Japan's Largest Bear Incident Database

156,251 incidents tracked across Japan

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156,251

Total Incidents

4,924

Last 30 Days

839

Last 7 Days

-30% vs prev week

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#	Prefectures	All-time	30-day	7-day	Trend
1	Akita	24,635	1,251	206	Stable
2	Gifu	16,967	75	1	↓ Declining
3	Niigata	16,575	198	22	↓ Declining
4	Hokkaido	15,951	548	106	Stable
5	Yamagata	9,558	255	32	Stable
6	Toyama	9,539	133	62	↑ Rising
7	Aomori	9,017	257	37	Stable
8	Miyagi	8,926	305	39	Stable
9	Kyoto	7,920	222	38	Stable
10	Fukushima	6,488	134	21	Stable
11	Fukui	5,434	70	13	Stable
12	Nagano	4,887	389	83	Stable
13	Ishikawa	3,576	35	5	Stable
14	Iwate	3,493	282	37	Stable
15	Gunma	1,905	155	23	Stable
16	Yamanashi	1,536	70	14	Stable
17	Yamaguchi	1,315	49	12	Stable
18	Tochigi	1,212	98	32	Stable
19	Tottori	1,034	0	0	Stable
20	Tokyo	1,029	17	1	↓ Declining
21	Shimane	923	96	14	Stable
22	Saitama	839	70	7	↓ Declining
23	Hyogo	773	74	15	Stable
24	Kanagawa	635	14	3	Stable
25	Shizuoka	541	23	4	Stable
26	Nara	378	34	1	↓ Declining
27	Shiga	250	16	3	Stable
28	Mie	228	15	2	Stable
29	Hiroshima	206	8	2	Stable
30	Aichi	160	5	0	↓ Declining
31	Osaka	126	2	0	↓ Declining
32	Okayama	103	12	0	↓ Declining
33	Wakayama	45	11	4	↑ Rising
34	Tokushima	30	1	0	↓ Declining
35	Kochi	9	0	0	Stable
36	Ibaraki	8	0	0	Stable
37	Chiba	0	0	0	Stable
38	Ehime	0	0	0	Stable
39	Fukuoka	0	0	0	Stable
40	Kagawa	0	0	0	Stable
41	Kagoshima	0	0	0	Stable
42	Kumamoto	0	0	0	Stable
43	Miyazaki	0	0	0	Stable
44	Nagasaki	0	0	0	Stable
45	Oita	0	0	0	Stable
46	Okinawa	0	0	0	Stable
47	Saga	0	0	0	Stable

