아라쿠라야마 센겐 공원~Aoba Ward, Sendai 하이킹 루트

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

Sendai Ayashi-chuo 2-chome, Miyagi

August 3

Sendai Fukuoka, 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

A bear was sighted in Fukou Terooka, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Fukuoka, Miyagi

A bear was witnessed in the field in the night time.

Kanuma 久野, Tochigi

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

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

Shiroishi 越河平, Miyagi

August 2

Shiroishi 越河平, Miyagi

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

Sendai, Miyagi

Around 7:35 a.m. on August 2, a bear-like animal was sighted in Suehirocho, Yaita City.

Yaita Tomita, Tochigi

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

A bear-like animal was seen moving in Otsukimachi Matsui, Koriyama, around 03:25 on 2026-07-31.

Koriyama 三穂田町大谷, Fukushima

A passerby sighted one animal believed to be a bear walking along the rice-field embankment (about 50 centimeters in body length).

Koriyama 三穂田町大谷, Fukushima

One bear-like animal was sighted in Fukiage-cho, Tochigi City.

Tochigi 吹上町, Tochigi

Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi

Tsuru Asahisoshi, Yamanashi

Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi

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

Murata 大字村田, Miyagi

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

Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima

Otsuki Hatsukarimachi-Shimohatsukari, Yamanashi

Around 8:20 PM on July 26, a bear-like animal was sighted in Hirai, Hinode Town, Tokyo.

Tokyo Hirai, Tokyo

Nasushiobara 千本松, Tochigi

July 25

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

One bear approximately 1.5 meters in length was sighted.

Koriyama 逢瀬町河内, Fukushima

July 25

Shiroishi 越河平, Miyagi

July 24

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Iwadono, Yamanashi

In the woodland, one bear (body length approximately 1.2 meters) was sighted.

Shirakawa 大信豊地, Fukushima

A bear about 1.2 m long was sighted in the forest at Daishin Toyochi, Shirakawa City.

Shirakawa 大信豊地, Fukushima

July 23

Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi

Around 19:50 on 2026-07-23, a driver saw one bear about 1 meter long walking on the road on National Route 457 in Kami-aiko Oriteba, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi

July 23

Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi

July 23

Sendai, Miyagi

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

Otama, Fukushima

July 23

Sendai Akiumachi-Sakaino, 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

Akiruno Sannai, Tokyo

Sano 田之入町, Tochigi

July 21

Shiroishi 福岡長袋, Miyagi

July 21

Sendai, Miyagi

At around 5:00 PM on July 21, a bear was sighted in Imazawa Kushichika, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai, Miyagi

July 21

Sendai Okura, Miyagi

Around 2:30 PM on 2026-07-21, a bear was sighted in Okurairoha, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Sendai Okura, Miyagi

July 20

Sendai, Miyagi

July 20

Sendai Goroku, Miyagi

July 20

Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi

Tsuru Shishidome, Yamanashi

It is believed to have been digging a hole in the mountains.

Tsuru, Yamanashi

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

A mother bear and two cubs were sighted near a community center in Asari, Nigoka-cho, Otsuki City.

Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Asari, Yamanashi

Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Asari, Yamanashi

Koriyama, Fukushima

Koriyama, Fukushima

I was walking from Iwadono Mountain toward Chigo-Otoshi. Just as I was about to reach Chigo-Otoshi, I encountered a bear cub.

Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Yurigaoka, Yamanashi

July 19

Sendai, Miyagi

Around 18:20 on 2026-07-19, one bear about 1.2 m long was sighted in farmland in Fujicho, Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture.

Sano 富士町, Tochigi

Nasushiobara 上大貫, Tochigi

A bear was sighted in Shigenokamachi Kozuse, Otsuki City.

Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Yurigaoka, Yamanashi

Sano 富士町, Tochigi

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

July 17

Sendai 南吉成, 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

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

July 17

Sendai Okura, Miyagi

July 16

Sendai, Miyagi

July 16

Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi

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

Fukushima, Fukushima

July 14

Kawasaki, Miyagi

July 14

Kawasaki, Miyagi

Around 6:10 PM on 2026-07-14, a bear was sighted in Nishi-Iwasaki, Nasushiobara City.

Nasushiobara 西岩崎, Tochigi

July 14

Natori, Miyagi

July 14

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kami-Aiko Hashimoto, Aoba Ward, Sendai City on 2026-07-14.

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

Around 6:50 PM on 2026-07-13, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Otawa, Fujioka-machi, Tochigi City.

Tochigi Fujiokamachi Ōdawa, Tochigi

July 13

Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kami-Aiko Kami-Shida, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, around 06:40 on July 13.

Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi

Tochigi Fujiokamachi Ōdawa, Tochigi

Around 19:20 on July 12, a bear-like animal was sighted in Kurosawa 3-chome, Ome City.

Ōme Kurosawa, Tokyo

July 12

Sendai Kumagane, 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 sighted in Kamiayashi Oriha, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, around 10:00 on July 12.

Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi

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

Black bear, 1m20 long and 0,7m high. Saw during a hiking from Mitsutogeyama to Kawaguchi Asama Shrine. 20-30 before the haha waterfall.

Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi

A bear was sighted in Imozawa Akasaka, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai, Miyagi

July 10

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

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

Tsuru Shimoya, Yamanashi

Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi

Two bears, believed to be a parent and cub, were sighted by the baseball field area of Fuji Hokuroku Park.

Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi

Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi