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This 554 km route runs from Kanagawa-juku to Hiraokano Shrine, passing through Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano, Ishikawa, Niigata, Tokyo, and Toyama. In the past 30 days, 122 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 22 of them. The latest sighting was reported 15 hours ago near Toyama, Toyama.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
18 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano, Ishikawa, Niigata, Tokyo, Toyama.
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
A bear was sighted in Shigenokamachi Kozuse, Otsuki City.
Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Yurigaoka, Yamanashi
Koshu Katsunumacho-Kamiiwasaki, Yamanashi
Around 6:10 on July 12, a bear-like animal was seen in Tanazawa, Atsugi City.
Atsugi Tanazawa, Kanagawa
Tsuru Shimoya, Yamanashi
Hachioji, Tokyo
Hachioji, