Aizuwakamatsu~Kurihara 드라이브 루트

While driving northbound on the Nakanosawa-Atami line, the observer sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) at the roadside appearing to be checking the road with the intent to cross.

Koriyama 熱海町高玉, Fukushima

Around 10:15 on 2026-08-05, a bear was sighted in Tomiya Ochiai, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi

A man driving in Kamo 1-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City, saw a bear-like black animal.

Sendai Kamiyagari, Miyagi

A sighting of one bear about 1 m long was reported in Semine Shinowaki, Kurihara City.

Kurihara 瀬峰, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long crossed the road and moved toward the Hirose River.

Sendai Ayashi-chuo 2-chome, Miyagi

August 3

Kurihara 築館字左野原, Miyagi

On a municipal road, one bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted.

Motomiya 関下, Fukushima

Bear tracks were found in the rice paddy.

Fukushima Kamitoriwata, Fukushima

One bear, about 1 meter long, was sighted on the Agagawa riverbank in Mondenmachi Oaza Iiji, Aizuwakamatsu City.

Aizuwakamatsu Kitaaizumachi-Sanbonmatsu, Fukushima

One bear was sighted near National Route 4 in Yurigakubo, Asakawa, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima, emerging from bushes on the east side of the road.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Asakawa, Fukushima

One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on National Route 4.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Asakawa, Fukushima

August 2

Sendai, Miyagi

August 2

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

August 2

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Chomeigaoka 1-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Chomeigaoka-higashi, Miyagi

One bear was sighted in Kozukehira, Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Shiroishi 越河平, Miyagi

August 2

Shiroishi 越河平, Miyagi

One bear was sighted in bushes along a city road near homes in Minatakano, Aizuwakamatsu.

Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Minamikoya, Fukushima

One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted. The bear was found in brush near a residential area and then moved further into the brush, where it disappeared from view.

Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Minamikoya, Fukushima

August 2

Sendai 北中山, Miyagi

August 2

Sendai Chomeigaoka-higashi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted at Tsubonuma Akaishiyama in Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Sendai, Miyagi

One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in bushes in Minamikōya, Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City.

Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Minamikoya, Fukushima

There was a sighting report of one bear with the same characteristics in a residential area in Minaminakayama 3-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Sanezawa, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Yoshioka-Higashishibasaki, Taiwa Town.

Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi

August 1

Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi

August 1

Taiwa Ochiai-Maino, Miyagi

A man driving a car sighted one bear about 1 meter long crossing Route 3 in Maino 3-chome, Taiwa Town.

Taiwa Ochiai-Maino, Miyagi

One bear was sighted crossing Route 3 in Yoshioka, Taiwa Town.

Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kawauchi, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, around 11:35 PM on 2026-07-31.

Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi

Around 14:04 on 2026-07-31 in Kikutamachi Maedazawa 2-chome, Koriyama City, one bear about 1 m long was seen on the slope of the Tohoku Expressway.

Koriyama 喜久田町早稲原, Fukushima

Koriyama 喜久田町前田沢, Fukushima

In Yamato Town, at Miyakodomach倉 on National Route 457, a woman driving a car saw one bear about 70 cm long cross the road.

Taiwa, Miyagi

Around 13:20 on 2026-07-30, one bear was sighted in Tomiya Karatakezawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi

While on duty, (the witness) looked toward the staff parking lot and observed one bear (body length about 1 m) walking across the grassy area on the south side of the staff parking lot from east to west.

Aizuwakamatsu Tsutsumimachi, Fukushima

One bear was sighted on a road in Adachishibukoshita, Murata Town, and moved south toward bushes.

Murata 大字村田, Miyagi

Aizumisato 大石, Fukushima

One bear (1.5 m body length) was sighted crossing National Route 118 in Shimouruya, Oto-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City.

Aizuwakamatsu Otomachi-Shimoamaya, Fukushima

July 28

Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi

July 28

Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Tsukidate Shimmiyano Uronosawa, Kurihara City.

Kurihara 築館字下宮野, Miyagi

July 28

Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi

A bear was sighted around 8:10 a.m. on July 28 in Yoshida Higashi Gofukuin, Yamato Town, Miyagi Prefecture.

Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi

One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.

Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima

July 27

Sendai Sanezawa, Miyagi

July 27

Sendai Sanezawa, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Takamori 3-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi

July 26

Sendai 寺岡, Miyagi

Around 7:45 AM on July 26, a bear was sighted in Furukawa-Shimizu, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi

Around 5:00 PM on July 26, a bear was sighted in Togatakezawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi

July 25

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Tsukidate Shimo-Miyano Yatsumatazawa, Kurihara City.

Kurihara 築館, Miyagi

July 25

Kurihara 築館, Miyagi

July 25

Shiroishi 越河平, Miyagi

One bear appeared in an apartment complex parking lot in Kaminish, Inawashiro Town.

Inawashiro 字上村西, Fukushima

July 24

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

Around 7:30 AM on July 24, a bear was sighted in Tsuboyo Minamihama, Inawashiro Town.

Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima

July 24

Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Tomiya Ochiai, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi

July 23

Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi

July 23

Osaki 三本木新沼, Miyagi

July 23

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

July 23

Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi

July 23

Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi

July 23

Ohira 中央平, Miyagi

One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the roadway.

Otama, Fukushima

July 23

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

A bear was sighted at Miyakodo Yotsutsuji in Taiwa Town around 5:30 a.m.

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

July 23

Osaki, Miyagi

Around 3:20 PM on 2026-07-23, a bear was sighted in Takayashiki, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

A resident man saw a bear about 1 meter long on a village road in Tamai, Otama Village.

Otama, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Tamai-Kodakura, Otama Village, around 05:50 on July 23.

Otama Tamanoi, Fukushima

A driver sighted one bear about 1 m long crossing the road on the Sendai-Sambongi Line in Imaizumi Miyamae, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 今泉, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Imaizumi Hachimanshita, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture, at around 21:08 on July 22.

Tomiya 今泉, Miyagi

July 22

Tomiya 今泉, Miyagi

Three bears (lengths unknown) were sighted in the mountains beside the municipal road.

Inawashiro 字堤東, Fukushima

Around 7:20 PM on 2026-07-22, a bear was sighted in Iwasato-Ueno, Inawashiro Town, Fukushima Prefecture.

Inawashiro 字五十軒道南, Fukushima

A cub crossed the road and went into the grass.

Aizuwakamatsu Otomachi-Okawa, Fukushima

July 22

Osaki 岩出山下野目, Miyagi

July 21

Shiroishi 福岡長袋, Miyagi

July 21

Ohira 奥田, Miyagi

July 21

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

Around 9:40 on July 21, a bear was sighted in Takayashiki, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

A bear was sighted moving in Katō-machi Hatta Ōnonahara, Aizuwakamatsu City.

Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima

July 21

Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Tomiya Futsusho, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

July 21

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

July 21

Osato, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Takashimizu Miyawaki, Kurihara City.

Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi

July 20

Sendai Goroku, Miyagi

One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted in the forested area on the east side of Prefectural Route 322.

Inawashiro 大字八幡, Fukushima

One bear (about 0.5 meters in body length) was sighted.

Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Hatta, Fukushima

One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on a residential property but left for the forest.

Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima

On the morning of 2026-07-20, a bear was seen moving in Arai Hayama, Motomiya City, Fukushima.

Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima

One bear about 0.5 meters long crossed a road in Hatta, Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City.

Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Hatta, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Toyomae-hama, Inawashiro Town.

Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima

One bear (approximately 1 meter in length) was sighted beside National Route 49.

Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima

One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted.

Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Takashimizu Kumano, Kurihara City.

Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi

July 19

Sendai, Miyagi

July 19

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Morinohashi 2-chome, Tomiya City, around 11:13 on July 19.

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

July 19

Kurihara 高清水, Miyagi

One bear was inside a building lot in Dōmachi Minami, Inawashiro Town.

Inawashiro 字並杉西, Fukushima

One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.

