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A bear was sighted in Hanawaanna, Kazuno City.

Kazuno, Akita

While driving from the west to the east, I witnessed one bear about 50 centimeters long walking into the brush on the north side.

Kazuno, Akita

A bear about 1 meter long was at the roadside and crossed the road from north to south.

Aomori Takada, Aomori

[Report] A single bear about 1.2 meters long was at the roadside of the town road on the west side of the rice fields and entered the forest west of the town road. In this area, encounters and sightings have been occurring in succession: an encounter in a paddy field on May 24, a sighting of one bear on May 31, a sighting of one bear on June 30, and a sighting of two bears—believed to be a parent and offspring—on July 1. It appears to use routes that include the south side of the Sunagosawa settlement and crossing the Sunagosawa River.

Kosaka, Akita

Municipal road / body length 1 m / 600 m from a house / 20 m from the witness While traveling on the municipal road by vehicle, a bear emerged from a rice field, crossed the municipal road from east to west, and left toward the forested area. A search by car was conducted but the bear was not found.

Kazuno, Akita

A bear was sighted in Morigo Uchino-me Kita, Rifu Town.

Rifu Morigo, Miyagi

Around 11:10 on July 25, a bear was sighted in Kami-Kanari 23-ku, Kitakami City, Iwate.

Kitakami Kamioniyanagi, Iwate

In a household property field / body length 1 m / 20 m from the house / 20 m distance from the witness While in the field, I saw a bear pass through the field heading east.

Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita

One bear was captured in Haramachi, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi

Around 6:20 AM on July 25, a bear was seen moving in Towada-Oyu Sekigami, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture.

Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita

A bear was sighted around 19:00 on July 25 at Kawanai Nakazubayama in Daigo Town, Miyagi Prefecture.

Osato Kawauchi, Miyagi

Around 4:10 PM on July 25, a bear was seen moving in Kosaka Sanezawa, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka, Akita

Municipal road / body length 1 m / 20 m from residence / 20 m from witness While riding a motorcycle on the municipal road, I observed a bear crossing the road from east to west and entering the grass.

Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita

Rice field / body length 70 cm / 30 m from houses, etc. / 1 m from witness While driving a vehicle on a municipal road and preparing to turn at an intersection, the witness saw a bear poke its head out of the grass and then return into the grass.

Kazuno, Akita

A bear was seen moving in Hanawa Furudate, Kazuno City.

Kazuno, Akita

A passerby sighted one adult bear in Iiide 18-chome, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Iitoyo, Iwate

A bear was sighted moving in Iitoyo 17-jiri, Kitakami City, around 07:43.

Kitakami Iitoyo, Iwate

Around 00:40 on 2026-07-24, a driver saw one bear, about 1 meter long, on a city road in Komatsushima Shिंtei, Aoba Ward, Sendai. The bear crossed the road heading north and left the area.

Sendai Komatsu-Shintsutsumi, Miyagi

A cub was sighted on the road near the parking lot of Oirino Wetland Botanical Garden in Goshoko Wide-Area Park.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Haramachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai, and captured on a camera installed on the riverbank.

Sendai Okaji, Miyagi

[Report] On the town road there was one young bear about 40 centimeters in body length. When it noticed the car, it looked at us once, then changed direction and went into the bushes of Yunotani-chi toward the Sunagosawa River, where it appears to have come from. No adult bear was seen. The cub was about the size expected for one born this year and jet black and clean, looking almost like a stuffed animal. The thought that the mother might be nearby was frightening.

Kosaka, Akita

On private residential property / body length 1 m / distance to witness 2 m / 2 m from the house. While watching TV inside the residence, the witness heard a rustling sound and a bear emerged from the brush. The bear rambled across the property from east to west, passing very close to the house as it moved, and then entered the forest.

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

While passing by, I witnessed a bear about 1.2 m in body length cross the municipal road from east to west approximately 100 m ahead, then move into the riverbank area.

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

One bear (size unknown) was observed moving into the northern woodland.

