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#	Prefectures	All-time	30-day	7-day	Trend
1	Akita	22,906	1,318	239	Stable
2	Gifu	16,705	165	41	Stable
3	Niigata	16,205	285	74	Stable
4	Hokkaido	15,021	532	112	Stable
5	Toyama	9,317	115	51	↑ Rising
6	Yamagata	9,075	299	63	Stable
7	Aomori	8,538	354	83	Stable
8	Miyagi	8,268	432	88	Stable
9	Kyoto	7,507	287	54	Stable
10	Fukushima	5,882	354	86	Stable
11	Fukui	5,302	145	43	Stable
12	Nagano	4,006	423	111	Stable
13	Ishikawa	3,468	101	25	Stable
14	Iwate	2,936	247	55	Stable
15	Gunma	1,556	123	30	Stable
16	Yamanashi	1,424	68	13	Stable
17	Yamaguchi	1,218	72	8	↓ Declining
18	Tochigi	1,070	139	47	Stable
19	Tottori	1,032	19	0	↓ Declining
20	Tokyo	969	47	3	↓ Declining
21	Saitama	727	60	17	Stable
22	Shimane	707	130	23	Stable
23	Hyogo	640	95	19	Stable
24	Kanagawa	613	9	3	Stable
25	Shizuoka	503	46	3	↓ Declining
26	Nara	316	14	3	Stable
27	Shiga	217	30	6	Stable
28	Mie	201	15	4	Stable
29	Hiroshima	167	30	3	↓ Declining
30	Aichi	145	12	0	↓ Declining
31	Osaka	119	5	3	↑ Rising
32	Okayama	83	11	1	↓ Declining
33	Wakayama	30	11	5	↑ Rising
34	Tokushima	29	2	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

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#	Municipality	All-time	30d	7d
1	Akita Akita	6,467	392	58
2	Takayama Gifu	6,436	33	5
3	Toyama Toyama	3,621	32	8
4	Hida Gifu	2,940	15	1
5	Odate Akita	2,272	98	27
6	Minamiuonuma Niigata	2,140	15	2
7	Daisen Akita	1,987	119	14
8	Nagaoka Niigata	1,874	27	9
9	Mutsu Aomori	1,731	29	14
10	Kyotango Kyoto	1,710	69	11
11	Morioka Iwate	1,610	93	16
12	Murakami Niigata	1,574	26	2
13	Kazuno Akita	1,571	36	13
14	Kitaakita Akita	1,540	42	11
15	Yakumo Hokkaido	1,531	32	6
16	Semboku Akita	1,412	59	10
17	Tsuruoka Yamagata	1,361	49	1
18	Nanto Toyama	1,316	16	11
19	Tateyama Toyama	1,304	15	6
20	Kurihara Miyagi	1,261	43	15
21	Uonuma Niigata	1,227	9	0
22	Yurihonjo Akita	1,215	157	38
23	Aoba Ward, Sendai Miyagi	1,186	62	10
24	Minami Ward, Sapporo Hokkaido	1,177	8	1
25	Gujo Gifu	1,161	6	2
26	Nakatsugawa Gifu	1,161	17	4
27	Maizuru Kyoto	1,146	72	4
28	Shibata Niigata	1,131	7	0
29	Yokote Akita	1,129	89	11
30	Fukushima Fukushima	1,114	72	24
31	Yonezawa Yamagata	1,045	34	11
32	Aga Niigata	1,011	22	4
33	Osaki Miyagi	1,002	53	10
34	Sakata Yamagata	948	18	5
35	Ena Gifu	926	4	0
36	Miyazu Kyoto	913	21	10
37	Gero Gifu	908	7	1
38	Katsuyama Fukui	903	5	3
39	Kanazawa Ishikawa	867	11	3
40	Joetsu Niigata	865	45	4
41	Aomori Aomori	847	51	4
42	Tokamachi Niigata	819	33	4
43	Fukuchiyama Kyoto	800	26	9
44	Aizuwakamatsu Fukushima	791	35	5
45	Shirakawa Village Gifu	770	21	7
46	Yuzawa Niigata	754	5	4
47	Ayabe Kyoto	725	24	7
48	Oshu Iwate	719	18	6
49	Fukaura Aomori	712	9	1
50	Fukui Fukui	691	15	2
51	Itoigawa Niigata	676	24	7
52	Izumi Ward, Sendai Miyagi	670	25	2
53	Noshiro Akita	662	26	6
54	Hirosaki Aomori	658	32	12
55	Yamagata Yamagata	652	43	12
56	Sanjo Niigata	626	9	5
57	Gosen Niigata	615	0	0
58	Ibigawa Gifu	606	22	14
59	Kaminokuni Hokkaido	598	1	0
60	Kaga Ishikawa	597	21	6
61	Towada Aomori	597	35	8
62	Komatsu Ishikawa	595	11	5
63	Toyoka Hyogo	590	63	10
64	Kami Miyagi	589	12	1
65	Hachinohe Aomori	585	51	15
66	Yosano Kyoto	554	11	3
67	Myoko Niigata	515	16	14
68	Katagami Akita	513	19	0
69	Hakusan Ishikawa	503	18	8
70	Kurobe Toyama	498	16	9
71	Esashi Hokkaido	494	6	2
72	Yuzawa Akita	494	46	7
73	Mitane Akita	493	17	1
74	Nayoro Hokkaido	474	15	4
75	Kitakata Fukushima	470	9	2
76	Oyabe Toyama	454	8	4
77	Nantan Kyoto	449	20	2
78	Taiwa Miyagi	435	22	8
79	Takahama Fukui	435	16	2
80	Matsumae Hokkaido	432	3	0
81	Tainai Niigata	432	19	7
82	Inawashiro Fukushima	426	33	9
83	Uozu Toyama	425	3	0
84	Ono Fukui	424	1	1
85	Misato Akita	421	16	2
86	Agano Niigata	404	0	0
87	Akkeshi Hokkaido	401	15	7
88	Takinoe Hokkaido	399	29	4
89	Yuza Yamagata	393	4	4
90	Tomiya Miyagi	389	36	15
91	Hakodate Hokkaido	384	6	0
92	Nikko Tochigi	384	21	8
93	Koriyama Fukushima	380	24	3
94	Omachi Nagano	379	50	26
95	Oguni Yamagata	378	4	0
96	Himi Toyama	369	1	1
97	Okutama Tokyo	368	21	1
98	Ugo Akita	365	16	1
99	Taihaku Ward, Sendai Miyagi	362	22	2
100	Tottori Tottori	360	2	0
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#	Mountain	Elevation	Total	30d	7d
1	Meshishisan Niigata	1,111m	1,587	8	5
2	Mount Moiwa Hokkaido	531m	1,434	25	7
3	Shin'i take Hokkaido	983m	1,387	23	6
4	Iozen Ishikawa	939m	1,247	14	6
5	Kongou Douyama Toyama	1,650m	1,233	14	7
6	Mount Norikura Gifu	3,026m	1,206	3	0
7	Ōeyama (mountain range) Kyoto	832m	1,169	45	13
8	Sarugabanba yama Gifu	1,875m	1,140	20	7
9	Hachi kaizan Niigata	1,778m	1,126	5	1
10	Mount Yake Nagano	2,455m	1,112	2	0
11	Mount Osore Aomori	878m	1,004	7	5
12	Mount Makihata Niigata	1,967m	1,000	3	0
13	Mount Aoba Fukui	693m	995	51	4
14	Ningyousan Gifu	1,726m	986	10	3
15	Mount Kurai Gifu	1,529m	981	3	1
