JP 타워~Port of Miyako 하이킹 루트

On July 19 at midday, a bear was sighted in Matsuyama, Miyako City, Iwate.

Miyako Matsuyama, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Nekori Maesawa, Matsushima Town.

Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Tsugaruishi, Miyako City, Iwate, on the afternoon of July 18.

Miyako Tsugaruishi, Iwate

Around 7:15 p.m. on 2026-07-18, one bear-like animal about 150 cm long was seen near the toilet entrance at Okauchi Chuo Children's Park in Tomioka Town, Fukushima.

Tomioka Kobama, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Yamaguchi 2-chome, Miyako City, Iwate.

Miyako Yamaguchi, Iwate

Around 5:15 PM on July 16, a bear was sighted in Otsuchi 26th district, Otsuchi Town.

Otsuchi Shinminatomachi, Iwate

Small black bear.

Kamaishi, Iwate

July 15

Kesennuma 蔵底, Miyagi

Two bears sighted (one about 1.5 meters long, one about 0.5 meters long)

Minamisoma 小高区金谷, Fukushima

July 15

Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi

July 13

Kesennuma 松崎高谷, Miyagi

July 13

Higashimatsushima Jogetsutsumi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kuribayashi-cho 17th district, Kamaishi City.

Kamaishi Kuribayashicho, Iwate

On the night of 2026-07-12, a bear was sighted in Sakikuwagasaki, Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture.

Miyako Sakikuwagasaki, Iwate

July 11

Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted along the Umeda River in Haramachi 3-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Takahama, Miyako City, Iwate, on the afternoon of 2026-07-11.

Miyako Takahama, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Isotori, Miyako City, Iwate, on the morning of July 11.

Miyako Sokei, Iwate

July 10

Kesennuma 町裏, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kuribayashi-cho 20th district, Kamaishi City, around 18:15 on July 10.

Kamaishi Kuribayashicho, Iwate

Around 11:30 on July 10, a bear was sighted in Kami-machi, Otsuchi Town.

Otsuchi Kamicho, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Koushi-cho 15-chome, Kamaishi City.

Kamaishi, Iwate

On July 10, a bear was sighted in Atago, Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture.

Miyako Kuwagasaki, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Hikagecho, Miyako City, Iwate on 2026-07-10.

Miyako Kuwagasaki, Iwate

July 8

Sendai Okaji, Miyagi

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

July 8

Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi

July 8

Ishinomaki 成田, Miyagi

July 8

Kesennuma 本吉町柳沢, Miyagi

On 2026-07-08 at around 20:50, a bear was sighted in Ohira, Yamamoto Town, Miyagi Prefecture.

Yamamoto Odaira, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Minatomachi, Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture, on the evening of 2026-07-08.

Miyako Kuwagasaki, Iwate

July 7

Tome 豊里町大沢, Miyagi

July 7

Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi

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

Rifu Akanuma, Miyagi

July 7

Rifu Akanuma, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Tsugaruishi 6-chome, Miyako City.

Miyako Tsugaruishi, Iwate

July 6

Kesennuma 松崎柳沢, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Akiwa Oda, Kesennuma City.

Kesennuma 赤岩小田, Miyagi

July 6

Kesennuma 赤岩小田, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Akaiwa Suginosawa, Kesennuma City, Miyagi, around 05:25 on 2026-07-06.

Kesennuma 赤岩杉ノ沢, Miyagi

July 6

Kesennuma 赤岩杉ノ沢, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Hirata 3-chiwari, Kamaishi City.

Kamaishi Heita, Iwate

Around 1 p.m. on July 6, a bear was sighted in Akaiwa Makisawa, Kesennuma City.

Kesennuma 赤岩牧沢, Miyagi

July 5

Taiwa Tsurusu-Ozurusawa, Miyagi

July 5

Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi

July 5

Sendai Minaminometate, Miyagi

On 2026-07-05 in the afternoon, a bear was sighted in Hitachihama-cho, Miyako City, Iwate.

Miyako Kuwagasaki, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Kosawari 18th district, Otsuchi Town, Iwate, around 12:55 on July 5.

Otsuchi, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Yamaguchi 2-chome, Miyako City.

Miyako Yamaguchi, Iwate

Around 5:00 PM on 2026-07-05, a bear was sighted in Ōdaira-machi 3-chome, Kamaishi City.

Kamaishi Heita, Iwate

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 moved from Minatomachi to the shopping-street area in Tadayoshi-cho and then into the forest behind Kamaishi City Hall.

Kamaishi, Iwate

One adult-appearing bear was sighted in Minatomachi, Kamaishi City, and it moved through the shopping district in Tadakoecho before leaving into the forest behind Kamaishi City Hall.

