Soka~Hiranai 드라이브 루트

Thicket / body length 80 cm / distance to witness 30 m / 10 m from a residence While walking on my property, I spotted a bear poking its head out of a thicket across the road. The bear returned into the thicket.

Kazuno, Akita

It was on the sidewalk and appeared startled by the headlights of passing cars.

Aomori, Aomori

A neighborhood resident sighted one bear (body length unknown) / Direction of travel: south / Approximately 15 m from the nearest house

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

Driver sighted one bear (body length 1 m) in the forested area west of the national highway / direction of travel: west / 100 m from the nearest settlement

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

Around 16:30, one bear (1 m) was spotted in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima

A nearby resident sighted one bear (body length 1.0 m) / direction of travel unknown / approximately 50 m from the nearest house

Odate, Akita

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

June 25

Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Maesawa Komizu, Oshu City.

Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate

A man in his 70s driving a car saw one bear crossing Route 148 in Hiraishi, Fukushima City, from east to west.

Fukushima Hiraishi, Fukushima

June 24

Ohira 大森, Miyagi

On Wednesday, June 24 at approximately 6:40 p.m., in the Koyama area of Iwane, Motomiya City, a nearby resident spotted two bears walking through a field (one about 1 m in length, the other about 50 cm). The bears subsequently left on foot toward the forested area to the north.

Motomiya 岩根, Fukushima

One bear was sighted in Ikari-gaseki Kyuukichi Ninotou, Hirakawa City.

Hirakawa Ikarigaseki-Hisayoshi, Aomori

Observed on National Route 7 but departed westward

Hirakawa, Aomori

June 24

Tomiya 大亀, Miyagi

Prefectural road / Body length 0.8 m / About 70 m from a private house While driving on the prefectural road, one bear crossing from the south to the north was observed. The bear then entered the woods on the north side. Distance to the observer: approximately 10 m.

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

Three bears (one adult, two cubs) observed

Morioka, Iwate

On Wednesday, June 24 at approximately 10:30 a.m., on the Heiwa Line main farm road in Ōzaka, Ōtama Village (Ōyama, Ōsarakkubo area), a witness (male in his 60s) driving a vehicle observed a single bear (about 50 cm in body length) sitting in the woodland adjacent to the road. The bear then ran off east into the forested area.

Otama, Fukushima

June 24

Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

June 24

Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, Miyagi

Feces thought to be from a bear were found on a riverbed in Fukutamiya-no-mae, Sukagawa City, and confirmed as bear feces.

Sukagawa 袋田, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 24 at approximately 8:20 a.m., a man in his 40s, the discoverer, found what appeared to be bear droppings on the riverbed in the Miyamae area of Fukuroda, Sukagawa City. When staff from Sukagawa City Hall inspected the site, they confirmed the droppings were from a bear.

Sukagawa 袋田, Fukushima

June 24

Ohira 奥田, Miyagi

A bear was sighted around 7:45 AM in Kaminagura Somekita, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 24, at around 7:45 a.m., a witness spotted one bear (approximately 50 cm in body length) in the Somenkita area of Kaminakura, Fukushima City. The bear headed toward the river to the north and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima

[Posted in Hirosaki City] Sighted one cub crossing the road on the east side of Daibutsu Park and moving east (toward the riverbed).

Hirosaki, Aomori

Around 07:25 on 2026-06-24, one adult bear was seen at the entrance of a private home in Ōsōrishō 25-chōme area, Hachimantai City, Iwate. No human or property damage was confirmed.

Hachimantai, Iwate

Spotted one young bear near a house.

Morioka, Iwate

June 23

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

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

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

On Tuesday, June 23 at approximately 6:45 p.m., near the 245-kilometer post on the southbound lanes of the Tohoku Expressway underpass in Akagai-Mori area, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, a driver (male, in his 40s) traveling on the expressway observed a bear (one animal, about 50 cm in body length) attempting to cross the road from the shoulder into the lanes of the southbound Tohoku Expressway (toward Sendai). When the witness sounded his horn, the bear returned to the shoulder. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Sekiya, Fukushima

June 23

Osaki 古川雨生沢, 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

On 2026-06-23 at about 18:22, a bear was sighted in Yui Kamekubo, Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture.

Nihonmatsu 油井, Fukushima

On Tuesday, June 23 at approximately 6:22 PM, in the Kabuko area of Yui, Nihonmatsu City, a witness (male in his 60s) driving a vehicle saw one bear (about 1 meter in body length) moving north through fields. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Nihonmatsu 矢ノ戸, Fukushima

On Tuesday, June 23 at around 6:20 p.m., on Prefectural Route 5 in the Shono Nukiwari area of Fukushima City, a witness (female in her 30s) saw one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) while driving. The bear then left into the brush on the west side of the road.

Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima

Around 18:20 on 2026-06-23, a woman driving in Shono, Fukushima City, spotted one bear about 1 m long crossing Prefectural Route 5.

Fukushima Shono, Fukushima

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

[Aomori City report] Tracks believed to be from a bear were found in an apple orchard. No damage reported.

Aomori Takada, Aomori

June 23

Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi

Climbed a tree. [Issued by Hirakawa City]

Hirakawa, Aomori

June 23

Osaki, Miyagi

On Tuesday, June 23 at approximately 7:19 a.m., on the road in Ikenoue, Oshinjo, Daishin, Shirakawa City, a man in his 40s, while driving, saw one bear (about 1 m in length) cross the road and head into the forest.

Shirakawa 大信上新城, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Oishinashinjō Ikenoue, Shirakawa City.

Shirakawa 大信上新城, Fukushima

Around 7:30 AM on 2026-06-23, a bear was sighted in Iwadeyama Kamiyamazawa, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Osaki, Miyagi

June 23

Osaki 古川雨生沢, 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

Around 08:15 on 2026-06-23, one bear was sighted in Sugo, Takizawa City, Iwate Prefecture.

Takizawa 巣子, Iwate

When I shone the car's headlights from higher up the slope, I saw the large four-legged shadow run off toward the Akasaka sheet metal area.

Kuroishi 大字三島, Aomori

I can’t say for certain, but when I shone the car’s headlights from the top of the hill I briefly saw a large four-legged shadow running toward the direction of Kuroishi city. Since it was only a silhouette I can’t be sure, but I believe it was at least a large animal.

Kuroishi 大字三島, Aomori

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

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 22

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

Two bears were sighted in an empty lot in Nishikigaoka 9-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

It was on the roadway, and even after seeing my car it showed no signs of fear; it slowly entered the brush at the side of the road.

Kosaka, Akita

At around 9:00 PM on June 22, one bear was sighted in Akasaka, Kuroishi City.

Kuroishi 大字三島, Aomori

Around 9:00 PM on June 22, one bear was seen moving in Akasaka-Nozaki, Kuroishi City.

Kuroishi 大字三島, Aomori

One bear was sighted running away toward Lake Gosho near the Sakura Garden area of Goshoko Regional Park.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

June 21

Zao, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Shimonokawara Shijūda, Morioka City.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

June 21

Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi

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

Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi

An adult bear was sighted near the Tsunagi multipurpose sports ground. It moved toward the Goshoko (Gosho Lake) area.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Yumoto 12-chome, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Yumoto, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Kutsukawa 1-chome, Morioka City.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

An adult bear was sighted on National Route 4 in Kuchikawa, Morioka City. After the horn was sounded, the bear moved west.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

One young bear was sighted near the road by the parking area of Oirino Wetland Botanical Garden in Gosho Lake Regional Park.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

Around 10:40 on June 21, a bear was sighted in Yumoto 7-chiwari, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Ohata, Iwate

June 21

Murata 大字薄木, Miyagi

June 20

Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi

June 20

Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi

At around 7:06 PM on 2026-06-20, a bear was seen moving in Waga-cho Iwasakishinden 10-chiwari, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Wagacho-Iwasakishinden, Iwate

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

June 20

Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi

[Post] Appeared startled by the car and went up the slope.

Kazuno, Akita

(From a post) Appeared startled by the car and climbed up the slope.

Kazuno, Akita

While working in the fields, I saw a small-sized bear. It noticed me and seemed to run off toward the mountains.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

One bear (size unknown) was observed moving into the northern woodland.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Kamineko Hōzen, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Nishihareyama, Iwate

June 20

Murata 大字村田, Miyagi

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

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

One bear, believed to be a cub, was sighted on the road in front of Shiroito Machinami Exchange Hall in Nishineurakoji, Kanegasaki Town, Iwate, and crossed Route Esashi-Kanegasaki from north to south.

Kanegasaki, Iwate

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

June 19

Kurihara 築館字蟹沢, Miyagi

Around 4:00 PM on June 19, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Oharanishi 1-chome, Nasushiobara City.

Nasushiobara 大原間, Tochigi

June 19

Sendai Goroku, Miyagi

June 19

Zao 大字円田, Miyagi

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

Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

June 19

Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

A bear is climbing up and down a chestnut tree.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

One bear was sighted in Higashi-Senboku 2-chome, Morioka City.

Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate

On Friday, June 19 at around 12:35 PM, in the Arakawa riverbed area of Shono, Nukkawari (Shono Aza Nukibun) in Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 40s) sighted one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) on the riverbed.

Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima

June 19

Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, Miyagi

While doing farm work, I spotted an Asiatic black bear (tsukinowaguma) climbing up along the roadside from the south side of the apple orchard.

Kuroishi, Aomori

On Friday, June 19 at around 9:00 a.m., in the Odagawa Ushishimizu area of Shirakawa City, while driving through a mountain forest, a man in his 50s sighted one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in the mountain forest.

Shirakawa 豊地, Fukushima

June 19

Sendai Goroku, Miyagi

In Shirakawa City Odagawa Ushimizu, around 09:00, one bear-like animal measuring 1 m was in a forest.

Shirakawa 豊地, Fukushima

On Friday, June 19 at around 8:00 a.m., on a farm road in the Waku-higashi area of Yazawa, Sukagawa City, a witness (male in his 50s) discovered feces believed to be from a bear. When staff from Sukagawa City Hall arrived on scene and inspected the site, they confirmed it was bear scat.

Sukagawa 矢沢, Fukushima

[Aomori City report] While traveling on National Route 4 toward Hiranai, I observed a single bear crossing from a village on the north side to the woodland on the south side. Body length approximately 1 meter.

Aomori, Aomori

Construction site / body length 1 m / 30 m from houses, etc. / approximately 30 m from the witness While walking near a construction site along the national highway, the witness saw a bear cross the railroad tracks from south to north and enter the brush.

Kazuno, Akita

Around 5:50 on June 19, a bear was sighted moving in Hachimantai Azusawaikari, Kazuno City, Akita.

Kazuno, Akita

One bear was sighted walking on a road in Yagiyamahigashi 1-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi

One bear was sighted around 04:10 in Dainohara 3-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

One bear was sighted at a house in Dainohara 3-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi

June 19

Ohira 駒場, Miyagi

Around 11:00 on 2026-06-19, one bear was seen moving at Takadate Ko Kogen in Kuroishi City, Aomori Prefecture.

Kuroishi, Aomori

Nasushiobara 前弥六南町, Tochigi

June 18

Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi

June 18

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

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

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 18

Tomiya 大亀, Miyagi

On private residential property / body length 1 m / 1 m from the house / approximately 3 m from the witness. The witness observed a bear moving through the grassy area from east to west from inside the house.

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

Saw one bear cub on the road. Body length about 80 cm. Walked off toward the mountains to the west.

Hirakawa, Aomori

On private residential property / body length 1 m / 2 m from the house / 3 m distance to the witness: A bear was spotted outside the window. The bear slowly moved east. Fearing the window might be broken, the witness quietly moved away from the window and evacuated without provoking the bear, so its subsequent behavior is unknown.

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

[Aomori City report] Discovered footprints in a field believed to be those of a bear.

Aomori Toyama, Aomori

[Post]

Kosaka, Akita

While driving, a bear about 1 m in body length was sighted in the roadside brush beside the municipal road from inside the vehicle. The subsequent direction of the bear's movement is unknown.

Kazuno Towada-Kusagi, Akita

In the early hours of the 18th, an animal resembling a bear was spotted in a residential area of Dainohara, Aoba Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Umedamachi, Miyagi

June 17

Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi

June 17

Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

Around 5:10 PM on 2026-06-17, a bear was sighted in Takagi 20-chiwari, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture.

Hanamaki Takaki, Iwate

Around 15:40 on 2026-06-17, a bear was seen moving in Kosakadaisaku, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka, Akita

[Report] On the road from Sunagosawa Water Purification Plant heading into the mountains, one bear about 1 meter was sighted. It ran off into the mountains.

Kosaka, Akita

Report: Spotted one bear about 1 meter in size on the road from Sunagosawa Water Purification Plant toward the mountain. It ran off into the mountain.

Kosaka, Akita

One bear was sighted on the opposite side across the Neda Shigekawa (Nedashigekawa) River.

Morioka, Iwate

June 17

Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi

One Asian black bear (Tsukinowaguma) crossed the road and ran west.

Odate, 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 16

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

A bear about 1.5 meters long was spotted on the road in Higashi-Yokodai 1-chome, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

City road / body length 1 m / 100 m from a private house / 100 m distance to the witness. The bear was seen walking on the city road toward the mountain.

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

Report from a citizen. [Sent from Hirakawa City]

Hirakawa Niidate, Aomori

One adult bear and two cubs were crossing the Nishiyama agricultural access road.

Kazuno, Akita

One bear was sighted in Zaidengasaka Jingeven, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima

On Tuesday, June 16 at approximately 1:15 p.m., a witness (male in his 40s) observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) in Jinga-mae area, Atezaka, Fukushima City. The bear headed toward the river to the north and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima

On Tuesday, June 16 at approximately 1:05 p.m., an man in his 80s, while doing farm work in a forested area of Atagoyama in Daishin Masumi, Shirakawa City, sighted two bears in the woods (one about 1 m in body length and the other about 50 cm).

Shirakawa 大信増見, Fukushima

Municipal road / body length 1 m / 20 m from a residence / 50 m distance to witness. A bear was observed roaming near the trash collection area from inside the house.

Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita

On Tuesday, June 16 at around 7:00 a.m., in the Yayoi area of Kuroiwa, Fukushima City, a witness observed one animal believed to be a bear (body length unknown) leaving through the forest on the east side of a municipal road heading toward the Abukuma River. There were no human injuries or property damage.

Fukushima Kuroiwa, Fukushima

June 16

Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi

Around 10:15 PM on June 16, a bear was sighted in Akashi Nishinoiri, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

A bear was sighted at Atagoyama in Oshin Masumi, Shirakawa City.

Shirakawa 大信増見, Fukushima

While heading from Goshogawara toward Daishaka, I saw one bear crossing the road just before the Daishaka snow shelter. It was a short distance away but appeared over 1 meter in size.

Goshogawara 大字前田野目, Aomori

On June 15 around 18:08, one bear was seen moving in Maeda Nomenumata, Goshogawara City, Aomori Prefecture.

Goshogawara 大字前田野目, Aomori

One bear was sighted crossing the road on National Route 115 in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima

While driving a vehicle, the witness observed one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) crossing the road.

Fukushima, Fukushima

While driving a vehicle, the witness observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road.

Fukushima, Fukushima

June 15

Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

June 15

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

[Report] Spotted one bear (size unknown) in a field near a house. When we rang a bell, it noticed us and returned to the mountain.

Kosaka Araya, Akita

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

Field / body length 1 m / 50 m from a residence / 50 m from the witness. From inside the house, the witness observed a bear roaming the field.

Kazuno Towada-Suehiro, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Towada-Suehiro Fudodaira, Kazuno City, around 7:00 on June 15.

Kazuno Towada-Suehiro, Akita

June 15

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Mizukoshi, Inasecho, Kitakami City, around 5:15 a.m. on June 15.

