward the mountain.
Yokote Sotonome, Akita
[Post] Walking behind a private house
Daisen Yotsuya, Akita
Walking on the sidewalk. Afterwards went into the grassy area on the former Hiraishi Station side.
Yokote, Akita
An adult bear and a cub were walking on top of the erosion-control dam. Their body lengths were about 1.0 m and about 0.5 m, respectively. They moved off into the mountains to the west. The nearest houses are about 80 m away.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Hachiwari, Akita
Observed one bear crossing Prefectural Route 40. Body length approximately 1 m. Afterwards, the bear went down to the Yokotekawa River on the north side.
Yokote 山内筏, Akita
Likely the same bear as report no:2026241. A mother bear and one cub came down the mountain path toward my house, but shortly after looked back and chased after the cub that had gone ahead. Observed from the living room, toward the mountain behind the yard. After that, two cubs led the way with three adult bears walking slowly right behind them along the boundary with the woods, heading toward the fork.
Yokote, Akita
Observed a mother bear and two cubs (three bears total) moving alongside the rice field. The adult was about 1 m long and the cubs about 50 cm. After that, the bears moved into the forested area to the east. Distance to the nearest house was about 10 m.
Yokote, Akita
A roughly 1-meter-tall bear was sighted in the home's yard. The bear left heading south.
Daisen Yotsuya, Akita
A bear was sighted in Yamauchi Nangodaira, Yokote City, and was seen moving.
Yokote, Akita
Around 04:30 on 2026-06-26, a bear was sighted moving in Yotsuya Kamimaemura, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Yotsuya, Akita
Witnessed the bear pacing back and forth along the rice-field embankment. Afterwards it crossed National Route 105 and fled toward the Tamagawa River. Distance from houses: 50 m.
Daisen 新下川原, Akita
A young bear walked from the Nagano-Takase area toward the community meeting hall. Distance to the house: 10 m.
Daisen 新下川原, Akita
Witnessed one cub running through the rice fields. Direction of escape unknown. Distance to the nearest house: 50 m.
Daisen 新下川原, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Nagano Shitokawara, Daisen City.
Daisen 新下川原, Akita
A bear was sighted in Maesawa Komizu, Oshu City.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
A bear was sighted moving in Hiraka-cho Asamai Kakumachi-go, Yokote City.
Yokote, Akita
Sighted while driving. Body length approximately 1.5 m. The bear departed to the west (toward Kirin Pharmacy).
Yokote, Akita
Crossed National Route 105 heading south. Distance to the workplace: approximately 50 m.
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita
Around 1:30 PM on June 24, a bear was sighted in Uetomo Sainokami, Daisen City, Akita, and was seen moving.
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita
Crossed the prefectural road heading west and was walking on the farm road on the west side. Body length approximately 1 m. Direction of departure: south of the scene. Distance to the nearest house: about 20 m.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita
Posted: It swam through a drainage ditch near a rice field and came up onto the ground. It was startled by a kei truck and ran off. Body length about 1 m. It was reported not to be emaciated.
Daisen Niiyaji, Akita
A 1-meter-tall bear in poor condition was sighted in a rice field. It left heading north toward the river.
Daisen Takazekikamigo, Akita
Around 7:50 on 2026-06-21, a bear was seen moving at Hanadate Joboji in Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Hanadate, Akita
Report: Entered the brush from the farm road by more than one meter while feeling unwell
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
At around 7:06 PM on 2026-06-20, a bear was seen moving in Waga-cho Iwasakishinden 10-chiwari, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Wagacho-Iwasakishinden, Iwate
A bear about 1 meter in body length was sighted near Akita Furusato Village No. 4 parking lot. It left heading toward the former Hotel Wellness (south).
Yokote Fuke-ootsutsumi, Akita
A bear approximately 1 m in body length was sighted near the No. 4 parking lot of Akita Furusato-mura. It walked off in the direction of the former Hotel Wellness (south).
Yokote Fuke-ootsutsumi, Akita
An adult bear about 1 meter in size crossed the road from the Aeon side and entered the thicket on the Furusato Village side.
Yokote Fuke-ootsutsumi, Akita
(Posted) Was walking along the national highway and entered the Aeon premises.
Yokote Yasuda, Akita
Was walking along the riverbank heading upstream.
Daisen Nagatoro, Akita
One bear, believed to be a cub, was sighted on the road in front of Shiroito Machinami Exchange Hall in Nishineurakoji, Kanegasaki Town, Iwate, and crossed Route Esashi-Kanegasaki from north to south.
Kanegasaki, Iwate
Observed three bears crossing the road 1 km from Chuo Funeral Hall toward Akita. One about 1 m long and two about 70 cm. They fled toward the mountains. No houses nearby.
Daisen, Akita
[Post] (No description of circumstances)
Yokote Yasuda, Akita
One bear about 0.5 m in body length. Direction of departure unknown.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
Hearing a crackling/rustling sound, I looked toward the noise and saw a bear about 1–1.2 m in body length. The bear appeared twice around 10:00 and each time went back into the brush.
Yokote Maego, Akita
[Report] I found this during my commute. It is definitely animal droppings. I think it’s slightly smaller than a clenched fist. (Note from the Forestry and Agricultural Maintenance Division: The size is small for bear droppings and it looks like droppings from a small animal.)
Yokote Ekimae-cho, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Maegō Katsu-yama, Yokote City, around 10:00 on 2026-06-18.
Yokote Maego, Akita
A bear about 50 cm long was sighted in a parking lot in Nakagasawa, Kakunodatemachi, Semboku City.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
One bear (approximately 1 m in length) was sighted on the Omagari Nishi Road downhill lane. It then fled toward the left side of the uphill lane.
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita
A single bear, over 1 meter in body length, was seen climbing a tree. The bear later came down from the tree, but because there were thickets beneath the tree it walked into, its direction of departure is unknown.
Yokote Maego, Akita
[Report] A cub about 1 meter long tried to cross the road but saw a car, made a U-turn, and went back into the mountain.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
A bear was sighted in Mizukoshi, Inasecho, Kitakami City, around 5:15 a.m. on June 15.
Kitakami Inasecho, Iwate
I was walking beside the rice field.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Nishinagano, Akita
Observed one adult bear entering northwest into the woods from the area near Kinugawa Junior High School.
Ōshū 衣川古戸, Iwate
One bear approximately 1 m in body length was observed in farmland. The bear then left toward the forested mountains to the south.
Yokote Maego, Akita
One adult bear was seen moving north toward a residential area in Waga-cho Yokokawame 4-chome, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Wagacho-Iwasawa, Iwate
(Post) Crossed the road and went into the stream.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
On 2026-06-12 around 09:35, a bear was sighted moving in Kamionikiyanagi 2-chiwari, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.
Kitakami Kamioniyanagi, Iwate
Bear tracks were found in the rice field east of the road east of Higashimizusawa Junior High School.
Ōshū 水沢佐倉河, Iwate
On the residential property; body length approximately 0.8 m; direction of departure: north; distance to the house: approximately 3 m.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Kakunodate-machi Shimonobe Kikketanda, Semboku City.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
Around 12:00 on 2026-06-12, a bear was seen moving in Waga-cho Yokokawame 12-chiwari, Kitakami, Iwate.
Kitakami Wagacho-Yokokawame, Iwate
(Report dated June 16) A bear about 1 m in body length was sighted. The bear ran into the woods.
Yokote Yasuda, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Waga-cho Iwasawa 10-chome, Kitakami.
Kitakami Wagacho-Iwasawa, 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
Bear scat believed to be present at the boundary between the soccer field and the ground golf course in Sakurazutsumi Park.
Ōshū 水沢佐倉河, Iwate
Around 8:00 on 2026-06-11, a bear was sighted in Isawa Koyama Harakawa, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture.
Ōshū, Iwate
It crossed from Ōse Kurano Bridge heading toward the mountains.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
Witnessed one adult bear entering the mountain to the south from the household premises.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
Bear sighted in the Hidaka-nishi area. (Details unknown)
Ōshū 水沢, Iwate
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
Observed one bear moving north on the road west of the pharmacy.
Ōshū Mizusawa-Miyashitacho, Iwate
A single bear about 1 m tall was sighted. Direction it fled is unknown. Distance to residential house: 10 m.
Daisen Kami-Uguisuno, Akita
A bear about 1 m in size was sighted near Nakasen Community Center Uginono Branch. Direction it ran is unknown. Distance to the nearest house: 30 m.
Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Fujisawa 15-chiwari, Kitakami City, around 04:07 on 2026-06-10.