Kamaishi, Iwate

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

Kamaishi, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Sakamoto Kitahara 1, Yamamoto Town, by a person taking a walk, while it was walking in a forested area.

Yamamoto Maniwa, Miyagi

July 3

Ishinomaki 小船越, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in the premises of a private house in Komonakoshi Sawadayama, Ishinomaki City, as a resident was entering the house.

Ishinomaki 小船越, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Hitarihama-cho, Miyako, Iwate.

Miyako Kuwagasaki, Iwate

July 2

Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi

July 2

Sendai Matsuokacho, 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 Sawada, Miyako City.

Miyako, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Kooshio, Kesennuma City.

Kesennuma 小々汐, 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 bear was sighted in Matsubara-cho 1-chome, Kamaishi City.

Kamaishi, Iwate

June 30

Minami-Sanriku Tokura, Miyagi

On Tuesday, June 30 at around 9:00 a.m., in Akagi Ichiridan area of Soma City, on a municipal road, a man in his 70s witnessed one bear (about 50 cm in body length) crossing the road from north to south while he was riding a motorcycle.

Soma Akagi, Fukushima

One bear was sighted in Nishi-gaoka 1-chome, Miyako City.

Miyako, Iwate

Around 07:00 on June 29, a bear was sighted in Otsuchi 26th district, Otsuchi Town, Iwate Prefecture.

Otsuchi Shinminatomachi, Iwate

On Sunday, June 28 at approximately 7:20 p.m., on a municipal road in the Yakikiri area of Tomizawa, Soma City, a man in his 30s, while driving, sighted one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 m in body length) walking on the road. The animal believed to be a bear proceeded north along the municipal road and then left in an unknown direction.

Soma Tomizawa, Fukushima

At around 4:45 PM on June 28, a bear was sighted in Kozuchi 13th District, Otsuchi Town.

Otsuchi Kozuchi, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Koshi-cho 9-chome, Kamaishi City.

Kamaishi, Iwate

On Sunday, June 28 at approximately 9:50 a.m., on the Joban Nakoso Line (major prefectural road) in Tsukada, Hiruno, Watanabe-machi, Iwaki City, a witness (a woman in her 20s) driving near the sighting location observed one bear (about 1 meter in body length) near the rice fields beside the road.

Iwaki 中部工業団地, Fukushima

Around 09:50 on 2026-06-28, a bear was sighted in Watanabe-cho Hiruno, Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture.

Iwaki 渡辺町昼野, Fukushima

One bear was sighted from inside a house in Sawa-kawa, Mori-cho, Ofunato City.

Ofunato Sakaricho, Iwate

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

Around 7:20 PM on June 28, a bear-like animal was sighted in Tomisawa Yakikiri, Soma City.

Soma Tomizawa, Fukushima

One bear was sighted in Sakikuwagasaki, Miyako City, Iwate.

Miyako Sakikuwagasaki, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Kozuchi 12th district, Otsuchi Town, Iwate.

Otsuchi Kozuchi, Iwate

June 27

Sendai Gamo, Miyagi

Around 11:40 on 2026-06-27, one bear was sighted in the yard of a house in Inagawa-cho Hasedo, Ofunato City, Iwate, and was driven away.

Ofunato Akasakicho, Iwate

Around 8:45 on 2026-06-27, a bear was sighted in Owatari-cho 3-chome, Kamaishi City.

Kamaishi, Iwate

Around 11:40 on June 27, one adult bear was sighted on the grounds of a house in Inakocho, Ofunato City. A resident saw it, drove it away, and the bear left toward the eastern mountains.

Ofunato Ikawacho, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Ando 2-chome, Otsuchi Town, around 2:00 PM.

Otsuchi Minatomachi, Iwate

June 25

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

Around 5:30 PM on 2026-06-25, a bear was sighted in Odaira-cho 3-chome, Kamaishi City.

Kamaishi Heita, Iwate

June 25, 2026

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

On Wednesday, June 24 at around 10:00 p.m., on a road within the Iwaki City Yoshima Industrial Park, a witness (male in his 20s) while driving saw one bear (about 1.5 m in length) cross the road from south to north ahead of his vehicle. The bear’s subsequent movements are unknown.

Iwaki 好間工業団地, Fukushima

In Yoshima Industrial Park, Iwaki City, a man driving a vehicle saw one bear.

Iwaki 好間工業団地, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Otsutocho 1-chome, Kamaishi City, Iwate, around 4:10 PM on June 24.

Kamaishi, Iwate

June 24

Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi

June 24

Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi

Around 04:15 on 2026-06-23, a bear was sighted in Hasemachi Mori, Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Tome 迫町森, 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

Bear sighting around 1:30 PM in Terai, Tome Town, Tome City (the rest of the place name is truncated in the body).

Tome 登米町寺池, Miyagi

June 21

Tome 登米町寺池, Miyagi