Kotodai Park~Yama-dera Temple 드라이브 루트

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

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

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

Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

Environment: Roadside slope / Size: Unknown

Yamagata Hachimori, Yamagata

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 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

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

Yamagata Iwanami, Yamagata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Appears to be a cub

Tendo 大字奈良沢, 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

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

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

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

June 10

Kawasaki Hasekura, Miyagi

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

Observed one bear on the road. Body length approximately 1 m. / Environment: Roadway / Size: Adult

Yamagata Yamadera, Yamagata

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

A 1-meter bear was spotted on a road in Yamadera, Yamagata City.

Yamagata, Yamagata

Observed one bear about 60 cm in size. It headed toward the southern mountains. / Environment: road / Size: juvenile

Yamagata Sekizawa, Yamagata

June 7

Kawasaki Ono, 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

Observed walking down the road / Environment: road / Size: adult

Yamagata Yamadera, Yamagata

A bear about 1 m long was seen crossing the road heading south. It was later not found / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Yamagata Hachimori, Yamagata

June 5

Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi

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

Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi

June 5

Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi

June 5

Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi

One bear was sighted on the road. Body length about 1 m. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Yamagata Yamadera, Yamagata

June 5

Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi

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

Sendai Hayamamachi, Miyagi

A driver saw a bear in the residential area of Aramaki Chuo, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi

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

Murata 大字菅生, Miyagi

Sighted an animal that appeared to be a bear cub on the riverbank / Environment: riverbank / Size: juvenile

Yamagata Komoishi, Yamagata

Witnessed a bear moving north along the road. Size estimated under 1 m. / Environment: road / Size: adult

Yamagata Yamadera, Yamagata

June 4

Sendai 中山台, Miyagi

A bear about 1 m in size crossed the road. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: road / Size: adult

Yamagata Myokenji, Yamagata

June 4

Sendai Tomita, 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

After 1 p.m. on 2026-06-04, one bear was sighted on the road in Myokenji, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Yamagata Hachimori, Yamagata

June 2

Sendai Kawauchi-Sanjuninmachi, Miyagi

Person seen while doing farm work; direction of escape unknown / Environment: farmland / Size: adult

Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata

Went westbound on the street within Matsunami 1-chome. Body length approximately 1 m. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata

Went from the roadway in Matsunami 1-chome toward the mountains to the south. Body length about 1.2 m. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata

A bear was sighted twice walking on a road in Matsunami, Yamagata City, around 2:15 p.m.

Yamagata Kojirakawamachi, Yamagata

June 1

Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

June 1st

Kawasaki Imashuku, Miyagi

Sighted one cub about 50 cm near the tracks west of Sobubashi. / Size: juvenile

Yamagata Yamadera, Yamagata

Observed one cub wandering on the road. It headed toward the northern mountain direction. / Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile

Yamagata Yamadera, Yamagata

June 1st

Kawasaki, Miyagi

Cub bears were sighted repeatedly in Yamadera, Yamagata City, this morning.

Yamagata, Yamagata

May 31

Kawasaki Hasekura, Miyagi

Around 10:30 on 2026-05-31, a bear was sighted in Tsuchizaka, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Tsuchizaka, Yamagata

May 29

Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

May 29

Murata 大字小泉, Miyagi

Witnessed a bear crossing the road from north to south / Environment: road / Size: cub

Yamagata Sekizawa, Yamagata

May 29

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

Observed a juvenile bear about 1 m tall moving south near the railway tracks. / Environment: near railway tracks / Size: juvenile

Yamagata Yamadera, Yamagata

One bear was sighted in Sōgetsu-cho, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Sotsuki-shincho, Yamagata

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

One bear was sighted in Yamadera, Yamagata City, around 8:15 this morning.

Yamagata, Yamagata

A bear was sighted in Niiyama, Yamagata City, on the 29th.

Yamagata Niiyama, Yamagata

May 28

Sendai Okaji, Miyagi

May 28

Kawasaki, Miyagi

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

Sendai Okaji, Miyagi

May 28

Kawasaki, Miyagi

May 28

Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

May 28

Kawasaki, 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

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

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

Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

May 27

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

May 27

Kawasaki Ono, Miyagi

May 27

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

May 26

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

May 26

Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi

May 26

Sendai Kawauchi-Yamayashiki, Miyagi

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

Sendai Aramaki, Miyagi

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

Kawasaki Ono, Miyagi