Morioka, Iwate

Municipal road / body length 80 cm / 200 m from a residence / 10 m from the witness While driving a vehicle on the municipal road, the witness saw a bear crossing the road from south to north and entering the forest.

Kazuno, Akita

A driver saw what appeared to be a bear about 1 meter long crossing a city road in Haramachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Okaji, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Maesawa Ryoutesawa, Oshu City, and was seen moving.

Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Esashi Iwayado Tateshita, Oshu City.

Ōshū 江刺岩谷堂, Iwate

At around 8:30 AM on July 23, a bear was seen moving in Hanawa Sekinegawara, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture.

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Kami-Konyari 13-chome, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Kamioniyanagi, Iwate

While driving, a single bear approximately 1 m in length was observed on a city road. Subsequent direction of movement and other details are unknown.

Kazuno Hanawa, Akita

A bear is climbing up and down a chestnut tree.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Kitayokuchi 2-chiwari, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Kitayuguchi, Iwate

Witnessed one bear approximately 1 m in body length crossing the municipal road heading north and moving down to the riverbed. Its subsequent direction of movement is unknown.

Kazuno, Akita

A bear was sighted in Hanawa Shibanai Otagaya, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, around 13:35 on July 22.

Kazuno Hanawa, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Hanawa Takichimukai, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, around 07:20 on 2026-07-22.

Kazuno, Akita

July 21

Shiroishi 福岡長袋, Miyagi

Was crossing the road.

Aomori, Aomori

Residents reported sightings; due to bear appearances, the Shiwa Town Office’s public announcement vehicle issued a warning.

Shiwa 日詰, Iwate

Crossed from the southbound lanes of the Tohoku Expressway to the northbound lanes.

Kosaka, Akita

One bear was sighted inside a residential property in Hatayabaragasawa, Matsushima Town, Miyagi.

Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi

One bear was sighted in the yard of a house in Hataya, Matsushima Town.

Matsushima Hataya, Miyagi

On 2026-07-21 around 16:45, a bear was sighted moving in Kosaka Kogyo, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka, Akita

One bear was sighted in Kohbata, Aomori City, around 7:10 PM.

Aomori Kobata, Aomori

A bear was sighted moving in Ueno, Futagocho, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Futagocho, Iwate

[Post] I was standing on the left bank setting a hook to start fishing for sweetfish when a friend downstream shouted something. Looking around, I saw a bear cub about 10 meters upstream swimming from the left bank to the right bank. I was on alert, thinking the mother might be nearby, but it was the only one.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on a residential property but left for the forest.

Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima

On the morning of 2026-07-20, a bear was seen moving in Arai Hayama, Motomiya City, Fukushima.

Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima

A bear was sighted moving in Towada Suehiro Kamiyabu, Kazuno City.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

Multiple bear sighting reports were received in a residential area of Murazaki-no, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Murasakino, Iwate

While driving, I saw it in my rearview mirror as I passed by. It crossed the road heading south.

Aomori Kobata, Aomori

Observed one animal believed to be an adult bear.

Morioka, Iwate

I found large bear footprints.

Morioka, Iwate

Two bears sighted on the left side of the road from Iwakiyama Observation Deck to Goshizawa Memorial Park.

Aomori, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Yazawa 4-chome, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Tachikara, Iwate

Observed while driving. It was walking along the road, but when the car approached it slowly moved into the roadside brush.

Kuroishi, Aomori

Witnessed from a car while driving. A bear was walking along the roadside but slowly entered the brush at the side.

Kuroishi, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Nekori Maesawa, Matsushima Town.

Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi

Spotted one bear about 1 m in body length in front of an agricultural greenhouse. The bear then crossed the road to the west and was observed moving north.

Kazuno, Akita

A bear was sighted in Ishidoriya-cho Ezo 9th district, Hanamaki City, around 07:30.

Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Eso, Iwate

Empty honey boxes and the place where brood frames were stored were disturbed.

Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate

One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the roadway.

Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Arai Hayama, Motomiya City, Fukushima, around 4:30 PM on July 17, 2026.

Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima

Crossed National Route 341 from the east side to the west side, ran through the rice field, and disappeared into the bushes.

Kazuno Hachimantai, Akita

A bear was sighted at Fukuoka Kuramoto Chazono in Shiroishi City.

Shiroishi 福岡長袋, Miyagi

July 17

Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi

One bear was seen moving in Kamito-gawa, Kuroishi City.

Kuroishi, Aomori

[Aomori City report] Found footprints in a field that appear to be from a bear.

Aomori Toyama, Aomori

[Aomori City report] Tracks believed to be from a bear were found in a field.

Aomori Toyama, Aomori

It poked its head out of the bushes on the left side facing the Kosaka direction, but it immediately withdrew when startled by the car.

Odate, Akita

Around 13:40 on 2026-07-16, a bear was sighted in Yazawa 1-chiwari, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Kaminitanai, Iwate

Observed one bear crossing the road.

Morioka Shimoota-Shimokawara, Iwate

Sighted a cub on the road

Hirakawa, Aomori

Footprints believed to be from a bear were found on residential property. No similar tracks were observed on nearby roads or elsewhere in the vicinity.

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

Around 09:25 on 2026-07-15, a bear was sighted in Ato, Takizawa City, Iwate Prefecture.

Takizawa 後, Iwate

Spotted an adult bear in the woods across from the house. It ran off toward the mountain.

Morioka Shimoota-Shimokawara, Iwate

July 15

Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi

[Post] In the rice field

Kazuno, Akita

A bear was sighted in Hanawa-Tsuburone, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

(Posted) Emerged from the shrubs beside the intersection and fled across the rice field heading southwest.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

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Kosaka Araya, Akita

While working in the fields, footprints of a bear were found. The prints appeared to be from a single animal, moving across the field from west to east; midway it turned toward the south and the tracks continued into the brush on the south side.

Kazuno, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Futagocho Minamida, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Futagocho, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Higashi-midorigaoka, Morioka City.

Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Nakanoyachi, Isawa-Koyama, Oshu City, Iwate on 2026-07-14 around 16:10.

Ōshū, Iwate

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

Kitakami Futagocho, Iwate

Numerous bear droppings were found on the premises of a work shed and other areas adjacent to the residence.

Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate

On 2026-07-13 around 17:05, a bear was sighted moving in Ooyayamanouchi, Aomori City.

Aomori, Aomori

Crossing the road toward Aoi Mori Hospital

Aomori, Aomori

July 13

Higashimatsushima Jogetsutsumi, Miyagi

Report: A single bear about 80 centimeters long was in the rice-field ridge at 1 Murashita, Kosaka, Kosaka Town. It was walking westward, eating grass along the ridge and beside irrigation channels, then climbed the west-side slope vegetation, crossed the town road, and entered the western woodland. When it spotted a light truck on the town road, it turned back into the vegetation and crossed the road at a distance to avoid it.

Kosaka, Akita

One bear was sighted moving in Shimonikuriyu 4-chome, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Shimooniyanagi, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Towada-Nishiki Murota, Kazuno City, and was seen moving.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

A single bear about 70 cm in body length was crossing the old national road from south to north.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

Parking lot / body length 70 cm / 10 m from dwellings / 20 m distance from witness A bear appeared on the security camera. The bear moved from east toward the west.

Kazuno, Akita

A bear was sighted on camera in Hachimantai Yuze, Kazuno City.

Kazuno, Akita

A bear was sighted in Maesawa Hinorematsu, Oshu City.

Ōshū, Iwate

Around 8:30 a.m. on July 13, a bear was sighted in Aisukechō, Kitakami City, Iwate, and was seen moving.

Kitakami Aisaricho, Iwate

While driving, I witnessed it crossing the road from the public university gymnasium toward the mountains.

Aomori, Aomori

A bear was sighted moving in Murasaki-no 14-chiwari, Kitakami City, around 09:35.

Kitakami Murasakino, Iwate

A moving bear was sighted in Tachibana 15-chome, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Tachibana, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Yumoto 1-chome, Hanamaki City.

Hanamaki Dai, Iwate

July 12

Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi

A woman walking her dog spotted one bear about 1 meter long at Shiroishi River Kiridoshi Park in Fukukakuramoto Iwanoue, Shiroishi City.

Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi

Around 6:00 a.m. in Nakano-me, Nihonmatsu City, one bear about 1.5 m long was sighted crossing a field.

Nihonmatsu 中ノ目, Fukushima

July 11

Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted along the Umeda River in Haramachi 3-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi

A bear was seen leaving into a forest in Iizakamachi Yuno Matoba, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima

It was crossing the prefectural road from west to east.

Kosaka, Akita

While riding a motorcycle, a cub was walking on the road. It noticed the sound of the bike and went into the bushes.

Aomori, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Kamisou, Kosaka Town, Akita, and was seen moving.

Kosaka, Akita

A bear was sighted in Okamakamori, Takizawa City.

Takizawa 大釜高森, Iwate

On 2026-07-10 in Shimo-Konyu, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture, one bear was seen moving.

Kitakami Shimooniyanagi, Iwate

One bear was sighted in bushes within Takada 12th district, Yahaba Town, Iwate.

Yahaba 大字高田, Iwate

Two bears were sighted in Futabagaoka 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.

Sendai Fujimatsu, Miyagi

July 9

Sendai Fujimatsu, Miyagi

City road / body length 80 cm / 30 m from residences / 50 m distance from witness. From inside a building, the witness saw a small bear poke its head out of shrubs on the north side of the city road, then return back into the north side.

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

The field plastic mulch was torn and there were footprints. The compost was disturbed.

Morioka Tsushida, Iwate

Observed one adult bear and two juvenile bears on the riverbed of the Otobe River.

Morioka Isari-Omichi, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Inosari Tamenogi, Morioka City.

Morioka 猪去田面野木, Iwate

Spotted one young bear near the staff-only parking lot of the Handmade Village.

Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate

While the reporter was working in a rice field, they spotted a medium-sized bear along the base of the mountain behind them. They scared it off with a rocket firework, and it ran back into the mountain.

Morioka Mukainakano, Iwate

Around 1:15 PM on 2026-07-09, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted by a resident in a residential area of Tokiwadai 3-chome, Kitakami, Iwate.

Kitakami Machibun, Iwate

Apples stored in a shed used for farm work and storage had been eaten/raided. There were also numerous droppings that appeared to be from a bear both inside and outside the shed.

Morioka Mukainakano, Iwate

Observed one medium-sized bear in an apple orchard

Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate

The mulch laid out in the field had been torn, and footprints were left behind.

Kuroishi 大字温湯, Aomori

A bear was observed near Route 4 Nakano intersection, moving from the west to the east (toward Nakano Elementary School).

Morioka Haba, Iwate

Observed one adult and two cubs near the apple orchard.

Morioka Isari-Sekiai, Iwate

There are round footprints on the ridge I made. About 15 cm in diameter. Could it be a bear?

Morioka Mukainakano, Iwate

A person walking saw one adult bear on a city road in a residential area of Tokiwa-dai 4-chome, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Machibun, Iwate

A bear entered the Morioka City School Lunch Center in Nakanokita, Morioka, through the front gate and moved around the premises.

Morioka Kawasaki, Iwate

Nasushiobara 塩野崎, Tochigi

July 8

Sendai Okaji, Miyagi

July 8

Sendai Okaji, Miyagi

A woman passing by sighted one bear about 1 meter long walking on the road in Haramachi 3-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.

Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi

Crossing the road toward the airport

Aomori Kodate, Aomori

A mother bear with two cubs ran from the road toward the mountain path/area leading to the waterfall. Nearby there was a dropping that looked like it belonged to a bear.

Kosaka, Akita

Two young bears about 70 centimeters long were in a cleared lot beside a rice field. They were wandering around a cleared area adjacent to a crushed-stone storage site, then went into the woodland to the east. The mother bear was not seen. There are mulberry trees along the mountainside near here, and bears are sighted almost every year.

Kosaka, Akita

July 8

Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi

July 8

Tome 迫町佐沼, Miyagi

Municipal road / body length 1 m / 20 m from a private house / approximately 20 m from the witness. Saw a bear crossing the municipal road and moving north.

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

On private residential property / body length 1 m / 20 m from the house / 20 m from the witness. A bear was in the garden on the property. The bear wandered around while moving from west to east, then headed south.

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

Nasushiobara 春日町, Tochigi

A resident spotted one bear in a residential area of Tokiwadai 2-chome, Kitakami City.

Kitakami Machibun, Iwate

July 7

Tome 迫町北方, Miyagi

While driving on the northbound lanes of the Tohoku Expressway, a witness saw a single bear about 50 centimeters long cross the expressway from east to west and then move into the brush on the west side.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

July 7

Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi

Around noon on July 7, a bear was sighted in Akanumakoshido, Rifu Town, Miyagi Prefecture.

Rifu Akanuma, Miyagi

July 7

Rifu Akanuma, Miyagi

July 6

Tome 迫町佐沼, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Nakadacho Ishimori, Tome City.

Tome 中田町石森, Miyagi

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

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Kanezawa, Fukushima

Observed one adult and one juvenile bear near the irrigation pond.

Ōshū 江刺岩谷堂, Iwate

While driving on the northbound lanes of the Tohoku Expressway near Hanawa Service Area, a vehicle occupant witnessed a bear about 50 centimeters in body length crossing from the northbound side over the center divider into the southbound lanes.

Kazuno, Akita

Municipal road / body length 70 cm / 5 m from a house / 10 m from the observer While driving on a municipal road, a bear emerged from the west side of the road. When the vehicle stopped and the observer watched, the bear returned to the west side.

Kazuno Hanawa, Akita

One bear (about 1 m in body length) was seen running off toward the Yamate area (north).

Kuroishi, Aomori

One bear is captured on a surveillance camera. [From Hirakawa City]

Hirakawa, Aomori

July 5

Taiwa Tsurusu-Ozurusawa, Miyagi

July 5

Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi

July 5

Sendai Minaminometate, Miyagi

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Kosaka, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kosaka-zawa, Kosaka Town.

Kosaka, Akita

A bear cub crossed the road.

Aomori Iwatari, 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

A bear was seen moving in Iwatari, Aomori City.

Aomori Iwatari, Aomori

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

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Kosaka Daichi, Akita

It appeared from the residential side, crossed the road, and headed into the mountains.

Aomori, Aomori

Observed one bear about 1 m in body length running across the road from south to north.

Aomori, Aomori

Yoneshiro River riverbed / body length 1 m / 150 m from a residence / 50 m distance from witness While driving on a municipal road, the witness spotted a bear on the far bank of the river. The bear entered the brush.

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kunikiyakutan, Shibata Town.

Shibara Tsukinoki, Miyagi

One animal believed to be a bear about one size larger than a large dog was observed moving toward the Kitakami River.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

One large animal, believed to be a bear about the size of a large dog, was sighted.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

On highway premises / body length 50 cm / 50 m from houses, 30 m from witness. While walking through the highway management property, the witness discovered a bear on the premises. The bear entered the brush from the property.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

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

Prefectural road / body length 50 cm / 140 m from houses / 20 m from witness While driving on a prefectural road, I noticed a small bear walking along the edge of a field. The bear crossed the prefectural road from west to east and entered the brush on the east side.

Kazuno, Akita

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

Municipal road / body length 70 cm / 5 m from a residence / 15 m distance from the observer While driving a vehicle on a municipal road within the settlement, the observer sighted a bear running west.

Kazuno Towada-Kemanai, Akita

City road / body length 1 m / 5 m from a house / 5 m from the witness. While driving on a city road, the driver saw a bear running west across the road.

Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita

Observed a medium-sized bear crossing from inside a vehicle.

Aomori, Aomori

[Aomori City report] A single bear about 70 cm long was seen crossing the road and heading north.

Aomori, Aomori

[Aomori City report] A single bear approximately 1 m in body length was observed crossing the road and moving north.