Kitakami Inasecho, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara Minamisawa, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima

June 15

Kawasaki, Miyagi

Around 10:50 on June 15, a bear was seen moving in Arayategamizawa, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka Araya, Akita

June 15

Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi

June 14

Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi

June 14

Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi

Observed one adult bear entering northwest into the woods from the area near Kinugawa Junior High School.

Ōshū 衣川古戸, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Kawauchi Kawamaechō, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi

June 14

Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi

[Post]

Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

At around 1:05 PM on June 14, a bear was sighted at Kosaka Mining Museum Furutate in Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

[Post]

Kosaka, Akita

June 14

Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi

Bear droppings believed to be from a bear were found on the east side of the Shin-Aomori Prefectural General Sports Park multipurpose athletic field.

Aomori Mayajiri, Aomori

One bear was sighted in Kuradate Kawayada, Owani Town.

Owani Kuradate, Aomori

Around 11:00 on June 14, a bear was sighted in Kosakaichinoto, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka, Akita

The beehive box at the apiary beside the house was knocked over, and one hive frame was damaged.

Morioka Haba, Iwate

Around 8:00 on 2026-06-14, a bear was sighted in Ageta-cho, Kanuma City.

Kanuma 油田町, Tochigi

Around 22:30 on 2026-06-14, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Kiwada-machi, Kanuma City.

Kanuma 亀和田町, Tochigi

A bear was sighted in Yazutsu, Zao Town, Miyagi Prefecture, around 8:30 PM on June 14.

Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi

June 13

Sendai Nishitanaka, Miyagi

June 13

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

A single bear about 80 centimeters long was in a field at 32 Sunakosawa, Kosaka, Kosaka Town. It appeared to have come out from the wooded hill behind the house on the west side. The bear was by a pile of firewood next to the house; when it made eye contact it returned to the western woodland. The distance when eye contact was made was about 20 meters, and it was small enough to be thought a cub not yet weaned. No adult bear was seen. The neighbor was informed immediately.

Kosaka, Akita

On Saturday, June 13 at approximately 3:50 p.m., a witness (male in his 30s) spotted one bear (about 1 m in length) inside a park in Uenodera, Kamihiraba area, Fukushima City. The bear then left heading west.

Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima

While at home, [the witness] saw one bear (about 1 m in body length) walking in the park.

Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima

On Saturday, June 13 at around 3:25 p.m., on a municipal road in Minamimukoudai 3-chome, Fukushima City, an eyewitness (male in his 80s) driving a vehicle spotted two bears (each about 1.5 m in body length). The bears subsequently left heading west.

Fukushima Oguraji, Fukushima

While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted two bears crossing the road (each approximately 1.5 m in body length).

Fukushima Oguraji, Fukushima

[Post] Baby bear

Kosaka, Akita

Around 3:00 PM on June 13, a bear was sighted in Kosakamatsunaka Kosaka, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka, Akita

I don’t know the exact location or time, but while driving from the town toward Lake Towada I saw a bear cub suddenly run into the brush on the left side of the road. It was just a moment so I didn’t get a photo, but we passed Kosaka Nanadaki Winery within two or three minutes, so I think it was in that general area.

Kosaka, Akita

Proceeding toward Kuradate, Muraoka direction

Owani Kuradate, Aomori

At around 12:25 a.m. on Saturday, June 13, in the fields in Fujikubo, Sekiya, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his teens) saw one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) crossing the fields near Kanayagawa Station on the JR Tohoku Main Line while he was walking. The bear then departed south from that location.

Fukushima Kanayagawa, Fukushima

While walking, the observer sighted one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the fields.

Otama, Fukushima

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

On National Route 456 heading from Esashi toward Daitō, observed one adult (bear) moving from right to left across the road.

Ōshū 江刺岩谷堂, Iwate

One bear was sighted moving in Kuradate Kawarada, Ōwani Town, Aomori Prefecture.

Owani Kuradate, Aomori

Two bears about 1.5 meters long were sighted on a city road in Minamimukai-dai 3-chome, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Oguraji, Fukushima

At around 3:50 PM on 2026-06-13, a bear was sighted in Uwanodera Kamihiraba, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima

Two bears, about 1.5 m and 0.5 m long, were sighted on the road in Komurasaki Yamazaki, Zao Town.

Zao 大字小村崎, Miyagi

June 12

Sendai Tomita, Miyagi

One bear about 1 m long was sighted walking east along the riverbank in Takadate Kumano-do Nakagawa, Natori City.

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

Sighted near the greenhouse in the south-side field

Owani Kuradate, Aomori

A single bear approximately 1 m in body length was observed in a mountainside field.

Owani Kuradate, Aomori

One bear crossed National Route 101 from north to south.

Aomori, Aomori

On Friday, June 12 at about 5:15 p.m., on a village road in Oyama Aza Atago, Otama Village, a male witness riding a bicycle toward Nihonmatsu City spotted one bear (about 1 m in body length) walking toward him.

Otama, Fukushima

June 12

Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi

While driving to work in a field, the reporter saw a bear sitting in a clearing near the woods on the east side of the apple orchard. The reporter reversed the car to put distance between themselves and the bear, and when they did the bear was gone. It is believed likely the bear escaped into the woods on the east side.

Kuroishi 大字高舘, Aomori

While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 m in length) on the roadway.

Motomiya 仁井田, Fukushima

June 12

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

Observed one medium-sized bear inside an apple orchard

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

June 12

Kawasaki, Miyagi

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

Kitakami Kamioniyanagi, Iwate

Bear tracks were found in the rice field east of the road east of Higashimizusawa Junior High School.