Kitakami Ryutsu-center, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Shimoogino Kamimura, Daisen City, Akita, around 6:00 AM on June 10.
Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita
A bear was sighted in Mizusawa Ohatajikoji, Oshu City, around 10:05 on June 10.
Ōshū Mizusawa-Miyashitacho, Iwate
Observed one adult bear entering the woods near Shimoodaibukuro Bridge.
Ōshū 衣川古戸, Iwate
One bear about 1 meter long. Approximately 5 meters from a residence. Direction of departure unknown.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
One bear approximately 0.6 m in body length. About 50 m from a residence. Direction of departure unknown.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Sonoda, Akita
[Report] A bear about 1 meter in body length crossed the municipal road from the farm road toward the woods to the east.
Senboku, Akita
Spotted two bears believed to be a parent and offspring.
Yokote, Akita
Witnessed one bear believed to be the mother and two cubs; sizes unknown. Direction in which they left is unknown.
Yokote 睦成, Akita
A bear was sighted in Jonancho, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, around 14:35 on 2026-06-07.
Yokote Shirominami-machi, Akita
A member of the public spotted one bear about 1.5 m long in a rice paddy while doing farm work. The bear left heading north toward the embankment.
Daisen, Akita
A bear that had been missing since the morning was seen emerging from nearby woods. The bear moved toward the Chūō housing complex and the Jūmonji Nursery School area. Its whereabouts after that are unknown.
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
While heading north from Okutsumi toward Yunozawa, a cub was in the middle of the road. Startled by the car, it ran into the thicket growing on the mountain slope.
Nishiwaga Yunosawa, Iwate
[Report] Moved along a farm road and into the woods
Senboku Tazawako-Komatsu, Akita
[Report] While traveling on the Tohoku-Chuo Expressway from Yokote toward Yuzawa, an adult bear crossed from the west to the east (toward National Route 13). (Posting may be delayed due to heavy traffic to the site.)
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
[Post] (No description of circumstances)
Yokote 十文字町十五野新田, Akita
Witnessed entering the brush (woods) on a highway embankment. Body length 70–80 cm.
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
[Report] While thinning apple trees, a bear about 1 meter long ran toward the railroad (west) about 10 meters in front of me. It quickly crossed the tracks and disappeared.
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
A farmer working in an apple orchard spotted a single bear about 1 m in body length at a distance of roughly 20 m. The bear then went off toward the woods to the east.
Yokote Sotonome, Akita
One bear about 1 m in body length was sighted. Direction it left is unknown. Approximately 5 m from a nearby house.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Ogata, Akita
A bear was sighted walking on a city road in Kamicho, Yokote City, around 4:45 p.m.
Yokote Kamiuchi-machi, Akita
Post: About 1 meter long, it headed toward the Mizuho Road direction.
Yokote Kamiuchi-machi, Akita
At around 13:37 on 2026-06-05, one bear was seen moving in Shimooni 2-chiwari, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.
Kitakami, Iwate
Observed one bear heading south on the prefectural road from Ainazawa toward Nagane.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Maesawa Ainosawa, Oshu City.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
One bear about 1 meter in body length was sighted on the embankment of the Yokote River. The bear departed to the north.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
Around 17:30 on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Mutsunari Otoriyama Shita, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, and it was seen moving.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
Observed a bear slowly walking north along the river-management road (the road on top of the embankment). The bear noticed a small pickup truck that came from the south and slowly entered the riverside brush. The river area is unmanaged and the brush is thick, so it was impossible to determine how the bear moved after that. The bear’s body length appeared to be about 1.4 m.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
Report: I was walking along the embankment road behind the house toward the downstream side of the Yokote River when a small pickup truck approached from behind, so I went down into the brush on the embankment; after that I could not confirm (the animal/thing).
Yokote Yawata, Akita
Observed a bear moving northward near the Tsutsumijiri Residents' Hall.
Ōshū 水沢佐倉河, Iwate
Posted: Found along the riverbank; whereabouts since then unknown.
Senboku Nishikicho-Kobuchino, Akita
Spotted a bear about 1 m in size in the riverside brush on the right bank of the Kawaguchi River. It moved eastward along the river.
Daisen Itaminai, Akita
[Report] A 1.2 m long bear left the embankment tail at the Ushirokawa drainage sluice and departed toward the Omono River.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
Posted: It was located between the forest and the embankment.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
Post: About 1 m in body length — ran off into the bushes toward Miiri nursery school
Yokote 杉目, Akita
A bear over 1.2 m in body length was seen entering the thicket north of Miiri Nursery School by a patrolling police officer. (Spotted while driving on the prefectural road. The bear was moving from east to west.)
Yokote 杉目, Akita
Crossing the road from the side opposite Yokote High School and entering the bushes
Yokote 杉目, Akita
A young bear about 30 centimeters long went from the river toward the grounds of Omagari Agricultural High School.
Daisen Onukitakabatake, Akita
Witnessed a cub about 70 cm long in a rice paddy. Drove it toward the river using a kei truck’s horn. Distance to the nearest house: 100 m.
Daisen Kitanagano, Akita
Sighted in a rice field.
Daisen Otacho-Kunimi, Akita
At around 8:00 on June 3, a bear was seen moving in Waga-cho Yokokawame 11-chome, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.
Kitakami Wagacho-Yokokawame, Iwate
Witnessed a bear moving eastward through the rice field west of Maruho Construction. Body length approximately 1.5 m.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
On the evening of 2026-06-03, one bear was sighted on a city road in Omagari Kanaya-cho, Daisen City.
Daisen Iida, Akita
A bear was sighted in Ota-machi Kunimizakuraushi, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Otacho-Kunimi, Akita
One bear was seen moving in Aisari-cho Kami-sanjunincho, Kitakami City.
Kitakami Aisaricho, Iwate
Crossing the Akita Expressway
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita
While traveling on the highway from Akita toward Omagari, I spotted a bear about 1 meter long in the forested area to the east, but it left immediately.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
[Report] One bear approximately 1.2 m long sighted. Distance to the nearest house: 10 m. Direction of departure: unknown.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
Sighted in the river channel, body length approximately 0.8 m, direction when leaving unknown, approximately 200 m from a residence
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kumoshikari, Akita
An adult bear and a cub were walking on top of the erosion-control dam. Their body lengths were about 1.0 m and about 0.5 m, respectively. They moved off into the mountains to the west. The nearest houses are about 80 m away.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Hachiwari, Akita
Crossed the prefectural road heading west and was walking on the farm road on the west side. Body length approximately 1 m. Direction of departure: south of the scene. Distance to the nearest house: about 20 m.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita
One bear about 0.5 m in body length. Direction of departure unknown.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
A bear about 50 cm long was sighted in a parking lot in Nakagasawa, Kakunodatemachi, Semboku City.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
I was walking beside the rice field.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Nishinagano, Akita
On the residential property; body length approximately 0.8 m; direction of departure: north; distance to the house: approximately 3 m.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Kakunodate-machi Shimonobe Kikketanda, Semboku City.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
It crossed from Ōse Kurano Bridge heading toward the mountains.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
A single bear about 1 m tall was sighted. Direction it fled is unknown. Distance to residential house: 10 m.
Daisen Kami-Uguisuno, Akita
A bear about 1 m in size was sighted near Nakasen Community Center Uginono Branch. Direction it ran is unknown. Distance to the nearest house: 30 m.
Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita
A bear was sighted in Shimoogino Kamimura, Daisen City, Akita, around 6:00 AM on June 10.
Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita
One bear about 1 meter long. Approximately 5 meters from a residence. Direction of departure unknown.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
One bear approximately 0.6 m in body length. About 50 m from a residence. Direction of departure unknown.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Sonoda, Akita
[Report] A bear about 1 meter in body length crossed the municipal road from the farm road toward the woods to the east.
Senboku, Akita
[Report] Moved along a farm road and into the woods
Senboku Tazawako-Komatsu, Akita
One bear about 1 m in body length was sighted. Direction it left is unknown. Approximately 5 m from a nearby house.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Ogata, Akita
Posted: Found along the riverbank; whereabouts since then unknown.
Senboku Nishikicho-Kobuchino, Akita
[Report] One bear approximately 1.2 m long sighted. Distance to the nearest house: 10 m. Direction of departure: unknown.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
Sighted in the river channel, body length approximately 0.8 m, direction when leaving unknown, approximately 200 m from a residence
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kumoshikari, Akita
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In the past 30 days, 398 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 56 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 18:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 308 km route runs from Tendo to Semboku, passing through Yamagata, Iwate, Akita, and Miyagi. In the past 30 days, 398 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 56 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
