Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park~Aoba Ward, Sendai 드라이브 루트

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

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

Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi

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

Sendai Fujimatsu, Miyagi

A bear was sighted moving in Shono Nukubun, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Shono, Fukushima

Nasushiobara 塩野崎, Tochigi

A woman passing by sighted one bear about 1 meter long walking on the road in Haramachi 3-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kawauchi Motohasekura, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, around 7:30 PM on July 8.

Sendai Kawauchi-Motohasekura, Miyagi

Nasushiobara 春日町, Tochigi

A bear was sighted in Matsukawamachi Kanazawanagamine, Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture, on 2026-07-06.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Kanezawa, Fukushima

July 6

Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi

July 5

Sendai Minaminometate, Miyagi

Ōme Shiobune, Tokyo

Around 17:00 on 2026-07-05, a bear was sighted in Heisei 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

A bear about 1.3 meters long was sighted in a residential area of Haramachi 6-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City, and it passed through a house yard and headed north.

Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

July 4

Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

One bear was in a forested area in Babadaira, Nihonmatsu City.

Nihonmatsu 馬場平, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Shimonoji Tohara, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Shimonodera, Fukushima

July 3

Sendai Nihondaira, Miyagi

A person reported seeing one bear enter a company premises in Saiwaicho 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai; police patrolled the area but could not confirm it.

Sendai Ninomori, Miyagi

July 3

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Shimotano, Nasushiobara City, around 8:30 a.m. on July 3.

Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi

Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi

July 2

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

July 2

Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

One bear was sighted in Takadate Yoshida Kanjinohigashi, Natori City.

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

July 2

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

Two bears, described as a parent and cub-like pair, were sighted on a road in Heisei 1-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Zaitenbakamatsubara, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima

On Wednesday, July 1 at approximately 4:20 p.m., near the Niwatsuka Ohashi bridge in the Matsubara area of Niwatsuka, Fukushima City, a motorist traveling southbound sighted one bear (about 1 meter in body length) crossing the municipal road on the north side of Niwatsuka Ohashi from west to east.

Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima

July 1

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

July 1

Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi

Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi

A person driving by spotted one bear about 80 cm long in a residential area in Nati-gaoka 1-chome, Natori City, Miyagi. The bear fled into the woods.

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi

Around 6 PM on 2026-07-01, a bear was sighted in Shimotano, Nasushiobara City, Tochigi Prefecture.

Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi

June 30

Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi

One bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Oritate 6-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi

June 30

Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi

Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi

On June 29 at about 6:00 p.m., a report was received that footage from a security camera in the forested area of Utsuyama, Aza Uchisaka, Niteizaka, Fukushima City, showed one bear (body length unknown).

Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima

June 29, 2026

Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi

June 29, 2026

Sendai Tsubonuma, Miyagi

On Monday, June 29 at approximately 5:30 a.m., in the forested area of Futaishi Nakayama in Shirakawa City, a man in his 40s driving a vehicle sighted one bear (about 1 meter in length).

Shirakawa 南池下, Fukushima

One bear was seen in a forest area in Futaishi Nakayama, Shirakawa City.

Shirakawa 南池下, Fukushima

A bear was sighted at Tsubonuma Akaishiyama, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi, around 06:40 on June 29.

Sendai, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Hiranoboshita, Iizaka-machi, Fukushima City, around 6:30 PM on June 28.

Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima

On Sunday, June 28 at around 6:30 p.m., on the north-side walkway of Iizaka Cemetery in Hirano, Iizaka-machi, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his 40s) spotted three bears approaching from the opposite direction while he was walking west. One bear (A) was about 1 m in body length, and the other two (B and C) were about 50 cm each.

Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima

Nasu, Tochigi

Around 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, a witness spotted one bear (body length unknown) on the Arakawa riverside near Hinokura Bridge in the Shono, Kita-Hinokura area of Fukushima City.

Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima

One bear was sighted on the Arakawa riverbank in Shono Hino-kura, Fukushima City, near Hinokura Bridge.

Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima

Kanuma 上石川, Tochigi

Around 16:30, one bear (1 m) was spotted in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima

On Thursday, June 25 at around 4:30 p.m., in the Mizuhara area of Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 50s) sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) coming out of the brush.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima

June 25, 2026

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

On Thursday, June 25 at about 5:30 a.m., in a forested area of Oyama Osarakubo, Otama Village, a witness (male in his 70s) observed one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) walking along the woodland near nearby houses. The bear then left into the forest.

Otama, Fukushima

June 25, 2026

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

Around noon on Thursday, June 25, in the Ashiike area of Hiraishi, Fukushima City, on Prefectural Route 148, a witness (male in his 70s) observed one bear (about 50 cm in body length) crossing the road from east to west while driving.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Sekiya, Fukushima

A man in his 70s driving a car saw one bear crossing Route 148 in Hiraishi, Fukushima City, from east to west.

Fukushima Hiraishi, Fukushima

Around noon on 2026-06-25, a bear was sighted at Hiraishi Ashiike, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Sekiya, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 24 at approximately 6:40 p.m., in the Koyama area of Iwane, Motomiya City, a nearby resident spotted two bears walking through a field (one about 1 m in length, the other about 50 cm). The bears subsequently left on foot toward the forested area to the north.

Motomiya 岩根, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 24 at approximately 10:30 a.m., on the Heiwa Line main farm road in Ōzaka, Ōtama Village (Ōyama, Ōsarakkubo area), a witness (male in his 60s) driving a vehicle observed a single bear (about 50 cm in body length) sitting in the woodland adjacent to the road. The bear then ran off east into the forested area.

Otama, Fukushima

June 24

Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

Feces thought to be from a bear were found on a riverbed in Fukutamiya-no-mae, Sukagawa City, and confirmed as bear feces.

Sukagawa 袋田, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 24 at approximately 8:20 a.m., a man in his 40s, the discoverer, found what appeared to be bear droppings on the riverbed in the Miyamae area of Fukuroda, Sukagawa City. When staff from Sukagawa City Hall inspected the site, they confirmed the droppings were from a bear.

Sukagawa 袋田, Fukushima

A bear was sighted around 7:45 AM in Kaminagura Somekita, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 24, at around 7:45 a.m., a witness spotted one bear (approximately 50 cm in body length) in the Somenkita area of Kaminakura, Fukushima City. The bear headed toward the river to the north and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima

June 24, 2026

Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

At around 22:55 on 2026-06-23, an animal resembling a bear, about 1 meter long, was sighted in Azu, Hanno City, Saitama Prefecture. No one was injured.

Hanno Oaza Azu, Saitama

On Tuesday, June 23 at approximately 6:45 p.m., near the 245-kilometer post on the southbound lanes of the Tohoku Expressway underpass in Akagai-Mori area, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, a driver (male, in his 40s) traveling on the expressway observed a bear (one animal, about 50 cm in body length) attempting to cross the road from the shoulder into the lanes of the southbound Tohoku Expressway (toward Sendai). When the witness sounded his horn, the bear returned to the shoulder. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Sekiya, Fukushima

On 2026-06-23 at about 18:22, a bear was sighted in Yui Kamekubo, Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture.

Nihonmatsu 油井, Fukushima

On Tuesday, June 23 at approximately 6:22 PM, in the Kabuko area of Yui, Nihonmatsu City, a witness (male in his 60s) driving a vehicle saw one bear (about 1 meter in body length) moving north through fields. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Nihonmatsu 矢ノ戸, Fukushima

On Tuesday, June 23 at around 6:20 p.m., on Prefectural Route 5 in the Shono Nukiwari area of Fukushima City, a witness (female in her 30s) saw one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) while driving. The bear then left into the brush on the west side of the road.

Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima

Around 18:20 on 2026-06-23, a woman driving in Shono, Fukushima City, spotted one bear about 1 m long crossing Prefectural Route 5.

Fukushima Shono, Fukushima

A middle school student saw a bear in bushes in Yoshinari 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai 吉成, Miyagi

June 23

Sendai 吉成, Miyagi

On Tuesday, June 23 at approximately 7:19 a.m., on the road in Ikenoue, Oshinjo, Daishin, Shirakawa City, a man in his 40s, while driving, saw one bear (about 1 m in length) cross the road and head into the forest.

Shirakawa 大信上新城, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Oishinashinjō Ikenoue, Shirakawa City.

Shirakawa 大信上新城, Fukushima

June 23, 2026

Sendai 吉成, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 22

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 22

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

Two bears were sighted in an empty lot in Nishikigaoka 9-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 21

Zao, Miyagi

June 21

Murata 大字薄木, Miyagi

June 20

Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi

June 20

Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi

June 20

Murata 大字村田, Miyagi

One bear was sighted in a wooded area in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

Around 4:00 PM on June 19, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Oharanishi 1-chome, Nasushiobara City.

Nasushiobara 大原間, Tochigi

June 19

Sendai Goroku, Miyagi

June 19

Zao 大字円田, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Midoridai 2-chome, Natori City.

Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

June 19

Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

On Friday, June 19 at around 12:35 PM, in the Arakawa riverbed area of Shono, Nukkawari (Shono Aza Nukibun) in Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 40s) sighted one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) on the riverbed.

Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima

On Friday, June 19 at around 9:00 a.m., in the Odagawa Ushishimizu area of Shirakawa City, while driving through a mountain forest, a man in his 50s sighted one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in the mountain forest.

Shirakawa 豊地, Fukushima

June 19

Sendai Goroku, Miyagi

In Shirakawa City Odagawa Ushimizu, around 09:00, one bear-like animal measuring 1 m was in a forest.

Shirakawa 豊地, Fukushima

On Friday, June 19 at around 8:00 a.m., on a farm road in the Waku-higashi area of Yazawa, Sukagawa City, a witness (male in his 50s) discovered feces believed to be from a bear. When staff from Sukagawa City Hall arrived on scene and inspected the site, they confirmed it was bear scat.

Sukagawa 矢沢, Fukushima

One bear was sighted walking on a road in Yagiyamahigashi 1-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi

One bear was sighted around 04:10 in Dainohara 3-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

One bear was sighted at a house in Dainohara 3-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi

June 19, 2026

Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

Nasushiobara 前弥六南町, Tochigi

June 18

Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi

June 18

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

One bear was sighted walking on a road in Taihira 6-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Umedamachi, Miyagi

In the early hours of the 18th, an animal resembling a bear was spotted in a residential area of Dainohara, Aoba Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Umedamachi, Miyagi

June 17

Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi

One bear was sighted in Zaidengasaka Jingeven, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima

On Tuesday, June 16 at approximately 1:15 p.m., a witness (male in his 40s) observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) in Jinga-mae area, Atezaka, Fukushima City. The bear headed toward the river to the north and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima

On Tuesday, June 16 at approximately 1:05 p.m., an man in his 80s, while doing farm work in a forested area of Atagoyama in Daishin Masumi, Shirakawa City, sighted two bears in the woods (one about 1 m in body length and the other about 50 cm).

Shirakawa 大信増見, Fukushima

On Tuesday, June 16 at around 7:00 a.m., in the Yayoi area of Kuroiwa, Fukushima City, a witness observed one animal believed to be a bear (body length unknown) leaving through the forest on the east side of a municipal road heading toward the Abukuma River. There were no human injuries or property damage.

Fukushima Kuroiwa, Fukushima

June 16

Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi

A bear was sighted at Atagoyama in Oshin Masumi, Shirakawa City.

Shirakawa 大信増見, Fukushima

One bear was sighted crossing the road on National Route 115 in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima

While driving a vehicle, the witness observed one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) crossing the road.

Fukushima, Fukushima

While driving a vehicle, the witness observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road.

Fukushima, Fukushima

June 15

Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

June 15

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 15

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 15

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara Minamisawa, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima

June 15

Kawasaki, Miyagi

June 15

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 14

Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi

June 14

Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi

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

Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi

June 14

Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi

June 14

Zao 大字矢附, 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

Around noon on July 7, a bear was sighted in Akanumakoshido, Rifu Town, Miyagi Prefecture.

Rifu Akanuma, Miyagi

July 7

Rifu Akanuma, Miyagi

July 5

Taiwa Tsurusu-Ozurusawa, Miyagi

July 5

Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi

July 5

Sendai Minaminometate, Miyagi

Around 17:00 on 2026-07-05, a bear was sighted in Heisei 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

A bear about 1.3 meters long was sighted in a residential area of Haramachi 6-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City, and it passed through a house yard and headed north.

Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

July 4

Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

July 3

Sendai Nihondaira, Miyagi

A person reported seeing one bear enter a company premises in Saiwaicho 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai; police patrolled the area but could not confirm it.

Sendai Ninomori, Miyagi

July 2

Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi

July 2

Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

One bear was sighted in Takadate Yoshida Kanjinohigashi, Natori City.

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

July 2

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

Two bears, described as a parent and cub-like pair, were sighted on a road in Heisei 1-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

July 1

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

July 1

Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi

One bear was seen crossing National Route 45 in Ogimachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Sengoku, Miyagi

July 1

Sendai Fukuzumimachi, Miyagi

One bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Ogimachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Sengoku, Miyagi

A person driving by spotted one bear about 80 cm long in a residential area in Nati-gaoka 1-chome, Natori City, Miyagi. The bear fled into the woods.

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

June 30

Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi

One bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Oritate 6-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi

On the night of 2026-06-28, one bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Kamino Kitanashikawara, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City, and left toward the south in the direction of the Nanakita River.

Sendai Gamo, Miyagi

June 27

Sendai Gamo, Miyagi

June 25

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

June 25, 2026

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

June 24

Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi

June 24

Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 22

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 22

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

June 22

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

Around 6:20 PM on June 22, a bear was sighted in Kamiyasawa-Kannosawa, Rifu Town.

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

June 21

Higashimatsushima Jogetsutsumi, Miyagi

June 20

Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi

June 20

Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi

One bear was sighted in a wooded area in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

A man traveling west on Route 45 sighted one bear in a rice paddy to the south in Kawashita, Higashimatsushima.

Higashimatsushima Kawakudari, Miyagi

June 19

Higashimatsushima Kawakudari, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai Goroku, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Midoridai 2-chome, Natori City.

Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

June 19

Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai Goroku, Miyagi

One bear was sighted walking on a road in Yagiyamahigashi 1-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi

One bear was sighted around 04:10 in Dainohara 3-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

One bear was sighted at a house in Dainohara 3-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi

June 19, 2026

Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

June 18

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 18

Natori Tekurada, Miyagi

One bear was sighted walking on a road in Taihira 6-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Umedamachi, Miyagi

In the early hours of the 18th, an animal resembling a bear was spotted in a residential area of Dainohara, Aoba Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Umedamachi, Miyagi

A single cub, about 50 cm long, was sighted on a road in Fukuroku 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Fukumuro, Miyagi

A sighting of one bear crossing a prefectural road and leaving in Sakurawatobe Koshimizu, Matsushima Town.

Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi

June 16

Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi

June 16

Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi

June 16

Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi

June 16

Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi

June 16

Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Hatsuhara-Kurogasawa, Matsushima Town, around 13:30 on June 16.

Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi

June 15

Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi

June 14

Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi

June 14

Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi

June 14

Higashimatsushima Kawakudari, Miyagi

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

Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi

June 14

Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi

June 14

Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi

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

Sendai Fujimatsu, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kawauchi Motohasekura, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, around 7:30 PM on July 8.

Sendai Kawauchi-Motohasekura, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Gakuen, Taiwa Town, around 2:25 PM on July 8.

Taiwa Gakuen, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kogota Senoki, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Tomiya 穀田, Miyagi

At around 4:00 AM on 2026-07-08, a bear was sighted in Tateshichome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai 館, Miyagi

Saw a bear emerge from the undergrowth, climb onto the road, and run off.

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

Around noon on July 7, a bear was sighted in Akanumakoshido, Rifu Town, Miyagi Prefecture.

Rifu Akanuma, Miyagi

July 7

Rifu Akanuma, Miyagi

July 6

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

July 5

Taiwa Tsurusu-Ozurusawa, Miyagi

July 5

Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi

July 5

Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi

There was also a bear sighting report in Imozawa, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi, around 10:50.

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

July 3

Sendai Nihondaira, Miyagi

Around 8:00 on 2026-07-03, a bear-like animal was sighted in Iizawa Arajin, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

July 3

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

July 3

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

July 2

Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi

July 2

Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi

July 2

Sendai Akiumachi-Yumoto, Miyagi

July 2

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

July 1

Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi

July 1

Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi

One bear was sighted in Kamiaiko Dohan, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, around 19:00 on July 1.

Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi

A bear about 1 m long crossed the road on a road in Shizuyama 1-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.

Sendai 紫山, Miyagi

June 30

Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi

One bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Oritate 6-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi

June 30

Sendai 寺岡, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Miyako, Taiwa Town, Miyagi on June 30 around 18:30.

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

June 30

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

Around 4:10 PM on 2026-06-30, a bear was sighted in Takanohara 3-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

June 30

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

June 30

Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi

June 30

Sendai Akiumachi-Yumukai, Miyagi

June 30

Sendai, Miyagi

June 30

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

Around 1:00 PM on June 30, a bear was sighted in Shinden, Iwazawa, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 29

Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi

June 29

Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi

June 29

Sendai Nikkawa, Miyagi

June 29, 2026

Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi

June 29, 2026

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Shinminamioki, Ichinoseki, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Ishizumimatsugai, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

June 28, 2026

Sendai Akiumachi-Yumukai, Miyagi

June 27

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

June 26, 2026

Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi

One bear was sighted in Tomiya, Tomiya City, Miyagi, and ran toward the forest.

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

June 26, 2026

Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi

June 25

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

June 25, 2026

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 25, 2026

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

June 25, 2026

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 24

Tomiya 大亀, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Sendai, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

June 24

Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi

June 24

Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Sendai, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Tomiya 大亀, Miyagi

June 23

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted crossing Route 264 in Onoshindo, Taiwa Town.

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

June 23

Sendai 北中山, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Misawa Hirose, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai 北中山, Miyagi

June 23

Sendai Akiumachi-Sakaino, Miyagi

A middle school student saw a bear in bushes in Yoshinari 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai 吉成, Miyagi

June 23

Sendai 吉成, Miyagi

June 23

Sendai 西中山, Miyagi

June 23, 2026

Sendai 西中山, Miyagi

June 23, 2026

Sendai 北中山, Miyagi

June 23, 2026

Sendai 吉成, Miyagi

June 23, 2026

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

Around 3:15 PM on 2026-06-23, a bear was sighted in Hachiyoneshiki, Minarai, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai 西中山, Miyagi

June 23, 2026

Sendai Akiumachi-Sakaino, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 22

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 22

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

June 22

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

Two bears were sighted in an empty lot in Nishikigaoka 9-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 22

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

Around 6:20 PM on June 22, a bear was sighted in Kamiyasawa-Kannosawa, Rifu Town.

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

June 21

Higashimatsushima Jogetsutsumi, Miyagi

June 21

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 21

Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi

Bear sighting around 1:10 PM in Hanzainake, Nenoshiroishi, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi

June 20

Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi

June 20

Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi

June 20

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 20, 2026

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

One bear was sighted in a wooded area in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

One bear crossed the road on the west side of Costco Wholesale Tohoku Warehouse Store in Takayashiki, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

June 19

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai Goroku, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai Goroku, Miyagi

One bear was sighted walking on a road in Yagiyamahigashi 1-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi

One bear was sighted around 04:10 in Dainohara 3-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

One bear was sighted at a house in Dainohara 3-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi

June 18

Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi

June 18

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 18

Tomiya 大亀, Miyagi

In the early hours of the 18th, an animal resembling a bear was spotted in a residential area of Dainohara, Aoba Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Umedamachi, Miyagi

A single cub, about 50 cm long, was sighted on a road in Fukuroku 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Fukumuro, Miyagi

June 16

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

A bear about 1.5 meters long was spotted on the road in Higashi-Yokodai 1-chome, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

A sighting of one bear crossing a prefectural road and leaving in Sakurawatobe Koshimizu, Matsushima Town.

Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi

June 16

Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi

June 16

Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi

June 16

Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi

June 16

Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi

June 16

Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi

June 16

Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Hatsuhara-Kurogasawa, Matsushima Town, around 13:30 on June 16.

Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi

Around 10:15 PM on June 16, a bear was sighted in Akashi Nishinoiri, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

June 15

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

At around 8:20 on June 15, a bear was sighted at Izawa Hanasakashita, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 15

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 15

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 15

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 15

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 14

Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi

June 14

Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi

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

Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi

June 14

Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi

June 14

Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi

June 13

Sendai Nishitanaka, Miyagi