เส้นทางขับรถ Fukushima-Sanriku Fukko National Park

July 6

Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Akaiwa Suginosawa, Kesennuma City, Miyagi, around 05:25 on 2026-07-06.

Kesennuma 赤岩杉ノ沢, Miyagi

July 6

Kesennuma 赤岩杉ノ沢, Miyagi

Around 1 p.m. on July 6, a bear was sighted in Akaiwa Makisawa, Kesennuma City.

Kesennuma 赤岩牧沢, Miyagi

July 5

Osato Higashinarita, 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

July 3

Sendai Nihondaira, Miyagi

July 3

Ishinomaki 小船越, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in the premises of a private house in Komonakoshi Sawadayama, Ishinomaki City, as a resident was entering the house.

Ishinomaki 小船越, Miyagi

July 2

Osato Higashinarita, 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

A bear was sighted in Kooshio, Kesennuma City.

Kesennuma 小々汐, Miyagi

July 1

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

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 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

June 30

Minami-Sanriku Tokura, Miyagi

June 29, 2026

Sendai Tsubonuma, 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 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 sighted from inside a house in Sawa-kawa, Mori-cho, Ofunato City.

Ofunato Sakaricho, Iwate

On the night of 2026-06-28, one bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Kamino Kitanashikawara, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City, and left toward the south in the direction of the Nanakita River.

Sendai Gamo, Miyagi

June 27

Sendai Gamo, Miyagi

Around 11:40 on 2026-06-27, one bear was sighted in the yard of a house in Inagawa-cho Hasedo, Ofunato City, Iwate, and was driven away.

Ofunato Akasakicho, Iwate

Around 11:40 on June 27, one adult bear was sighted on the grounds of a house in Inakocho, Ofunato City. A resident saw it, drove it away, and the bear left toward the eastern mountains.

Ofunato Ikawacho, Iwate

June 25

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

June 25, 2026

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

June 24

Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi

June 24

Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

June 24

Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi

June 24, 2026

Murata 大字足立, 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 22

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

June 22

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

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

Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

June 21

Higashimatsushima Jogetsutsumi, Miyagi

Bear sighting around 1:30 PM in Terai, Tome Town, Tome City (the rest of the place name is truncated in the body).

Tome 登米町寺池, Miyagi

June 21

Tome 登米町寺池, Miyagi

June 21

Zao, Miyagi

June 21

Murata 大字薄木, Miyagi

June 20

Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi

June 20

Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi

June 20

Murata 大字村田, Miyagi

A man traveling west on Route 45 sighted one bear in a rice paddy to the south in Kawashita, Higashimatsushima.

Higashimatsushima Kawakudari, Miyagi

June 19

Higashimatsushima Kawakudari, 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

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

Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi

June 19

Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi

June 19, 2026

Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

June 18

Kesennuma 唐桑町港, Miyagi

June 18

Kesennuma 唐桑町港, Miyagi

June 18

Natori Tekurada, Miyagi

June 18, 2026

Kesennuma 唐桑町港, Miyagi

June 18

Kesennuma 唐桑町港, Miyagi

June 17

Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi

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

Sendai Fukumuro, 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

June 16

Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi

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

Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi

June 15

Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

June 15

Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi

June 15

Kawasaki, Miyagi

June 14

Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi

June 14

Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi

June 14

Higashimatsushima Kawakudari, Miyagi

June 14

Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi

June 14

Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi

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

Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi

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

Matsushima Takagi, 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

Tome 迫町森, 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

June 12

Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi

June 12

Kawasaki, Miyagi

Around 12:35 on 2026-06-12, a bear was sighted in Nagasawa, Ofunato-cho, Ofunato City, Iwate.

Ofunato Ofunatocho, 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

June 11

Rifu Sugaya, 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

June 10

Shiroishi 大鷹沢鷹巣, Miyagi

June 10

Kawasaki Hasekura, Miyagi

Around 08:55 on 2026-06-10, one bear was sighted in grassland in Tateshimmacho Kubo, Ofunato City, Iwate, and then went into the western woods. No human or property damage was reported.

Ofunato Takkoncho, Iwate

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 in Sugaya-Kamihinokuchi, Rifu Town, around 4:10 a.m.

Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi

June 10

Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi

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

Fukushima Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima

June 9

Sendai Kawauchi-Oimawashi, Miyagi

June 9

Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi

June 9

Taiwa Tsurusu-Ozurusawa, Miyagi

June 9

Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi