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Aoba Ward, Sendai is still seeing bear activity close to homes and green strips, and the latest hard edge of it came on May 5, 2026 in Nishikigaoka 9-chome, where a black bear about 1 meter long was spotted around 17:30 and then seen again sitting in greenery around 22:30. Just before that, on May 4, 2026 around 20:10, another bear about 1 meter long was reported near Yamatecho by Kitayama Station, rummaging through what looked like a plastic bag on a road.

The pressure points in this ward have been the residential fringe and the pockets of green around Nishikigaoka 9-chome, Yamatecho, Kichodori 2-chome, and Goroku, with recent reports also reaching into nearby parts of Sendai. Activity has been heaviest in October 2025 with 226 incidents and November 2025 with 133, while spring has stayed active with 15 in April 2026 and 15 in March 2026; across this area, the tally has reached 1,100 black bear sightings.