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Iwakiri Shiroato

岩切城跡

80 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 6 days ago

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Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
News

A bear was sighted in Iwakiri-Higashikawara, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi

6 days ago
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
News

At around 18:10 on May 20, a bear about 1 m long was sighted on the riverbank near Iwakiri Ohashi on the Nanakita River in Iwakiri, Miyagino Ward, Sendai; within about 20 minutes there were three reports extending to the Imaichi Bridge area. After hunters set off firecrackers after 20:00, the bear emerged from a thicket and moved westward; no further sightings or damages have been confirmed.

Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi

6 days ago
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
News

Early on the morning of May 20, 2026, one bear was sighted on the riverbed in Iwakiri, Miyagino Ward, Sendai. A nearby elementary school conducted group dismissal and police are on alert.

Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi

6 days ago
Tomiya, Miyagi
News

At about 08:30 on May 10, 2026, a single bear approximately 1 meter in length was sighted on a walking trail in Shiki no Mori within the Prefectural Forest in Tomiya City (Akashikami-Origemoto). When the walker increased the volume of a radio they were carrying, the bear left the area; there have been no further sightings and the management office is warning visitors over the park's PA system.

Tomiya, Miyagi

2 weeks ago
Sendai Tsurugaya, Miyagi
News

Around 13:55 on the 25th, five elementary school children playing near a grove in Tsurugayanorth 2-chome, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, sighted two bears about 1 meter long. The children evacuated to a friend's house with no injuries; there have been no further sightings, and police are warning residents near nearby schools (Nankodai Higashi elementary and junior high) and housing areas.

Sendai Tsurugaya, Miyagi

1 month ago
News

On April 25, 2026 at about 13:55, two bears about 1 meter long were sighted by an elementary school pupil in Tsurugaya-kita 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai. Earlier that day at about 07:30 two bears were seen on a road in Sambongi Otonashi, Osaki, and at 13:40 one bear was sighted in a rice field in Komatsu, Higashimatsushima; no human or property damage has been reported. Police are patrolling and urging caution.

Sendai Tsurugaya, Miyagi

1 month ago
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
Official

January 23, 2026

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

4 months ago
Sendai Hosakacho, Miyagi
Official

1/15/2026

Sendai Hosakacho, Miyagi

4 months ago

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