Kotodai Park~Sakata 드라이브 루트

July 4

Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long was seen in a rice paddy beside a prefectural road in Maekawa, Kawasaki Town, Miyagi, then crossed the road and left toward the mountains.

Kawasaki, Miyagi

One bear was sighted in the same district of Maekawa, Kawasaki Town, Miyagi, around 10:00.

Kawasaki, 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 3

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

July 2

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

July 2

Kawasaki, 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

Kawasaki, Miyagi

July 1

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

July 1

Sendai Moniwa, 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

June 30

Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi

June 29, 2026

Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi

June 29, 2026

Sendai Tsubonuma, Miyagi

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 Tosaka, Yamagata City, around 08:30 on June 29.

Yamagata Tsuchizaka, Yamagata

A bear-like animal of unknown body length was sighted near the gazebo on Kumomi Hill. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: Yuso Hill / Size: Unknown

Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata

A bear-like animal was sighted at Yuso-no-oka park in Kamisakurada, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata

One bear (approximately 80 cm) was sighted entering the southwest mountain near the baseball field of Tsuruoka National College of Technology. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: forest / Size: juvenile

Tsuruoka 井岡, Yamagata

At around 15:58 on June 26, a bear was sighted in Ioka, Tsuruoka City.

Tsuruoka 井岡, Yamagata

June 25, 2026

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

While driving toward Yamagata city, I observed one bear crossing the road eastward (toward the mountains). Estimated body length about 1 m. / Environment: road / Size: adult

Yamagata Nakasakurada, Yamagata

June 25, 2026

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile

Nishikawa, Yamagata

June 24

Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

In Tamugimata, Tsuruoka, a 41-year-old man picking Gassan bamboo shoots was bitten in the waist by a bear and injured.

Tsuruoka, Yamagata

At about 8:30 a.m., in the mountains about 1 km east of Yudonosan Ski Area, a man picking bamboo shoots sighted an adult bear with a cub and was attacked and injured by the cub (approximately 1.0 m in size). / Environment: forest / Size: adult and cub

Tsuruoka, Yamagata

Around 6:30 on 2026-06-24, a bear was sighted in Shimo-Higashiyama, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Yamagata Shimo-Higashiyama, Yamagata

June 24, 2026

Murata 大字足立, 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

One bear (1 m) entered the bushes on the south side of Kamo Community Center. / Environment: near houses / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 加茂, Yamagata

One bear sighted while walking / Environment: forest / Size: adult

Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata

One bear was sighted on the north side of Yuso no Oka in Kamisakurada, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata

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

Kawasaki, 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

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

Environment: Roadside slope / Size: Unknown

Yamagata Hachimori, Yamagata

June 19

Sendai Goroku, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Kamigawara, Sagae City.

Sagae 字上河原, Yamagata

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

Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult

Sagae 字上河原, Yamagata

Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult

Sagae 字上河原, Yamagata

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 Mukaida, Miyagi

June 18

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

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

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

At around 14:00, one bear (approximately 1.5 m in body length) was sighted on the road about 400 m southeast of Yutagawa Community Center. It moved westward and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: near houses / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 藤沢, Yamagata

Environment: Near residences / Size: Adult

Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata

Environment: Near human habitation / Size: Adult

Sagae 緑町, Yamagata

Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Sagae 緑町, Yamagata

Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Adult

Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata

Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult

Sagae 大字西根, Yamagata

Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult

Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata

Environment: Near residences / Size: Adult

Sagae 緑町, Yamagata

Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult

Sagae 緑町, Yamagata

Environment: Near human habitation / Size: Adult

Sagae 大字清助新田, Yamagata

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

One bear, estimated at about 1.5 meters long, was sighted in Fujisawa, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Tsuruoka 藤沢, Yamagata

About 1 m in body length. Possibly the same bear that was sighted in the Tenjindo neighborhood association in the evening. / Environment: Around human residences / Size: Adult

Mikawa 大字押切新田, Yamagata

Spotted one bear on the roadway while walking / Environment: road / Size: adult

Yamagata Iwanami, Yamagata

Environment: riverbank / Size: adult (fully grown)

Mikawa 大字神花, Yamagata

June 17

Kawasaki Imashuku, Miyagi

Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult

Mikawa 大字猪子, Yamagata

June 17

Kawasaki, Miyagi

One bear, about 1 meter long, was sighted in Iwashinden, Tsuruoka City, and crossed the Nipponkai Tohoku Expressway.

Tsuruoka 茨新田, Yamagata

Around 16:15, while driving on the Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway from Sakata toward Tsuruoka, one bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) was observed crossing from west to east. Subsequent whereabouts unknown. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 茨新田, Yamagata

June 17

Kawasaki Kawauchi, Miyagi

While traveling on National Route 345, one bear (approximately 1.2 m in body length) was sighted near Aikōen (Aikoen) of Tsuruoka City. The bear then moved toward the park behind Aikōen. / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 岡山, Yamagata

June 17

Kawasaki, Miyagi

A bear was also sighted in Kamibana, Mikawa Town.

Mikawa 大字神花, Yamagata

Environment: Road / Size: Adult (full-grown)

Nishikawa, Yamagata

Environment: Near residential area / Size: Juvenile

Nishikawa 大字沼山, Yamagata

June 16

Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi

June 15

Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

A bear about 1 m in body length was seen moving east along a forest road. It was not located afterward. / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata

A bear about 1 m in body length was sighted moving south along the trail. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: forest / Size: adult

Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata

Time of incident: estimated / Environment: forest / Size: adult

Tsuruoka, Yamagata

In a mountain area of Tamugimata, Tsuruoka City, a 39-year-old man was attacked by one bear while gathering bamboo shoots and suffered injuries to his left arm. He used bear spray and drove the bear away.

Tsuruoka, Yamagata

June 15

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 15

Kawasaki, Miyagi

June 15

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

Spotted a bear about 1 m in length on farmland / Environment: farmland / Size: adult

Yamagata Komoishi, Yamagata

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

An animal resembling a bear was sighted in farmland in the Shimo-Higashiyama area of Yamagata City.

Yamagata Shimo-Higashiyama, Yamagata

June 13

Kawasaki Kawauchi, Miyagi

June 13

Kawasaki Kawauchi, Miyagi

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

An animal resembling a bear crossed the road. / Environment: Near residential area / Size: Unknown

Yamanobe 大字北垣, Yamagata

June 12

Sendai Tomita, 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

Moved from the northern mountain, crossed farmland, and entered the southern mountain / Environment: farmland / Size: adult

Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata

A bear about 50 cm to 1 m entered the mountains southeast from the parking lot. / Environment: Near houses / Size: Unknown

Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata

Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata

June 12

Kawasaki Maekawa, Miyagi

June 12

Kawasaki, Miyagi

One bear was sighted in Iwanami, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Iwanami, Yamagata

One bear was sighted in a parking lot in Hirashimizu, Yamagata City, around 3:50 PM.

Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata

June 11

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, 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

Observed one bear-like animal in the roadside drainage ditch. It ran east. / Environment: road / Size: unknown

Yamagata Jumonji, Yamagata

Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult

Sakata 黒森, Yamagata

June 10

Kawasaki Hasekura, Miyagi

Size: unknown

Nishikawa, Yamagata

June 10

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, 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 9

Sendai Kawauchi-Oimawashi, Miyagi

June 9

Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi

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

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, 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