Inawashiro 字並杉西, Fukushima

July 18

Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi

July 18

Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi

July 18

Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

July 18

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Ichinoseki-nezumiyama, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 一ノ関, 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

Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi

July 17

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

One bear, about 1.5 m long, was sighted on a road in Tomiya Negisizawa, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

July 17

Tomiya あけの平, Miyagi

One bear, about 70 cm long, was sighted on a road in Tomiya Ogochi, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi

One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the roadway.

Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Arai Hayama, Motomiya City, Fukushima, around 4:30 PM on July 17, 2026.

Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima

bear cub

Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

July 17

Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

July 17

Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Yoshidanishikaze, Taiwa Town.

Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

July 17

Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

July 17

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

A bear was sighted at Fukuoka Kuramoto Chazono in Shiroishi City.

Shiroishi 福岡長袋, Miyagi

In Fukuoka Kuramoto, Shiroishi City, an elderly-home employee saw one bear about 1 meter long in a rice paddy.

Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi

July 17

Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi

July 17

Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long was seen crossing the road in Hiyoshi, Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu, with no injuries reported.

Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Koya, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Iizaka-machi Yunosakudō, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima

A single bear (about 1.5 meters in body length) was sighted along National Route 399.

Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima

A bear was sighted at Miyadoko Yotsuji, Yamato Town, Miyagi.

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

One bear approximately 1 meter in body length was sighted. The bear has since already departed.

Koriyama, Fukushima

One bear about 1 meter long was seen walking in a park in Keizan, Aizuwakamatsu, and later returned to the mountain.

Aizuwakamatsu Tenneijimachi, Fukushima

One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted. The bear departed into the forested area to the east, and its subsequent movements are unknown.

Aizuwakamatsu Higashiyamamachi-Ishiyama, Fukushima

July 16

Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi

July 16

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

One bear about 1.5 meters long was seen crossing National Route 49 in Hatta Ohnohara, Kawanohigashi-cho, Aizuwakamatsu.

Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima

One bear (approximately 1.5 meters in body length) was sighted.

Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima

July 16

Taiwa Technohills, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Naka-yasuda, Atami-machi, Koriyama City around 6:00 PM on July 16.

Koriyama, Fukushima

One bear was sighted on a slope in Kokudasetonosawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Tomiya あけの平, Miyagi

July 15

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

A single bear (about 1.5 meters in body length) was sighted in the grassy area north of National Route 49.

Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima

July 15

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

July 15

Taiwa 杜の丘, Miyagi

July 15

Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi

July 15

Ohira 中央平, Miyagi

One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.

Fukushima, Fukushima

July 15

Taiwa Technohills, Miyagi

July 14

Kawasaki, Miyagi

July 14

Kawasaki, Miyagi

A single bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the paved road.

Inawashiro 字城南, Fukushima

July 14

Natori, Miyagi

July 14

Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi

Bear sighting reported at Kamiyakari Kumanoshitashita, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Nomura, Miyagi

July 14

Sendai Nomura, 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

Kurihara 高清水, Miyagi

A bear sighting was reported in Miyakoji Shimoshoji, Taiwa Town, around 05:50.

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

July 13

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

July 12

Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi

A woman walking her dog spotted one bear about 1 meter long at Shiroishi River Kiridoshi Park in Fukukakuramoto Iwanoue, Shiroishi City.

Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi

Around 6:00 a.m. in Nakano-me, Nihonmatsu City, one bear about 1.5 m long was sighted crossing a field.

Nihonmatsu 中ノ目, Fukushima

A bear was seen leaving into a forest in Iizakamachi Yuno Matoba, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Shinyu, Yuno, Iizakamachi, Fukushima City around 16:40 on July 11.

Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima

July 11

Kurihara, Miyagi

July 11

Taiwa, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Tsukidate Ota Yamazukazawa, Kurihara City.

Kurihara, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in a rice paddy in Shimohori, Aizumisato, and walked away.

Aizumisato 下堀, Fukushima

Around 16:20 on 2026-07-10, a bear was sighted in Fukurokumoto Yokomukai, Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi

July 10

Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi

July 10

Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi

July 10

Taiwa, Miyagi

July 10

Ohira 大森, Miyagi

Two bears were sighted in Futabagaoka 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Fujimatsu, Miyagi

July 9

Sendai Fujimatsu, Miyagi

July 9

Ohira 大衡, Miyagi