Every City and Town

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Incidents

6,968

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#	Municipality	All-time	30d	7d
1	Akita Akita	6,968	394	82
2	Takayama Gifu	6,565	33	1
3	Toyama Toyama	3,705	68	49
4	Hida Gifu	2,955	5	0
5	Odate Akita	2,427	109	17
6	Minamiuonuma Niigata	2,161	8	0
7	Daisen Akita	2,120	80	11
8	Nagaoka Niigata	1,918	21	3
9	Morioka Iwate	1,810	73	7
10	Kyotango Kyoto	1,808	54	9
11	Mutsu Aomori	1,768	21	6
12	Kazuno Akita	1,676	72	15
13	Kitaakita Akita	1,604	38	6
14	Murakami Niigata	1,599	18	1
15	Yakumo Hokkaido	1,570	20	4
16	Semboku Akita	1,472	45	1
17	Tsuruoka Yamagata	1,430	38	6
18	Nanto Toyama	1,354	18	1
19	Yurihonjo Akita	1,342	107	5
20	Tateyama Toyama	1,327	16	6
21	Kurihara Miyagi	1,299	22	4
22	Aoba Ward, Sendai Miyagi	1,287	45	4
23	Uonuma Niigata	1,243	13	0
24	Yokote Akita	1,238	73	5
25	Maizuru Kyoto	1,230	46	7
26	Fukushima Fukushima	1,205	13	0
27	Minami Ward, Sapporo Hokkaido	1,196	4	2
28	Nakatsugawa Gifu	1,190	14	0
29	Gujo Gifu	1,169	2	0
30	Shibata Niigata	1,132	1	0
31	Yonezawa Yamagata	1,112	57	1
32	Osaki Miyagi	1,054	16	2
33	Aga Niigata	1,028	8	0
34	Sakata Yamagata	991	31	7
35	Miyazu Kyoto	963	30	9
36	Ena Gifu	933	5	0
37	Joetsu Niigata	929	32	6
38	Gero Gifu	921	5	0
39	Katsuyama Fukui	910	2	0
40	Aomori Aomori	906	40	4
41	Kanazawa Ishikawa	875	3	1
42	Aizuwakamatsu Fukushima	866	19	3
43	Fukuchiyama Kyoto	844	22	4
44	Tokamachi Niigata	836	10	2
45	Oshu Iwate	821	36	3
46	Shirakawa Village Gifu	790	3	0
47	Yuzawa Niigata	779	16	0
48	Ayabe Kyoto	755	13	0
49	Fukaura Aomori	738	12	5
50	Hirosaki Aomori	712	30	4
51	Itoigawa Niigata	710	17	5
52	Fukui Fukui	706	8	1
53	Izumi Ward, Sendai Miyagi	704	20	4
54	Yamagata Yamagata	704	23	5
55	Noshiro Akita	693	18	7
56	Toyoka Hyogo	678	47	9
57	Sanjo Niigata	651	10	0
58	Towada Aomori	641	25	1
59	Hachinohe Aomori	637	14	0
60	Ibigawa Gifu	628	3	0
61	Gosen Niigata	616	1	0
62	Kaga Ishikawa	615	1	0
63	Kami Miyagi	605	4	0
64	Kaminokuni Hokkaido	604	5	0
65	Komatsu Ishikawa	603	1	0
66	Yosano Kyoto	567	6	3
67	Mitane Akita	553	52	7
68	Myoko Niigata	550	23	4
69	Yuzawa Akita	538	24	1
70	Hakusan Ishikawa	535	12	2
71	Katagami Akita	530	10	1
72	Esashi Hokkaido	520	22	8
73	Kurobe Toyama	503	1	0
74	Nayoro Hokkaido	500	17	6
75	Omachi Nagano	490	40	8
76	Kitakata Fukushima	488	10	1
77	Taiwa Miyagi	487	28	3
78	Inawashiro Fukushima	486	17	2
79	Nantan Kyoto	479	18	1
80	Oyabe Toyama	466	3	2
81	Takahama Fukui	445	3	0
82	Tomiya Miyagi	441	28	4
83	Matsumae Hokkaido	439	6	2
84	Akkeshi Hokkaido	438	16	2
85	Tainai Niigata	435	1	0
86	Misato Akita	434	5	0
87	Nikko Tochigi	431	35	16
88	Uozu Toyama	430	1	0
89	Takinoe Hokkaido	429	20	0
90	Ono Fukui	429	3	0
91	Ugo Akita	426	40	5
92	Chichibu Saitama	416	44	4
93	Koriyama Fukushima	413	11	2
94	Okutama Tokyo	408	10	0
95	Agano Niigata	407	1	1
96	Hakodate Hokkaido	407	13	2
97	Yuza Yamagata	400	4	0
98	Nikaho Akita	400	38	0
99	Kosaka Akita	389	24	6
100	Himi Toyama	387	4	2

Before You Hike

Bear activity at 500+ trails and peaks

Incidents

1,609

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#	Mountain	Elevation	Total	30d	7d
1	Meshishisan Niigata	1,111m	1,609	11	0
2	Mount Moiwa Hokkaido	531m	1,451	10	5
3	Shin'i take Hokkaido	983m	1,413	10	6
4	Iozen Ishikawa	939m	1,272	9	2
5	Mount Yake Nagano	2,455m	1,259	63	13
6	Kongou Douyama Toyama	1,650m	1,249	7	0
7	Ōeyama (mountain range) Kyoto	832m	1,229	31	8
8	Mount Norikura Gifu	3,026m	1,226	8	1
9	Sarugabanba yama Gifu	1,875m	1,160	3	0
10	Hachi kaizan Niigata	1,778m	1,136	4	0
11	Mount Aoba Fukui	693m	1,071	41	3
12	Kureha yama Toyama	80m	1,042	63	44
13	Mount Osore Aomori	878m	1,026	15	3
14	Mount Makihata Niigata	1,967m	1,005	2	0
15	Ningyousan Gifu	1,726m	1,003	6	0
16	Mount Kurai Gifu	1,529m	1,000	4	0
17	Mount Bandai Fukushima	1,816m	842	20	2
18	Sapporo take Hokkaido	1,293m	836	3	2
19	Mount Mitake Tokyo	0m	833	16	2
20	Mount Odake (Tokyo) Tokyo	1,266m	811	13	0
21	Washi ga take Gifu	1,671m	772	3	0
22	Taihei yama Akita	1,170m	758	20	1
23	Kasumizawa take Nagano	2,646m	746	62	13
24	Takara Tatsuyama Ishikawa	637m	722	7	4
25	Kyougatake Fukui	1,625m	713	4	0
26	Dewa Mountains Akita	0m	691	36	2
27	Mount Dainichi Gifu	1,709m	685	1	0
28	Mikata iwa take Gifu	1,736m	679	2	0
29	Dainichi yama Ishikawa	1,368m	668	2	0
30	Mount Madarao Nagano	1,382m	642	28	7
31	Japanese Alps Gifu	0m	634	3	0
32	Teine yama Hokkaido	1,023m	630	9	5
33	Mount Kamagamine Gifu	0m	624	13	3
34	Oku sangai take Gifu	1,811m	613	7	0
35	Mount Iwaki Aomori	1,625m	607	17	0
36	Mahiru take Akita	1,059m	592	10	2
37	Eboshi take Gifu	1,625m	580	2	0
38	Mount Azuma-kofuji Fukushima	0m	580	13	0
39	Mount Adatara Fukushima	1,728m	561	11	0
40	Soba tsubu yama Saitama	1,473m	539	10	0
41	Mount Nakane Gifu	0m	534	1	0
42	Mount Kasa Gifu	2,897m	529	51	11
43	Issai kyousan Fukushima	1,949m	528	13	0
44	Kawanori yama Tokyo	1,363m	528	7	0
45	Mount Jinba Kanagawa	0m	525	5	1
46	Sen no Kurayama Niigata	2,026m	518	13	0
47	Santou yama Tokyo	1,531m	514	25	1
48	Okutama Mountains Tokyo	0m	514	25	1
49	Takanosu yama Tokyo	1,737m	507	26	0
50	Mount Echigo-Komagatake Niigata	2,003m	485	2	0
51	Zoku ga take Niigata	1,293m	476	2	0
52	Mount Oizuru Ishikawa	1,841m	464	3	1
53	Ozu gongensan Gifu	1,158m	460	3	0
54	Mount Kurohime Nagano	2,053m	458	21	4
55	Harinoki take Toyama	2,821m	455	13	4
56	Ren Kagaku Nagano	2,799m	453	14	5
57	Rainichi take Hyogo	567m	451	29	1
58	Mount Kawakami Gifu	1,625m	445	4	0
59	Chourou ga take Kyoto	917m	444	7	1
60	Mount Sumon Niigata	1,537m	437	1	0
61	Mount Myōkō Niigata	2,454m	436	21	4
62	Mount Haguro Yamagata	0m	429	13	1
63	Mount Bukō Saitama	1,304m	419	14	0
64	Shiroyama Toyama	259m	418	10	2
65	Mount Zaō Yamagata	1,841m	413	20	4
66	Mount Zaō Yamagata	0m	413	20	4
67	Ni ouji take Niigata	1,420m	399	0	0
68	Mount Arashima Fukui	1,523m	395	3	0
69	Nijou yama Toyama	274m	395	10	2
70	Three Mountains of Dewa Yamagata	0m	388	12	1
71	Mount Bonju Aomori	468m	380	18	2
72	Daishi ga take Toyama	254m	373	4	2
73	Mount Tō Kanagawa	1,491m	370	10	2
74	Jiigatake Nagano	2,670m	369	16	6
75	Hachibuse yama Toyama	179m	365	8	2
76	Mount Kumotori Saitama	2,017m	365	51	4
77	Mount Himekami Iwate	1,124m	363	13	0
78	Mount Kirimogamine Saitama	0m	363	46	4
79	Mount Ōyama (Kanagawa) Kanagawa	1,252m	353	10	3
80	Mount Ontake Nagano	3,067m	343	5	0
81	Mount Tanzawa Kanagawa	1,567m	343	11	2
82	Mount Dakenodai Kanagawa	0m	342	9	3
83	Mount Asama Gunma	2,568m	339	36	5
84	Mount Iizuna Nagano	1,917m	338	13	1
85	Mount Tanigawa Gunma	1,977m	338	12	0
86	Nagiso take Nagano	1,679m	335	17	3
87	Gaki take Nagano	2,647m	330	21	6
88	Hokkaido Koma-ga-take Hokkaido	1,131m	327	17	5
89	Mount Atago Kyoto	924m	314	8	3
90	DaiKasayama Ishikawa	1,822m	314	4	0
91	Shubun take Hokkaido	761m	311	14	0
92	Mount Hotakadake Nagano	3,190m	305	60	13
93	Mount Kurama Kyoto	0m	305	5	4
94	Mount Kashimayari Nagano	2,889m	303	16	6
95	Mount Izu Saitama	0m	301	8	0
96	ShouShuuzan Nagano	1,982m	298	8	0
97	Asama insan Gunma	1,757m	292	37	4
98	Mount Akita-Komagatake Akita	1,637m	290	16	0
99	Mount Takao Tokyo	599m	284	1	0
100	Ariake yama Nagano	2,268m	277	28	5

20 Years of Change

How bear incidents evolved since 2006

Year	Incidents	vs Previous Year
2026	21,155	-
2025	57,695	+264%
2024	15,837	-4%
2023	16,525	+120%
2022	7,512	+22%
2021	6,151	-31%
2020	8,923	+50%
2019	5,943	+152%
2018	2,357	-22%
2017	3,008	+113%
2016	1,413	+23%
2015	1,146	-56%
2014	2,588	+306%
2013	638	-21%
2012	811	+65%
2011	491	-70%
2010	1,659	+287%
2009	429	+16%
2008	371	-1%
2007	374	-69%
2006	1,225	-

When Bears Are Most Active

Oct is peak month with 20% of all incidents. Bears enter hyperphagia before hibernation.

Month	Incidents	% of Total
Jan	3,869	3%
Feb	844	1%
Mar	1,322	1%
Apr	5,522	4%
May	15,069	10%
Jun	24,059	16%
Jul	21,667	14%
Aug	12,986	9%
Sep	13,642	9%
Oct	30,501	20%
Nov	19,142	13%
Dec	3,959	3%

The Last 30 Days

Day-by-day incident activity

Two Species, One Map

Brown bears are found only in Hokkaido. Black bears inhabit Honshu and Shikoku.

Black Bear

140,300

89.8% · Honshu, Shikoku

Brown Bear

15,951

10.2% · Hokkaido

Three Sources, One Database

Official reports, news, and community combined

Incidents by source

Official 94.2% News 5.2% Community 0.5%

Official

147,240

Verified reports from prefectural environmental departments. The most authoritative source.

News

8,199

Automated collection from media outlets. Catches incidents not in official channels.

Community

812

Anonymous submissions from residents and visitors. Reviewed before publishing.

Cite This Data

Kumamap "Japan Bear Incident Map" (Accessed 2026-07-30) Source: https://kumamap.com/en

Frequently Asked Questions

Data-driven answers updated twice daily

Which prefecture has the most bear incidents in Japan?

Akita leads with 24,635 recorded incidents out of 156,251 total across Japan.

How many bear incidents are tracked in this database?

156,251 geolocated incidents across 5,047 areas in Japan, updated twice daily at 6 AM and 6 PM JST from official and news sources. Last update: July 30, 2026 at 08:03 PM.

Which hiking trails have the highest bear activity?

The top trails by incident count are Meshishisan, Niigata (1,609); Mount Moiwa, Hokkaido (1,451); Shin'i take, Hokkaido (1,413). Always check current conditions before hiking in bear country.

Where is bear activity currently increasing?

Recent upward trends detected in Toyama; Toyama (Toyama); Nikko (Tochigi), based on 7-day vs 30-day incident rate comparison.

Which region of Japan has the most bear encounters?

Tohoku leads with 62,117 total recorded incidents across its prefectures.

Is bear activity increasing or decreasing this week?

Week-over-week activity is decreasing with a 30% change compared to the previous 7 days.

Which major cities report bear incidents?

Top cities by incident count: Sendai, Miyagi (2,467); Sapporo, Hokkaido (1,801); Kyoto, Kyoto (492). Urban bear encounters are increasing as habitat boundaries shift.

When are bears most active in Japan?

October is the peak month for bear activity, accounting for 20% of all recorded incidents. Activity typically increases from late summer through autumn as bears forage before hibernation.

How does Hokkaido compare for bear incidents?

Hokkaido has 15,951 incidents (10.2% of total). It is home to brown bears, unlike mainland Japan which has black bears.

Which municipalities have the most bear incidents?

Top municipalities: Akita, Akita (6,968); Takayama, Gifu (6,565); Toyama, Toyama (3,705). These areas are typically near mountain-forest boundaries where bears forage.

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