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This 415 km route runs from Futtsu to Takaoka Castle, passing through Chiba, Toyama, Gifu, Kanagawa, Nagano, and Yamanashi. In the past 30 days, 126 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 26 of them. The latest sighting was reported 23 hours ago near Matsumoto, Nagano.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
15 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Chiba, Toyama, Gifu, Kanagawa, Nagano, Yamanashi.
Size: juvenile
Matsumoto, Nagano
Otsuki Otsukimachi-Hanasaki, Yamanashi
A bear was sighted in Soga, Shiojiri City.
Shiojiri Daimon, Nagano
Size: unknown
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto Azusagawa-Ueno, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Adult
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: unknown
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Adult
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Shiojiri, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: adult
Fujimi, Nagano
There was reportedly a bear sighting near Yamakyo Bridge in Azusagawa. (From Matsumoto City official LINE)
Matsumoto, Nagano
Around 4:50 a.m. on June 21, a resident sighted one bear in Hata, Matsumoto City.
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto Azusagawa-Ueno, Nagano
Size: Adult (fully grown)
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto, Nagano
Hokuto Nagasakacho-Hino, Yamanashi
Tsuru Ohata, Yamanashi
Size: juvenile
Fujimi, Nagano
In Soga, Shiojiri City, one adult Asian black bear caught in a trap for deer and other animals was captured and culled because houses were nearby.
Shiojiri Daimon, Nagano
Sightings of what appears to be a cub
Toyama, Toyama
Sightings of bear-like animals crossing the road
Toyama, Toyama
Nirasaki Okusamachiwakao, Yamanashi
Uenohara Ozone, Yamanashi
A bear was sighted in Fujimi, Fujimi Town, Nagano around 6:40 a.m. on June 15.
Fujimi, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: unknown
Fujimi, Nagano
Sighted the bear itself
Toyama, Toyama
One bear was sighted in Nirehara, Toyama City, around 6:30 p.m. on June 14.
Toyama, Toyama
Tsuru Ohata, Yamanashi
Size: unknown
Matsumoto, Nagano
An animal believed to be a bear over 1 meter in size crossed the road.
Imizu, Toyama
A bear-like animal was sighted in Kurokawa, Imizu City.
Imizu, Toyama
One bear was found trapped in a snare along a forest road in Kawagishi, Okaya City, and was culled.
Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: adult with cub(s)
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Asahi 大字小野沢, Nagano
Size: cub
Fujimi, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Kanai, Shiojiri City on 2026-06-11.
Shiojiri Kanai, Nagano
Size: Juvenile
Shiojiri Midoriko, Nagano
An animal believed to be a bear about 50 cm in size crossed the road.
Imizu, Toyama
An animal believed to be a bear was sighted climbing a slope at Taikoyama Land in Imizu City.
Imizu, Toyama
An adult bear about 1 m in size was seen crossing the road.
Toyama, Toyama
Witnessed a bear about 100 cm in size.
Toyama, Toyama
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted at the prefecture-managed Wild Bird Garden in Mikuma, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Size: Adult
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Shiojiri Kaminishijo, Nagano
At Kenmin Park Wild Bird Garden in Toyama City, a nearby resident came face-to-face with an adult bear about 1 meter long.
Toyama, Toyama
A bear-like animal was sighted in Kurokawa, Imizu City.
Imizu, Toyama
Kōfu Atagomachi, Yamanashi
Sagamihara Magino, Kanagawa
Around 1:00 PM on 2026-06-09, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Makino, Midori Ward, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Sagamihara Magino, Kanagawa
Size: Adult
Matsumoto Azusagawa-Yamato, Nagano
Size: Adult
Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano
Size: Adult
Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Wada, Matsumoto City.
Matsumoto Wada, Nagano
Walked from Nagasaka Ushii Pond toward Kitz Nagasaka Factory.
Hokuto Nagasakacho-Nagasakakamijo, Yamanashi
Hokuto Nagasakacho-Nagasakakamijo, Yamanashi
Discovered what appeared to be bear tracks
Toyama, Toyama
Bear tracks were found around 6:00 on June 7 in Kano, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Atsugi Tanazawa, Kanagawa
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto Azusagawa-Yamato, Nagano
Sighted something that appeared to be a bear.
Toyama, Toyama
While driving to Norikura to do some sunrise photography a bear ran across the road in front of me. It was quite foggy but I could clearly recognize it was a bear. It disappeared into the forest between some houses.
Matsumoto 宮ノ原, Nagano
Bear-like traces were found in Hane, Fuchu-machi, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Size: Adult
Matsumoto Azusagawa-Yamato, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto Azusagawa-Yamato, Nagano
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Shimonishijo, Nagano
Around 9:30 on 2026-06-05, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Mikuma, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Around 18:45 on 2026-06-04, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Soga, Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture.
Shiojiri Daimon, Nagano
Discovered footprints in the field that appear to be from a bear-like animal.
Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko, Yamanashi
Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko, Yamanashi
While descending the Inariyama course, I witnessed a black shape moving down the slope ahead. It was some distance away, so I cannot be certain.
Hachioji, Tokyo
A report was made in Seba, Shiojiri City, about an animal resembling a bear.
Shiojiri, Nagano
Bear-like animal tracks were found in Sutama-cho Wakagami, Hokuto City.
Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko, Yamanashi
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Daimon-nibancho, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto Kukohigashi, Nagano
Tsuru Ohata, Yamanashi
Size: Adult
Matsumoto Kukohigashi, Nagano
Otsuki Nanahomachi-Asakawa, Yamanashi
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Hirooka-Harashinden, Nagano
Size: Adult
Okaya, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Shiojiri, Nagano
Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko-shinmachi, Yamanashi
Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko-shinmachi, Yamanashi
Observed for about one second a black, rounded, quadrupedal animal about the size of a medium dog—possibly a bear cub or a wild boar—running roughly 30 meters uphill into the brush. Location: where the Onnazaka and Sawa trails merge on Mt. Takagawayama.
Otsuki Hatsukarimachi-Shimohatsukari, Yamanashi
Around 05:25 on 2026-05-31, a bear was sighted in Hata, Matsumoto City, and later captured.
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Shiojiri, Nagano
Size: Adult
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Shimonishijo, Nagano
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Daimon-hachibancho, Nagano
Kōfu Yamamiyacho, Yamanashi
There was one Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma) on the stairs descending from the rest/interaction area toward the Takao direction. It appeared to be large in size.
Hachioji, Tokyo
While descending the Inariyama course during trail running, I heard a loud rustling as if an animal was pushing through the bushes on my front left. When I looked toward the sound, I saw what appeared to be a black animal—likely a bear—running away quickly within about 50 meters. Although I was wearing sunglasses, it looked about 1–1.5 meters long, so I believe it was a bear. I had been running downhill with bear bells, so I think it noticed human presence and hurriedly fled. I didn’t have time to stop and take a photo, and the location is approximate. I was measuring distance by GPS as I ran, and it was just past 2 km from the summit, but I roughly identified the spot by comparing with someone’s recorded track on YAMAP. There may still be some margin of error. I posted this because there was a sighting reported yesterday at Yakoin.
Hachioji, Tokyo
Aikawa Hanbara, Kanagawa
Otsuki Otsukimachi-Otsuki, Yamanashi
Kōfu Tokojimachi, Yamanashi
Around 12:45 on 2026-05-29, a bear was sighted in Hata, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture.
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Matsumoto, Nagano
Takayama 奥飛騨温泉郷赤桶, Gifu
Hokuto Kobuchisawacho, Yamanashi
From the hiking trail beside the old Koshu-kaido Sasago Tunnel, near Sasago Pass on the trail toward Mt. Sasago Karigaharasuri, I encountered a cub about 50 cm long approximately 50 meters ahead of my position. The cub ran up the slope on the left side of the trail, toward the Enzan side, from Sasago Pass and disappeared. I watched the same spot for about five minutes but did not see any adult bear.
Otsuki, Yamanashi
Around 11:00 on 2026-05-28, a bear was sighted in Sasajima, Okuhida Onsenkyo, Takayama City.
Takayama 奥飛騨温泉郷笹嶋, Gifu
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto, Nagano
A full-grown bear was seen crossing the road.
Toyama, Toyama
A bear-like animal was sighted in Iwaki, Toyama City, around 6:00 AM.
Toyama, Toyama
Size: adult (fully grown)
Fujimi, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Sasagocho Yoshikubo, Otsuki City, around 2:10 PM on May 26.
Otsuki Sasagomachi-Yoshikubo, Yamanashi
Otsuki Sasagomachi-Shirano, Yamanashi
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Daimon-nibancho, Nagano
Size: Adult
Shiojiri, Nagano
One bear was sighted in Oba, Toyama City, along with broken branches on a mulberry tree.
Toyama, Toyama
Witnessed a bear climbing a tree.
Toyama, Toyama
Sighted something that looked like a bear.
Toyama, Toyama
Kōfu Tokojimachi, Yamanashi
Witnessed something like a cub crossing the road.
Toyama, Toyama
One bear was sighted in Fuchu-machi Sotowano, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Size: Adult
Fujimi, Nagano
A bear-like cub was sighted in Fuchu-machi Tomosaka, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Size: Adult
Fujimi, Nagano
Around noon on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Fujimi, Fujimi Town, Nagano Prefecture.
Fujimi, Nagano
Peak activity at 18:00 with 8 incidents
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In the past 30 days, 126 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 26 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 23 hours ago near Matsumoto, Nagano.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 18:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 415 km route runs from Futtsu to Takaoka Castle, passing through Chiba, Toyama, Gifu, Kanagawa, Nagano, and Yamanashi. In the past 30 days, 126 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 26 of them. The latest sighting was reported 23 hours ago near Matsumoto, Nagano. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
