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Observed one bear crossing the road.

Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Kawauchi Kawamaechō, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi

Around 8:00 on 2026-06-14, a bear was sighted in Ageta-cho, Kanuma City.

Kanuma 油田町, Tochigi

Around 22:30 on 2026-06-14, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Kiwada-machi, Kanuma City.

Kanuma 亀和田町, Tochigi

A bear was sighted in Yazutsu, Zao Town, Miyagi Prefecture, around 8:30 PM on June 14.

Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi

Around 9:00 on June 14, a bear-like animal was sighted in Oguno, Hinode-machi, Tokyo.

Tokyo Oguno, Tokyo

June 13

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

On Saturday, June 13 at approximately 3:50 p.m., a witness (male in his 30s) spotted one bear (about 1 m in length) inside a park in Uenodera, Kamihiraba area, Fukushima City. The bear then left heading west.

Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima

On Saturday, June 13 at around 3:25 p.m., on a municipal road in Minamimukoudai 3-chome, Fukushima City, an eyewitness (male in his 80s) driving a vehicle spotted two bears (each about 1.5 m in body length). The bears subsequently left heading west.

Fukushima Oguraji, Fukushima

Tsuru Ohata, Yamanashi

At around 12:25 a.m. on Saturday, June 13, in the fields in Fujikubo, Sekiya, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his teens) saw one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) crossing the fields near Kanayagawa Station on the JR Tohoku Main Line while he was walking. The bear then departed south from that location.

Fukushima Kanayagawa, Fukushima

Two bears about 1.5 meters long were sighted on a city road in Minamimukai-dai 3-chome, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Oguraji, Fukushima

At around 3:50 PM on 2026-06-13, a bear was sighted in Uwanodera Kamihiraba, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima

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

One bear about 1 m long was sighted walking east along the riverbank in Takadate Kumano-do Nakagawa, Natori City.

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

On Friday, June 12 at about 5:15 p.m., on a village road in Oyama Aza Atago, Otama Village, a male witness riding a bicycle toward Nihonmatsu City spotted one bear (about 1 m in body length) walking toward him.

Otama, Fukushima

June 12

Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi

On 2026-06-12 around 09:35, a bear was sighted moving in Kamionikiyanagi 2-chiwari, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.

Kitakami Kamioniyanagi, Iwate

In the rice field, about 1 m in body length, moving away toward the south (where houses are located). Approximately 20 m from the nearest home.

Senboku Tazawako-Obonai, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Tazawako Obonai-machi Tada, Senboku City, around 8:45 a.m.

Senboku, Akita

Around 5:30 AM on June 12, a bear was sighted in Takakuhei, Nasu Town, Tochigi Prefecture.

Nasu 一ツ樅, Tochigi

Around 4:00 PM on 2026-06-12, a bear was sighted in Myojin, Shizukuishi Town, Iwate Prefecture.

Shizukuishi, Iwate

Around noon on Friday, June 12, within the Yamanaka area of Nukazawa, Motomiya City, on Prefectural Route Nihonmatsu-Kanaya, a witness (male in his 20s) driving a vehicle observed one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 m in body length) walking toward Motomiya on the road.

Motomiya 仁井田, Fukushima

June 12

Sendai 北中山, Miyagi

Kanuma みなみ町, Tochigi

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

Around 21:20 on June 11, a bear-like animal was sighted in Kitahanda, Kanuma City.

Kanuma 北半田, Tochigi

June 11

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

While taking a break in the parking area, I noticed the sound of branches snapping getting closer and closer. When I checked the direction of the sound, there was a bear along the guardrail.

Fuefuki Ashigawacho-Araibara, Yamanashi

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

One bear about 1 meter long was seen walking north along a roadside in Ochiai Matsuzaka Akasaka, Taiwa Town.

Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, Miyagi

The field's mulch was torn, and there were footprints. The compost was disturbed.

Morioka Nagai, 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

June 11

Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi

June 11

Kurihara 築館字沢入, Miyagi

Around 5:10 AM on June 11, a bear was sighted in Nakaneko Nijūni Shinmei, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Nakaneko, Iwate

On Thursday, June 11 at approximately 2:55 a.m., on National Route 13 in Funaba-cho, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 20s) driving a vehicle observed one animal believed to be a bear crossing the road (about 50 cm in body length). There were no human injuries or property damage.

Fukushima Minamimachi, Fukushima

June 11

Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi

June 11

Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Yukuchi Hirabayashi, Hanamaki City, Iwate, around 13:05 on June 11.

Hanamaki Nishihareyama, Iwate

Around 8:00 on 2026-06-11, a bear was sighted in Isawa Koyama Harakawa, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture.

Ōshū, Iwate

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

On Wednesday, June 10, at around 7:00 p.m., in the Kanisawa area of Yuno, Iizaka Town, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his 40s) observed one bear (approximately 1.5 m in body length) standing in a field while driving. After noticing the vehicle, the bear departed to the north.

Fukushima Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima

June 10

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

June 10

Shiroishi 大鷹沢鷹巣, Miyagi

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

June 10

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

On Wednesday, June 10 at approximately 1:20 p.m., in the Suwayama area of Kuroiwa, Fukushima City, on a municipal road, a witness (female in her 20s) observed one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 meter in body length) crossing the road while traveling by vehicle.

Fukushima Kuroiwa, Fukushima

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

Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi

A bear was sighted moving in Fujisawa 15-chiwari, Kitakami City, around 04:07 on 2026-06-10.

Kitakami Ryutsu-center, Iwate

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

Around 7:00 PM on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Mizusawa Ohatajikoji, Oshu City, around 10:05 on June 10.

Ōshū Mizusawa-Miyashitacho, Iwate

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

On Tuesday, June 9 at around 2:00 p.m., in a field in Uenakashima, Sasakino, Fukushima City, a caller (male in his 70s) discovered footprints believed to be from a bear. When Fukushima City Hall staff arrived and inspected the scene, they confirmed the tracks were from a bear.

Fukushima Kaminodera, Fukushima

Sagamihara Magino, Kanagawa

Bear tracks were found in a field in Nagabayashi, Machinobasaka, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Shimonodera, Fukushima

On Tuesday, June 9 at approximately 11:40 a.m., in a field within Osanabayashi area, Machinibasaka, Fukushima City, the reporter (male) discovered footprints believed to be from a bear. Fukushima City Hall staff responded to the scene and confirmed that the tracks were from a bear.

Fukushima Shimonodera, Fukushima

At Daibara Forest Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai, a passerby called 110 to report a bear.

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, 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

June 9

Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Ishidoriya-cho Kuronuma 8-chiwari, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Kuronuma, Iwate

Around 1:00 PM on 2026-06-09, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Makino, Midori Ward, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Sagamihara Magino, Kanagawa

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

Kanuma 深程, Tochigi

On Monday, June 8 at approximately 9:35 p.m., near the 184.3-kilometer post on the inbound (upbound) lanes of the Tohoku Expressway at 40-2 Ikenoiriyama, Fumase, Izumizaki Village, a large commercial truck driven by a man in his 50s, traveling in the first lane of the inbound direction, collided with a bear (about 1.5 m in body length) that crossed from the right side to the left of the vehicle’s direction of travel. The driver of the vehicle sustained no injuries. There were no passengers. The bear was confirmed dead at the scene of the traffic accident.

Izumizaki Fumase, Fukushima

On Monday, June 8, at around 8:20 p.m., a witness (male in his 60s) sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) on the roadway in Uchimach in Machinawazaka, Fukushima City. The bear subsequently left the area heading west.

Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Akashi Shimoinugazawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture, around 19:05 on 2026-06-08.

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

June 8

Kurihara 志波姫南堀口, Miyagi

On June 8 (Monday) at approximately 5:50 PM, in the Kurokawa area below Shirasaka, Shirakawa City, a witness (male in his teens) spotted one bear (about 2 meters in body length) by the roadside while riding a bicycle.

Shirakawa, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Akashishitaderamae, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

June 8

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

On Monday, June 8 at around 2:00 p.m., a single bear (about 1 m in body length) was sighted within the golf course area in Gakudan, Kuroiwa, Fukushima City. The bear later left and went into the grove of mixed woods.

Fukushima Tazawa, Fukushima

A single young bear was sighted near the parking lot reserved for staff of the Handmade Village.

Morioka Yuzawa, Iwate

A bear entered the grounds of a prefectural apartment complex in Yuzawa-Higashi, Morioka, tore open fertilizer bags, and scattered fertilizer.

Morioka Yuzawa, Iwate

A single medium-sized bear was sighted moving toward Iwayama near the Iwayama entrance on National Route 4.

Morioka Yuzawa, Iwate

On Monday, June 8 at approximately 5:50 a.m., in a field in Nishihara, Minamisawamata area, Fukushima City, a witness (female in her 40s) observed one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 m in body length) in the field. Because it was a brief passing sighting, the direction in which it left and other details are unknown.

Fukushima Minamisawamata, Fukushima

Around 2 PM on June 8, a bear was sighted in Kuroiwa Gakudan, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Tazawa, Fukushima

Around 5:50 on June 8, a bear-like animal was sighted in Minamisawamata Nishihara, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Minamisawamata, Fukushima

June 8

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Nishianiwa 26 District, Shizukuishi Town, around 04:30 on June 8.

Shizukuishi 下長根, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Uchimachi, Machinaiwazaka, Fukushima City around 8:20 PM on June 8.

Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima

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

Hachioji, Tokyo

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

Near the BMW, I saw it running from the field or rice paddy toward the grove of trees. I was driving and looked to the right when I saw it, so there are no photos. It wasn't in front, so the dashcam didn’t record it either.

Kanuma 深津, Tochigi

June 7

Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi

June 7

Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi

One bear was sighted on a city road in Takinohara 3, Utsunomiya.

Utsunomiya 大塚町, Tochigi

Sighting reported around Utsunomiya, Takinokahara 3-chome area.

Utsunomiya 大塚町, Tochigi

Around 5:15 on June 7, one bear was sighted in Otsuka-cho, Utsunomiya City.

Utsunomiya 大塚町, Tochigi

A bear was sighted at a park in Aikobano-cho, Utsunomiya City.

Utsunomiya 明保野町, Tochigi

On Sunday, June 7 at approximately 4:10 a.m., in a field in Minamisawamata, Suimonshimo, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his 70s) observed one animal believed to be a bear (about 50 cm in body length) in the field. The animal then left the scene heading east.

Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima

Utsunomiya 大塚町, Tochigi

A bear was sighted in Nishikawada-cho, Utsunomiya City.

Utsunomiya 西川田町, Tochigi

Utsunomiya 明保野町, Tochigi

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

A bear was sighted in Ennda Takaki, Zaō Town, Miyagi, around 1:00 PM on June 7.

Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi

Utsunomiya 大塚町, Tochigi

Utsunomiya Honcho, Tochigi

Around 13:30 on 2026-06-07, a bear was sighted in Ohira Heirin, Ohira Village, Miyagi Prefecture.

Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi

Utsunomiya 大塚町, Tochigi

Utsunomiya 東原町, Tochigi

A bear was sighted in Kamiozocho.

Utsunomiya 上大曽町, Tochigi

At around 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 6, a witness (male, in his 60s) observed one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) running across a rice field in the Higashikubo area of Katahira Town, Koriyama City. The bear then left toward the mountain to the northwest.

Koriyama 片平町, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Fujimigaoka 1, Utsunomiya.

Utsunomiya 山本町, Tochigi

On Saturday, June 6 at around 6:30 p.m., in the riverbed area of Sakurauchi, Minamisawamata, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 40s) observed one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 m in body length) moving eastward along the riverbed.

Fukushima Minamisawamata, Fukushima

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 single young bear was sighted near the parking lot reserved for staff of the Handmade Village.

Morioka, Iwate

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

Shiroishi 大平中目, Miyagi

One bear was sighted at a construction site in the Ohira Nakame Koyashiki area of Shiraishi City.

Shiroishi 大平中目, Miyagi

June 6

Tomiya 西成田, Miyagi

June 6

Shiroishi 大平中目, 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

Utsunomiya 八幡台, Tochigi

There are signs that the bear is fixating on the feed.

Morioka, Iwate

A bear was sighted walking north on a city road in Fujimigaoka 1-chome, Utsunomiya City.

Utsunomiya 山本町, Tochigi

Around 8:30 PM on 2026-06-06, a bear 60–80 cm long was seen in Yamamoto, Utsunomiya, Tochigi. No injuries were reported.

Utsunomiya 八幡台, Tochigi

Utsunomiya 戸祭台, Tochigi

Utsunomiya 戸祭台, Tochigi

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

At around 13:37 on 2026-06-05, one bear was seen moving in Shimooni 2-chiwari, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.

Kitakami, Iwate

A single young bear was sighted near the parking lot reserved for staff of the Handmade Village.

Morioka Sanbonyanagi, Iwate

Fuefuki Ashigawacho-Kamiashigawa, Yamanashi

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

A bear was sighted in Sasakino Harai Kawazoe, Fukushima City, around 4:10 AM on June 5.

Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima

On June 5 (Friday) at approximately 4:10 a.m., in a rice paddy in the Harakawazoe area of Sasakino, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 60s) observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) moving south through the rice paddy.

Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima

In Sasakino, Fukushima City, a bear was seen in a paddy field near a city road about 2 km northwest of the escaped bear's factory.

Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima

At around 2:00 a.m., one bear about 1.5 meters long was sighted within the grounds of a house in Yamada, Yaita City, Tochigi Prefecture.

Yaita Yamada, Tochigi

June 5

Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi

Yaita Yamada, Tochigi

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-like animal was sighted in Sanbonyanagi 4-chiwari, Morioka City.

Morioka Sanbonyanagi, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Sugōdate, Murata Town, Miyagi Prefecture, around 00:15 on June 5.

Murata 大字菅生, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Maesawa Ainosawa, Oshu City.

Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate

In Sasakino, Fukushima City, a bear was seen crossing a city road about 2 km northwest of the escaped bear's factory.

Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima

On Thursday, June 4 at approximately 7:40 p.m., in the area of Harakawazoe, Sasakino, Fukushima City, on a municipal road, a witness (male) driving a vehicle observed a bear (one, about 1 meter in body length) crossing the road from east to west.

Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Sasakino Harigawasoe, Fukushima City, around 19:40 on June 4.

Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima

On Thursday, June 4 at around 7:00 p.m., in the Moto-Kanazawa area of Sakurashita, Fukushima City, on the cycling road, a witness (a woman in her 30s) driving a vehicle saw one bear (about 1 m in body length) enter the riverside thicket from the cycling road.

Fukushima Sakurashimo, Fukushima

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

While descending the Inariyama course, I witnessed a black shape moving down the slope ahead. It was some distance away, so I cannot be certain.

Hachioji, Tokyo

While driving, encountered a mother bear about 1 m in body length and a cub about 40 cm in the center of the road; they departed northward toward the mountain. Distance to the nearest house approximately 30 m.

Senboku, Akita

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

Around 2:00 on June 4, a mature bear was captured on an AI camera on the south side of Kamimachi Park in Ishidoriya-cho, Koji, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Kochi, Iwate

Around 8:00 PM on June 4, a bear was sighted in Kosegawa 1-chiwari, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Kunuginome, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Tengada, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Tenkada, Iwate

Around 7:00 PM on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Sasukurashita Motokanazawa, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Sakurashimo, Fukushima

At around 9:30 on 2026-06-04, one bear was seen moving in Nishi-ki-machi Hinokinai Aunai-gata, Semboku City, Akita Prefecture.

Senboku, Akita

One animal believed to be the size of a large dog plus a bit larger, thought to be a bear, was sighted moving toward the Kitakami River.

Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate

Around 8:00 PM on June 3, there was a report of a sighting of an animal believed to be a bear near 400 Chigasase 4-chome, Ome City.

Ōme Chigasemachi, Tokyo

Tsuru Ohata, Yamanashi

At around 19:15 on June 3, a bear was sighted in Matsukawa-machi Asakawa Hato, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Hikarigaoka, Fukushima

Around 19:15 on 2026-06-03, one bear was sighted on a city road in Asakawa, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Asakawa, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 3 at approximately 7:15 p.m., in the area of Namiwataru, Asakawa, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, on a municipal road, a witness (male in his 20s) driving observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road from north to south.

Fukushima Hikarigaoka, Fukushima

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

Sendai 住吉台, Miyagi

Around 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 3, in Wariishi, Machinabasaka, Fukushima City, the caller (male in his 70s) discovered what appeared to be bear scat and reported it to the police. He provided the information to Fukushima City Hall, and when city officials responded to the scene with him and inspected the area, it was confirmed to be bear scat.

Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima

June 3

Sendai 西中山, Miyagi

June 3

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

On the night of 2026-06-03, one bear was seen moving in Sasakino Tachi, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima

One bear was seen moving in Aisari-cho Kami-sanjunincho, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Aisaricho, Iwate

A woman reported a bear in the bushes while walking in Nishinakayama 2-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.

Sendai 西中山, Miyagi

June 2

Sendai Kawauchi-Sanjuninmachi, Miyagi

At the Fukushimaseiko factory premises, a bear was seen on the roof of a three-story building.

Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima

Otsuki Nanahomachi-Asakawa, Yamanashi

A bear entered the premises of Fukushima Seiko in Sasakino Tenjikuda, Fukushima City, and attacked two employees.

Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima

At an establishment in Sasakino, Fukushima City, a bear attacked four employees/residents and four people were injured. The bear is believed to still be staying inside the building.

Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima

A bear appeared on the Fukushimaseiko premises in Sasakino, Fukushima City, and injured two employees, one nearby resident, and one security guard at another nearby company.

Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima

At around 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 2, at a business premises in Fukushima City, a bear that had entered the site attacked two employees, and then attacked two more people in a nearby residential area, injuring a total of four people. All sustained minor injuries and were conscious. Those attacked by the bear were two male employees in their 20s and 60s from “Fukushima Seikō” in Sasakino Tenjikuda, Fukushima City, and an 80-year-old woman and a 60-year-old man in the surrounding area. All appear to be conscious. The scene is a residential area about 3 kilometers northwest of JR Fukushima Station.

Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima

Around 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 2, in Yumachi, Machinibasaka, Fukushima City, the reporter (a woman in her 30s) discovered bear droppings.

Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima

The bear attacked four people while moving across JR Ou Main Line Sasakino Station.

Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima

An adult bear was seen running east on a road in Ishidoriya-machi Ezo 9-chome, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Eso, Iwate

A bear entered the premises of Fukushima Steel in Fukushima City, chased a male employee in his 20s, and injured him lightly.

Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima

June 1

Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

On Monday, June 1 at approximately 10:51 p.m., in a residential area of Tatsuda, Sasakino, Fukushima City, a witness (female in her 50s) spotted a single bear (about 1 m in body length) leaving the area, moving from east to west toward the residential neighborhood as she was about to stop at a convenience store. The witness saw the bear while driving.

Fukushima Yashimada, Fukushima

June 1st

Sendai 館, Miyagi

June 1st

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

June 1st

Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi

June 1st

Osaki 三本木秋田, Miyagi

At the Takahora Mountain trailhead, five hikers sighted a mother bear with her cub.

Shizukuishi 下長根, Iwate

June 1st

Osaki 岩出山下野目, Miyagi

June 1st

Kurihara, Miyagi

June 1st

Kawasaki, Miyagi

June 1st

Sendai 紫山, Miyagi

Around 18:40 on 2026-06-01, a bear was sighted in Akashi Nitanme, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

May 31

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

May 31

Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi

May 31

Sendai 北中山, Miyagi

May 31

Kawasaki Hasekura, Miyagi

A passerby spotted two bears — a mother and her cub — and they ran off into the woods on the north side.

Morioka, Iwate

A cub was walking through a rice field. Body length approximately 0.5 m. Direction of departure: west. Distance to the nearest building: about 30 m.

Senboku Nishikicho-Hinokinai, Akita

On 2026-05-31 afternoon, one bear was sighted moving in Konamiuchi, Hinokinaiki, Nishiki-machi, Semboku City.

Senboku Nishikicho-Hinokinai, Akita

May 31

Tomiya 三ノ関, Miyagi

At approximately 2:45 p.m. on May 31, a bear-like animal was sighted near Nagafuchi 5-chome, Ome City, Tokyo (landmark: Meisei University entrance intersection).

Ōme Nagabuchi, Tokyo

There were bear tracks in the field.

Morioka Yuzawa, Iwate

Observed for about one second a black, rounded, quadrupedal animal about the size of a medium dog—possibly a bear cub or a wild boar—running roughly 30 meters uphill into the brush. Location: where the Onnazaka and Sawa trails merge on Mt. Takagawayama.

Otsuki Hatsukarimachi-Shimohatsukari, Yamanashi

At approximately 6:30 a.m. on May 31, in a field in Hiraakasaka, Suibara, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, the caller (a woman in her 60s) went to the field to do farm work and discovered what appeared to be bear tracks. She reported it to the police station. Afterwards she provided the information to Fukushima City Hall, and when city hall staff attended the scene with her and checked, it was confirmed to be bear tracks.

Fukushima, Fukushima

Early on 2026-05-31, a bear-like animal was sighted in Moto-Hachioji-cho 3-chome, Hachioji City.

Hachioji, Tokyo

At approximately 5:10 a.m. on May 31, 2026, near the Otstuden Falls area within Hachioji Castle Ruins in Motohachiōji 3-chome, Hachioji City, there was a report of a bear growling. Since a bear was also sighted at the same location yesterday, please refrain from going out in the vicinity, and if you see a bear, call 110 from a safe location.

Hachioji, Tokyo

Witnessed one bear running eastward toward the cemetery from the tea field intersection.

Morioka, Iwate

Signs suggesting a bear sighting (tracks of raspberries/blackberries eaten)

Morioka Yuzawa, Iwate

Nasushiobara 高林, Tochigi

May 30

Sendai Chomeigaoka-higashi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Chomeigaoka 2-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City, around 23:15 on May 30.

Sendai Chomeigaoka-higashi, Miyagi

There was one Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma) on the stairs descending from the rest/interaction area toward the Takao direction. It appeared to be large in size.

Hachioji, Tokyo

While descending the Inariyama course during trail running, I heard a loud rustling as if an animal was pushing through the bushes on my front left. When I looked toward the sound, I saw what appeared to be a black animal—likely a bear—running away quickly within about 50 meters. Although I was wearing sunglasses, it looked about 1–1.5 meters long, so I believe it was a bear. I had been running downhill with bear bells, so I think it noticed human presence and hurriedly fled. I didn’t have time to stop and take a photo, and the location is approximate. I was measuring distance by GPS as I ran, and it was just past 2 km from the summit, but I roughly identified the spot by comparing with someone’s recorded track on YAMAP. There may still be some margin of error. I posted this because there was a sighting reported yesterday at Yakoin.

Hachioji, Tokyo

A bear was sighted in Kuzu 1-chiwari, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Eso, Iwate

On May 30 around 14:30, a bear was sighted in Waga-machi Goto 13-chiwari, Kitakami, and was seen moving.

Kitakami Nippei, Iwate

Hachioji, Tokyo

At approximately 12:10 p.m. on May 30, 2026, a bear was sighted near the Goshuden Falls in the Hachioji Castle ruins area, Moto-Hachioji-cho 3-chome, Hachioji City.

Hachioji, Tokyo

[Post] Two bear cubs and their mother came out onto the roadway from the shore of Lake Tazawa

Senboku, Akita

May 29

Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

May 29

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

May 29

Murata 大字小泉, Miyagi

May 29

Ohira, Miyagi

May 29

Ohira, Miyagi

Otsuki Otsukimachi-Otsuki, Yamanashi

May 29

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

Around 6:55 a.m. on May 29, a bear was sighted in Kamishinai 10-chome, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Kaminitanai, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Yagiyamaminami 2-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi

May 29

Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi

A junior high school boy spotted one bear on a road in Yagiyama Honcho 2-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Matsugaoka, Miyagi

May 29

Sendai Nihondaira, Miyagi

Spotted one juvenile near a house.

Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Sasakino Shigaido, Fukushima City, around 23:45 on May 28.

Fukushima Niida, Fukushima

On Thursday, May 28, at approximately 11:45 p.m., in the road area of Ichikaidō, Sasakino, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 20s) spotted one bear (approx. 1.5 m in body length) crossing the road while returning home from work. The bear then departed the scene heading west. The witness saw the bear while driving a vehicle.

Fukushima Niida, Fukushima

At around 6:40 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, in a fruit orchard in the Dozuna Kitayachi-tochi area of Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 50s) saw a single bear (about 1 m in body length) wandering through the orchard next to his home. The bear subsequently left the area heading west.

Fukushima Tsuchifune, Fukushima

May 28

Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

From the hiking trail beside the old Koshu-kaido Sasago Tunnel, near Sasago Pass on the trail toward Mt. Sasago Karigaharasuri, I encountered a cub about 50 cm long approximately 50 meters ahead of my position. The cub ran up the slope on the left side of the trail, toward the Enzan side, from Sasago Pass and disappeared. I watched the same spot for about five minutes but did not see any adult bear.

Otsuki, Yamanashi

Around 05:10 on 2026-05-28, a bear was sighted in Nitsusawa, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Sendai Futatsusawa, Miyagi

May 28

Sendai Futatsusawa, Miyagi

Two bears about 80 cm long were seen in the parking lot of government employee housing in Kawauchi, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi

Two bears were sighted in a parking lot in Kawauchi Motoyashikita, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Kawauchi-Motohasekura, Miyagi

Nasushiobara 折戸, Tochigi

Nasushiobara 高林, Tochigi

A bear was sighted in Adachi Yōjiki, Murata Town, Miyagi, on 2026-05-28.

Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

May 28

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

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

Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi

May 27

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

May 27

Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi

May 27

Tomiya 穀田, Miyagi

May 27

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

At around 5:30 a.m. on May 27, in an agricultural field in Hiraakasaka, Suibara, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, a caller (a woman in her 60s) went to the field to do farm work and discovered bear tracks. She reported it to the police station, and later provided the information to Fukushima City Hall. City hall staff went to the scene with her and confirmed that the tracks were from a bear.

Fukushima, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Maesawa Jinja, Oshu City.

Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate

Around 5:30 PM on 2026-05-27, a bear was sighted in Omyojin, Shizukuishi Town, Iwate Prefecture.

Shizukuishi, Iwate

A bear was sighted moving in Murasaki-no 14-chome, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Murasakino, Iwate

May 26

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

May 26

Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi

Was walking about 500 meters north.

Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate

Saw what appeared to be a bear and its cub at night.

Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate

May 26

Kurihara 築館字左野原, Miyagi

One bear was sighted running away toward Lake Gosho near the Sakura Garden area of Gosho Lake Regional Park.

Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Sasagocho Yoshikubo, Otsuki City, around 2:10 PM on May 26.

Otsuki Sasagomachi-Yoshikubo, Yamanashi

Otsuki Sasagomachi-Shirano, Yamanashi

Around 11:10 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted at Takenoshita-mae, Tsukidate-Yazawa, Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Kurihara, Miyagi

May 26

Kurihara 築館字下待井, Miyagi

On Tuesday, May 26 at approximately 10:15 a.m., in a forested area of Sugita-machi 3-chome, Nihonmatsu City, a witness (woman in her 30s) while driving saw one animal believed to be a bear walking near a trail in the forest. The animal was only partially seen, so its body length is unknown. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Nihonmatsu 大作, Fukushima

May 26

Sendai Kawauchi-Yamayashiki, Miyagi

On Tuesday, May 26 at around 7:00 a.m., in Yoshikura, Hikokubo area, Nihonmatsu City, a witness (male in his 70s) driving a vehicle sighted one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the farm road from south to north. The bear entered the woodland beside the road and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Nihonmatsu 渋川, Fukushima

Around 9:00 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted in Takayashiki, Tomiya, Miyagi, and was later captured.

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

Around 4 PM on 2026-05-26, one bear was sighted in Tsunagi, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture.

Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Takanashi, Nasushiobara City.

Nasushiobara 高林, Tochigi

One bear was sighted on the Tohoku University Aobayama Campus on the morning of May 26.

Sendai Aramaki, Miyagi

Nasushiobara 高林, Tochigi

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

May 25

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

May 25

Shiroishi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Tsunagi-... area of Morioka City around 16:20 on May 25.

Morioka, Iwate

There are bear tracks in the vegetable garden behind the house.

Morioka, Iwate

[Report] One bear sighted; body length unknown

Senboku Tazawako-Kata, Akita

[Post] One bear of unknown body length sighted

Senboku Tazawako-Kata, Akita

Around 06:50 on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Tazawako Kataichinowatari, Semboku City, Akita Prefecture.

Senboku Tazawako-Kata, Akita

An approximately 50 cm-long animal was rummaging through the garbage at the trash collection point. Direction of departure unknown. Approximately 3 m from a residence.

Senboku Tazawako-Kata, Akita

One bear was sighted in Sakuramachi 1-chome, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Toyosawacho, Iwate

A single young bear was sighted near the road by the parking area of the Oirino Wetland Plant Garden in Goshoko Wide-area Park.

Morioka, Iwate

On the night of 2026-05-25, one bear was sighted on a city road in Narita 8-chome, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

May 25

Zao 大字塩沢, Miyagi

Around 8:30 PM on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Narita, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture.

Hanamaki Narita, Iwate

May 24

Kurihara, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kamiyagari 2-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Izumichuo-minami, Miyagi

May 24

Sendai Izumichuo-minami, Miyagi

Around 21:40 on May 24, a bear was sighted in Takabayashi, Nasushiobara City.

Nasushiobara 高林, Tochigi

One bear was seen crossing a city road in Futabishin-den, Shirakawa City, around 19:30.

Shirakawa 双石, Fukushima

On Sunday, May 24 at approximately 7:30 p.m., within Futaishinden area of Shirakawa City, on a municipal road, a witness walking a dog along the road observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road.

Shirakawa 双石, Fukushima

[Post] A bear cub was running through the rice field. Diagonally across from the fire station.

Senboku Tazawako-Obonai, Akita

May 24

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

May 24

Kurihara, Miyagi

May 24

Shiroishi 越河平, Miyagi

Otsuki Hatsukarimachi-Nakahatsukari, Yamanashi

A bear was sighted in Yatsumatazawa, Tsukidate Shimomiyano, Kurihara City.

Kurihara 築館, Miyagi

May 24

Kurihara 築館, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Niisatomachi Hei, Utsunomiya City.

Utsunomiya 新里町, Tochigi

Akiruno Sannai, Tokyo

Around 12:30 on 2026-05-24, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Yokozawa, Akiruno City.

Akiruno Yokosawa, Tokyo

A bear was sighted in Kukunome 3rd Chiwari, Hanamaki City, around 18:00 on 2026-05-24.

Hanamaki Kunuginome, Iwate

Utsunomiya 新里町, Tochigi

Nasushiobara 高林, Tochigi

Around 7:12 PM on May 24, a bear was observed on security camera in Matsuzonocho, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture.

Hanamaki Tenkada, Iwate

Around 8:10 p.m. on Saturday, May 23, on National Route 399 in the Nakanouchi area of Iizaka Town, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his 50s) driving a vehicle spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in length) crossing Route 399 from west to east. The bear left for nearby woods; as of now there have been no property or human injuries.

Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima

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

Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima

May 23

Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi

[Post]

Senboku Tazawako-Tazawa, Akita

A bear was sighted in Aoki, Nasushiobara City.

Nasushiobara 青木, Tochigi

A bear was sighted in Takabayashi, Nasushiobara City.

Nasushiobara 高林, Tochigi

An adult bear was sighted wandering in Shimomachi, Shizukuishi Town.

Shizukuishi 町裏, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Shinbori 32-wari, Ishidoriya-cho, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Hachiman, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Mukuriya, Nasushiobara City.

Nasushiobara 無栗屋, Tochigi

May 23

Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kami-Ōnuki, Nasushiobara City, Tochigi.

Nasushiobara 上大貫, Tochigi

Nasushiobara 上大貫, Tochigi

Around 6:30 AM on 2026-05-23, a bear was sighted in Goryo Kuzuoka, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Sendai Goroku, Miyagi

Nasushiobara 無栗屋, Tochigi

May 22

Sendai Mizuhodai, Miyagi

May 22

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Furukawa Osaki Nyo Kodate, Ōsaki City.

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

On Friday, May 22 at approximately 8:28 p.m., on the Otokotaki Bridge over the Abukuma River in the Tanaka Tsuchinai area of Sukagawa City, a witness (male) driving across the bridge observed one bear (about 1.5 m in length) walking near the middle of the bridge. The bear then briefly moved eastward and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Sukagawa 市野関, Fukushima

May 22

Sendai 北中山, Miyagi

A teenage boy on the way home from school sighted one bear, about 1.5 meters long, in a pasture area in Daito, Dakeonsen, Nihonmatsu City.

Nihonmatsu 岳温泉大和, Fukushima

On Friday, May 22 at approximately 6:50 PM, a witness (male in his teens) observed a bear about 1.5 meters long sitting in a grassy pasture beside a municipal road in the Yamato area of Dake Onsen, Nihonmatsu City, while returning home from school.

Nihonmatsu 岳温泉大和, Fukushima

Around 6:40 PM on May 22, one bear was sighted in Kamiaiko Hida, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

May 22

Shiroishi 鷹巣, Miyagi

At approximately 6:00 PM on May 22, 2026 (Reiwa 8), there was a sighting of an animal believed to be a bear in the river near Matsueda Bridge in Narahara-machi, Hachioji City.

Hachioji Yotsuyamachi, Tokyo

May 22

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Yokomukaiyama, Irozawa, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

On Friday, May 22 at around 11:55 a.m., near a private residence on a slope in Narita-machi 1-chome, Nihonmatsu City, an eyewitness (female in her 80s) went to a field and saw two bears (each about 1.5 meters long) walking on the slope; both bears were later seen entering the woodland to the west.

Nihonmatsu 三保内, Fukushima

Around 6:25 AM on May 22, a bear was sighted in Ouse-machi Kawauchi-Higashinagura, Koriyama City.

Koriyama, Fukushima

On Friday, May 22 at approximately 6:25 a.m., in the area of Higashinagakura, Kawachi, Ouse-machi, Koriyama City, on the south side of Ouse Park, a witness (female, driving a vehicle) observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the main prefectural road Naganuma-Kikuta Line westward and entering the forest.

Koriyama 逢瀬町河内, Fukushima

May 22

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

Around 6:00 PM on 2026-05-22, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Naranohara-cho, Hachioji City, Tokyo.

Hachioji, Tokyo

Nasushiobara 上大貫, Tochigi

May 22

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

May 21

Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi

May 21

Natori, Miyagi

Otsuki Tomihamamachi-Torisawa, Yamanashi

May 21

Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi

May 21

Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi

Around 11:40 on May 21, a bear was sighted at Furukawa Shimizu Narita Omotemae in Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi

At around 10:47 on 2026-05-21, a bear was sighted in Matsuzonocho, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture.

Hanamaki Tenkada, Iwate

Around 08:30 on May 21, 2026, an man in his 80s spotted a bear about 50 cm long in a field in Fukushima City, Ozasao Aza Kaminomachi, and reported it to the Fukushima North Police at about 10:00. The bear ran into brush to the west; the site is about 700 meters west of Michi-no-Eki Fukushima and about 500 meters from Ozasao Elementary School, which asked parents to pick up children by car at dismissal.

Fukushima Ozaso, Fukushima

On Thursday, May 21 at approximately 8:30 a.m., in Ōzaso Aza Kaminomachi area of Fukushima City, an eyewitness (male in his 80s) spotted one bear (about 50 cm in body length) in a field while mowing grass. The bear left the area toward the thicket to the west, and as of now there are no property or personal injuries.

Fukushima Ozaso, Fukushima

Around 07:30 on 2026-05-21, one bear was sighted in Natsusumori, Shizukuishi Town, Iwate Prefecture.

Shizukuishi 七ツ森, Iwate

May 21

Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi

May 21

Sendai Kadan, Miyagi

May 20

Natori, Miyagi

Witnessed on the way back from fishing

Fukushima Kuroiwa, Fukushima

Uenohara Arata, Yamanashi

May 20

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Furukawa Osaki Odachi, Ōsaki City, Miyagi, around 14:20 on May 20, 2026.

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

Near the brush above the forest park, it was crossing the gravel path.

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

A bear is climbing up and down a chestnut tree.

Morioka, Iwate

May 20

Natori, Miyagi

May 20

Natori, Miyagi

May 20

Natori, Miyagi

May 20

Natori, Miyagi

At around 10:25 on May 20, 2026, a woman in her 70s encountered a bear about 1 meter long in a bamboo grove behind her home in Furukawa Shinhori, Osaki City, Miyagi. She waved a saw she was carrying and drove the bear off but fell and suffered a fractured bone in her lower back; the bear fled west.

Osaki 古川新堀, Miyagi

At around 08:45 on May 20, a passerby sighted one bear south of Yahata Elementary School in Ishidoriya-cho, Hanamaki. The bear crossed Prefectural Route 265 from west to east and left the area; no damage was reported, and the police are patrolling the scene and urging residents to be cautious.

Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Hachiman, Iwate

On Wednesday, May 20 at approximately 8:40 a.m., in forested land at Fūfū (Kazefuki) area, Kumakura, Saigō Village, a woman driving a car witnessed a bear (about 1 m in length) entering the forest.

Nishigo 大字熊倉, Fukushima

An elementary school student on the way to school witnessed something that appeared to be a bear running from the Takenoko Square area of Koshika Park into the woods.

Morioka, Iwate

May 20

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

On May 20, 2026 at around 05:50, a woman walking in Taihaku Forest Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai, reported seeing a bear walking south to north. There were no injuries; Sendai North Police said a single bear about 1 meter long was seen near the rock garden by the HOKUSHU Science Museum. Officers patrolled but could not confirm it. A bear had also been sighted about 1.5 km south on the 14th, and police cannot tell if it is the same individual.

Sendai Kitane-Kuromatsu, Miyagi

At around 05:50 on the 20th, one adult bear was sighted walking from south to north near the science museum in Taihaku Forest Park, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Matsuzonocho, Hanamaki City, Iwate, on May 20 in the late afternoon.

Hanamaki Tenkada, Iwate

May 20

Osaki 古川新堀, Miyagi

May 20

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

On May 20, 2026, Sendai City reported a bear sighting in Taihara Forest Park in Aoba Ward and has temporarily banned passage on most of the park, including paths without street lighting.

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

A bear appeared in Furukawa, Ōsaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, and the city carried out its first emergency shooting to cull the animal.

Osaki 古川, Miyagi

Nasushiobara 上大貫, Tochigi

A bear was sighted in Nasu Town, Tochigi Prefecture. The article is behind a paywall on Shimotsuke Shimbun Digital, so further details are not publicly available.

Nasu 富岡, Tochigi

May 19

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

May 19

Natori, Miyagi

On the morning of May 19, 2026, one male bear was spotted in a grove near Furukawa Shinden, Osaki City. The city authorized emergency gun hunting for public safety and the bear was killed around 11:00 a.m. The bear was about 1.1 m long, weighed approximately 45 kg, was estimated to be four years old, and is believed to have wandered in via a nearby river.

Osaki 古川新田, Miyagi

May 19

Osaki 古川斎下, Miyagi

May 19

Osaki 古川新田, Miyagi

At around 07:45 on May 19, 2026, a bear approximately 1 meter long was sighted in Ma-fune Kamiyashiki (Ōaza Mafune, Kamiyashiki), Saigō Village, Fukushima Prefecture. No damage to people or property has been confirmed so far, and the police have urged caution.

Nishigo, Fukushima

On Tuesday, May 19 at around 7:45 a.m., in Kamiyashikichi, Mafune, Saigō Village, on National Route 289, a woman driving a vehicle observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road and heading south toward rice fields and residential houses.

Nishigo, Fukushima

May 19

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi