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Tsunogorou Chou Nakajima Chou Tsuji Shirube 28 Ban

角五郎丁 中島丁 辻標28番

115 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 1 day ago

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Sendai 八幡, Miyagi
News

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

1 day ago
Sendai 八幡, Miyagi
News

Around 04:30 on May 17, 2026, a female newspaper delivery worker spotted a bear about 50 cm long in shrubbery among houses in Yawata 5-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai. The bear left the scene; police patrolled the area but did not find it. The sighting location is about 300 meters in a straight line from Osaki Hachiman Shrine.

Sendai 八幡, Miyagi

1 week ago
Sendai Aobayama, Miyagi
News

At around 06:40 on May 11 in the riverside area of Hirose River near Kokusai Center Station (under the subway Tozai Line) in Aoba Ward, Sendai, a man walking his dog reported seeing two bears—believed to be a parent and cub—about 1.5 m and 0.8 m long. The bears left the scene; police patrolled for about an hour and no further sightings were reported.

Sendai Aobayama, Miyagi

2 weeks ago
Sendai Sakuragaoka-koen, Miyagi
News

At around 06:30 on the 11th, two bears believed to be a parent and cub were sighted on the banks of the Hirose River beside Nishi Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai. After 13:30 another bear was seen in a bamboo grove at a park in Komatsushima 4-chome; police and Sendai City are patrolling and have issued warnings to nearby schools and the university. The man who reported the sighting was not injured.

Sendai Sakuragaoka-koen, Miyagi

2 weeks ago
Sendai Futsukamachi, Miyagi
News

A bear that appeared in Kicho-dori 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City was captured by the city using emergency shooting. The city received a total of 12 opinions regarding that decision, including protests such as "do not cull"; 5 were negative from an animal welfare perspective, 2 supported prompt removal, and 5 were comments on bear-countermeasure policies.

Sendai Futsukamachi, Miyagi

1 month ago
Sendai Futsukamachi, Miyagi
News

A single adult male bear (about 1.5 m long, 125 kg) remained in the shrubbery behind an apartment building in Kichōdori 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai. Contractors fired two darts with a tranquilizer gun in the early evening, and the bear was captured (and subsequently euthanized) around 19:30. No injuries were reported.

Sendai Futsukamachi, Miyagi

1 month ago
Sendai Futsukamachi, Miyagi
News

An adult male bear about 1.5 m long and 125 kg remained for over 10 hours in vegetation behind an apartment in central Sendai (Aoba-ku, Kichomachi-dori). The city fired two tranquilizer darts after 18:20 to sedate it and then euthanized it with an electric shock; there were no injuries.

Sendai Futsukamachi, Miyagi

1 month ago
Sendai Futsukamachi, Miyagi
News

A single bear about 1.5 m long remained for an extended period in the shrubs on the grounds of an apartment in Kimachidori 2-chome, Aoba-ku, Sendai. Police set up cordons and maintained surveillance while the city installed a box trap to capture the bear; no injuries have been reported.

Sendai Futsukamachi, Miyagi

1 month ago

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