도부동물공원~Kotodai Park 사이클링 루트

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

Sendai Kawauchi-Motohasekura, Miyagi

Nasushiobara 春日町, Tochigi

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

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Kanezawa, Fukushima

July 5

Sendai Minaminometate, Miyagi

Around 17:00 on 2026-07-05, a bear was sighted in Heisei 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

A bear about 1.3 meters long was sighted in a residential area of Haramachi 6-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City, and it passed through a house yard and headed north.

Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

July 4

Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kunikiyakutan, Shibata Town.

Shibara Tsukinoki, Miyagi

A person reported seeing one bear enter a company premises in Saiwaicho 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai; police patrolled the area but could not confirm it.

Sendai Ninomori, Miyagi

July 2

Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

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

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

July 2

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

Two bears, described as a parent and cub-like pair, were sighted on a road in Heisei 1-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

July 1

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

A person driving by spotted one bear about 80 cm long in a residential area in Nati-gaoka 1-chome, Natori City, Miyagi. The bear fled into the woods.

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

In Kamiyomita, Nihonmatsu City, one bear was in fields and rice paddies.

Nihonmatsu 上蓬田, Fukushima

On Monday, June 29 at approximately 5:30 a.m., in the forested area of Futaishi Nakayama in Shirakawa City, a man in his 40s driving a vehicle sighted one bear (about 1 meter in length).

Shirakawa 南池下, Fukushima

One bear was seen in a forest area in Futaishi Nakayama, Shirakawa City.

Shirakawa 南池下, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Hiranoboshita, Iizaka-machi, Fukushima City, around 6:30 PM on June 28.

Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima

On Sunday, June 28 at around 6:30 p.m., on the north-side walkway of Iizaka Cemetery in Hirano, Iizaka-machi, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his 40s) spotted three bears approaching from the opposite direction while he was walking west. One bear (A) was about 1 m in body length, and the other two (B and C) were about 50 cm each.

Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima

Around noon on Thursday, June 25, in the Ashiike area of Hiraishi, Fukushima City, on Prefectural Route 148, a witness (male in his 70s) observed one bear (about 50 cm in body length) crossing the road from east to west while driving.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Sekiya, Fukushima

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

Around noon on 2026-06-25, a bear was sighted at Hiraishi Ashiike, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Sekiya, Fukushima

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

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

A bear was sighted in Ōtani-Ushiroba, Ōgawara Town, Miyagi.

Ogawara 字新川前, Miyagi

June 23

Ogawara 字新川前, Miyagi

June 23, 2026

Ogawara 字新川前, Miyagi

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

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 22

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

On Saturday, June 20 at approximately 9:15 a.m., in the forested area of Nishiyama, Omote-go Komatsu, Shirakawa City, a man in his 50s, while driving a vehicle, observed one bear (about 1 m in length) in the forest.

Shirakawa 表郷小松, Fukushima

Around 9:15 on June 20, a bear was sighted in Omotego Komatsunishiyama, Shirakawa City.

Shirakawa 表郷小松, Fukushima

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

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

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

Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

June 19

Natori Takadate-yoshida, 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, 2026

Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

Nasushiobara 前弥六南町, Tochigi

June 18

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

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

Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 18

Natori Tekurada, Miyagi

One bear was sighted walking on a road in Taihira 6-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Umedamachi, 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

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

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 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

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

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

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

Fukushima Oguraji, Fukushima

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

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