Takaharu~Nakashibetsu 드라이브 루트

A bear was sighted in Morinohashi 2-chome, Tomiya City, around 11:13 on July 19.

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.

Inawashiro 字並杉西, Fukushima

Around 19:40 on July 18, a bear-like animal was sighted in Kuramoto-shin, Tateyama Town, Toyama Prefecture.

Tateyama, Toyama

Witnessed while walking.

Tateyama, Toyama

(No information)

Mutsu Masagocho, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Ishidoriya-cho Ezo 9th district, Hanamaki City, around 07:30.

Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Eso, Iwate

about 1 m

Mutsu, Aomori

A bear-like animal was sighted in Kurokawa, Imizu City, around 7:15 p.m. on July 17.

Imizu, Toyama

One bear sighted

Itoigawa, Niigata

In Hirano, Imizu City, a woman driving a car saw an animal resembling a bear running on the road; it was considered a cub and disappeared toward Taikoyama Park Cemetery.

Imizu, Toyama

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Ichinoseki-nezumiyama, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Matsuzakadaira, Taiwa Town.

Taiwa Ryutsudaira, Miyagi

One bear, about 1 m long, was sighted on a road in Matsuzakahira 2-chome, Taiwa Town.

Taiwa Ochiai-Hirubukuro, Miyagi

One bear, about 1.5 m long, was sighted on a road in Tomiya Negisizawa, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

One bear, about 70 cm long, was sighted on a road in Tomiya Ogochi, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 日吉台, Miyagi

One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the roadway.

Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Arai Hayama, Motomiya City, Fukushima, around 4:30 PM on July 17, 2026.

Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima

An animal believed to be a bear crossed the road and headed south.

Imizu, Toyama

While doing farm work, I saw one bear come out of the brush into the rice field. It later moved to the mountain on the east side.

Joetsu, Niigata

A bear-like animal was sighted in Aoidani, Imizu City, around 2:20 p.m. on July 17.

Imizu, Toyama

bear cub

Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Yoshidanishikaze, Taiwa Town.

Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted at Fukuoka Kuramoto Chazono in Shiroishi City.

Shiroishi 福岡長袋, Miyagi

In Fukuoka Kuramoto, Shiroishi City, an elderly-home employee saw one bear about 1 meter long in a rice paddy.

Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long was seen crossing the road in Hiyoshi, Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu, with no injuries reported.

Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Koya, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Iizaka-machi Yunosakudō, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima

A single bear (about 1.5 meters in body length) was sighted along National Route 399.

Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima

An adult bear was sighted in Shogendera, Imizu City, around 5:25 a.m. on July 17.

Imizu, Toyama

Sighted an adult bear during patrol

Imizu, Toyama

Around 2:40 PM on July 17, a bear was sighted in Nadachi-Omachi, Nadachi Ward, Joetsu City.

Joetsu, Niigata

A bear was sighted at Miyadoko Yotsuji, Yamato Town, Miyagi.

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

One bear was sighted on a road in Shogenzi, Imizu City, and quickly returned to the bushes.

Imizu, Toyama

Sighted an animal believed to be a bear

Imizu, Toyama

One bear approximately 1 meter in body length was sighted. The bear has since already departed.

Koriyama, Fukushima

Body length about 120 cm

Mutsu Matsumoricho, Aomori

One bear about 1 meter long was seen walking in a park in Keizan, Aizuwakamatsu, and later returned to the mountain.

Aizuwakamatsu Tenneijimachi, Fukushima

One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted. The bear departed into the forested area to the east, and its subsequent movements are unknown.

Aizuwakamatsu Higashiyamamachi-Ishiyama, Fukushima

July 16

Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi

July 16

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

One bear about 1.5 meters long was seen crossing National Route 49 in Hatta Ohnohara, Kawanohigashi-cho, Aizuwakamatsu.

Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima

One bear (approximately 1.5 meters in body length) was sighted.

Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima

July 16

Taiwa Technohills, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Naka-yasuda, Atami-machi, Koriyama City around 6:00 PM on July 16.

Koriyama, Fukushima

One bear was sighted on a slope in Kokudasetonosawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Tomiya あけの平, Miyagi

July 15

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

A single bear (about 1.5 meters in body length) was sighted in the grassy area north of National Route 49.

Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima

July 15

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

July 15

Taiwa 杜の丘, Miyagi

Observed one bear crossing the road.

Morioka Shimoota-Shimokawara, Iwate

Saw one bear cub enter the woods

Hachinohe, Aomori

No information

Hachinohe, Aomori

One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.

Fukushima, Fukushima

Around 09:25 on 2026-07-15, a bear was sighted in Ato, Takizawa City, Iwate Prefecture.

Takizawa 後, Iwate

July 15

Taiwa Technohills, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Izumisawa, Chitose City, and it was seen captured on camera.

Chitose, Hokkaido

[28] Around 11:00 PM — Near Hokuyō 5-chome: One animal resembling a bear about 1 meter in body length was sighted.

Chitose, Hokkaido

[26] Izumisawa: Around 0:05 AM — An automatic trail camera installed near the Chuo Expressway Chitose IC at Aoba Park captured one bear.

Chitose, Hokkaido

July 15, R8 (17:30)

Yakumo, Hokkaido

[30] 7/15 8:35 National Route 276 - 3 km from Takaoka Second Cemetery: one brown bear approximately 2 m in length sighted. The bear departed to the west.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

Ayabe Nodacho, Kyoto

A resident walking saw one bear in a waterway in Hiraka-cho, Mikawa district, Hakusan City.

Hakusan Hirakamachi, Ishikawa

A bear was seen moving in Isawa Koyama Hachimando, Oshu City.

Ōshū, Iwate

July 14

Kawasaki, Miyagi

A bear AI camera detected one bear.

Tonami, Toyama

A bear was sighted in Waga-cho Naganuma 14-chome, Kitakami City, Iwate, around 16:15 on July 14.

Kitakami Wagacho-Naganuma, Iwate

Discovered signs/traces of footprints

Nagaoka, Niigata

There were bear tracks (footprints) in a rice field about 200 meters toward the mountain from the Sawashimojo district office.

Nagaoka, Niigata

A single bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the paved road.

Inawashiro 字城南, Fukushima

July 14

Natori, Miyagi

A bear was sighted moving in Futagocho Minamida, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Futagocho, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Higashi-midorigaoka, Morioka City.

Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate

Bear sighting reported at Kamiyakari Kumanoshitashita, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Nomura, Miyagi

July 14

Sendai Nomura, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Shuto-machi Tajiri, Iwakuni City.

Iwakuni 周東町田尻, Yamaguchi

Around 05:40 on 2026-07-14, a bear was sighted in Sannbongi Sakamoto Terashima, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Nakanoyachi, Isawa-Koyama, Oshu City, Iwate on 2026-07-14 around 16:10.

Ōshū, Iwate

One bear was seen moving in Nikocho Kaminakajima, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Futagocho, Iwate

Awara 沢, Fukui

A bear was seen moving in Waga-cho Naganuma 14, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Wagacho-Naganuma, Iwate

July 13

Kurihara 高清水, Miyagi

One bear was sighted moving in Shimonikuriyu 4-chome, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Shimooniyanagi, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Maesawa Hinorematsu, Oshu City.

Ōshū, Iwate

One bear was sighted crossing Suganodaira Bridge within Shimamichi area. It was moving eastward.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Wakasa Torihama, Fukui

A bear was sighted in Mukasa, Wakasa Town, Fukui Prefecture.

Wakasa Mukasa, Fukui

Around 8:30 a.m. on July 13, a bear was sighted in Aisukechō, Kitakami City, Iwate, and was seen moving.

Kitakami Aisaricho, Iwate

A bear sighting was reported in Miyakoji Shimoshoji, Taiwa Town, around 05:50.

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

July 13

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Osaki City, Isawa Koyama Uraura.

Ōshū, Iwate

[Hokuto City 12] Traces

Hokuto Murauchi, Hokkaido

[29] 7/13 18:45 — While walking, a person spotted what appeared to be a brown bear about 50 cm in body length standing on a mountainside approximately 70 m from Shinkawa No. 3 Bridge over the Tomakomai River on the north side of Yamate Town.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

[Hokuto City 11] Traces

Hokuto Fumizuki, Hokkaido

[Hokuto City 10] Tracks

Hokuto Mukaino, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted moving in Murasaki-no 14-chiwari, Kitakami City, around 09:35.

Kitakami Murasakino, Iwate

A moving bear was sighted in Tachibana 15-chome, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Tachibana, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Yumoto 1-chome, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Dai, Iwate

July 12

Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi

A woman walking her dog spotted one bear about 1 meter long at Shiroishi River Kiridoshi Park in Fukukakuramoto Iwanoue, Shiroishi City.

Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi

Maizuru Obakami, Kyoto

Maizuru Ogura, Kyoto

Around 6:00 a.m. in Nakano-me, Nihonmatsu City, one bear about 1.5 m long was sighted crossing a field.

Nihonmatsu 中ノ目, Fukushima

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

No information

Hachinohe Nango-Shimamori, Aomori

July 11

Kurihara, Miyagi

(No information)

Hachinohe Kamikumicho, Aomori

Sighting report of one bear cub [Source] Hachinohe City Crisis Management Division

Hachinohe Nejo, Aomori

Wakasa, Fukui

July 11

Taiwa, Miyagi

One bear sighted. Direction of travel unknown.

Niigata, Niigata

One bear about 100 centimeters in body length was sighted approximately 200 meters east of Joetsu Gochi Nursing Home.

Joetsu, Niigata

A nearby resident sighted one bear. It entered the grassy area to the west.

Joetsu, Niigata

One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in a residential lot in Gochi 6-chome, Joetsu City, Niigata, and left heading west.

Joetsu, Niigata

[Hokuto City 9] Traces

Hokuto Nozaki, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Asahi, Akiba Ward, Niigata City, around 07:30 on July 11.

Niigata, Niigata

Around 4:30 a.m. on July 11, a bear about 1 meter long was spotted on the premises of a private residence in Gochi 6, Joetsu City.

Joetsu, Niigata

A bear was sighted in Nejō, Hachinohe City.

Hachinohe Kamikumicho, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Tsukidate Ota Yamazukazawa, Kurihara City.

Kurihara, Miyagi

A single cub bear was sighted near Tsutsuishi Station.

Itoigawa, Niigata

No information

Rokunohe Shimoyoshita, Aomori

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

Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi

July 10

Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi

July 10

Sendai Kitatakamori, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Okamakamori, Takizawa City.

Takizawa 大釜高森, Iwate

Awara 牛ノ谷, Fukui

No information

Mutsu, Aomori

July 10

Taiwa, Miyagi

July 10

Ohira 大森, Miyagi

Around 12:40 PM on July 10, a bear was sighted in Ushinoya, Awara City.

Awara 牛ノ谷, Fukui

On 2026-07-10 in Shimo-Konyu, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture, one bear was seen moving.

Kitakami Shimooniyanagi, Iwate

Around 9:00 on July 10, a bear was sighted in Tanabu Shimodaira, Mutsu City, Aomori Prefecture.

Mutsu, Aomori

Around 9:00, a mother bear and cub were sighted near the Onuma entrance gate of the Shirotai Skyline; they moved into the eastern forest.

Nanae, Hokkaido

One bear was sighted in bushes within Takada 12th district, Yahaba Town, Iwate.

Yahaba 大字高田, Iwate

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

Sendai Fujimatsu, Miyagi

July 9

Sendai Fujimatsu, Miyagi

A fisherman sighted one bear.

Tonami, Toyama

A vehicle operator passing over Shinbo Bridge spotted an animal resembling a bear on the Jintsu River floodplain.

Toyama, Toyama

(No information)

Higashidori, Aomori

The field plastic mulch was torn and there were footprints. The compost was disturbed.

Morioka Tsushida, Iwate

Observed one adult bear and two juvenile bears on the riverbed of the Otobe River.

Morioka Isari-Omichi, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Inosari Tamenogi, Morioka City.

Morioka 猪去田面野木, Iwate

Spotted one young bear near the staff-only parking lot of the Handmade Village.

Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate

While the reporter was working in a rice field, they spotted a medium-sized bear along the base of the mountain behind them. They scared it off with a rocket firework, and it ran back into the mountain.

Morioka Mukainakano, Iwate

Around 1:15 PM on 2026-07-09, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted by a resident in a residential area of Tokiwadai 3-chome, Kitakami, Iwate.

Kitakami Machibun, Iwate

Apples stored in a shed used for farm work and storage had been eaten/raided. There were also numerous droppings that appeared to be from a bear both inside and outside the shed.

Morioka Mukainakano, Iwate

Observed one medium-sized bear in an apple orchard

Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate

Tsuruga Kashimagari, Fukui

A bear was seen following a person for about 180 meters at the lakeshore of Onuma in Nanae Town.

Nanae Onumacho, Hokkaido

While driving on Prefectural Road 73 toward Yasuda, the witness spotted one bear in the bushes on the right-hand side. The bear immediately retreated back into the brush and fled.

Kashiwazaki, Niigata

A bear was observed near Route 4 Nakano intersection, moving from the west to the east (toward Nakano Elementary School).

Morioka Haba, Iwate

One adult bear sighted in a prefab building near the facility.

Tohoku 大浦, Aomori

July 9

Ohira 大衡, Miyagi

Observed one adult and two cubs near the apple orchard.

Morioka Isari-Sekiai, Iwate

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

Fukushima Shono, Fukushima

An animal resembling a bear was sighted on the Jinzu River riverbank in Fuchu-machi Aoshima, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

Ayabe Uesugicho, Kyoto

A bear was sighted in Kamisugicho Saka, Ayabe City on 2026-07-09.

Ayabe Uesugicho, Kyoto

There are round footprints on the ridge I made. About 15 cm in diameter. Could it be a bear?

Morioka Mukainakano, Iwate

A person walking saw one adult bear on a city road in a residential area of Tokiwa-dai 4-chome, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Machibun, Iwate

A bear entered the Morioka City School Lunch Center in Nakanokita, Morioka, through the front gate and moved around the premises.

Morioka Kawasaki, Iwate

At around 8:42 PM on July 8, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Naka-gaito, Iibocho, Tatsuno City, Hyogo Prefecture.

Tatsuno, Hyogo

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

Sendai Kawauchi-Motohasekura, Miyagi

July 8

Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi

Report from a citizen [Issued by Hachinohe City]

Hachinohe Shiriuchimachi, Aomori

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

Taiwa Gakuen, Miyagi

July 8

Taiwa Gakuen, Miyagi

July 8

Tomiya 穀田, Miyagi

One bear cub headed south.

Shichinohe 花松林ノ根, Aomori

Around 08:50 on 2026-07-08, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Komabayashi, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture.