16	Kureha yama Toyama	80m	971	27	13
17	Sapporo take Hokkaido	1,293m	822	7	1
18	Mount Mitake Tokyo	0m	791	33	4
19	Mount Bandai Fukushima	1,816m	773	34	7
20	Mount Odake (Tokyo) Tokyo	1,266m	768	25	3
21	Washi ga take Gifu	1,671m	767	3	2
22	Taihei yama Akita	1,170m	734	26	3
23	Kyougatake Fukui	1,625m	704	1	1
24	Takara Tatsuyama Ishikawa	637m	703	15	4
25	Mount Dainichi Gifu	1,709m	683	1	0
26	Dainichi yama Ishikawa	1,368m	663	5	2
27	Mikata iwa take Gifu	1,736m	663	20	6
28	Dewa Mountains Akita	0m	644	57	7
29	Japanese Alps Gifu	0m	629	0	0
30	Teine yama Hokkaido	1,023m	615	18	6
31	Kasumizawa take Nagano	2,646m	605	1	0
32	Mount Madarao Nagano	1,382m	597	11	2
33	Mount Kamagamine Gifu	0m	594	1	0
34	Oku sangai take Gifu	1,811m	586	10	2
35	Eboshi take Gifu	1,625m	576	3	2
36	Mount Iwaki Aomori	1,625m	571	17	9
37	Mahiru take Akita	1,059m	567	17	2
38	Mount Azuma-kofuji Fukushima	0m	537	15	6
39	Mount Nakane Gifu	0m	530	6	0
40	Mount Adatara Fukushima	1,728m	516	17	6
41	Mount Jinba Kanagawa	0m	509	19	2
42	Soba tsubu yama Saitama	1,473m	508	28	2
43	Kawanori yama Tokyo	1,363m	500	29	2
44	Issai kyousan Fukushima	1,949m	493	11	3
45	Sen no Kurayama Niigata	2,026m	487	4	2
46	Mount Echigo-Komagatake Niigata	2,003m	481	4	1
47	Zoku ga take Niigata	1,293m	465	6	4
48	Santou yama Tokyo	1,531m	456	24	1
49	Okutama Mountains Tokyo	0m	456	24	1
50	Mount Oizuru Ishikawa	1,841m	455	9	3
51	Ozu gongensan Gifu	1,158m	445	2	1
52	Takanosu yama Tokyo	1,737m	444	25	1
53	Mount Kawakami Gifu	1,625m	437	0	0
54	Mount Kasa Gifu	2,897m	434	2	0
55	Mount Sumon Niigata	1,537m	434	5	2
56	Chourou ga take Kyoto	917m	424	19	3
57	Mount Kurohime Nagano	2,053m	422	12	3
58	Mount Haguro Yamagata	0m	412	17	1
59	Harinoki take Toyama	2,821m	411	21	13
60	Mount Myōkō Niigata	2,454m	406	4	2
61	Ren Kagaku Nagano	2,799m	402	23	15
62	Ni ouji take Niigata	1,420m	399	5	0
63	Shiroyama Toyama	259m	397	4	4
64	Rainichi take Hyogo	567m	392	41	7
65	Mount Arashima Fukui	1,523m	390	1	1
66	Mount Bukō Saitama	1,304m	390	21	8
67	Nijou yama Toyama	274m	374	4	4
68	Three Mountains of Dewa Yamagata	0m	372	13	1
69	Daishi ga take Toyama	254m	358	4	4
70	Mount Zaō Yamagata	1,841m	357	21	4
71	Mount Zaō Yamagata	0m	357	21	4
72	Mount Tō Kanagawa	1,491m	356	5	1
73	Mount Bonju Aomori	468m	355	31	1
74	Hachibuse yama Toyama	179m	346	2	2
75	Mount Ōyama (Kanagawa) Kanagawa	1,252m	339	5	1
76	Mount Dakenodai Kanagawa	0m	331	4	1
77	Mount Tanzawa Kanagawa	1,567m	327	5	1
78	Mount Himekami Iwate	1,124m	326	13	6
79	Mount Ontake Nagano	3,067m	319	17	4
80	Jiigatake Nagano	2,670m	312	29	18
81	Mount Iizuna Nagano	1,917m	306	21	2
82	DaiKasayama Ishikawa	1,822m	304	8	2
83	Mount Tanigawa Gunma	1,977m	303	6	1
84	Hokkaido Koma-ga-take Hokkaido	1,131m	299	9	2
85	Mount Atago Kyoto	924m	298	13	1
86	Mount Kurama Kyoto	0m	298	21	1
87	Nagiso take Nagano	1,679m	297	14	2
88	Mount Kirimogamine Saitama	0m	291	17	4
89	Mount Izu Saitama	0m	289	13	3
90	Shubun take Hokkaido	761m	286	16	0
91	ShouShuuzan Nagano	1,982m	282	6	1
92	Mount Kumotori Saitama	2,017m	281	19	2
93	Mount Asama Gunma	2,568m	275	31	4
94	Naka no take Niigata	2,085m	274	3	1
95	Mount Takao Tokyo	599m	273	18	1
96	Mount Akita-Komagatake Akita	1,637m	272	7	2
97	Gaki take Nagano	2,647m	271	32	18
98	Mount Ena Nagano	2,191m	266	5	2
99	Mount Kashimayari Nagano	2,889m	261	22	11
100	Oku Dainichi take Toyama	2,611m	260	5	1
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Two Species, One Map

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

Black Bear

131,898

89.8% · Honshu, Shikoku

Brown Bear

15,021

10.2% · Hokkaido

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