Aomori, Aomori

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

Takizawa 巣子, Iwate

Prefectural road / Body length 70 cm / 5 m from a private house / 5 m distance from the witness While driving a vehicle on the prefectural road, a bear ran out in front of the car. When the horn was sounded, the bear went into the brush to the east.

Kazuno, Akita

Field / Body length 70 cm / Distance from witness 30 m / 50 m from residences. While driving on a municipal road, the driver spotted a bear in the field.

Kazuno, Akita

Rice field / body length 1 m / 100 m from residence / 50 m from witness. While driving on the prefectural road in a vehicle, I spotted a bear in a rice field. The bear moved toward the river, so I chased it by vehicle while calling to fishermen to take refuge. After wandering along the river, the bear entered the forested hills to the west. I pursued it up to the edge of the forest.

Kazuno Towada-Kemanai, Akita

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

Report: On the town road west of the rice field at Kosaka 38, Kosaka-machi, a female/male adult bear about 1.2 meters long and one cub about 70 centimeters long were sighted. After that, the adult and cub entered the forested mountain area west of the town road. They are believed to have come up from the field road near Kosaka 38, climbed the roadside embankment below the town road, and emerged onto the town road. Sightings of bears are reported in this area, which is just south of the village cemetery, every year; this is the second sighting already this year. It is thought to be one of the travel routes used when moving between the forest on the east side of the Sunagosawa River and the forest on the west side.

Kosaka, Akita

July 1

Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kosaka Nigawa, Kosaka Town, Akita, around 11:15 on July 1.

Kosaka, Akita

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Kosaka, Akita

At the east base of Akanotsu Bridge, observed one adult entering the woods to the north.

Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate

A bear about 1 m tall was sighted on the road. It then ran off toward the mountains. [Reported by Hirakawa City]

Hirakawa, Aomori

(Reference information) On private residential property / body length 80 cm / distance from witness 30 m / 10 m from house and other buildings. Reported to the city by e-mail. Situation unknown.

Kazuno Hanawa, Akita

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

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Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

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

Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Daikoji, Iwate

An employee operating heavy machinery observed one adult bear.

Ōshū, Iwate

[Report] A single bear about 1 meter long was on the ridge of a rice paddy at 39, Kakege, Kosaka, Kosaka Town. It ran toward the Suna kosawa River on the east side and went into the vegetation on the levee. It likely crossed the town road from the western forest, passed through the brush into the paddy, ran along the ridge, entered the brush on the right-bank levee of the Suna kosawa River, crossed the river, and moved from the eastern rice paddies back into the forest. The area around the sighting is one where bears and wild boars are seen crossing the stream every year, and it is also near the site of an encounter with a bear in May of this year that nearly resulted in personal injury.

Kosaka, Akita

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

Nihonmatsu 上蓬田, Fukushima

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

Morioka, Iwate

Spotted one juvenile bear near the field.

Ōshū, Iwate

[Aomori City report] ・Sighted while passing by in a car. ・Body length approximately 1.4–1.6 m.

Aomori, Aomori

A single bear about 50 centimeters long was observed on the highway embankment from a car traveling on the Tōhoku Expressway. The bear’s subsequent direction of movement is unknown.

Kazuno Hanawa, Akita

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

Ōshū 江刺愛宕, Iwate

June 29, 2026

Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

At a prefectural road intersection, one adult and one cub were sighted.

Ōshū 江刺愛宕, Iwate

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

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

Kitakami Inasecho, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Hanawa Shimota Nyuuu, Kazuno City.

Kazuno, Akita

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

Prefectural road / body length 1 m / 300 m from a private house / approximately 50 m from the observer When driving on the prefectural road, saw a bear sitting on the road

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

An adult bear was sighted near the shed at the residence. (Direction of movement unknown)

Morioka, Iwate

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

Kitakami Kotorizaki, Iwate

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

Morioka, Iwate

Spotted a mother bear and her cubs moving

Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate

[Aomori City report] Witnessed one approximately 1-meter-tall bear crossing the road to the east.

Aomori, Aomori

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

Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate

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

Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate

One adult bear sighted on the grounds of the Iwate Prefectural Museum

Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate