Rifu~Yuzawa 드라이브 루트

One bear approximately 1 m in body length was observed in farmland. The bear then left toward the forested mountains to the south.

Yokote Maego, Akita

June 13

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

One adult bear was seen moving north toward a residential area in Waga-cho Yokokawame 4-chome, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Wagacho-Iwasawa, Iwate

On 2026-06-12 around 09:35, a bear was sighted moving in Kamionikiyanagi 2-chiwari, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.

Kitakami Kamioniyanagi, Iwate

Around 12:00 on 2026-06-12, a bear was seen moving in Waga-cho Yokokawame 12-chiwari, Kitakami, Iwate.

Kitakami Wagacho-Yokokawame, Iwate

Around 22:15 on June 11, one bear was sighted in Kamisakuragi 2-chome, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi

June 11

Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi

One bear about 1 meter long was seen walking north along a roadside in Ochiai Matsuzaka Akasaka, Taiwa Town.

Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, Miyagi

June 11

Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi

A bear was sighted moving in Waga-cho Iwasawa 10-chome, Kitakami.

Kitakami Wagacho-Iwasawa, Iwate

[Post] Sighted when getting out of the car

Yuzawa, Akita

Around 10:05 on 2026-06-11, one bear was sighted in Maesawa Ropponmatsu, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture.

Ōshū 衣川日向, Iwate

June 11

Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi

June 11

Kurihara 築館字沢入, Miyagi

June 11

Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi

June 11

Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi

Around 8:00 on 2026-06-11, a bear was sighted in Isawa Koyama Harakawa, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture.

Ōshū, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Oshimizu 1-chome, Tomiya, Miyagi, around 12:40 on 2026-06-11.

Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Ono Goto, Taiwa Town, Miyagi, around 9:30 a.m. on 2026-06-11.

Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi

June 10

Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi

June 10

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

Around 15:30 on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Mizusawa Hidakanishi, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture.

Ōshū 水沢, Iwate

On 2026-06-10 around 14:50, a bear was sighted moving in Oniyanagicho Todori, Kitakami, Iwate.

Kitakami Oniyanagicho, Iwate

June 10

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

After 12:00, it was seen on the road in front of Bōchū Community Hall. Startled by the sound of a tractor, it ran off toward the mountain. Body length about 1 m. About 1 m from a private house.

Yuzawa, Akita

June 10

Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi

At around 09:15 on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Shiwahime Hachisugiurayama, Kurihara City.

Kurihara 志波姫台東, Miyagi

June 10

Kurihara 志波姫横峰浦, Miyagi

June 10

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

June 10

Kurihara 築館字内南沢, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Tsukidate Takada 2-chome, Kurihara City, Miyagi.

Kurihara 築館字内南沢, Miyagi

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

Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi

June 10

Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted moving in Fujisawa 15-chiwari, Kitakami City, around 04:07 on 2026-06-10.

Kitakami Ryutsu-center, Iwate

June 10

Kurihara, Miyagi

Around 9:30 on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Takashimizu Nakano-sawa, Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Semine Ōwanidani, Kurihara City.

Kurihara, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Mizusawa Ohatajikoji, Oshu City, around 10:05 on June 10.

Ōshū Mizusawa-Miyashitacho, Iwate

A bear was seen moving in Matsuokabochu, Yuzawa City.

Yuzawa, Akita

June 9

Osaki 岩出山, Miyagi

A nearby resident spotted one bear, about 60 cm long, in a wooded area in Tsukidate Kido area, Kurihara City.

Kurihara 志波姫南堀口, Miyagi

June 9

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

June 9

Kurihara 志波姫南堀口, Miyagi

June 9

Kurihara 金成沢辺, Miyagi

June 9

Taiwa Tsurusu-Ozurusawa, Miyagi

Posted: It was in the river under the bridge. Appeared to be an adult. It was large.

Yokote 十文字町佐賀会, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kanari Sawabe Maemonzawa, Kurihara City, on 2026-06-09.

Kurihara 金成沢辺, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Akashi Shimoinugazawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture, around 19:05 on 2026-06-08.

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

June 8

Kurihara 志波姫南堀口, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Akashishitaderamae, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

June 8

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

A report was received of feces believed to be from an Asiatic black bear, and the scene was inspected. It was believed to be feces of an Asiatic black bear.

Yuzawa, Akita

Spotted two bears believed to be a parent and offspring.

Yokote, Akita

June 8

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

One bear was sighted in a grassland in Akashidai 6-chome, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in a wooded area adjacent to Aeon Mall Tomiya in Oshimizu 1-chome, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi

June 7

Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi

June 7

Kurihara 築館字下待井, Miyagi

Witnessed one bear believed to be the mother and two cubs; sizes unknown. Direction in which they left is unknown.

Yokote 睦成, Akita

A bear was sighted in Jonancho, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, around 14:35 on 2026-06-07.

Yokote Shirominami-machi, Akita

June 7

Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi

Around 13:30 on 2026-06-07, a bear was sighted in Ohira Heirin, Ohira Village, Miyagi Prefecture.

Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi

Moved through the rice fields and entered the grounds of a vacant house.

Yokote 十文字町腕越, Akita

A bear that had been missing since the morning was seen emerging from nearby woods. The bear moved toward the Chūō housing complex and the Jūmonji Nursery School area. Its whereabouts after that are unknown.

Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita

[Report] While working in the fields, an almost 1-meter-long young bear ran off toward Yamada Elementary School.

Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita

June 6

Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi

June 6

Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi

One bear was sighted in grassland in the Ohira Shionami area of Ohira Village.

Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi

While heading north from Okutsumi toward Yunozawa, a cub was in the middle of the road. Startled by the car, it ran into the thicket growing on the mountain slope.

Nishiwaga Yunosawa, Iwate

Crossed the road about 500 m before the Jūmonji Interchange tollbooth toward the Yokote side.

Yokote 十文字町, Akita

[Report] While traveling on the Tohoku-Chuo Expressway from Yokote toward Yuzawa, an adult bear crossed from the west to the east (toward National Route 13). (Posting may be delayed due to heavy traffic to the site.)

Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita

[Post] (No description of circumstances)

Yokote 十文字町十五野新田, Akita

Witnessed entering the brush (woods) on a highway embankment. Body length 70–80 cm.

Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita

While driving from the Nashinoki three-way junction toward Nishihara, I saw someone walking.

Yokote 十文字町西原二番町, Akita

A woman driving on National Route 13 in Nashi, Jūmonji-machi, Yokote City, spotted one bear crossing the road westward.

Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita

[Report] While thinning apple trees, a bear about 1 meter long ran toward the railroad (west) about 10 meters in front of me. It quickly crossed the tracks and disappeared.

Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita

Around 09:04 on 2026-06-06, a bear was sighted in Sanbongi Saida Magishi, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Osaki 三本木斉田, Miyagi

A farmer working in an apple orchard spotted a single bear about 1 m in body length at a distance of roughly 20 m. The bear then went off toward the woods to the east.

Yokote Sotonome, Akita

June 6

Tomiya 西成田, Miyagi

At around 5:30 a.m. on June 6, one bear was passed by on Route 457 in Yoshioka Ishigamizawa, Taiwa Town.

Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi

In Yoshioka, Taiwa Town, a driver spotted one bear about 1 meter long moving south on Route 457.

Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi

A bear was sighted walking on a city road in Kamicho, Yokote City, around 4:45 p.m.

Yokote Kamiuchi-machi, Akita

Post: About 1 meter long, it headed toward the Mizuho Road direction.

Yokote Kamiuchi-machi, Akita

On 2026-06-05 around 16:30, one bear was seen moving in Yamada Yūgaoka, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture.

Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita

A bear approximately 60 cm in body length, appearing to have just finished climbing up a slope on the road in front of the dispensing pharmacy, was observed. When it made eye contact with the observer, it descended the slope and fled eastward into a rice field. The distance to the nearest house is about 200 meters.

Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita

June 5

Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi

At around 13:37 on 2026-06-05, one bear was seen moving in Shimooni 2-chiwari, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.

Kitakami, Iwate

A bear was sighted at Tsukidate Terukoshi Yamanokamimae in Kurihara City.

Kurihara 築館字荒田沢, Miyagi

June 5

Kurihara 築館字照越, Miyagi

June 5

Taiwa Tsurusu-Yamada, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Maesawa Ainosawa, Oshu City.

Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate

June 4

Kurihara, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Isshō Yanagime Mochikurezawa, Kurihara City, Miyagi, around 18:50 on June 4.

Kurihara 一迫柳目, Miyagi

One bear about 1 meter in body length was sighted on the embankment of the Yokote River. The bear departed to the north.

Yokote Yawata, Akita

June 4

Kurihara, Miyagi

Around 7:40 on June 4, a bear was sighted in Tsukidate Ota Nakaota, Kurihara City.

Kurihara, Miyagi

June 4

Kurihara, Miyagi

Several children (multiple) on their way home from school sighted an animal believed to be a bear and reported it fled eastward. City officials patrolled the area but did not find it. Body length unknown.

Yokote 十文字町十五野新田, Akita

At around 8:00 on June 3, a bear was seen moving in Waga-cho Yokokawame 11-chome, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.

Kitakami Wagacho-Yokokawame, Iwate

June 3

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

One bear was seen moving in Aisari-cho Kami-sanjunincho, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Aisaricho, Iwate

[Report] Observed one Asiatic black bear (approx. 1.2 m in body length) walking along the riverbank. The bear crossed the river and then left into the brush to the north.

Yuzawa, Akita

【Post】

Yuzawa 字角間沢, Akita

A report was received of feces believed to be from an Asiatic black bear, and the scene was inspected. It was believed to be feces of an Asiatic black bear.

Yuzawa 字稲荷山, Akita

June 1st

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

June 1st

Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi

June 1st

Osaki 三本木秋田, Miyagi

June 1st

Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi

Sighted at the railroad crossing near Kurata Factory. It ran away toward Yuzawa Station, parallel to the tracks. About 10 meters from a house.

Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita

Two bears were sighted crossing a road in Koganehara, Yuzawa City, Akita.

Yuzawa 字黄金原, Akita

A bear was sighted in Sugasawa-shinjo Sunada, Yuzawa City, and was seen moving.

Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita

[Report] Appeared near the Shinjo railroad crossing in Yuzawa City, headed along the farm road toward Yuzawa Station, crossed the tracks, and entered the Ugo Transportation parking lot. The bear believed to be the adult female is about 1.0–1.1 m in height; the bear believed to be a cub is about 0.7–0.8 m in height.

Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita

[Report] Witnessed on the opposite side of the national highway from Yuzawa-kita police box. The witness was driving and passed by quickly, so the body length, number of bears, and movements are unknown. Estimated to be within 10 meters of a house.

Yuzawa 杉沢新所, Akita

One bear was sighted at Sugisawa Mori Michiue in Yuzawa City, Akita.

Yuzawa 字黄金原, Akita

June 1st

Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi

June 1st

Osaki 岩出山下野目, Miyagi

June 1st

Kurihara, Miyagi

Around 18:40 on 2026-06-01, a bear was sighted in Akashi Nitanme, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

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

Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi

[Report] When I drove home, it ran away from in front of my house toward the grassy area. It looked small, so it appeared to be a cub. It was dark, so I couldn’t take a photo.

Yokote Akasaka, Akita

May 31

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

May 31

Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi

May 31

Tomiya 三ノ関, Miyagi

A bear was sighted moving in Waga-cho Naganuma 13-chome, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Wagacho-Naganuma, Iwate

A bear about 60 cm long was sighted near the Yuzawa High School ski jump. The bear went into the mountain. Distance to the nearest houses is about 100 meters.

Yuzawa 字東松沢, Akita

When I drove by, it stuck only its face out of the snow-melting ditch, then quickly pulled back in. At first I thought it was a raccoon dog, but its face (head) was completely black, so I posted because it might be a bear cub.

Yuzawa, Akita

An animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Iwasaki Mori-ai, Yuzawa City.

Yuzawa, Akita

Two bears were sighted near the mountainside on the east side of the batting center. Their subsequent whereabouts are unknown. Distance to the nearest house: approximately 5 meters.

Yuzawa 杉沢新所, Akita

May 29

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

A surveillance camera at the Asakura water level observation station near Otorii Bridge captured one bear of unknown length moving downstream along the Yokote River.

Yokote Yawata, Akita

May 29

Ohira, Miyagi

May 29

Ohira, Miyagi

[Report] There were footprints in the field on the property of my home.

Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita

There were footprints in the garden on the property.

Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita

Around 9:00 on May 29, a bear was sighted in Akinagicho, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture.

Yokote Myoei-cho, Akita

May 28

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

Two bears (a parent and a cub) were sighted on a city road near 10 Narusawa, Narusawa, Yuzawa City. The bears fled toward the mountain to the southeast. The adult measured 1.0 m in body length; the cub measured 0.6 m. The sighting occurred about 10 m from a residential area.

Yuzawa 成沢, Akita

May 27

Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi

A cub about 50 cm long was sighted. It is unknown whether an adult bear was nearby. The bear moved toward a nearby river.

Yokote 山内土渕, Akita

May 27

Tomiya 穀田, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Yamanouchi-Hirasawaa Iwanome, Yokote City, Akita, around 14:40 on May 27, and it was seen moving.

Yokote 山内土渕, Akita

A bear was sighted in Maesawa Jinja, Oshu City.

Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate

[Report] Two bears in front of a house's garage

Yuzawa 岩崎, Akita

May 26

Kurihara 築館字左野原, Miyagi

Around 11:10 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted at Takenoshita-mae, Tsukidate-Yazawa, Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Kurihara, Miyagi

May 26

Kurihara 築館字下待井, Miyagi

A bear emerged from the brush on the right but quickly became out of sight.

Yuzawa 成沢, Akita

Around 08:40 on May 26, a bear was sighted in Narusawa, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.

Yuzawa 成沢, Akita

Around 9:00 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted in Takayashiki, Tomiya, Miyagi, and was later captured.

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

In the afternoon of 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted in Waga-cho Yamaguchi 46-chiwari, Kitakami, Iwate, and was seen moving.

Kitakami Wagacho-Yamaguchi, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Iwasaki Chitose, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, around 8:00 PM on 2026-05-26.

Yuzawa 岩崎, Akita

May 25

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

On the night of 2026-05-25, one bear was sighted on a city road in Narita 8-chome, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

May 24

Kurihara, Miyagi

May 24

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

May 24

Kurihara, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Yatsumatazawa, Tsukidate Shimomiyano, Kurihara City.

Kurihara 築館, Miyagi

May 24

Kurihara 築館, Miyagi

May 23

Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi

May 23

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

May 23

Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Furukawa Osaki Nyo Kodate, Ōsaki City.

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

May 22

Sendai Matsumori, Miyagi

May 22

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

May 21

Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi

May 21

Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi

Around 11:40 on May 21, a bear was sighted at Furukawa Shimizu Narita Omotemae in Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi

May 21

Osaki 古川清水, 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

May 20

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Furukawa Osaki Odachi, Ōsaki City, Miyagi, around 14:20 on May 20, 2026.

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

At around 10:25 on May 20, 2026, a woman in her 70s encountered a bear about 1 meter long in a bamboo grove behind her home in Furukawa Shinhori, Osaki City, Miyagi. She waved a saw she was carrying and drove the bear off but fell and suffered a fractured bone in her lower back; the bear fled west.

Osaki 古川新堀, Miyagi

On May 20 in Nishiwaga Town, Iwate Prefecture, Tatsurou Nakajima (85), who had gone out to pick warabi, was found dead near the bank of the Sawairi River with scratch-like wounds; it is believed he was likely attacked by a nearby bear. His family found him and hunters who arrived on the scene drove the bear away.

Nishiwaga Owatari, Iwate

On May 20 an 85-year-old man who had gone to pick wild plants was found dead in a stream near his home. The body had injuries to the head and torso, and firefighters spotted one bear at the scene and on the home's grounds, so police believe he was likely attacked by a bear and are investigating.

Nishiwaga Kawashiri, Iwate

An elderly man believed to be an 85-year-old who had gone out to gather wild vegetables was found dead in a stream in Kotonasezawa (Kotsunagisawa), Nishiwaga Town, Iwate Prefecture on the morning of May 20. The body showed severe injuries, including scratches and torn clothing on the head and upper body, and a single bear was spotted near the scene, so police suspect a bear attack and are investigating.

Nishiwaga Kotsunagizawa, Iwate

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

May 20

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

May 20

Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi

May 20

Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi

May 20

Osaki 古川新堀, Miyagi

May 20

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

May 20

Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi

On May 20, a severely damaged male body was found in a mountain stream in Kosengisawa, Nishiwaga Town, Iwate Prefecture. Fire officials said a bear was spotted nearby and the person may have been attacked.

Nishiwaga Kotsunagizawa, Iwate

A bear appeared in Furukawa, Ōsaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, and the city carried out its first emergency shooting to cull the animal.

Osaki 古川, Miyagi

A body was found in a mountain forest in Nishiwaga Town, Iwate Prefecture, and it has been reported that the person may have been attacked by a bear.

Nishiwaga Kawashiri, Iwate

May 19

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

On the morning of May 19, 2026, one male bear was spotted in a grove near Furukawa Shinden, Osaki City. The city authorized emergency gun hunting for public safety and the bear was killed around 11:00 a.m. The bear was about 1.1 m long, weighed approximately 45 kg, was estimated to be four years old, and is believed to have wandered in via a nearby river.

Osaki 古川新田, Miyagi

May 19

Osaki 古川斎下, Miyagi

May 19

Osaki 古川新田, Miyagi

May 19

Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi

May 19

Osaki 古川楡木, Miyagi

May 19

Kami 上狼塚, Miyagi

May 18

Tomiya 大亀, Miyagi

Observed one young bear entering the brush from the road.

Ōshū 衣川日向, Iwate

May 18

Taiwa Ryutsudaira, Miyagi

May 18

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

May 18

Osaki 三本木斉田, Miyagi

One Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma) was sighted near YUZAWA Clean Center Co., Ltd., and the police were notified. The bear ran off to the east. Police are patrolling the area. The sighting location was about 300 m from residences; the bear’s body length was 1.0 m.

Yuzawa 下関, Akita

At around 06:10 on the 18th, a man driving on a municipal road in Takayashiki, Tomiya City, spotted a bear about 1.5 m long and called the police. The bear ran up the west slope toward the mountain; the previous evening (17th) two other bears (about 1.5 m and 1 m) were reported about 1 km to the west in Yamatocho Morinooka 3-chome.

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

At around 06:10 on the 18th, a 1.5-meter bear was seen walking on a slope near the Costco Wholesale Tomiya warehouse in Takayashiki, Tomiya City, by a man in a car; at about 10:00 the same day two more bears were spotted in a rice field about 1 km south of that location. There were no injuries reported, and Miyagi Prefecture announced it will continue the 'bear sighting alert' until June 18 due to the surge in sightings.

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

May 18

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

May 18

Tomiya 大亀, Miyagi

May 17

Taiwa 杜の丘, Miyagi

At around 18:20 on May 17, 2026, a resident reported seeing two bears (approximately 1.5 meters and 1 meter long) walking in a rice paddy in Mori-no-oka 3-chome, Taiwa Town, Miyagi Prefecture, and called emergency services.

Taiwa 杜の丘, Miyagi

May 17

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi