เส้นทางขับรถ Totsuka Ward, Yokohama-Higashine

A resident man saw a bear about 1 meter long on a village road in Tamai, Otama Village.

Otama, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Tamai-Kodakura, Otama Village, around 05:50 on July 23.

Otama Tamanoi, Fukushima

Sano 田之入町, Tochigi

July 21

Shiroishi 福岡長袋, Miyagi

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

Koriyama, Fukushima

Koriyama, Fukushima

Around 18:20 on 2026-07-19, one bear about 1.2 m long was sighted in farmland in Fujicho, Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture.

Sano 富士町, Tochigi

Nasushiobara 上大貫, Tochigi

Sano 富士町, Tochigi

July 18

Kawasaki, Miyagi

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

July 17

Kawasaki Ono, Miyagi

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

Shiroishi 福岡長袋, Miyagi

In Fukuoka Kuramoto, Shiroishi City, an elderly-home employee saw one bear about 1 meter long in a rice paddy.

Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi

July 17

Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Iizaka-machi Yunosakudō, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima

A single bear (about 1.5 meters in body length) was sighted along National Route 399.

Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Tsuchizaka, Yamagata City, around 9:30 AM on July 17.

Yamagata Tsuchizaka, Yamagata

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

Fukushima, Fukushima

Around 6:10 PM on 2026-07-14, a bear was sighted in Nishi-Iwasaki, Nasushiobara City.

Nasushiobara 西岩崎, Tochigi

Around 3 PM on July 14, a bear was sighted in Shakado, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Shakado, Yamagata

Around 6:50 PM on 2026-07-13, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Otawa, Fujioka-machi, Tochigi City.

Tochigi Fujiokamachi Ōdawa, Tochigi

Tochigi Fujiokamachi Ōdawa, Tochigi

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

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

Fukushima Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Shinyu, Yuno, Iizakamachi, Fukushima City around 16:40 on July 11.

Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima

Around 16:20 on 2026-07-10, a bear was sighted in Fukurokumoto Yokomukai, Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture.

Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi

July 10

Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi

July 9

Kawasaki Kawauchi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted moving in Shono Nukubun, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Shono, Fukushima

Nasushiobara 塩野崎, Tochigi

One bear about 1 meter long was seen on a road in Nakazukada, Yamagata City, walking south before entering the woods beside the road.

Yamagata Nakasakurada, Yamagata

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 6

Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi

Moved south / Environment: Near residences / Size: Unknown

Higashine 大字野川, Yamagata

One bear was sighted in Aono, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Aono, Yamagata

One bear was in a forested area in Babadaira, Nihonmatsu City.

Nihonmatsu 馬場平, Fukushima

A bear about 1 meter long was seen in a rice paddy beside a prefectural road in Maekawa, Kawasaki Town, Miyagi, then crossed the road and left toward the mountains.

Kawasaki, Miyagi

One bear was sighted in the same district of Maekawa, Kawasaki Town, Miyagi, around 10:00.

Kawasaki, Miyagi

July 4

Kawasaki Ono, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Shimonoji Tohara, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Shimonodera, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Shimotano, Nasushiobara City, around 8:30 a.m. on July 3.

Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi

Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi

July 2

Kawasaki, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Zaitenbakamatsubara, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima

On Wednesday, July 1 at approximately 4:20 p.m., near the Niwatsuka Ohashi bridge in the Matsubara area of Niwatsuka, Fukushima City, a motorist traveling southbound sighted one bear (about 1 meter in body length) crossing the municipal road on the north side of Niwatsuka Ohashi from west to east.

Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima

July 1

Kawasaki, Miyagi

Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi

Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi

Around 6 PM on 2026-07-01, a bear was sighted in Shimotano, Nasushiobara City, Tochigi Prefecture.

Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi

June 30

Kawasaki Ono, Miyagi

Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile

Higashine 大字泉郷甲, Yamagata

Nasushiobara 下田野, Tochigi

On June 29 at about 6:00 p.m., a report was received that footage from a security camera in the forested area of Utsuyama, Aza Uchisaka, Niteizaka, Fukushima City, showed one bear (body length unknown).

Fukushima Zainiwasaka, 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 Tosaka, Yamagata City, around 08:30 on June 29.

Yamagata Tsuchizaka, Yamagata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult

Higashine 大字野川, Yamagata

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

Nasu, Tochigi

A bear-like animal of unknown body length was sighted near the gazebo on Kumomi Hill. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: Yuso Hill / Size: Unknown

Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata

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

Kanuma 上石川, Tochigi

A bear-like animal was sighted at Yuso-no-oka park in Kamisakurada, Yamagata City.

Yamagata Kamisakurada, Yamagata