Tendo~Semboku 드라이브 루트

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

Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

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

Taiwa Ochiai-Aikawa, Miyagi

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

June 29

Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi

June 29

Ohira 中央平, Miyagi

June 29, 2026

Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi

June 29, 2026

Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi

June 29, 2026

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

June 29, 2026

Sendai Tsubonuma, Miyagi

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

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

Sendai, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Ishizumimatsugai, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Tosaka, Yamagata City, around 08:30 on June 29.

Yamagata Tsuchizaka, Yamagata

June 28, 2026

Taiwa, Miyagi

June 27

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

A bear-like animal of unknown body length was sighted near the gazebo on Kumomi Hill. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: Yuso Hill / Size: Unknown

Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata

A bear-like animal was sighted at Yuso-no-oka park in Kamisakurada, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata

June 26, 2026

Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi

June 26, 2026

Osaki 岩出山, Miyagi

June 26, 2026

Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

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

June 26, 2026

Osaki 岩出山, Miyagi

June 26, 2026

Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

June 26, 2026

Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi

June 25, 2026

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

While driving toward Yamagata city, I observed one bear crossing the road eastward (toward the mountains). Estimated body length about 1 m. / Environment: road / Size: adult

Yamagata Nakasakurada, Yamagata

June 25, 2026

Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi

June 25

Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

June 25, 2026

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 25, 2026

Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

June 24

Ohira 大森, Miyagi

June 24

Tomiya 大亀, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

June 24

Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

June 24

Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, Miyagi

June 24

Ohira 奥田, Miyagi

Around 6:30 on 2026-06-24, a bear was sighted in Shimo-Higashiyama, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Yamagata Shimo-Higashiyama, Yamagata

June 24, 2026

Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Ohira 奥田, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Ohira 大森, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Tomiya 大亀, Miyagi

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

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

Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile

Tendo 大字山元, Yamagata

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

June 23

Osaki, Miyagi

One bear sighted while walking / Environment: forest / Size: adult

Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata

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

June 23, 2026

Sendai 西中山, Miyagi

June 23, 2026

Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi

One bear was sighted on the north side of Yuso no Oka in Kamisakurada, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata

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

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

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 22

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

June 21

Kawasaki, Miyagi

June 21

Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi

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

Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi

June 20

Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi

June 20

Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi

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

June 20

Murata 大字村田, Miyagi

June 20, 2026

Ohira ときわ台南, 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 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

June 19

Sendai Goroku, Miyagi

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

Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

June 19

Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

June 19

Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, Miyagi

Environment: Roadside slope / Size: Unknown

Yamagata Hachimori, Yamagata

June 19

Sendai Goroku, Miyagi

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

Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi

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

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

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

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi

June 19

Ohira 駒場, Miyagi

June 19, 2026

Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

June 19, 2026

Ohira 駒場, Miyagi

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

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

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

Yamagata Iwanami, Yamagata

June 17

Kawasaki Imashuku, Miyagi

June 17

Kawasaki, Miyagi

June 17

Kawasaki Kawauchi, Miyagi

June 17

Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, Miyagi

June 17

Kawasaki, 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

Environment: Farmland / Size: Appears to be a cub

Tendo 大字奈良沢, Yamagata

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

June 15

Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

A bear about 1 m in body length was seen moving east along a forest road. It was not located afterward. / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata

June 15

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

A bear about 1 m in body length was sighted moving south along the trail. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: forest / Size: adult

Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata

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

June 15

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 15

Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 15

Kawasaki, Miyagi

June 15

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 15

Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi

Spotted a bear about 1 m in length on farmland / Environment: farmland / Size: adult

Yamagata Komoishi, Yamagata

June 14

Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi

June 14

Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi

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

Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi

June 14

Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi

An animal resembling a bear was sighted in farmland in the Shimo-Higashiyama area of Yamagata City.

Yamagata Shimo-Higashiyama, Yamagata

June 13

Sendai Nishitanaka, Miyagi

June 13

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

June 13

Kawasaki Kawauchi, Miyagi

June 13

Kawasaki Kawauchi, Miyagi

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

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

Zao 大字小村崎, Miyagi

June 12

Sendai Tomita, Miyagi

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

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

Moved from the northern mountain, crossed farmland, and entered the southern mountain / Environment: farmland / Size: adult

Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata

A bear about 50 cm to 1 m entered the mountains southeast from the parking lot. / Environment: Near houses / Size: Unknown

Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata

Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata

June 12

Kawasaki Maekawa, Miyagi

June 12

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

June 12

Kawasaki, Miyagi

June 12

Ohira 奥田, Miyagi

One bear was sighted in Iwanami, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Iwanami, Yamagata

June 12

Sendai 北中山, Miyagi

One bear was sighted in a parking lot in Hirashimizu, Yamagata City, around 3:50 PM.

Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata

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

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

June 11

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

June 11

Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi

June 11

Kurihara 築館字沢入, Miyagi

June 11

Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi

June 11

Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi

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

Observed one bear-like animal in the roadside drainage ditch. It ran east. / Environment: road / Size: unknown

Yamagata Jumonji, Yamagata

June 10

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

June 10

Kawasaki Hasekura, Miyagi

June 10

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

June 10

Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 10

Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi

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

Kurihara 志波姫台東, Miyagi

June 10

Kurihara 志波姫横峰浦, Miyagi

June 10

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

June 10

Kurihara 築館字内南沢, Miyagi

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

Kurihara 築館字内南沢, Miyagi

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

Kurihara, Miyagi

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

Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Semine Ōwanidani, Kurihara City.

Kurihara, Miyagi

June 9

Sendai Kawauchi-Oimawashi, Miyagi

June 9

Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi

June 9

Osaki 岩出山, Miyagi

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

Kurihara 志波姫南堀口, Miyagi

June 9

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

June 9

Kurihara 志波姫南堀口, Miyagi

June 9

Kurihara 金成沢辺, Miyagi

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

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

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

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

Kurihara 金成沢辺, Miyagi

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

Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

A 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

A bear was sighted in Akashishitaderamae, Tomiya City.

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

June 8

Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

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

Yamagata Sekizawa, Yamagata

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

June 7

Kawasaki Ono, Miyagi

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

June 7

Ohira ときわ台, 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

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

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

Yamagata Hachimori, Yamagata

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

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

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

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

June 5

Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi

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

Sendai Hayamamachi, Miyagi

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

Murata 大字菅生, Miyagi

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

Yamagata Komoishi, Yamagata

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

June 4

Sendai 中山台, Miyagi

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

Yamagata Myokenji, Yamagata

June 4

Sendai Tomita, Miyagi

June 4

Kurihara, Miyagi

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

Kurihara, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Tomita-Uenonaka, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, in the early morning.

Sendai Tomita, Miyagi

Around 6:00 PM on June 4, a bear was sighted in Nakayamadai 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai 中山台, Miyagi

June 4

Kurihara, Miyagi

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

Yamagata Hachimori, Yamagata

A bear was sighted in Sumiyoshidai Higashi 3-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai 住吉台, Miyagi

June 3

Sendai 西中山, Miyagi

June 3

Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

A woman reported a bear in the bushes while walking in Nishinakayama 2-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.

Sendai 西中山, Miyagi

One bear-like animal was sighted on a road in Izumicho, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Ochiaimachi, Yamagata

Witnessed a bear-like animal on the road / Environment: near residences / Size: adult

Yamagata Ochiaimachi, Yamagata

June 2

Sendai Kawauchi-Sanjuninmachi, Miyagi

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

Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata

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

Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata

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

Yamagata Hirashimizu, Yamagata

June 2

Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi

A citizen spotted one bear on the road, approximately 1.3 m in body length. The bear reportedly left toward the northern woods.

Daisen, Akita

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

Ōshū 衣川長嚢, Iwate

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

Ōshū 江刺愛宕, Iwate

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

Kitakami Inasecho, Iwate

A single bear about 50 cm in body length was sighted on the road. The bear then walked east.

Yokote Akagawa, Akita

A bear was sighted in Akasakayamazaki, Yokote City, and was seen moving.

Yokote Akagawa, Akita

On June 28 around 1:50 PM, a bear was sighted in Sotomezakura, Yokote City, Akita, and was seen moving.

Yokote Sotonome, Akita

A bear was running across the rice field toward the road, but it turned around and went back toward the mountain.

Yokote Sotonome, Akita

[Post] Walking behind a private house

Daisen Yotsuya, Akita

Walking on the sidewalk. Afterwards went into the grassy area on the former Hiraishi Station side.

Yokote, Akita

An adult bear and a cub were walking on top of the erosion-control dam. Their body lengths were about 1.0 m and about 0.5 m, respectively. They moved off into the mountains to the west. The nearest houses are about 80 m away.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Hachiwari, Akita

Observed one bear crossing Prefectural Route 40. Body length approximately 1 m. Afterwards, the bear went down to the Yokotekawa River on the north side.

Yokote 山内筏, Akita

Likely the same bear as report no:2026241. A mother bear and one cub came down the mountain path toward my house, but shortly after looked back and chased after the cub that had gone ahead. Observed from the living room, toward the mountain behind the yard. After that, two cubs led the way with three adult bears walking slowly right behind them along the boundary with the woods, heading toward the fork.

Yokote, Akita

Observed a mother bear and two cubs (three bears total) moving alongside the rice field. The adult was about 1 m long and the cubs about 50 cm. After that, the bears moved into the forested area to the east. Distance to the nearest house was about 10 m.

Yokote, Akita

A roughly 1-meter-tall bear was sighted in the home's yard. The bear left heading south.

Daisen Yotsuya, Akita

A bear was sighted in Yamauchi Nangodaira, Yokote City, and was seen moving.

Yokote, Akita

Around 04:30 on 2026-06-26, a bear was sighted moving in Yotsuya Kamimaemura, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.

Daisen Yotsuya, Akita

Witnessed the bear pacing back and forth along the rice-field embankment. Afterwards it crossed National Route 105 and fled toward the Tamagawa River. Distance from houses: 50 m.

Daisen 新下川原, Akita

A young bear walked from the Nagano-Takase area toward the community meeting hall. Distance to the house: 10 m.

Daisen 新下川原, Akita

Witnessed one cub running through the rice fields. Direction of escape unknown. Distance to the nearest house: 50 m.

Daisen 新下川原, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Nagano Shitokawara, Daisen City.

Daisen 新下川原, Akita

A bear was sighted in Maesawa Komizu, Oshu City.

Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate

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

Crossed National Route 105 heading south. Distance to the workplace: approximately 50 m.

Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita

Around 1:30 PM on June 24, a bear was sighted in Uetomo Sainokami, Daisen City, Akita, and was seen moving.

Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita

Crossed the prefectural road heading west and was walking on the farm road on the west side. Body length approximately 1 m. Direction of departure: south of the scene. Distance to the nearest house: about 20 m.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

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

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

Daisen Jinguji, Akita

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 bear about 1 meter in body length was sighted near Akita Furusato Village No. 4 parking lot. It left heading toward the former Hotel Wellness (south).

Yokote Fuke-ootsutsumi, Akita

A bear approximately 1 m in body length was sighted near the No. 4 parking lot of Akita Furusato-mura. It walked off in the direction of the former Hotel Wellness (south).

Yokote Fuke-ootsutsumi, Akita

An adult bear about 1 meter in size crossed the road from the Aeon side and entered the thicket on the Furusato Village side.

Yokote Fuke-ootsutsumi, Akita

(Posted) Was walking along the national highway and entered the Aeon premises.

Yokote Yasuda, Akita

Was walking along the riverbank heading upstream.

Daisen Nagatoro, Akita

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

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

[Post] (No description of circumstances)

Yokote Yasuda, Akita

One bear about 0.5 m in body length. Direction of departure unknown.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

Hearing a crackling/rustling sound, I looked toward the noise and saw a bear about 1–1.2 m in body length. The bear appeared twice around 10:00 and each time went back into the brush.

Yokote Maego, Akita

[Report] I found this during my commute. It is definitely animal droppings. I think it’s slightly smaller than a clenched fist. (Note from the Forestry and Agricultural Maintenance Division: The size is small for bear droppings and it looks like droppings from a small animal.)

Yokote Ekimae-cho, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Maegō Katsu-yama, Yokote City, around 10:00 on 2026-06-18.

Yokote Maego, Akita

A bear about 50 cm long was sighted in a parking lot in Nakagasawa, Kakunodatemachi, Semboku City.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, 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

A single bear, over 1 meter in body length, was seen climbing a tree. The bear later came down from the tree, but because there were thickets beneath the tree it walked into, its direction of departure is unknown.

Yokote Maego, Akita

[Report] A cub about 1 meter long tried to cross the road but saw a car, made a U-turn, and went back into the mountain.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

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

Kitakami Inasecho, Iwate

I was walking beside the rice field.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Nishinagano, Akita

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

Ōshū 衣川古戸, Iwate

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

Yokote Maego, Akita

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

Kitakami Wagacho-Iwasawa, Iwate

(Post) Crossed the road and went into the stream.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

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

On the residential property; body length approximately 0.8 m; direction of departure: north; distance to the house: approximately 3 m.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Kakunodate-machi Shimonobe Kikketanda, Semboku City.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

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

Kitakami Wagacho-Yokokawame, Iwate

(Report dated June 16) A bear about 1 m in body length was sighted. The bear ran into the woods.

Yokote Yasuda, Akita

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

Kitakami Wagacho-Iwasawa, 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

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

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

Ōshū, Iwate

It crossed from Ōse Kurano Bridge heading toward the mountains.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

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

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

Ōshū Mizusawa-Miyashitacho, Iwate

A single bear about 1 m tall was sighted. Direction it fled is unknown. Distance to residential house: 10 m.

Daisen Kami-Uguisuno, Akita

A bear about 1 m in size was sighted near Nakasen Community Center Uginono Branch. Direction it ran is unknown. Distance to the nearest house: 30 m.

Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita

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

Kitakami Ryutsu-center, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Shimoogino Kamimura, Daisen City, Akita, around 6:00 AM on June 10.

Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita

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

Ōshū Mizusawa-Miyashitacho, Iwate

Observed one adult bear entering the woods near Shimoodaibukuro Bridge.

Ōshū 衣川古戸, Iwate

One bear about 1 meter long. Approximately 5 meters from a residence. Direction of departure unknown.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

One bear approximately 0.6 m in body length. About 50 m from a residence. Direction of departure unknown.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Sonoda, Akita

[Report] A bear about 1 meter in body length crossed the municipal road from the farm road toward the woods to the east.

Senboku, Akita

Spotted two bears believed to be a parent and offspring.

Yokote, Akita

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

Yokote 睦成, Akita

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

Yokote Shirominami-machi, Akita

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

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

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

Nishiwaga Yunosawa, Iwate

[Report] Moved along a farm road and into the woods

Senboku Tazawako-Komatsu, 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

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

Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita

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

Yokote Sotonome, Akita

One bear about 1 m in body length was sighted. Direction it left is unknown. Approximately 5 m from a nearby house.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Ogata, Akita

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

Yokote Kamiuchi-machi, Akita

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

Yokote Kamiuchi-machi, Akita

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

Kitakami, Iwate

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

Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Maesawa Ainosawa, Oshu City.

Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate

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

Yokote Yawata, Akita

Around 17:30 on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Mutsunari Otoriyama Shita, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, and it was seen moving.

Yokote Yawata, Akita

Observed a bear slowly walking north along the river-management road (the road on top of the embankment). The bear noticed a small pickup truck that came from the south and slowly entered the riverside brush. The river area is unmanaged and the brush is thick, so it was impossible to determine how the bear moved after that. The bear’s body length appeared to be about 1.4 m.

Yokote Yawata, Akita

Report: I was walking along the embankment road behind the house toward the downstream side of the Yokote River when a small pickup truck approached from behind, so I went down into the brush on the embankment; after that I could not confirm (the animal/thing).

Yokote Yawata, Akita

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

Ōshū 水沢佐倉河, Iwate

Posted: Found along the riverbank; whereabouts since then unknown.

Senboku Nishikicho-Kobuchino, Akita

Spotted a bear about 1 m in size in the riverside brush on the right bank of the Kawaguchi River. It moved eastward along the river.

Daisen Itaminai, Akita

[Report] A 1.2 m long bear left the embankment tail at the Ushirokawa drainage sluice and departed toward the Omono River.

Daisen Jinguji, Akita

Posted: It was located between the forest and the embankment.

Daisen Jinguji, Akita

Post: About 1 m in body length — ran off into the bushes toward Miiri nursery school

Yokote 杉目, Akita

A bear over 1.2 m in body length was seen entering the thicket north of Miiri Nursery School by a patrolling police officer. (Spotted while driving on the prefectural road. The bear was moving from east to west.)

Yokote 杉目, Akita

Crossing the road from the side opposite Yokote High School and entering the bushes

Yokote 杉目, Akita

A young bear about 30 centimeters long went from the river toward the grounds of Omagari Agricultural High School.

Daisen Onukitakabatake, Akita

Witnessed a cub about 70 cm long in a rice paddy. Drove it toward the river using a kei truck’s horn. Distance to the nearest house: 100 m.

Daisen Kitanagano, Akita

Sighted in a rice field.

Daisen Otacho-Kunimi, Akita

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

Kitakami Wagacho-Yokokawame, Iwate

Witnessed a bear moving eastward through the rice field west of Maruho Construction. Body length approximately 1.5 m.

Daisen Jinguji, Akita

On the evening of 2026-06-03, one bear was sighted on a city road in Omagari Kanaya-cho, Daisen City.

Daisen Iida, Akita

A bear was sighted in Ota-machi Kunimizakuraushi, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.

Daisen Otacho-Kunimi, Akita

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

Kitakami Aisaricho, Iwate

Crossing the Akita Expressway

Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita

While traveling on the highway from Akita toward Omagari, I spotted a bear about 1 meter long in the forested area to the east, but it left immediately.

Daisen Nangai, Akita

[Report] One bear approximately 1.2 m long sighted. Distance to the nearest house: 10 m. Direction of departure: unknown.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

Sighted in the river channel, body length approximately 0.8 m, direction when leaving unknown, approximately 200 m from a residence

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kumoshikari, Akita

One approximately 1-meter-tall bear was sighted. It ran east and entered the brush. Distance to the nearest residence: 100 meters.

Daisen Toyokawa, Akita

A bear about 50 cm long was sighted in a parking lot in Nakagasawa, Kakunodatemachi, Semboku City.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

I was walking beside the rice field.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Nishinagano, Akita

On the residential property; body length approximately 0.8 m; direction of departure: north; distance to the house: approximately 3 m.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Kakunodate-machi Shimonobe Kikketanda, Semboku City.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

It crossed from Ōse Kurano Bridge heading toward the mountains.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

A single bear about 1 m tall was sighted. Direction it fled is unknown. Distance to residential house: 10 m.

Daisen Kami-Uguisuno, Akita

A bear about 1 m in size was sighted near Nakasen Community Center Uginono Branch. Direction it ran is unknown. Distance to the nearest house: 30 m.

Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita

A bear was sighted in Shimoogino Kamimura, Daisen City, Akita, around 6:00 AM on June 10.

Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita

One bear about 1 meter long. Approximately 5 meters from a residence. Direction of departure unknown.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

One bear approximately 0.6 m in body length. About 50 m from a residence. Direction of departure unknown.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Sonoda, Akita

[Report] A bear about 1 meter in body length crossed the municipal road from the farm road toward the woods to the east.

Senboku, Akita

[Report] Moved along a farm road and into the woods

Senboku Tazawako-Komatsu, Akita

One bear about 1 m in body length was sighted. Direction it left is unknown. Approximately 5 m from a nearby house.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Ogata, Akita

Posted: Found along the riverbank; whereabouts since then unknown.

Senboku Nishikicho-Kobuchino, Akita

[Report] One bear approximately 1.2 m long sighted. Distance to the nearest house: 10 m. Direction of departure: unknown.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

Sighted in the river channel, body length approximately 0.8 m, direction when leaving unknown, approximately 200 m from a residence

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kumoshikari, Akita

One approximately 1-meter-tall bear was sighted. It ran east and entered the brush. Distance to the nearest residence: 100 meters.

Daisen Toyokawa, Akita