Joetsu, Niigata

One animal believed to be a bear, about 100 centimeters in body length, was sighted 400 meters north of the Ken-Do Joetsu-Yasuzuka-Uragawara Line.

Joetsu, Niigata

A passerby sighted one bear.

Tonami, Toyama

July 8

Sendai 西中山, Miyagi

One bear about 1 m long was walking near Yamagamachi, Aizuwakamatsu City.

Aizuwakamatsu Yamagamachi, Fukushima

One bear sighted

Memuro 北芽室北九線, Hokkaido

Location: Takao Oka. Times: ① 6:55, ② 10:47. On National Route 276, 350 m west of the 117-km post, 5 km from the Chuo Interchange toward Lake Shikotsu, a four-legged animal 1.5–2 m long was seen crossing from east to west.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

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

Tomiya 穀田, Miyagi

[Hokuto City 8] Traces

Hokuto Mukaino, Hokkaido

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

Sendai 館, Miyagi

Shibecha 字シアンベツ, Hokkaido

Kushiro, Hokkaido

Two bears crossing the road were sighted.

Toyama, Toyama

A resident spotted one bear in a residential area of Tokiwadai 2-chome, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Machibun, Iwate

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

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

Near the north side of Miyukibashi (Miyuki Bridge)

Itoigawa, Niigata

Saw large footprints believed to be from a bear.

Shichinohe 姥沢, Aomori

One bear approximately 80 centimeters in body length was sighted 200 meters east of the former Marine Fishing Center.

Joetsu, Niigata

A bear about 0.8 meters long was sighted in Mushu Iwato, Joetsu City.

Joetsu, Niigata

A bear-like animal was reported sighted in a park in Takuyo-Higashimachi 5, Tomakomai, Hokkaido.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

In Shirotori Park in Takuyu-higashimachi, Tomakomai, a teenage male witnessed one bear-like animal about 1.5 meters long before dawn.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

A sighting of one adult bear and one cub was reported in Fuchu-machi Nagasawa, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

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

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Kanezawa, Fukushima

Observed one adult and one juvenile bear near the irrigation pond.

Ōshū 江刺岩谷堂, Iwate

While traveling on the municipal Shimokura-Takakura road, I sighted one bear on the left bank of the Takakura River. It ran off toward the mountain to the south.

Itoigawa, Niigata

A bear was sighted moving in Izumisawa, Chitose City, around 3:50 PM on 2026-07-06.

Chitose, Hokkaido

About 20 meters south of the Nangō IC tollbooth, a single bear approximately 80 centimeters tall walked from west to east.

Hachinohe Nango-Ichinosawa, Aomori

It was reported to have headed toward the seaside.

Mutsu Okunai, Aomori

Awara 牛ノ谷, Fukui

A bear was sighted moving in Shikanaya, Awara City.

Awara 下金屋, Fukui

July 6

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

Footprints in the field

Tohoku 上野, Aomori

July 6

Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi

At around 05:15 on 2026-07-06, a bear was sighted in Ohi Village, Ōguri Shimo-Nishizawa.

Ohira 大衡, Miyagi

Izumisawa: Around 3:50 PM. Approximately 200 meters from under the Dōō Expressway overpass on Shinmachi Izumisawa Boulevard toward Kōyōdai. One bear sighted.

Chitose, Hokkaido

Around 10:30 on 2026-07-06, an animal believed to be a bear was seen moving in Kawachi, Kudamatsu City.

Kudamatsu 大字河内, Yamaguchi

Maizuru Yoshino, Kyoto

Maizuru Shiroyacho, Kyoto

A bear was sighted in Tsuboyo Minamihama, Inawashiro Town, Fukushima, around 09:30 on July 6.

Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima

Jul 6, Reiwa 8 — 1 brown bear

Shibecha 字虹別, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Masyu 1-chome, Teshikaga, Hokkaido, around 18:40 on July 5.

Teshikaga Teshikaga-genya, Hokkaido

At around 4:10 PM on July 5, a bear was sighted in Kamihatta-cho, Ayabe City, Kyoto Prefecture.

Ayabe Kamiyatacho, Kyoto

On 2026-07-05 afternoon, one bear was sighted in Orocho, Ayabe City, Kyoto Prefecture.

Ayabe Orocho, Kyoto

A bear was sighted in Shimo-Hatatacho Togeta, Ayabe City, Kyoto Prefecture.

Ayabe Nishibaracho, Kyoto

July 5

Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi

Traveled westward on National Route 4 (from east to west)

Shichinohe 菩提木, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Waga-cho Iwasaki 27-chiwari, Kitakami City, around 6:50 a.m. on July 5.

Kitakami Wagacho-Iwasaki, Iwate

At around 06:45 on July 5, one bear was seen moving in Waga-cho Iwasaki 30-chiwari, Kitakami.

Kitakami Wagacho-Iwasaki, Iwate

While driving on a municipal road running alongside the highway from Hirosawa toward Koide, the witness saw two bears lying on the road. When they approached and honked the horn, the bears left toward the highway.

Aga 野村, Niigata

A bear was sighted in Iito 19-ku, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Iitoyo, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Shimizu, Shimizu Town, Hokkaido.

Shimizu 字清水第十二線, Hokkaido

Two bears, about 1 meter and 0.5 meter long, were sighted on a town road in Kushima, Aga Town.

Aga 両郷, Niigata

Captured a bear that had been appearing on farmland

Ashoro, Hokkaido

Ayabe Kamiyatacho, Kyoto

Ayabe Takanosucho, Kyoto

Capture No. 10 — July 5, 2026 (Reiwa 8)

Mori Kurigaoka, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted moving in Ushirohira, Shichinohe Town.

Shichinohe 後平, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Tokumang, Tonami City, around 18:19 on July 4; it was seen on camera.

Tonami, Toyama

The bear AI camera detected one bear.

Tonami, Toyama

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

Nihonmatsu 馬場平, Fukushima

Awara Takatsuka, Fukui

A passerby sighted one bear.

Tonami, Toyama

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

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

One bear sighted in Okutani Town area

Kaga Okunoyamachi, Ishikawa

A resident sighted one bear.

Tonami, Toyama

Awara 山十楽, Fukui

A bear was sighted in Shimonoji Tohara, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Shimonodera, Fukushima

Maizuru Obakami, Kyoto

Maizuru Shiroya, Kyoto

R8.7.4 11:00

Yakumo, Hokkaido

One bear sighted in front of a residence. Direction of escape unknown.

Itoigawa 中央, Niigata

One animal believed to be a bear about one size larger than a large dog was observed moving toward the Kitakami River.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

July 3

Sendai Nihondaira, Miyagi

Witnessed an animal that looked like a cub crossing the road.

Kamiichi, Toyama

One large animal, believed to be a bear about the size of a large dog, was sighted.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

Around 17:55 on 2026-07-03, a bear was sighted in Hori, Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto Prefecture.

Fukuchiyama Kyo, Kyoto

(No information)

Hachinohe Ichikawamachi, Aomori

On Friday, July 3 at around 5:25 p.m., on National Route 49 within Ukiribajichi, Ogasawara, Inawashiro Town, a witness (male in his 60s) saw a bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road from north to south while he was driving eastbound on Route 49. The bear then left into the brush to the south.

Inawashiro 大字翁沢, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Takayashiki, Ichikawa-cho, Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture, around 17:25 on 2026-07-03.

Hachinohe Ichikawamachi, Aomori

Tsuruga Sawa, Fukui

A bear (approximately 1.2 m in body length) was observed running away from west to east on National Route 45.

Hachinohe Ichikawamachi, Aomori

One bear was sighted in Numanosawa, Yubari City.

Yubari, Hokkaido

Awara 細呂木, Fukui

No information

Rokunohe Shimoyoshita, Aomori

One bear cub ran away north from the road.

Shichinohe 野崎狐久保, Aomori

One bear cub was startled by a car and ran into the woods on the north side.

Shichinohe 中岫長沢下, Aomori

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

In a bean field in Hikawa, Mori Town, azuki beans were eaten by a bear over an area of about 8 m by 7 m. Multiple tracks about 13 cm wide were left nearby.

Mori Himekawa, Hokkaido

July 3

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

Crop damage No. 15 July 3, 2026 Himekawa Field near Donan Agro Co., Ltd. Azuki beans 0.0056 ha Footprint: 13 cm

Mori Himekawa, Hokkaido

Around 20:40, a creature believed to be a bear about 50 cm in body length was sighted.

Nanae Onumacho, Hokkaido

Maizuru Noborio, Kyoto

Fukuchiyama Hori, Kyoto

Traces No. 15 — July 3, 2026 — Himekawa, a field near Donan Agro Co., Ltd.

Mori Himekawa, Hokkaido

A cub was sighted walking on the edge of the Tohoku Shinkansen viaduct in Kutsukawa 4-chome, Morioka City.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

Takahama Takano, Fukui

July 2

Taiwa, Miyagi

On Thursday, July 2 at approximately 11:25 a.m., near the 98.2-kilometer post on the outbound (up) lanes of the Ban-etsu Expressway in Katada, Inawashiro Town, a driver in his 40s observed a single bear (about 1 m in length) crossing the highway from the north side to the south side (toward the center of the road) while traveling on the outbound Ban-etsu Expressway (toward Iwaki). When the witness’s vehicle approached, the bear left toward the north side of the road.

Inawashiro 大字千代田, Fukushima

Around 10:10 on 2026-07-02, one bear was sighted in Sugo, Takizawa City, Iwate Prefecture.

Takizawa 巣子, Iwate

July 2

Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi

Sighted one adult bear on the roadway

Tohoku 千曳下山, Aomori

July 2

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

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

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

July 2

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

R8.7.2 11:08

Yakumo, Hokkaido

Around 7:30 PM on July 1, a bear was sighted in Shimizu, Shimizu Town, Hokkaido.

Shimizu 字清水第十二線, Hokkaido

A single bear about 100 centimeters long was sighted at a point approximately 200 meters northeast of the Komabayashi neighborhood hall within the Oaza Komabayashi area.

