เส้นทางเดินป่า Aomori-Fukushima

While driving, I spotted a bear in a field.

Takko, Aomori

July 5

Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi

[Aomori City submission] Droppings believed to be from a bear

Aomori Yadamae, Aomori

A bear about 60 cm long was crossing the road.

Towada, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Waga-cho Iwasaki 27-chiwari, Kitakami City, around 6:50 a.m. on July 5.

Kitakami Wagacho-Iwasaki, Iwate

At around 06:45 on July 5, one bear was seen moving in Waga-cho Iwasaki 30-chiwari, Kitakami.

Kitakami Wagacho-Iwasaki, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Iito 19-ku, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Iitoyo, Iwate

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

While driving up a hill, I saw a single cub at the edge of the road. When I stopped the car, it went into the bushes.

Towada, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Shimonoji Tohara, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Shimonodera, Fukushima

A bear was sighted around 4 PM in Tsuchikawa 4th district, Iwate Town.

Iwate Tsuchikawa, Iwate

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

Encountered a solitary Asiatic black bear (tsukinowaguma) while cycling. Our eyes met briefly, but the bear ran into the bushes.

Aomori, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Kitamatsuzono 3-chome, Morioka City.

Morioka Ueda, Iwate

In Aigosawa, Aomori City, a driver encountered one bear while driving, and the bear fled into the bushes.

Aomori, Aomori

A cub was sighted walking on the edge of the Tohoku Shinkansen viaduct in Kutsukawa 4-chome, Morioka City.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

Entered the mountain to the north.

Towada Okuse, Aomori

(No information)

Shingo Saigoshi, Aomori

Around 10:10 on 2026-07-02, one bear was sighted in Sugo, Takizawa City, Iwate Prefecture.

Takizawa 巣子, Iwate

A single bear struck the side of a vehicle while it was in motion. The direction in which the bear fled is unknown.

Towada, Aomori

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

One cub was sighted on a city road in Nakano 1-chome, Morioka.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

July 1

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

Observed a bear on the road. The bear ran off to the south.

Shichinohe 道地, Aomori

One bear was seen crossing National Route 45 in Ogimachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Sengoku, Miyagi

July 1

Sendai Fukuzumimachi, Miyagi

One bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Ogimachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Sengoku, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Koma-Kobukuro, Morioka City, around 16:00 on 2026-07-01.

Morioka Koma, Iwate

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

Around 5:30 PM on June 30, a bear was sighted in Kita-terabayashi 2-chome, Ishidoriya-cho, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Daikoji, Iwate

A large tree was knocked down. I think it was a bear.

Morioka, Iwate

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

Ōshū 江刺愛宕, Iwate

June 29, 2026

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

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

Kitakami Inasecho, Iwate

Bear tracks confirmed in the fields around the house

Morioka, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Takamatsu 5-chome district, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Takaki, Iwate

One bear was sighted in Kuroishino 3-chome, Morioka City.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

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

One bear was seen moving in Nikocho Kanisawa, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Kotorizaki, Iwate

While driving from Yakeyama toward the Hakkoda side, an individual believed to be a cub was walking on the road. When the car slowed down, it hid in the grass and watched us, but after a few seconds it disappeared into the woods.

Towada, Aomori

I saw a young bear near a roadside station under construction, not far from Shibutami Nursery School.

Morioka, Iwate

A bear about 60 cm was sighted near Jokoji Temple. It ran off into the mountains.

Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate

Around noon on 2026-06-28, one bear was seen moving in Horyo, Towada City, Aomori Prefecture.

Towada, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Higashi-Anba 3-chome, Morioka City, around 09:05 on June 28.

Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate

Around 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, a witness spotted one bear (body length unknown) on the Arakawa riverside near Hinokura Bridge in the Shono, Kita-Hinokura area of Fukushima City.

Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima

One bear was sighted on the Arakawa riverbank in Shono Hino-kura, Fukushima City, near Hinokura Bridge.

Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima

Around 12:09 on 2026-06-27, one adult bear was seen by a passerby in a residential area of Ueda, Morioka City, Iwate. The bear left to the east, and no damage to people or property was confirmed.

Morioka, Iwate

There was what appeared to be bear droppings on the premises.

Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate

On Thursday, June 25 at approximately 7:20 p.m., in the Arai area, Yokotsuka, Fukushima City, a witness (female, in her 50s) sighted one bear (approximately 50 cm in body length). The bear headed north into the brush and its whereabouts are unknown.

Fukushima Arai, Fukushima

June 25

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

A schoolchild spotted three bears (one adult and two cubs) wandering in Hachimancho, Morioka City.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

A dark mass was seen in the direction of travel, and it was in the grassy area beside the road. When I approached on a motorcycle, it ran into the woods.

Towada, Aomori

A person who witnessed one bear enter the mountain from the road.

Shingo Saigoshi, Aomori

By size they were a parent and child, but the cub was fairly large, so at first glance I thought they were three adult bears. They moved from the western to the eastern side of the woods.

Towada, Aomori

Found one young bear in the field.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

June 25, 2026

Rifu Kamiyasawa, 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

One bear cub moved northward through the parking lot and entered the bushes.

Towada, Aomori

One cub was sighted in a parking lot in Hora, Towada City.

Towada, Aomori

A single Asian black bear (Tsukinowaguma), approximately 1.5 m in body length, was encountered while crossing the road. After facing off in place for about 30 seconds, it left and went into the grass.

Aomori, Aomori

Three bears (one adult, two cubs) observed

Morioka, Iwate

June 24

Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi

[Aomori City report] Information from the police of a human injury incident caused by a bear. Approximately 700 m east of Jigokunuma.

Aomori, Aomori

June 24

Rifu Sawaoto, 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

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

June 24, 2026

Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi

Witnessed one bear running off eastward toward the cemetery at the tea plantation intersection.

Morioka Koma, Iwate

Spotted one young bear near a house.

Morioka, Iwate

June 24, 2026

Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi

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

Ogawara 字新川前, Miyagi

June 23

Ogawara 字新川前, Miyagi

Around 04:15 on 2026-06-23, a bear was sighted in Hasemachi Mori, Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Tome 迫町森, Miyagi

June 23, 2026

Ogawara 字新川前, Miyagi

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

Takizawa 巣子, Iwate

June 22

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

A young bear (cub) jumped out of the bushes, looked at us briefly, and then darted into the bushes on the opposite side.

Shingo, Aomori

June 22

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

Heard a bear making noises around the baseball field.

Morioka Momijigaoka, Iwate

Around 6:20 PM on June 22, a bear was sighted in Kamiyasawa-Kannosawa, Rifu Town.

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

(Aomori City input) When the car horn was sounded, it ran along the road toward the tourist apple orchard. Body length about 60–80 cm.

Aomori Tamogino, Aomori

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

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

June 21

Higashimatsushima Jogetsutsumi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Shimonokawara Shijūda, Morioka City.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

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

While driving on the highway toward the Oirase side, I spotted a bear walking toward the road. It then ran toward us, so I drove straight forward through the area. The bear was in front of the two cars following me, but those two vehicles later avoided the bear and also passed safely. The bear's destination is unknown.

Towada, Aomori

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

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

June 19

Misato 字峯山浦, Miyagi

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

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

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

In Hachimancho, Morioka City, a schoolchild spotted one bear roaming around.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

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

Aomori Toyama, Aomori

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

(No information)

Shingo, Aomori

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

Hanamaki Takaki, Iwate

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

Morioka, Iwate

I saw one cub crossing the road about 300 m before the Y-shaped junction where the road to Tsuta Onsen splits from Route 103 and Prefectural Route 256, heading from Yachi Onsen toward Tsuta Onsen. I nearly collided with it.

Towada, Aomori

While heading from Yachi Onsen toward Tsuta Onsen, I witnessed one young bear crossing the road about 300 meters before the Y-shaped junction where National Route 103 and Prefectural Route 256 split. I nearly collided with it.

Aomori, Aomori

A single cub, about 50 cm long, was sighted on a road in Fukuroku 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Fukumuro, Miyagi

Around 7:50 PM on 2026-06-16, one bear was sighted in Mineyamaura, Misato Town, Miyagi Prefecture.

Misato 字峯山浦, Miyagi

A sighting of one bear crossing a prefectural road and leaving in Sakurawatobe Koshimizu, Matsushima Town.

Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi

June 16

Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi

June 16

Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi

June 16

Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi

June 16

Matsushima Nemawari, 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

A bear was sighted in Hatsuhara-Kurogasawa, Matsushima Town, around 13:30 on June 16.

Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi

While heading from Sukayu toward Towada, about 200 meters past the golf course entrance a bear came out of the grass onto the road. A motorcycle was coming from the Towada side, so the bear immediately went back into the grass. I parked nearby and confirmed the bear through my window.

Towada, Aomori

One bear cub was observed behind the garbage collection area.

Towada, Aomori

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

Kitakami Inasecho, Iwate

Around 05:30 on 2026-06-15, a bear was sighted in Tsuchikawa 4th district, Iwate Town.

Iwate Tsuchikawa, Iwate

I drove past on my way back from the hot springs, but it disappeared into the forest right away.

Shingo Saigoshi, Aomori

On the way back from the hot springs I drove past, but it disappeared into the forest immediately.

Shingo, Aomori

It immediately ran off deeper into the forest.

Towada, Aomori

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

June 14

Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi

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

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

Morioka Haba, Iwate

June 13

Tome 米山町西野, Miyagi

June 13

Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Takagi Baba 2, Matsushima Town, around 17:40 on 2026-06-13.

Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi

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

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

June 13

Tome 米山町西野, Miyagi

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

Fukushima Oguraji, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Ikkatai 7-chiwari, Iwate Town.

Iwate Tsuchikawa, Iwate

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

Fukushima Futagozuka, Fukushima

A light car collided with a bear on an expressway-style road in Nakada-machi Ishimori, Tome City, injuring two occupants.

Tome 中田町石森, Miyagi

June 12

Tome 迫町森, Miyagi

A one-meter bear was sighted in Sato-cho Sanuma, Tome City.

Tome 南方町内ノ目, Miyagi

One bear about 1 m long was sighted walking on the road in Sato Hachiman 1-chome, Tome City, and bear-like droppings were found nearby.

Tome 迫町佐沼, 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

One bear was filmed running beside a rice field in Hokkata, Hasama Town, Tome City, Miyagi.

Tome 迫町北方, Miyagi

Observed one medium-sized bear inside an apple orchard

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

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

Kitakami Kamioniyanagi, Iwate

June 12

Iwanuma Kita-Hase, Miyagi

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

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

June 11

Sendai Matsumori, 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

mother bear

Shingo, Aomori

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

Morioka Nagai, Iwate

June 11

Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long was moving north.

Towada, Aomori

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

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 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

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

crossing National Route 102

Towada, Aomori

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

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

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

Ōshū Mizusawa-Miyashitacho, Iwate

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

Hachimantai 大更, Iwate

[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

A bear was sighted in Sugaya-Kamihinokuchi, Rifu Town, around 4:10 a.m.

Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi

June 10

Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi

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 moving in Komagome Hotaruzawa, Aomori City, around 6:10 AM.

Aomori Toyama, Aomori

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

Hachimantai 田頭, Iwate

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

June 9

Sendai Kawauchi-Oimawashi, Miyagi

Observed one adult bear entering the woods near Shimoodaibukuro Bridge.

Ōshū 衣川古戸, Iwate

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

Witnessed a bear near the Nakano intersection on National Route 4 moving from the west to the east (toward Nakano Elementary School).

Morioka Koma, Iwate

June 9

Taiwa Tsurusu-Ozurusawa, Miyagi

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

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

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 cub was seen crossing the road on Prefectural Route 40 (Aomori-Tashiro-Towada Line) between Kayano Chaya and the Hakkōda Ski Area.

Aomori, Aomori

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