Hachinohe~Minamisoma 하이킹 루트

Around 09:50 on 2026-06-11, one bear about 80 to 90 cm long was sighted in front of Universe Shirogane store in Shirogane 4-chome, Hachinohe City.

Hachinohe Chikukogai-Daiichifuto, Aomori

A single bear approximately 80–90 cm in body length was sighted in front of the Universe Shirogane store. The bear departed toward the sea.

Hachinohe Chikukogai-Daiichifuto, Aomori

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Hachinohe Korekawa, Aomori

A person reported sighting one bear believed to be an adult in front of the old Zekawa Higashi Elementary School. The bear left heading west.

Hachinohe Korekawa, Aomori

In Natsui-cho, Kuji City, Iwate, one adult bear was seen entering the grounds of a private home.

Kuji, Iwate

A 110 emergency call reported that it roared "Gao" and headed in the direction of Hakusandai (west side).

Hachinohe Sawasato, Aomori

Passed through the parking lot from northeast to southwest

Hashikami Dobutsu, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Okubo Oyama, Hachinohe City.

Hachinohe Mihono, Aomori

Approximately 700 m southeast of Hiranai Park

Hachinohe Okubo, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Sametahama-cho Horikiri 11th district, Kuji City.

Kuji, Iwate

One bear about 1 meter long walked toward the woods on the north side of the Miyazaki poultry farm.

Hachinohe Okubo, Aomori

A young bear entered the grass/brush.

Hachinohe Okubo, Aomori

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Hachinohe Okubo, Aomori

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Hachinohe Okubo, Aomori

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Hachinohe Okubo, Aomori

On 2026-05-28 in Ookubo Kamimachibata, Hachinohe City, Aomori, a bear was sighted.

Hachinohe Myo, Aomori

A bear was reported in a farm property in Okubo, Hachinohe, and city staff confirmed tracks.

Hachinohe Okubo, Aomori

Crossed the road from south to north

Hashikami Tsunogaraori, Aomori

Was seen walking

Hashikami Tsunogaraori, Aomori

At around 7:10 AM on 2026-05-27, a bear was seen moving in Kakadareori Higashidaira, Hashikami Town, Aomori Prefecture.

Hashikami Tsunogaraori, Aomori

A single bear was observed walking.

Hashikami Tsunogaraori, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Kadoyabari, Hashikami Town.

Hashikami Tsunogaraori, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Nakaihayashi-Komagasawa, Hachinohe City.

Hachinohe Ishitearai, Aomori

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Hachinohe Ishitearai, Aomori

At around 4:50 AM on May 21, 2026, one bear was sighted near Motonami No.12 Chiwari, Samurahama-cho, Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture, and near the Motonami fishing port. The report was provided by the Daily Tohoku Shimbun.

Kuji, Iwate

Around 04:30 on May 19, 2026, one bear was sighted in Shiramae No.2 Chiwari, Samurihama-cho, Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture (near Shiramae fishing port).

Kuji, Iwate

A single bear was reported sighted near Shiramai Fishing Port and Shiramai Daini-Chiwari, Samurahamacho, Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture at around 05:00 on May 18.

Kuji, Iwate

At around 07:30 on May 17, 2026, one bear was sighted near 300 meters west of Hachinohe Koudai Daini High School in Myodaikai, Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture.

Hachinohe Myo, Aomori

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Hachinohe Niida, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Sametahama-cho Horikiri 11th district, Kuji City.

Kuji, Iwate

Around 3:00 PM on 2026-05-28, a bear was sighted in Ubecho, Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture.

Kuji, Iwate

Around 20:30 on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Kawasaki-cho, Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture.

Kuji Kawasakicho, Iwate

On 2026-05-22 around noon, one bear was sighted in Naganouchi-cho 28th district, Kuji City.

Kuji 長内町, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Osanai-cho 36-chome, Kuji City, around 7:05 PM on May 21.

Kuji Minatocho, Iwate

At around 18:58 on May 21, a resident reported that an adult bear was seated on the roof of a shed within private property in Nagauchi-cho, Kuji City. No human injuries have been confirmed; property damage is under investigation and the police are keeping the area under surveillance.

Kuji Niida, Iwate

Around 5:40 PM on 2026-05-21, a bear was sighted in Obanai-machi 29-chiwari, Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture.

Kuji Niida, Iwate

At around 4:50 AM on May 21, 2026, one bear was sighted near Motonami No.12 Chiwari, Samurahama-cho, Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture, and near the Motonami fishing port. The report was provided by the Daily Tohoku Shimbun.