Ōshū 水沢佐倉河, Iwate

June 12

Ohira 奥田, Miyagi

Around 5:30 AM on June 12, a bear was sighted in Takakuhei, Nasu Town, Tochigi Prefecture.

Nasu 一ツ樅, Tochigi

Numerous bear droppings were found on the premises of a work shed adjacent to the residence.

Morioka, Iwate

A bag of rice bran at a nearby shed was ravaged by a bear.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

Around noon on Friday, June 12, within the Yamanaka area of Nukazawa, Motomiya City, on Prefectural Route Nihonmatsu-Kanaya, a witness (male in his 20s) driving a vehicle observed one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 m in body length) walking toward Motomiya on the road.

Motomiya 仁井田, Fukushima

June 12

Sendai 北中山, Miyagi

Kanuma みなみ町, Tochigi

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

Around 21:20 on June 11, a bear-like animal was sighted in Kitahanda, Kanuma City.

Kanuma 北半田, Tochigi

June 11

Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi

June 11

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 11

Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi

One bear about 1.5 meters long was seen walking downstream in the Sasa River in Kagitori 4-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Oyachi, Miyagi

June 11

Ohira 大衡, Miyagi

June 11

Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, 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

Ohira 大森, Miyagi

The field's mulch was torn, and there were footprints. The compost was disturbed.

Morioka Nagai, Iwate

Rice field / body length 1 m / 60 m from a residence / approximately 100 m from the witness While driving on a municipal road, a bear was spotted in a rice field. The bear entered the forested area to the south.

Kazuno Hanawa, Akita

[Report] Behind an empty house at 45 Sunagosawa, Kosaka, a young bear about 1 meter long ran into the forest on the west side. Just before that, it had been sighted near a water source in front of the house at 42 Sunagosawa. It appears to have come out of the forest on the east side, crossed rice fields and a river, passed between houses, and entered the forest on the west side. Although bears are known to be present in the hill behind the houses on the west side of the settlement, sightings of a moving bear occurred on the north and south sides of the row of houses. It is unusual to see a bear moving between houses during daytime.

Kosaka, Akita

A crack believed to have been caused by a bear was found in a window of the motorcycle storage/management building at the driving license test center in Shimoda, Morioka City.

Morioka Shimoda, Iwate

A crack was found in a window glass at a driving license test center facility in Morioka City, and police suspect bear damage.

Morioka, Iwate

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

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

Field / Body length unknown / 100 m from a residence / No distance reported to witness. Bear tracks were found in the field.

Kazuno Towada-Kusagi, Akita

June 11

Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi

Bear scat believed to be present at the boundary between the soccer field and the ground golf course in Sakurazutsumi Park.

Ōshū 水沢佐倉河, Iwate

June 11

Kurihara 築館字沢入, Miyagi

Around 5:10 AM on June 11, a bear was sighted in Nakaneko Nijūni Shinmei, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Nakaneko, Iwate

On Thursday, June 11 at approximately 2:55 a.m., on National Route 13 in Funaba-cho, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 20s) driving a vehicle observed one animal believed to be a bear crossing the road (about 50 cm in body length). There were no human injuries or property damage.

Fukushima Minamimachi, Fukushima

While driving a vehicle eastbound on National Route 13, while waiting at a traffic signal at an intersection, the observer sighted one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 0.5 m in body length) crossing the road.

Fukushima Minamimachi, Fukushima

An animal thought to be a bear was sighted crossing Route 13 in Funaba-cho, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Minamimachi, Fukushima

June 11

Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi

June 11

Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Yukuchi Hirabayashi, Hanamaki City, Iwate, around 13:05 on June 11.

Hanamaki Nishihareyama, Iwate

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

On Wednesday, June 10, at around 7:00 p.m., in the Kanisawa area of Yuno, Iizaka Town, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his 40s) observed one bear (approximately 1.5 m in body length) standing in a field while driving. After noticing the vehicle, the bear departed to the north.

Fukushima Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima

While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted one bear (approx. 1.5 m in body length) in a field/cultivated land.

Fukushima Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima

Expressway / body length 1 m / 600 m to nearest house / 30 m from witness While driving on the expressway, a bear was spotted on the left shoulder. The bear entered the woods on the left.

Kazuno, Akita

June 10

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

June 10

Shiroishi 大鷹沢鷹巣, Miyagi

Witnessed one adult bear entering the mountain to the south from the household premises.

Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate

Bear sighted in the Hidaka-nishi area. (Details unknown)

Ōshū 水沢, Iwate

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

Kawasaki Hasekura, Miyagi

June 10

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

[Report] Jukai Line (near Osarube, Kosaka Mine) While heading toward Kosaka, observed one adult bear and two cubs at the shrine entrance from the car.

Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

On Wednesday, June 10 at approximately 1:20 p.m., in the Suwayama area of Kuroiwa, Fukushima City, on a municipal road, a witness (female in her 20s) observed one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 meter in body length) crossing the road while traveling by vehicle.

Fukushima Kuroiwa, Fukushima

While driving a vehicle, the witness observed one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 meter in length) crossing the road.

Fukushima Kuroiwa, Fukushima

River / Body length 1 m / 10 m from houses, etc. / Distance to witness 150 m

Kazuno, Akita

June 10

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

Observed one bear moving north on the road west of the pharmacy.

Ōshū Mizusawa-Miyashitacho, Iwate

Ran toward the mountain on the Morita side.

Hiranai Azukisawa, Aomori

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

City road / body length 1.2 m / 5 m from a private residence / 10 m from the witness Observed from inside a vehicle: a bear crossing the city road and entering the brush.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

City road / body length 1.2 m / 300 m to nearest house / 10 m from witness. While driving on the city road, the witness saw a bear enter the brush north of the road.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

One bear was spotted moving in Towada-Nishikigi Shimono, Kazuno City.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

National road / body length 1.2 m / 300 m from a residence / 30 m from the witness. While driving a vehicle on the national road from north to south, I witnessed a bear crossing the road from east to west and entering the forest.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

In Oasare 29th district, Hachimantai City, multiple passersby saw one adult bear crossing a road.

Hachimantai 大更, Iwate

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

Vacant lot / body length 70 cm / 10 m from a residence / 20 m from the sighting. While walking on a municipal road, I saw a bear crossing the road from south to north and entering the vacant lot.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

[Posted in Aomori City] From within the facility grounds, it climbed over a fence about 150 cm high and ran off into the outside bush (toward Sawayan). It appears to be a small bear cub about 70 cm in size.

Aomori Toyama, Aomori

June 10

Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi

A pet dog was attacked by a bear on the grounds of a house in Hirasawa, Zaō Town, and suffered a bleeding abdominal injury.

Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi

June 10

Zao 大字矢附, 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

A bear was sighted moving in Komagome Hotaruzawa, Aomori City, around 6:10 AM.

Aomori Toyama, Aomori

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

Multiple passersby spotted one adult bear crossing a road in Osore, Hachimantai City.

Hachimantai 田頭, Iwate

Around 1:25 PM on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Otarube, Kosakamachi Kosaka Mining Area, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

Around 7:00 PM on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima

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

Ōshū Mizusawa-Miyashitacho, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Hachimantai Azusawazawaikari, Kazuno City, Akita on the afternoon of 2026-06-10.

Kazuno, Akita

Around 06:30 on 2026-06-10, one bear was seen moving in Kosaka, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka, Akita

June 9

Sendai Kawauchi-Oimawashi, Miyagi

June 9

Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi

June 9

Osaki 岩出山, Miyagi

Observed one adult bear entering the woods near Shimoodaibukuro Bridge.

Ōshū 衣川古戸, Iwate

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

On Tuesday, June 9 at around 2:00 p.m., in a field in Uenakashima, Sasakino, Fukushima City, a caller (male in his 70s) discovered footprints believed to be from a bear. When Fukushima City Hall staff arrived and inspected the scene, they confirmed the tracks were from a bear.

Fukushima Kaminodera, Fukushima

While working in the fields, (they) discovered bear footprints on the mulch sheets in the field.

Fukushima Kaminodera, Fukushima

Apples stored in a farmwork/shed used also as a storage shed had been eaten through. In addition, there were many droppings, believed to be from a bear, both inside and outside the shed.

Morioka, Iwate

Bear tracks were found in a field in Nagabayashi, Machinobasaka, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Shimonodera, Fukushima

Footprints believed to be those of a bear, about 15 centimeters in size, were observed in a field. City hall staff checked the footprints and determined they were from a bear.

Fukushima Shimonodera, Fukushima

On Tuesday, June 9 at approximately 11:40 a.m., in a field within Osanabayashi area, Machinibasaka, Fukushima City, the reporter (male) discovered footprints believed to be from a bear. Fukushima City Hall staff responded to the scene and confirmed that the tracks were from a bear.

Fukushima Shimonodera, Fukushima

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

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

Railway tracks / body length 80 cm / 10 m from residences, etc. / 20 m distance from the witness: The bear was sighted wandering near the tracks from the grounds of a worksite.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

June 9

Tomiya 明石, 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

Rice field / body length 1 m / 300 m from houses, etc. / 40 m from observer While driving on a municipal road, the observer spotted a bear in a rice field.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

A bear was sighted in Nagahashiri Jinba, Odate City, Akita, and was seen moving.

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

A cub was sighted in Shimoda Ishibane, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, around 6:50 a.m. on June 9. No human or property damage was reported.

Morioka Shimoda, Iwate

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

Kurihara 金成沢辺, Miyagi

June 9

Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Ishidoriya-cho Kuronuma 8-chiwari, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Kuronuma, Iwate

Around late morning on 2026-06-09, a bear about 1.5 meters long was sighted at Dainohara Forest Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

Kanuma 深程, Tochigi

On Monday, June 8 at approximately 9:35 p.m., near the 184.3-kilometer post on the inbound (upbound) lanes of the Tohoku Expressway at 40-2 Ikenoiriyama, Fumase, Izumizaki Village, a large commercial truck driven by a man in his 50s, traveling in the first lane of the inbound direction, collided with a bear (about 1.5 m in body length) that crossed from the right side to the left of the vehicle’s direction of travel. The driver of the vehicle sustained no injuries. There were no passengers. The bear was confirmed dead at the scene of the traffic accident.

Izumizaki Fumase, Fukushima

While driving a vehicle, collided with one bear (approximately 1.5 m in body length) crossing the road.

Izumizaki Fumase, Fukushima

While walking, they sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) on the road.

Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima

On Monday, June 8, at around 8:20 p.m., a witness (male in his 60s) sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) on the roadway in Uchimach in Machinawazaka, Fukushima City. The bear subsequently left the area heading west.

Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima

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

June 8

Kurihara 志波姫南堀口, Miyagi

While returning home by bicycle, the observer spotted one bear (about 1.5 m in body length) in the roadside brush.

Shirakawa, Fukushima

On June 8 (Monday) at approximately 5:50 PM, in the Kurokawa area below Shirasaka, Shirakawa City, a witness (male in his teens) spotted one bear (about 2 meters in body length) by the roadside while riding a bicycle.

Shirakawa, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Akashishitaderamae, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

June 8

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

On Monday, June 8 at around 2:00 p.m., a single bear (about 1 m in body length) was sighted within the golf course area in Gakudan, Kuroiwa, Fukushima City. The bear later left and went into the grove of mixed woods.

Fukushima Tazawa, Fukushima

A single bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the golf course.

Fukushima Tazawa, Fukushima

A single young bear was sighted near the parking lot reserved for staff of the Handmade Village.

Morioka Yuzawa, Iwate

A bear entered the grounds of a prefectural apartment complex in Yuzawa-Higashi, Morioka, tore open fertilizer bags, and scattered fertilizer.

Morioka Yuzawa, Iwate

On private property / 1.2 m / Distance to witness 20 m / Distance from house 20 m. A bear was in a tree. It came down from the tree and went off somewhere. Direction of departure unknown.

Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita

A single medium-sized bear was sighted moving toward Iwayama near the Iwayama entrance on National Route 4.

Morioka Yuzawa, Iwate

While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 m in body length) walking in a field.

Fukushima Minamisawamata, Fukushima

On Monday, June 8 at approximately 5:50 a.m., in a field in Nishihara, Minamisawamata area, Fukushima City, a witness (female in her 40s) observed one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 m in body length) in the field. Because it was a brief passing sighting, the direction in which it left and other details are unknown.

Fukushima Minamisawamata, Fukushima

Around 2 PM on June 8, a bear was sighted in Kuroiwa Gakudan, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Tazawa, Fukushima

Around 5:50 on June 8, a bear-like animal was sighted in Minamisawamata Nishihara, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Minamisawamata, Fukushima

June 8

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Uchimachi, Machinaiwazaka, Fukushima City around 8:20 PM on June 8.

Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima

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

A single bear about 1 meter long was observed climbing a tree.

Aomori Yasuta, Aomori

Around 7:30 PM on June 7, a bear was sighted in Yasuda, Aomori City.

Aomori Yasuta, Aomori

June 7

Kurihara 築館字下待井, Miyagi

June 7

Sendai Akiumachi-Yumukai, Miyagi

A bear was sighted at Moniwa Nakayachi-yama in Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, around 18:45 on 2026-06-07.

Sendai, Miyagi

[Post] Witnessed crossing the road from left to right immediately after getting off the Kosaka-kita IC on the Tohoku Expressway.

Kosaka, Akita

Near the BMW, I saw it running from the field or rice paddy toward the grove of trees. I was driving and looked to the right when I saw it, so there are no photos. It wasn't in front, so the dashcam didn’t record it either.

Kanuma 深津, Tochigi

While driving on Route 7, I witnessed a bear about 1–1.5 m long trotting crosswise toward the museum and then entering the woods. Other cars slowed and waited for it to cross, so quite a few people must have seen it. I’m reporting this because I didn’t find any sighting information posted.

Aomori Sannai, Aomori

While driving from the Towada Lake area toward Kosaka town, I saw one bear going under the guardrail on the right (west) side of the road just before the sign that says “1 km to Michi-no-Eki Kosaka.”

Kosaka, Akita

June 7

Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi

June 7

Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi

One bear was sighted on a city road in Takinohara 3, Utsunomiya.

Utsunomiya 大塚町, Tochigi

Sighting reported around Utsunomiya, Takinokahara 3-chome area.

Utsunomiya 大塚町, Tochigi

Around 5:15 on June 7, one bear was sighted in Otsuka-cho, Utsunomiya City.

Utsunomiya 大塚町, Tochigi

A bear was sighted at a park in Aikobano-cho, Utsunomiya City.

Utsunomiya 明保野町, Tochigi

On Sunday, June 7 at approximately 4:10 a.m., in a field in Minamisawamata, Suimonshimo, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his 70s) observed one animal believed to be a bear (about 50 cm in body length) in the field. The animal then left the scene heading east.

Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima

A facility security guard, while on patrol, observed one animal believed to be a bear crouched in a field (approximately 0.5 m in body length).

Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima

While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) on the riverbank.

Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima

Utsunomiya 大塚町, Tochigi

A bear was sighted in Nishikawada-cho, Utsunomiya City.

Utsunomiya 西川田町, Tochigi

Utsunomiya 明保野町, Tochigi

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 bear was sighted in Ennda Takaki, Zaō Town, Miyagi, around 1:00 PM on June 7.

Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi

Utsunomiya 大塚町, Tochigi

Utsunomiya Honcho, Tochigi

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

Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi

Utsunomiya 大塚町, Tochigi

Utsunomiya 東原町, Tochigi

A bear was sighted in Kamiozocho.

Utsunomiya 上大曽町, Tochigi

While working in the fields, someone sighted a bear running through a rice paddy (one bear, approximately 1 m in body length).

Koriyama 片平町, Fukushima

At around 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 6, a witness (male, in his 60s) observed one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) running across a rice field in the Higashikubo area of Katahira Town, Koriyama City. The bear then left toward the mountain to the northwest.

Koriyama 片平町, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Fujimigaoka 1, Utsunomiya.

Utsunomiya 山本町, Tochigi

On Saturday, June 6 at around 6:30 p.m., in the riverbed area of Sakurauchi, Minamisawamata, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 40s) observed one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 m in body length) moving eastward along the riverbed.

Fukushima Minamisawamata, Fukushima

While walking, the observer sighted one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 m in body length) moving eastward along the riverbed.

Fukushima Minamisawamata, Fukushima

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

It ran through the rice paddies on the left side heading into Aomori City, past Kyowa Transport in Namioka. From what I could see through the passenger-side window, I think it was a cub.

Aomori, Aomori

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

June 6

Shiroishi 大平中目, Miyagi

One bear was sighted at a construction site in the Ohira Nakame Koyashiki area of Shiraishi City.

Shiroishi 大平中目, Miyagi

Posted: A bear came out onto the road while I was driving.

Kazuno Towada-Kusagi, Akita

June 6

Tomiya 西成田, Miyagi

June 6

Shiroishi 大平中目, Miyagi

Field adjacent to a private residence / body length 1 m / 20 m from the house / 20 m from the witness: A bear about 1 m in length was seen from inside a house walking north through a field.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

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

Utsunomiya 八幡台, Tochigi

A bear was sighted walking north on a city road in Fujimigaoka 1-chome, Utsunomiya City.

Utsunomiya 山本町, Tochigi

Around 8:30 PM on 2026-06-06, a bear 60–80 cm long was seen in Yamamoto, Utsunomiya, Tochigi. No injuries were reported.

Utsunomiya 八幡台, Tochigi

Utsunomiya 戸祭台, Tochigi

Utsunomiya 戸祭台, Tochigi

June 5

Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi

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

Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi

June 5

Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi

June 5

Sendai Aramaki-chuo, 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 single young bear was sighted near the parking lot reserved for staff of the Handmade Village.

Morioka Sanbonyanagi, Iwate

Observed one bear heading south on the prefectural road from Ainazawa toward Nagane.

Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate

June 5

Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi

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

While at home, observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) drinking water in a rice paddy.

Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Sasakino Harai Kawazoe, Fukushima City, around 4:10 AM on June 5.

Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima

On June 5 (Friday) at approximately 4:10 a.m., in a rice paddy in the Harakawazoe area of Sasakino, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 60s) observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) moving south through the rice paddy.

Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima

In Sasakino, Fukushima City, a bear was seen in a paddy field near a city road about 2 km northwest of the escaped bear's factory.

Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima

At around 2:00 a.m., one bear about 1.5 meters long was sighted within the grounds of a house in Yamada, Yaita City, Tochigi Prefecture.

Yaita Yamada, Tochigi

June 5

Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi

Yaita Yamada, Tochigi

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

Sendai Hayamamachi, Miyagi

June 5

Taiwa Tsurusu-Yamada, Miyagi

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

Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi

A bear-like animal was sighted in Sanbonyanagi 4-chiwari, Morioka City.

Morioka Sanbonyanagi, Iwate

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

Murata 大字菅生, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Maesawa Ainosawa, Oshu City.

Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate

While working a ball-collection part-time job at Nashi no Ki Golf Garden, I witnessed a small bear cross right in front of me. It happened last Thursday. In the past I’ve repeatedly heard small bears crying around the same time of day. I tried to post about this several times, but it didn’t seem to go through, so although some time has passed since the sighting, I’m trying again.

Aomori Kobata, Aomori

In Sasakino, Fukushima City, a bear was seen crossing a city road about 2 km northwest of the escaped bear's factory.

Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima

On Thursday, June 4 at approximately 7:40 p.m., in the area of Harakawazoe, Sasakino, Fukushima City, on a municipal road, a witness (male) driving a vehicle observed a bear (one, about 1 meter in body length) crossing the road from east to west.

Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Sasakino Harigawasoe, Fukushima City, around 19:40 on June 4.

Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima

While driving a vehicle, the witness observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road and walking into a field on the west side.

Fukushima Sasakino, Fukushima

Was watching from the sidewalk bushes as it prepared to cross the road. When a car passed by, it returned into the bushes.

Hirakawa, Aomori

One bear in Ikarigaseki, Hirakawa City was trying to cross the road from bushes on a sidewalk, but returned into the bushes when a car passed by.

Hirakawa Ikarigaseki, Aomori

While driving a vehicle, the reporter observed one bear (body length approximately 1 m) entering brush in the riverbed on the north side of Fukushima Cannon Co., Ltd.

Fukushima Sakurashimo, Fukushima

On Thursday, June 4 at around 7:00 p.m., in the Moto-Kanazawa area of Sakurashita, Fukushima City, on the cycling road, a witness (a woman in her 30s) driving a vehicle saw one bear (about 1 m in body length) enter the riverside thicket from the cycling road.

Fukushima Sakurashimo, Fukushima

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 was sighted crossing the expressway south of Ajara Parking Area on the Tohoku Expressway in Karunushi, Owani Town.

Owani Karouji, Aomori

June 4

Sendai 中山台, Miyagi

Observed a bear moving northward near the Tsutsumijiri Residents' Hall.

Ōshū 水沢佐倉河, Iwate

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Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

June 4

Sendai Tomita, Miyagi

June 4

Kurihara, Miyagi

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

Kurihara, Miyagi