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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, 93 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 12 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Tsuru Ohata, Yamanashi.
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.
Tsuru Ohata, Yamanashi
Size: adult (fully grown)
Matsumoto, Nagano
A bear entered the kitchen of a house in Azumi, Matsumoto City, damaging the back door and ransacking food baskets and trash bags.
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto, Nagano
One bear-like animal was sighted in Mitoida, Imizu City, around 3:50 PM on August 4.
Imizu, Toyama
Witnessed a 1 m-long bear.
Imizu, Toyama
was walking
Matsumoto, Nagano
was walking
Matsumoto, Nagano
was walking
Matsumoto, Nagano
In Seba, Shiojiri, Nagano, one female Asian black bear caught in a box trap was culled by a hunters' association.
Shiojiri, Nagano
At around 2:50 a.m. on 2026-08-03, one bear-like animal was sighted in Nōde, Imizu City, Toyama Prefecture.
Imizu, Toyama
was walking
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Matsumoto, Nagano
One bear was found inside a capture cage installed in Soga, Shiojiri City, and was culled by a local hunting association member.
Shiojiri Daimon, Nagano
Was eating something
Matsumoto, Nagano
Hokuto Mukawacho-Yanagisawa, Yamanashi
A resident living in the Kurosawa area of Takekawa Town reported that they appear in security camera footage. The person entered the yard from the Takekawayamataka Line 35 city road on the south side of their house and walked north through the yard.
Hokuto Mukawacho-Kurosawa, Yamanashi
(It) was eating something.
Matsumoto, Nagano
was walking
Matsumoto, Nagano
Sightings of a bear cub
Toyama, Toyama
One cub was sighted in Igaya, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Tsuru Asahisoshi, Yamanashi
Hokuto Mukawacho-Yanagisawa, Yamanashi
Hokuto Mukawacho-Yamataka, Yamanashi
stayed still
Matsumoto, Nagano
was swimming
Matsumoto, Nagano
Uenohara Akiyama, Yamanashi
Around 23:25 on 2026-07-27, a bear was sighted in Fuchu-machi Senri, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
In Hirota, Fuchu-machi, Toyama City, a resident saw an adult bear.
Toyama, Toyama
Otsuki Hatsukarimachi-Shimohatsukari, Yamanashi
Bear droppings were found in Yatsuo-machi Suwacho, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Discovered what appears to be bear feces
Toyama, Toyama
In Hirota, Fuchu-machi, Toyama City, a resident found bear footprints and traces of a watermelon being eaten.
Toyama, Toyama
Checked for bear tracks and signs of watermelon having been eaten.
Toyama, Toyama
In Suwamachi, Yatsuo-machi, Toyama City, bear droppings were found.
Toyama, Toyama
Size: juvenile
Asahi 大字小野沢, Nagano
In Hirota, Fuchu-machi, Toyama City, three watermelons in a home garden were eaten by a bear and ruined.
Toyama, Toyama
An adult bear was sighted in Fuchu-machi Kamikuwata, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
one adult bear
Toyama, Toyama
Observed one adult bear
Toyama, Toyama
An adult bear was sighted in Fuchu-machi Araya, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Bear sighted
Toyama, Toyama
Bear footprints and droppings were found in Fuchu-machi Takahiduke, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
was walking
Matsumoto, Nagano
A resident spotted a bear in Hirota, Futakuchi-cho, Toyama City, and bear tracks were later confirmed.
Toyama, Toyama
Confirmed bear tracks
Toyama, Toyama
Bear tracks confirmed
Toyama, Toyama
A bear was captured on the security camera.
Toyama, Toyama
An adult bear was captured on camera in Fuchu-machi Tomikawa, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Bear tracks were found at Hane Peaceful Park in Hane, Fuchu-machi, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
A bear was sighted in Hane, Fuchu-machi, Toyama City, around 5:00 AM on 2026-07-26.
Toyama, Toyama
was walking
Matsumoto, Nagano
was walking
Matsumoto, Nagano
was walking
Matsumoto, Nagano
was walking
Matsumoto, Nagano
Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Iwadono, Yamanashi
Bear itself confirmed from photo provided by the discoverer
Toyama, Toyama
On 2026-07-23 around 10:45, a resident saw one bear in Fuchu-machi Konagasawa, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Crossed by swimming across the river
Matsumoto, Nagano
was walking
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: adult
Matsumoto, Nagano
Climbed a tree
Matsumoto, Nagano
was walking
Matsumoto, Nagano
was walking
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Matsumoto, Nagano
A mother bear and two cubs were sighted near a community center in Asari, Nigoka-cho, Otsuki City.
Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Asari, Yamanashi
Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Asari, Yamanashi
I was walking from Iwadono Mountain toward Chigo-Otoshi. Just as I was about to reach Chigo-Otoshi, I encountered a bear cub.
Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Yurigaoka, Yamanashi
was running
Matsumoto, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Shigenokamachi Kozuse, Otsuki City.
Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Yurigaoka, Yamanashi
A bear was sighted in Kamitakara-cho Kuzuyama, Takayama City, around 3:50 PM.
Takayama 上宝町葛山, Gifu
A bear-like animal was sighted in Kurokawa, Imizu City, around 7:15 p.m. on July 17.
Imizu, Toyama
In Hirano, Imizu City, a woman driving a car saw an animal resembling a bear running on the road; it was considered a cub and disappeared toward Taikoyama Park Cemetery.
Imizu, Toyama
was walking
Matsumoto, Nagano
An animal believed to be a bear crossed the road and headed south.
Imizu, Toyama
A bear-like animal was sighted in Aoidani, Imizu City, around 2:20 p.m. on July 17.
Imizu, Toyama
An adult bear was sighted in Shogendera, Imizu City, around 5:25 a.m. on July 17.
Imizu, Toyama
Sighted an adult bear during patrol
Imizu, Toyama
One bear was sighted on a road in Shogenzi, Imizu City, and quickly returned to the bushes.
Imizu, Toyama
Sighted an animal believed to be a bear
Imizu, Toyama
Details unknown
Matsumoto, Nagano
Was eating something
Matsumoto, Nagano
was walking
Matsumoto, Nagano
was walking
Matsumoto, Nagano
Koshu Katsunumacho-Kamiiwasaki, Yamanashi
Around 6:10 on July 12, a bear-like animal was seen in Tanazawa, Atsugi City.
Atsugi Tanazawa, Kanagawa
was walking
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Adult
Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano
Tsuru Shimoya, Yamanashi
was stripping the bark from a fallen tree
Matsumoto, Nagano
A vehicle operator passing over Shinbo Bridge spotted an animal resembling a bear on the Jintsu River floodplain.
Toyama, Toyama
was walking
Matsumoto, Nagano
Parent-and-offspring bears / Walking
Matsumoto, Nagano
Peak activity at 5:00 with 10 incidents
Ursus thibetanus japonicus
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In the past 30 days, 93 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 12 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Tsuru Ohata, Yamanashi.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 5:00. 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, 93 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 12 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Tsuru Ohata, Yamanashi. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
