Aoba Ward, Sendai~Akita 하이킹 루트

Around 1:00 PM on June 30, a bear was sighted in Shinden, Iwazawa, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 27

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

June 25, 2026

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 25, 2026

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Sendai, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Sendai, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

June 21

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 20

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 20, 2026

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 16

Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi

At around 8:20 on June 15, a bear was sighted at Izawa Hanasakashita, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 15

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 15

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 11

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 10

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 9

Sendai, Miyagi

June 9

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

Around 8:10 on 2026-06-09, a bear-like animal was sighted in Irozawa Kōjin, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

A bear about 1.5 m long was sighted in a grove in Kamiaiko, Aoba Ward, ate bait from a boar trap, and then left into the woods.

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 8

Sendai, Miyagi

June 7

Sendai 住吉台, Miyagi

June 7

Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted at a park in Sumiyoshidai Nishi 4-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai 住吉台, Miyagi

A single cub was sighted in a drainage ditch near farmland. Body length about 50 cm. About 100 m from houses.

Yuzawa, Akita

Witnessed walking toward the mountain on the road between Mitake Nursery School and a private house. Body length: adult about 1.2 m, cub about 50 cm; 1 m from the house.

Yuzawa 字湯ノ上山, Akita

[Report] One Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma), size unknown, entered the forest on the west side.

Akita, Akita

Sighted on the opposite side of the road. Shortly afterward it departed heading north or northeast.

Akita, Akita

A bear about 1.0–1.2 m emerged from the grass.

Akita, Akita

[Post] I heard a bear making noises

Akita, Akita

[Post] On the Akita Expressway, near Kawabe on the outbound side, there was a cub trying to come out from the embankment onto the road.

Akita, Akita

[Post] A bear appeared on the grounds of Akita International University today. It was about 1.0 to 1.2 meters long. I saw it from the library window. The bear left droppings on the premises and then wandered off. What a lousy bastard. [Prefectural note] Today a bear appeared on the grounds of Akita International University. Its body length was about 1.0–1.2 meters. I witnessed it from the library window. The bear left droppings on the grounds and then went off somewhere.

Akita, Akita

[Post] The biggest bear I’ve seen this year. Over 120 cm. The cubs were about 50 cm and chubby. I was walking on the forest side of a park that has an X-shaped wooden structure. It was eating nuts or leaves. When I tried to take a photo and approached by car, it ran off into the forest. Separately, there was also what I believe was bear scat in the park.

Akita, Akita

[Report] The bear was about 1 m in size. It was in the green space.

Akita, Akita

July 2

Taiwa, Miyagi

July 2

Osaki, Miyagi

July 2

Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi

Found footprints that appear to have crossed the farm road. A bear was spotted the previous day heading toward the Kaizawa settlement, so these may be the tracks of that same individual.

Ugo 字戸付, Akita

The bear from just before was seen returning up the mountain.

Ugo 字箕ノ森, Akita

Sighted along the same route as yesterday evening. Came out from Minomori.

Ugo 字清水端, Akita

I wasn't sure if it was a cub because it seemed small, or a smaller female bear. I spotted it in the rice field, and it then ran toward the residential area.

Ugo 字野中, Akita

Droppings were found

Akita, Akita

On the way home from volleyball practice (No details given about the bear's length or situation; the post by a parent and child is unclear about the number of bears, but we are publishing it as posted.)

Yokote 十文字町上鍋倉, Akita

I was walking along the embankment when a vehicle approached and it ran into the riverside brush.

Yokote 十文字町鼎, Akita

It went into the mountains of Minomori from the direction of the Rice Center.

Ugo 字箕ノ森, Akita

A bear was sighted running along the rice-field ridges toward the Kaizawa settlement from near the ENEOS gas station. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Ugo 字稲荷, Akita

A bear was seen moving in Kaizawa Hane-no-Ue, Ugo Town.

Ugo 字小悪戸, Akita

[Post] While working with an agricultural cart, it suddenly appeared right in front of me. I shouted loudly and it ran away. Reported to authorities.

Yokote 十文字町佐賀会, Akita

Ran along the rice-field embankment and headed toward the Oto River. Entered the brush in the river; whereabouts after that are unknown.

Ugo 字野中, Akita

A bear about 1 meter long was wandering around in a field. The bear went into a nearby wood. People who saw the bear evacuated, so what happened afterward is unknown.

Yokote 十文字町鼎, Akita

One bear was seen moving in Jumonji-machi Kanagawa-Nakagawa, Yokote City.

Yokote 十文字町鼎, Akita

One bear was sighted in Kamiaiko Dohan, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, around 19:00 on July 1.

Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi

[Report] While riding a bicycle in front of the Ohiradai neighborhood community center, I spotted a bear crossing the road.

Akita, Akita

Observed a 1.0 m bear moving across the road from east to west. 5 m from a residence.

Akita, Akita

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 寺岡, Miyagi

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

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

One bear crossed the road on a road in Miyadokoro, Yamato Town.

Taiwa Miyatoko, Miyagi

June 30

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

[Report] While driving on the Akita Expressway, I spotted one bear crossing about 50 meters ahead.

Daisen, Akita

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 4:10 PM on 2026-06-30, a bear was sighted in Takanohara 3-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

While driving down the Wakahata municipal road from the Wakahata settlement, I saw one bear on the road and it ran off into the mountains. Location: on the Wakahata municipal road heading from Itado toward Wakahata, past the entrance to the Okunomiya forest road, along the stream at a right-hand curve. Body length about 1 m.

Yuzawa 字内舘町, Akita

Report: Spotted a bear running along the rice fields below the levee.

Yokote 増田町八木, Akita

[Report] I witnessed a bear about 1.2 m long crossing the road while I was driving. When it noticed my car it went into the mountains, but after my car passed it came back onto the road.

Daisen, Akita

A teenage female cyclist spotted one bear about 1 meter long on a city road in Oodaira 2-chome, Akita City.

Akita Sakaida, Akita

Around 1:00 PM on June 30, a bear was sighted in Shinden, Iwazawa, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

Observed two cubs in the grassy area on the east side of the building at the reported location. After the sighting, the cubs’ whereabouts were lost (they could not be located).

Yuzawa 岩崎, Akita

June 29

Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi

June 29

Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi

A bear was sighted near the back screen of Ogatsu Baseball Stadium. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. Distance to the nearest house: approximately 50 meters.

Yuzawa Yokobori, Akita

June 29

Ohira 中央平, Miyagi

June 29, 2026

Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi

One bear was seen leaving the Aigai housing area and heading toward the former pachinko parlor. Body length about 1 meter.

Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita

June 29, 2026

Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi

A bear was seen moving in Kyowa Funaoka Gai, Daisen City, Akita, around 11:00 on June 29.

Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita

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

Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi

Sighted on the town road from the municipal housing toward Miwa Shrine. Adult bear.

Ugo 字家妻, Akita

[Report] While walking downstream along the riverbank embankment, I spotted a bear moving in the same direction on the riverbed below the embankment. It ran alongside me for a short while. The bear then continued along the river and disappeared downstream.

Daisen Kariwano, Akita

Sighted near Kawarahashi Bridge. Headed toward the mountains. Body length about 1 m, approximately 50 m from houses.

Yuzawa, Akita

Posted: Crossing the road toward the north side

Akita, Akita

One bear was sighted in Yuwa Tsubakikawa Yamagura, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

June 28, 2026

Taiwa, Miyagi

I saw a large black animal on the road near Furukawa Driving School Center.

Osaki 岩出山上野目, Miyagi

Observed a 1.5 m bear attempting to cross the national highway. Direction of departure unknown. 200 m from the building.

Akita, Akita

Around 08:10 on 2026-06-28, a bear was sighted in Kaminote Furuno Terada, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

[Post] A lone bear cub was wandering around Akitabi.

Akita, Akita

[Post] Walking behind a private house

Daisen Yotsuya, Akita

June 27

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

[Report] Encountered on the road

Akita, Akita

June 27

Kurihara, Miyagi

June 26, 2026

Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi

June 26, 2026

Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

Entered huts and ransacked leftover food

Yuzawa 松岡, Akita

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

I spotted a bear in the pond at my home. While I was on the phone reporting it, I lost sight of the bear. Body length about 1 m.

Yuzawa 山田, Akita

(Post) Not sure if it was a bear, but a dark-colored animal about 1 m long went into the woods.

Akita, Akita

June 26, 2026

Osaki 岩出山上野目, Miyagi

June 26, 2026

Osaki 岩出山上野目, Miyagi

June 26, 2026

Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

June 26, 2026

Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi

Observed a bear peering through the screen door. Body length approximately 1 m.

Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita

While heading south on National Route 13 toward Inagawa, past Yamaguchi Tunnel, I sighted one bear cub. It crossed the road and ran up the mountainside.

Yuzawa Shimo-Innai, Akita

While traveling southbound on National Route 13 on the inner side of the valley, I observed one cub just past the Yamaguchi Tunnel. It crossed the road and fled toward the mountainside.

Yuzawa Shimo-Innai, Akita

Observed a bear (about 1 m in body length) leaving from east to west. The bear entered the mountains. Distance to the nearest house: approximately 100 m.

Yuzawa Akinomiya, Akita

June 25, 2026

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 25, 2026

Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi

[Report] I was driving along a farm road from the Iwamigawa direction. It looked like a cub less than 1 meter in size. It crossed the tracks; whether it headed toward Goshono or Toyonari is unknown.

Akita, Akita

June 25

Osaki, Miyagi

June 25

Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kyowa Funaoi, Daisen City, Akita on 2026-06-25 in the evening.

Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita

June 25, 2026

Osaki, Miyagi

June 25, 2026

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

Around 3:30 PM on June 25, a bear was sighted in Akinomiya Minase, Yuzawa City, Akita, and was observed moving.

Yuzawa Akinomiya, Akita

June 25, 2026

Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted moving in Hiraka-cho Asamai Kakumachi-go, Yokote City.

Yokote, Akita

Sighted while driving. Body length approximately 1.5 m. The bear departed to the west (toward Kirin Pharmacy).

Yokote, Akita

June 24

Ohira 大森, Miyagi

Posted: Spotted on a highway slope.

Daisen Osawagotera, Akita

I was walking through the field and went toward the houses on the other side of the road.

Daisen Takajo, Akita

June 24, 2026

Sendai, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

June 24

Ohira 奥田, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Sendai, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Ohira 奥田, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Ohira 大森, Miyagi

[Report] While driving, it suddenly leapt out from the bushes on the left. About 1 meter long. It didn’t hit the car, but after wandering on the road for a while, it went back into the bushes.

Akita, Akita

June 23

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted crossing Route 264 in Onoshindo, Taiwa Town.

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

June 23

Sendai 北中山, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Misawa Hirose, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai 北中山, 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

June 23

Sendai 西中山, Miyagi

June 23

Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, Miyagi

June 23

Taiwa Tsurusu-Kitameosaki, Miyagi

June 23

Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Naruko Onsen Nozawa, Osaki City, around 07:50 on June 23.

Osaki, Miyagi

June 23

Osaki, Miyagi

June 23, 2026

Sendai 西中山, Miyagi

June 23, 2026

Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi

June 23, 2026

Sendai 北中山, Miyagi

June 23, 2026

Sendai 吉成, Miyagi

June 23, 2026

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

June 23, 2026

Taiwa Tsurusu-Kitameosaki, Miyagi

Around 3:15 PM on 2026-06-23, a bear was sighted in Hachiyoneshiki, Minarai, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai 西中山, Miyagi

June 23, 2026

Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, Miyagi

While driving near Atago Bridge in Kamiinnai, Yuzawa City, I spotted one bear in front of the garbage collection point near the beauty salon just before Shinōin. The bear crossed Atago Bridge and ran west toward Atago Shrine. Body length: 0.8 m; 10 m from residential area.

Yuzawa, Akita

June 22

Osaki, Miyagi

An adult bear (about 1 meter) was sighted wandering in a field. It wandered around the field for a while and then left heading northeast toward the Oyumagawa River.

Ugo 字大久保, Akita

While driving on the Akita Expressway toward Akita, I witnessed one cub crossing the road from right to left toward the service area.

Daisen Kushoda, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Kogoshige Uenodai, Daisen City, Akita, around 11:20 on June 22.

Daisen Kushoda, Akita

One bear was seen climbing a gumi tree and eating the berries on a residential property in Narukoonsen Onikobe, Osaki City, Miyagi.

Osaki, Miyagi

Witnessed a bear approximately 80 cm in length

Yokote 十文字町佐賀会, Akita

Bear sighted in front of Iwasaki Post Office. It was moving, so the direction it fled is unknown.

Yuzawa, Akita

June 21

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 21

Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi

Bear sighting around 1:10 PM in Hanzainake, Nenoshiroishi, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi

Posted: It swam through a drainage ditch near a rice field and came up onto the ground. It was startled by a kei truck and ran off. Body length about 1 m. It was reported not to be emaciated.

Daisen Niiyaji, Akita

A 1-meter-tall bear in poor condition was sighted in a rice field. It left heading north toward the river.

Daisen Takazekikamigo, Akita

Around 7:50 on 2026-06-21, a bear was seen moving at Hanadate Joboji in Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.

Daisen Hanadate, Akita

June 21

Ohira 大瓜, Miyagi

Report: Entered the brush from the farm road by more than one meter while feeling unwell

Daisen Jinguji, Akita

June 21, 2026

Ohira 大瓜, Miyagi

One bear, 1 m (shoulder height), ran eastward across the prefectural road from the west. 10 m to the building.

Akita, Akita

A man driving a car spotted one bear, about 1.5 meters long, crossing the road and going into the mountains at Omoriwakiguri in Ōhira Village.

Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi

Report: A person fishing by the Omonogawa River? Had parked their vehicle, and next to it there was a bear about 1 meter long.

Akita, Akita

June 20

Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi

Observed while driving toward Ōmagari. Appears to be a cub.

Daisen Kariwano, Akita

A bear was sighted in the city hall staff parking lot near Sun Green. It then fled down the southern slope.

Yuzawa 字湯ノ上山, Akita

[Post] While driving toward Akita City, I saw something running across the rice field (or maybe a field?) on the left.

Daisen Teradate, Akita

June 20

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 20, 2026

Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi

June 20, 2026

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

Observed one bear. It proceeded toward the Maxvalu (supermarket) direction. Body length unknown.

Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita

One bear crossed the road on the west side of Costco Wholesale Tohoku Warehouse Store in Takayashiki, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

June 19

Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

Received a report of suspected Asiatic black bear (tsukinowaguma) droppings and inspected the site. The droppings were believed to be from an Asiatic black bear.

Yuzawa 字角間沢, Akita

[Post] Witnessed a roughly 1-meter bear crossing the road

Akita, Akita

[Report] Believed to be a cub

Yuzawa, Akita

June 19

Sendai Goroku, Miyagi

June 19

Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi

June 19

Ohira 駒場, Miyagi

June 19, 2026

Ohira 駒場, Miyagi

June 18

Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi

Observed three bears crossing the road 1 km from Chuo Funeral Hall toward Akita. One about 1 m long and two about 70 cm. They fled toward the mountains. No houses nearby.

Daisen, Akita

Observed on the uphill slope at the entrance to Nishi-Semboku High School while vehicles were passing. Body length about 1 meter. Direction in which it later fled is unknown.

Daisen Kariwano, Akita

Witnessed on the uphill slope at the entrance to Nishi-Semboku High School while vehicles were passing. Body length about 1 m. Direction it ran off afterward unknown.

Daisen Kariwano, Akita

Multiple footprints were found in the soybean field. They appear to be coming and going from the riverside on the west side. It is believed the animal has appeared several times between Sunday the 14th and today, Thursday the 18th.

Yokote 十文字町佐賀会, Akita

A bear (0.5 m) was sighted on the road. The bear then departed to the south. Distance to the nearby building: 10 m.

Akita, Akita

June 17

Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi

June 17

Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

Spotted one bear on National Route 13. It went back into the mountains. Body length about 50 cm.

Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita

When I went to the field behind my house, the bell I was wearing seemed to startle it; it ran through the rice paddy, crossed the levee along the Omonogawa River, and fled into the woods along the river.

Daisen Teradate, Akita

Around 5:30 PM on 2026-06-17, one bear was sighted in Ohara, Shikama Town, Miyagi Prefecture.

Shikama, Miyagi

A citizen discovered signs indicating that a bear had been staying/lingering while mowing grass.

Daisen Nangai, Akita

June 17

Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Sanbongi Otonashi Amida, Osaki City, around 19:00 on June 17.

Osaki 三本木音無, Miyagi

June 17

Shikama, Miyagi

June 16

Osaki, Miyagi

June 16

Osaki 岩出山下野目, Miyagi

[Report] One bear cub found on the railway tracks

Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita

Spotted a small bear in the rice fields near the levee. Made noise to drive it toward the nearby woods, and it ran away.

Daisen Kyowa-Mineyoshikawa, Akita

One bear (approximately 1 m in length) was sighted on the Omagari Nishi Road downhill lane. It then fled toward the left side of the uphill lane.

Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita

June 16

Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi

A bear was sighted moving in Teradate, Daisen City, Akita, on the afternoon of 2026-06-16.

Daisen Teradate, Akita

Crossing the small bridge beside the rice field, it walked slowly into the brush.

Akita, Akita

Spotted a young bear (50 cm) on the road shoulder. 300 m to the nearest house.

Akita, Akita

[Report] Two bears were walking slowly along the rice-field path, one behind the other.

Akita, Akita

June 15

Osaki, Miyagi

Around 9:30 on June 15, a bear was sighted in Tsurusu Kitemi Osaki Shinnyama-shita, Taiwa Town, Miyagi Prefecture.

Taiwa Tsurusu-Toya, Miyagi

June 15

Taiwa Tsurusu-Toya, Miyagi

June 15

Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi

At around 8:20 on June 15, a bear was sighted at Izawa Hanasakashita, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 15

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

Around 7:30 on June 15, a bear was seen moving in Takamatsushita-no, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture.

Yuzawa 相川, Akita

A bear jumped out from the mountain area and ran off toward the river to the south. Body length about 1 m, approximately 350 m from residences.

Yuzawa 相川, Akita

June 15

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 15

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 15

Sendai Hozawa, Miyagi

June 15

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 15

Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi

A cub came out onto the sidewalk trying to cross the road, was startled by a passing car, and returned back into the brush.

Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita

June 13

Sendai Nishitanaka, Miyagi

On my way by car toward Iwami Sannai, I discovered a bear on the road to the left.

Akita, Akita

I saw a 1-meter-tall bear on the premises. It left in the direction of the Chuo Interchange. It was very close to the building.

Akita, Akita

Posted: In front of a private home's entrance. Police have been notified.

Akita, Akita

[Post] A bear crossed right in front of my car while I was driving.

Yokote 雄物川町矢神, Akita

Posted: Came out from the Omagari Riverbed area and returned to the riverbed.

Yokote 雄物川町矢神, Akita

June 13

Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi

June 13

Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi

June 13

Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi

A bear moving was sighted in Hatanosawa, Kawabe-Kitanodakoya, Akita City, around 10:03 on June 13.

Akita, Akita

When I was about to go to the convenience store, it ran across the parking lot.

Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita

[Post]

Akita, Akita

One bear was sighted in a rice field in Shimotadagawa Nakayama, Kami Town.

Kami, Miyagi

[Report] While walking my dog, I heard rustling in the bushes; when I looked, a bear stuck its head out. I heard it prowling in the undergrowth for a while.

Akita, Akita

June 12

Osaki, Miyagi

One bear was sighted crossing a road in Iwadeyama Shimonome Sunada, Osaki City.

Osaki, Miyagi

I sighted one 1‑m bear that came out of the woods on the west side of the house and was walking on the road. It then returned to the woods to the southwest. Distance from the nearest building: 5 m.

Akita, Akita

[Report] Crossed the area near the Lower House inner IC entrance from right to left as seen by a witness, which on the map is from north to south. Body length about 1 m, approximately 200 m to a private house.

Yuzawa Shimo-Innai, Akita

June 12

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

June 12

Taiwa Yoshida, Miyagi

I spotted a bear about 80 cm long on the levee. The bear ran down to the riverside area on the south side.

Yokote 雄物川町西野, Akita

June 12

Ohira 奥田, Miyagi

June 12

Sendai 北中山, Miyagi

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

Posted: Walking right beside the river and wading in it. Body length about 1.6 m.

Akita, Akita

June 11

Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi

June 11

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 11

Ohira 大衡, Miyagi

June 11

Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, Miyagi

There was one by the side of the road. About 80 cm. It didn't run away even when cars passed.

Akita, Akita

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

Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, Miyagi

[Post] While driving through, an adult bear about 1–1.5 m long crossed (in front of me) from the forest.

Akita, Akita

Spotted a 1 m long bear in front of a residence. It ran off to the northwest.

Daisen Kariwano, Akita

June 11

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

[Post] Sighted when getting out of the car

Yuzawa, Akita

[Post] There was bear scat. It was dry, so it appears to be several days old.

Yokote 雄物川町常野, Akita

June 11

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

June 11

Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi

June 11

Taiwa, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Miyakodo-Nagakura, Taiwa Town.

Taiwa, Miyagi

One bear approximately 1.0 m in length was sighted within the facility grounds. Direction of departure is unknown. Approximately 10 m from the nearest building.

Akita, Akita

June 11

Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi

June 11

Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted by a man on a facility premises in Goshono-Shimoshutsutsumi, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

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

[Report] It appeared to be a cub, as it was relatively small. It crossed the limited-access road and entered the brush toward the parking lot of Akita Prefectural Central Park.

Akita, Akita

June 10

Osaki, Miyagi

June 10

Osaki 鳴子温泉, Miyagi

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

A citizen driving on the highway toward Akita City spotted a bear approximately 1 meter in length on the west embankment.

Daisen, Akita

June 10

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

Encountered a bear about 1 meter tall while walking. It went off to the south.

Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita

Around 9:50 on 2026-06-10, a bear was seen moving in Omori-machi Chonuma, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture.

Yokote 大森町, Akita

It ran off up the mountain.

Yokote 大森町, Akita

June 10

Osaki 鳴子温泉, Miyagi

June 10

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

[Post]

Akita, Akita

Spotted one bear near Autoland Kyowa. It ran into the underbrush.

Daisen Kyowa-Funesawa, Akita

June 10

Osaki 鳴子温泉, Miyagi

A bear was seen moving in Matsuokabochu, Yuzawa City.

Yuzawa, Akita

[Post] While driving from the Kawabe area toward Akita Chuo IC, a cub about 50 cm long was walking on the sidewalk.

Akita, Akita

Bear droppings believed to be from a bear were discovered on the path between the park and the daycare center.

Akita, Akita

June 9

Sendai, Miyagi

June 9

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

June 9

Osaki, Miyagi

[Report] One cub approximately 50 cm long. Spotted emerging from the road shoulder while driving on the Akita Expressway toward Noshiro. Turned back and left.

Akita, Akita

June 9

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

Bear sighted on middle school grounds: one bear, approximately 50 cm; left the area and went into the forest about 20 m east of nearby residences.

Akita, Akita

June 9

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

Around 8:10 on 2026-06-09, a bear-like animal was sighted in Irozawa Kōjin, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Imozawa, 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 passerby sighted a bear moving south near the intersection of the municipal road from Nishi-Semboku Junior High School and the prefectural road. Body length about 1 m. One bear.

Daisen Kariwano, Akita

A passerby spotted a bear moving south near the intersection of the municipal road from Nishisenboku Junior High School and the prefectural road. Body length about 1 m. One individual.

Daisen Kariwano, Akita

60 cm, one bear, left toward the forested mountain area 10 m west of nearby building

Akita, Akita

June 9

Osaki, Miyagi

Around 3:00 PM on 2026-06-09, a bear was sighted in Naruko Onsen Kurayu, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Osaki, Miyagi

[Post] A bear about 1 m (tall)

Akita, Akita

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

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

June 8

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

It ran along the farm road. It wasn't that big.

Akita, Akita

A bear about 1.5 m long was sighted in a grove in Kamiaiko, Aoba Ward, ate bait from a boar trap, and then left into the woods.

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 8

Sendai, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Akashishitaderamae, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

June 8

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

June 8

Osaki 岩出山下一栗, Miyagi

At a chicken coop in Kawabe Moriyama-ne, Akita City, a bear ate 9 of 20 chickens. The about-1m bear stayed at the scene and was culled as a nuisance animal.

Akita, 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, Akita

June 8

Taiwa, Miyagi

Sighted within residential property. Bear approximately 1 m in size.

Akita, Akita

[Post] I thought I saw something move in my car mirror, and when I looked closely there was a bear.

Akita, Akita

June 8

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

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

Sendai 住吉台, Miyagi

[Post]

Daisen Teradate, Akita

June 7

Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi

Daisen Teradate, Akita

A bear about 1 m in size was near the south side of the Teradate Community Interaction Center. It passed by the center and ran toward the north embankment road. It descended from the embankment road toward the riverbank and was lost from sight.

Daisen Teradate, Akita

[Post]

Daisen, Akita

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Daisen, Akita

June 7

Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi

A member of the public spotted one bear about 1.5 m long in a rice paddy while doing farm work. The bear left heading north toward the embankment.

Daisen, Akita

[Report] While driving from Kyowa toward Akita City, I sighted an individual approximately 1 meter in body length.

Akita, Akita

Around 06:17 on 2026-06-07, a bear was sighted in Yuwa-Tsubakigawa Komasakadai, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

June 7

Shikama, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted at a park in Sumiyoshidai Nishi 4-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai 住吉台, 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

While riding my motorcycle, a bear about 1 meter tall ran alongside me as if fleeing — I panicked.

Akita, 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

[Post] Crossing the road

Daisen Kariwano, Akita

A bear cub less than 1 meter long was spotted on the highway heading from the Akita area toward Yokote.

Daisen, 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

One bear cub appeared beside the highway (heading toward Omagari). Startled by a car, it quickly hid in the bushes.

Daisen Nangai, Akita

June 6

Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi

It ran off in the direction of the national highway.

Daisen Kariwano, Akita

Daisen Kariwano, Akita

Daisen Kariwano, Akita

It ran right past in front of me. The distance was less than about 5 meters.

Daisen Kariwano, Akita

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

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

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

[Report] While traveling from Akita Minami IC toward Akita Chuo IC, a bear crossed from the left to the right. Adult bear, 1.5 m — size comparable to bears at Kuma-Kuma Park.

Akita, Akita

[Report] In front of Kawabe Junior High School gate: a cub about 80 cm ran from the Raikochi apartment complex toward the grove of mixed woods.

Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakoya Raiguchi, Akita City, around 08:40 on 2026-06-06.

Akita, Akita

I spotted a bear about 50 cm at the shoulder on the ground. It ran south toward the shrine. It was close to the building.

Akita, 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

June 5

Osaki, Miyagi

At around 6:20 p.m. on June 5, one bear was spotted crossing Route 47 in Naruko Onsen Kurayu, Osaki City.

Osaki, Miyagi

[Report] While attempting to cross the road along Route 13, it noticed a car and descended the slope.

Akita, 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

While driving on National Route 13 from Akita toward Omagari, a bear entered the highway from the shrubs on the small hill on the left, tried to cross the road to head toward Wada Station, but was blocked by the central divider fence. It attempted two or three times to ram through the fence to get out but couldn’t, and then fled back into the shrubs on the hill it had come from.

Akita, Akita

June 5

Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi

June 5

Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi

June 5

Osaki, Miyagi

A bear was reported inside a residential barn in Naruko Onsen, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Osaki, Miyagi

[Report] While driving, observed a creature that appeared to be a bear cub walking on the road; it moved toward the mountains and disappeared.

Akita, Akita