Kuji, Iwate

Around 04:30 on May 19, 2026, one bear was sighted in Shiramae No.2 Chiwari, Samurihama-cho, Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture (near Shiramae fishing port).

Kuji, Iwate

A single bear was reported sighted near Shiramai Fishing Port and Shiramai Daini-Chiwari, Samurahamacho, Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture at around 05:00 on May 18.

Kuji, Iwate

On 2026-06-03, one bear was sighted in Itaya 4-chome, Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture.

Miyako Matsuyama, Iwate

On 2026-06-02, a bear was sighted in Tsugaruishi 15-chiwari, Miyako City.

Miyako Tsugaruishi, Iwate

On 2026-06-01, a bear was sighted in Hitachihama-cho, Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture.

Miyako Kuwagasaki, Iwate

Close to the forest exit to get to the beach 森、ビーチの出口

Miyako, Iwate

On 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Nishigaoka 3-chome, Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture.

Miyako Chikanai, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Hirata 3rd district, Kamaishi City, around 13:45 on June 10.

Kamaishi Heita, Iwate

Around 10:30 on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Ato 2-chome, Otsuchi Town, Iwate Prefecture.

Otsuchi Minatomachi, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Otsutsugocho 1-chome, Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, around 5:10 PM on 2026-06-09.

Kamaishi, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Otsuchi 23rd district, Otsuchi Town, Iwate.

Otsuchi, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Omo 19-chiwari, Miyako City, on June 8.

Miyako, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Nakatazumacho 1-chome, Kamaishi City.

Kamaishi, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Otsuchi Town Otsuchi 15th district around 8:00 on June 5.

Otsuchi, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Kōshi-cho 10-chome district, Kamaishi City, around 13:40 on June 5.

Kamaishi, Iwate

A bear was sighted around 08:00 on June 4 in Otsuchi 13th district, Otsuchi Town.

Otsuchi Kozuchi, Iwate

Around 5:20 PM on 2026-06-01, a bear was sighted in Ukishicho 3-chome, Kamaishi City.

Kamaishi, Iwate

In Ogawacho, Kamaishi, Iwate, one adult bear chased a pet dog and entered a house after breaking a screen door, but left after the woman shouted.

Kamaishi, Iwate

A bear was sighted around 14:15 in Kōshi-machi 9-chome district, Kamaishi City.

Kamaishi, Iwate

Around 10:00 on 2026-05-28, a bear was sighted in Ohira-cho 3-chome, Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture.

Kamaishi Heita, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Daitogoecho 1-chome, Kamaishi City.

Kamaishi, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Kozuchi 21st district, Otsuchi Town, around 4:30 PM on May 26.

Otsuchi Kozuchi, Iwate

Around 10:00 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted in Kawayome, Toni-cho, Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture.

Kamaishi Tonicho, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Kuribayashi-cho 16-chome, Kamaishi City.

Kamaishi Kuribayashicho, Iwate

Around 5:00 PM on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Noda-cho 3-chome, Kamaishi, Iwate.

Kamaishi, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Kirikiri 4-chome, Ōtsuchi Town, on the morning of 2026-05-24.

Otsuchi Kirikiri, Iwate

June 5

Kesennuma 唐桑町港, Miyagi

Around 12:30 on 2026-05-28, a resident spotted one bear, believed to be a cub, on the premises of an apartment complex parking lot in Tatekone-cho, Ofunato City. The bear then moved into adjacent thickets.

Ofunato, Iwate

A resident spotted one bear cub on a city road in Tatekonecho Sekiguchi, Ofunato City. The bear ran off toward bushes to the north.

Ofunato Ikawacho, Iwate

May 27

Kesennuma 上西側, Miyagi

May 19

Kesennuma 唐桑町明戸, Miyagi

May 19

Kesennuma 唐桑町高石浜, Miyagi

May 19

Kesennuma 常楽, Miyagi

May 19

Kesennuma 東八幡前, Miyagi

May 19

Kesennuma 唐桑町高石浜, Miyagi

May 19

Kesennuma 常楽, Miyagi

May 19

Kesennuma 東八幡前, Miyagi

May 19

Ishinomaki 福地, Miyagi

May 18

Ishinomaki 相野谷, Miyagi

May 18

Ishinomaki 福地, 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

June 11

Sendai Matsumori, Miyagi

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

June 11

Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Sugaya-Kamihinokuchi, Rifu Town, around 4:10 a.m.

Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi

June 10

Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi

June 9

Sendai Kawauchi-Oimawashi, Miyagi

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

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

June 9

Taiwa Tsurusu-Ozurusawa, Miyagi

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

June 7

Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi

June 5

Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi

June 5

Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi

A bear was seen walking in a residential area in Akebono-cho, Aoba Ward.

Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi

Twenty minutes later, there was also a bear sighting at Akebonocho Park, about 1 km to the southeast.

Sendai Hayamamachi, Miyagi

Around 7:00 PM on 2026-06-05, a bear was sighted in Takagido-den-ichi, Matsushima Town, Miyagi Prefecture.

Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi

June 4

Sendai Tomita, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Tomita-Uenonaka, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, in the early morning.

Sendai Tomita, Miyagi

One bear was found captured in a box trap set in a forest in Asai, Higashimatsushima, Miyagi, and was culled.

Higashimatsushima Asai, Miyagi

June 2

Higashimatsushima Otsuka, Miyagi

June 2

Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi

June 2

Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi

A bear was sighted around 11:30 on 2026-06-02 in Nobirugaoka 1-chome, Higashimatsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Nobiru Omo-kura, Higashimatsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture, around 3:00 PM on 2026-06-02.

Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi

June 1st

Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi

June 1st

Higashimatsushima Otsuka, Miyagi

June 1st

Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi

June 1st

Higashimatsushima Otsuka, Miyagi

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

Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi

May 31

Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Hayakawahigashi, Terutama, Matsushima Town.

Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi

May 29

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

May 29

Iwanuma Kita-Hase, Miyagi

May 28

Sendai Okaji, Miyagi

A bear about 80 cm long was sighted in a drainage canal in Saiwai-cho 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Okaji, Miyagi

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

May 27

Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Negaori-Kirita, Matsushima town.

Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi

A newspaper delivery person spotted one bear about 1 meter long on a city road in Kuwahara, Iwanuma City.

Iwanuma Honchō, Miyagi

May 27

Iwanuma Inarichō, Miyagi

A newspaper delivery worker saw one bear on a city road in Kuwabara 1-chome, Iwanuma City.

Iwanuma Honchō, Miyagi

May 26

Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi

May 26

Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi

May 26

Higashimatsushima Asai, Miyagi

May 26

Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi

May 25

Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi

May 25

Osato Kawauchi, Miyagi

May 23

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

May 23

Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi

May 22

Higashimatsushima Oshio, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Oshio Tenjindō, Higashimatsushima City.

Higashimatsushima Oshio, Miyagi

May 22

Sendai Matsumori, Miyagi

May 21

Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi

May 21

Sendai Kadan, Miyagi

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

Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi

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

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

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

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

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

May 20

Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi

May 20

Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi

May 20

Sendai Iwakiri, 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

May 18

Natori Medeshimashiote, Miyagi

May 18

Higashimatsushima Neko, Miyagi

May 18

Higashimatsushima Oshio, Miyagi

May 17

Natori Medeshimashiote, Miyagi

Around 10:43 PM on May 29, a bear-like animal was sighted in Oyamada Tonouchi, Kashima Ward, Minamisoma City.

Minamisoma 鹿島区浮田, Fukushima

On Friday, May 29 at approximately 10:43 PM, in the Tonouchi area of Oyamada, Kashima Ward, Minamisoma City, a witness (female) driving a car observed two animals believed to be bears (each approximately 60 cm in body length) walking along a roadside path.

Minamisoma 鹿島区岡和田, Fukushima

A newspaper delivery person spotted one bear about 1 meter long on a city road in Kuwahara, Iwanuma City.

Iwanuma Honchō, Miyagi

May 27

Iwanuma Inarichō, Miyagi

A newspaper delivery worker saw one bear on a city road in Kuwabara 1-chome, Iwanuma City.

Iwanuma Honchō, Miyagi

Around 3:45 a.m. on Tuesday, May 26, a man in his 60s, while driving on a road in the Kitauruzawa area of Yachigoya, Shinchi Town, sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in length) on the road.

Shinchi Fukuda, Fukushima

On Thursday, May 21 at around 4:30 a.m., on National Route 6 in Kawako, Kashima Ward, Minamisoma City, a male caller, while driving near the sighting location, observed one animal thought to be a bear (body length approximately 50–80 cm) attempting to cross the highway from west to east.

Minamisoma 鹿島区川子, Fukushima

One bear-like animal was seen attempting to cross Route 6 in Kawago, Kashima Ward, Minamisoma City.

Minamisoma 鹿島区川子, Fukushima

A bear-like animal was sighted in Kawakotakizawa, Kashima Ward, Minamisoma City.

Minamisoma 鹿島区川子, Fukushima