Joetsu, Niigata

A bear was sighted in the thicket of Matsunaga 5-chome, Ikki-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City.

Aizuwakamatsu Ikkimachi-Matsunaga, Fukushima

On Wednesday, July 1 at around 6:20 p.m., in Matsunaga 5-chome, Ikkimachi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male in his 40s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in the brush on the east side of his home while he was at home. After being seen, the bear moved deeper into the brush and its subsequent movements are unknown.

Aizuwakamatsu Ikkimachi-Matsunaga, Fukushima

One bear was sighted heading west.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Mine Isacho-Isa, Yamaguchi

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

At the east base of Akanotsu Bridge, observed one adult entering the woods to the north.

Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate

Climbed the wall and headed west.

Shichinohe 豊間内, Aomori

Found what appear to be bear tracks

Toyama, Toyama

A bear was sighted in Kawanohigashi-machi Hatta Onohara, Aizuwakamatsu City, around 4:00 AM on July 1.

Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima

On July 1 (Wednesday) at around 4:00 a.m., in Oohara, Hatta, Kawatō-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male, in his 60s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in a buckwheat field while driving. The subsequent movements of the bear are unknown.

Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima

Tracks of one bear

Memuro 西士狩北二線, Hokkaido

Bear footprints were found in Ko-nagasawa, Fuchu-machi, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

Capture No. 8 July 1, 2026

Mori Santai, Hokkaido

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

Capture No. 9 — July 1, Reiwa 8 (2026)

Mori Honkayabecho, Hokkaido

Tracks of one bear

Memuro 北明西七線, Hokkaido

A bear was seen moving in Oumihokutocho, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Confirmed a bear moving westward

Itoigawa 中央, Niigata

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

On Tuesday, June 30 at around 7:00 p.m., on National Route 49 in Azosawa, Tamagawa, Atami-machi, Kōriyama City, a witness driving observed one bear (approximately 50 cm in body length) crossing National Route 49 from east to west. The direction in which it left afterward is unknown.

Koriyama, Fukushima

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

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

June 30

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

June 30

Taiwa Ochiai-Aikawa, Miyagi

One bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Ochiai-Aikawa, Yamato Town.

Taiwa Ochiai-Aikawa, Miyagi

Around 5:30 PM on June 30, a bear was sighted in Kita-terabayashi 2-chome, Ishidoriya-cho, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Daikoji, Iwate

Sighted a young bear (body length unknown). It ran away toward the mountains on the north side of the road.

Oyabe, Toyama

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

On Tuesday, June 30 at about 2:10 p.m., on a municipal road in Miyakita, Iwane, Inawashiro Town, a witness (male in his 60s) was driving west on the road when he saw one bear (about 1.2 m in length) cross the road and walk off into rice paddies to the south.

Inawashiro 大字磐根, Fukushima

June 30

Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi

Wakasa Sueno, Fukui

On Tuesday, June 30 at approximately 12:10 p.m., in the Tsuruga Aza Funagamorihigashi area of Ikki-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male, in his 60s) observed two bears walking in the brush on the east side of a facility (one about 1 m in length, the other about 50 cm). After being seen, the bears walked south through the brush; their subsequent movements are unknown.

Aizuwakamatsu Iawasemachi, Fukushima

Wakasa Sueno, Fukui

A bear was sighted on the road in front of a residence. Size unknown.

Mutsu, Aomori

Obama Koigawa, Fukui

One bear sighted in Daishoji Okamachi area

Kaga Daishoji-Fujinokimachi, Ishikawa

Around 7:40 a.m. on June 30, one bear was sighted on the road in front of a house in Ueno, Ohata-machi, Mutsu City.

Mutsu, Aomori

June 30, 1996, 18:30

Yakumo, Hokkaido

Two bears were sighted in Ichimachi Oaza Tsuruga Funagamori Higashi, Aizuwakamatsu City, and then went into nearby bushes.

Aizuwakamatsu Ikkimachi-Matsunaga, Fukushima

A bear was sighted moving in Agari, Wakasa Town, Fukui Prefecture, around 9:00 on June 30.

Wakasa Wakasa-Techno-valley, Fukui

A bear was sighted in Sueno, Wakasa Town, Fukui Prefecture.

Wakasa Sueno, Fukui

A large tree was knocked down. I think it was a bear.

Morioka, Iwate

Spotted one juvenile bear near the field.

Ōshū, Iwate

Near the Shin-Egai River An acquaintance reportedly saw something like a black animal on their way home. It might be a bear. There is a school nearby, so it is dangerous.

Osaki 古川楡木, Miyagi

June 29

Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi

Around 19:20 on 2026-06-29, a bear was sighted in Kinugawa-Nagano, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture.

Ōshū 衣川長嚢, Iwate

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

Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi

(No information)

Hachinohe, Aomori

Obama Ekimaecho, Fukui

While traveling on Prefectural Route Kamimasuda–Yoshikawa, I sighted one bear. It ran off to the south.

Joetsu, Niigata

June 29

Ohira 中央平, Miyagi

(No information)

Tohoku 板橋山, Aomori

At around 2:30 p.m. on Monday, June 29, on a road in Kitamatsubara Ko, Nozawa, Nishiaizu Town, a witness (male in his 60s) observed one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) crossing the road from east to west while driving. The subsequent whereabouts of the bear are unknown.

Nishiaizu Nozawa, Fukushima

On Monday, June 29 at around 11:20 a.m., near 312-1 Maeda Ko, Chiyoda, Inawashiro Town, south of Inawashiro Town Dai-ni Elementary School, a witness (female in her 50s), while on duty on the elementary school premises, sighted one bear (body length unknown) near the south side of the school. The bear later departed to the south.

Inawashiro 大字千代田, Fukushima

June 29, 2026

Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi

It was lumbering along through the field. When it noticed us, it ran toward the road.

Inawashiro 大字千代田, Fukushima

Around 10:17 a.m. on Monday, June 29, a witness driving a train in the area west of the former Nakayama-shuku station, Jōnōwaki, Nakayama, Atami-machi, Kōriyama City, saw one bear (about 50 cm in body length) appear from the trackbed south side and then turn back to the south. The subsequent direction in which the bear departed is unknown.

Koriyama 熱海町安子島, Fukushima

While driving on the municipal road east line of Itoigawa Junior High School, one bear was sighted. It was moving east.

Itoigawa 中央, Niigata

June 29, 2026

Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Esashi Yoka-machi, Oshu City.

Ōshū 江刺愛宕, Iwate

June 29, 2026

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

At a prefectural road intersection, one adult and one cub were sighted.

Ōshū 江刺愛宕, Iwate

June 29, 2026

Sendai Tsubonuma, Miyagi

On 2026-06-29 in Inasecho Iwawaki, Kitakami City, one bear was seen moving.

Kitakami Inasecho, Iwate

Bear tracks confirmed in the fields around the house

Morioka, Iwate

[Hokuto City 7] Traces

Hokuto Mukaino, Hokkaido

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

Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kurihara City's Kurikomawatari Nishihara around 8:30 AM on June 29.

Kurihara 栗駒嶺崎, Miyagi

Oshamanbe Kyoritsu, Hokkaido

Fukuchiyama Kawagita, Kyoto

June 29, Reiwa 8 (2026) 13:30

Yakumo Irisawa, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Itabashiyama, Tohoku Town, Aomori Prefecture, around 3 PM on June 29.

Tohoku 板橋山, Aomori

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

Sendai, Miyagi

Maizuru Kawara, Kyoto

A bear was sighted in Ishizumimatsugai, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

One bear was sighted in Kuroishino 3-chome, Morioka City.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

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

An adult bear was sighted near the shed at the residence. (Direction of movement unknown)

Morioka, Iwate

One bear was seen moving in Nikocho Kanisawa, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Kotorizaki, Iwate

On Sunday, June 28 at around 12:40 p.m., a 30-something male witness, while working, spotted one bear (approximately 1.5 m in length) in the forested area to the north in Haseji, Higashinagahara, Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City. After being sighted, the bear went deeper into the forest and its subsequent movements are unknown.

Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Higashinagahara, Fukushima

June 28, 2026

Taiwa, Miyagi

I saw a young bear near a roadside station under construction, not far from Shibutami Nursery School.

Morioka, Iwate

Spotted a mother bear and her cubs moving

Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate

Report from a citizen [Hachinohe City source]

Hachinohe Nango-Shimamori, Aomori

A bear about 60 cm was sighted near Jokoji Temple. It ran off into the mountains.

Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate

A man driving a car saw one brown bear crossing a city road in Shinkai-cho 1, Tomakomai.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

A cub was sighted in a residential area of Shinkai-cho 1-chome, Tomakomai, crossing from east to west about 15 meters ahead of a driver.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

Around 1:00 PM on June 28, a bear was seen moving in Waga-cho Goto 10-chiwari, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.

Kitakami Wagacho-Goto, Iwate

Bear droppings found in the Goshomachi area.

Kanazawa Goshomachi, Ishikawa

Around 12:00 on 2026-06-28, a bear was sighted in Karawanagimachi-Higashinagahara-Hasechi, Aizuwakamatsu City.

Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Higashinagahara, Fukushima

Maizuru Kawara, Kyoto

A bear was sighted in Higashi-Anba 3-chome, Morioka City, around 09:05 on June 28.

Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate

One adult bear sighted on the grounds of the Iwate Prefectural Museum

Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate

In Haysabusa Park in Izumisawa, Chitose, a man in his 20s saw one bear about 2 meters long in the forest on the south side of the park. The bear then walked south and disappeared.

Chitose, Hokkaido

June 27

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

Iwakuni, Yamaguchi

Report from a citizen [Issued by Hachinohe City]

Hachinohe Ichikawamachi, Aomori

One bear was sighted about 100 meters northwest of the campsite in the Oaza Gochi Kokubu area.

Joetsu, Niigata

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

A cub about 60 centimeters long was on the Tomabechi-Uchinai prefectural road line; when a horn was sounded, it ran off to the east.

Nanbu Tomabechi, Aomori

Discovered bear tracks in the field on the north side of the house.

Ōshū Mizusawa-Nakamachi, Iwate

One cub was sighted

Kurobe 若栗, Toyama

At around 4:20 a.m. on Saturday, June 27, in the Hinokuchihara Otsu area of Onohon, Nishiaizu Town, a witness (male in his 60s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) while walking near the fields northeast of the former Onohon Elementary School. The subsequent whereabouts of the bear are unknown.

Nishiaizu Onomoto, Fukushima

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

Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima

Ayabe Hoshibaracho, Kyoto

Around 12:09 on 2026-06-27, one adult bear was seen by a passerby in a residential area of Ueda, Morioka City, Iwate. The bear left to the east, and no damage to people or property was confirmed.

Morioka, Iwate

One cub was sighted in Wakaguri, Kurobe City.

Kurobe 若栗, Toyama

There was what appeared to be bear droppings on the premises.

Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate

[22] Izumisawa — around 7:35 PM — Hayabusa Park — one bear sighted

Chitose, Hokkaido

One bear was sighted in Gochikokubu, Joetsu City.

Joetsu, Niigata

One bear was seen climbing a fence beside National Route 2 in Kugamachi, Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. No one was injured.

Iwakuni, Yamaguchi

June 26, 2026

Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi

One bear sighted in Nangō Town area

Kaga Mitanigaoka, Ishikawa

June 26, 2026

Osaki 岩出山, Miyagi

In Matsunaga 6-chome, Ikki-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a woman saw one bear crossing a city road.

Aizuwakamatsu Ikkimachi-Matsunaga, Fukushima

Obama, Fukui

Around 5:15 PM on 2026-06-26, a bear was seen moving in Koya, Obama City, Fukui Prefecture.

Obama Oya, Fukui

June 26, 2026

Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kajiyashiki, Itoigawa City, Niigata, around 16:10 on June 26.

Itoigawa, Niigata

One bear was sighted near Kajiyashiki Community Center. It was moving southwest.

Itoigawa, Niigata

June 26

Ohira 中央平, Miyagi

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

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

In Kawahigashi-cho Hatta, Aizuwakamatsu, a passenger car collided with one bear crossing eastward on a major prefectural road. The bumper was damaged, but the driver was uninjured.

Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Hatta, Fukushima

(No information)

Shichinohe 道ノ下, Aomori

Around 9:00 on June 26 in Kawaragi, Hachinohe City, one adult male bear about 140 cm long was culled in an emergency rifle cull.

Hachinohe Kawaragi, Aomori

Witnessed one bear entering through the east gate of the Tokyo Ironworks Industrial Park.

Hachinohe Kawaragi, Aomori

Report from a citizen [Issued by Hachinohe City]

Hachinohe Kamikumicho, Aomori

A bear about 1 meter in body length was seen climbing over a fence and entering the Tokyo Steel Industrial Park.

Hachinohe Kawaragi, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Nibetsu, Shibecha Town, Hokkaido, on the afternoon of 2026-06-26.

Shibecha 字虹別, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Karawagi, Hachinohe City, Aomori, and was seen moving.

Hachinohe Kawaragi, Aomori

June 26, 2026

Osaki 岩出山, Miyagi

June 26, 2026

Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

Sightings No. 14 — June 26, 2026 — Ōnuma Park Interchange area, Ōnuma Park interchange road

Mori Akaigawa, Hokkaido

Around 05:00 on 2026-06-26, a bear was sighted in Nejō, Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture.

Hachinohe Kamikumicho, Aomori

June 26, 2026

Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi

Witnessed one bear about 1 meter in body length running off toward the sea.

Hachinohe Nagane, Aomori

A single bear about 60 cm in body length ran away from Babagashira intersection toward Nejō Bridge.

Hachinohe Kamikumicho, Aomori

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

No information

Hachinohe, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Korekawa Sanzogari, Hachinohe City, around 15:50.

Hachinohe Nukazuka, Aomori

An adult bear about 150 cm tall departed heading south.

Hachinohe Kamikumicho, Aomori

At around 15:30 on 2026-06-25, one bear was sighted in Nejō, Hachinohe City.

Hachinohe Kamikumicho, Aomori

June 25, 2026

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

Awara 指中, Fukui

Bear feces confirmed on the premises

Itoigawa 中央, Niigata

On Thursday, June 25 at around 10:40 a.m., in the Kurateyama area of Akojima, Atami-machi, Kōriyama City, on National Route 49, a witness driving a vehicle saw one bear (approximately 50 cm in body length) crossing National Route 49 from south to north. Its subsequent direction of departure is unknown.

Koriyama, Fukushima

A single adult bear was observed crossing the road on the south side of the facility.

Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate

June 25, 2026

Ohira ときわ台, 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

I heard a sound like a growl, and when I looked, a bear about 1.2–1.5 meters long emerged from the vegetation by the drainage channel. The bear ran off toward the Kabe direction.

Hiroshima Midorii 6-chome, Hiroshima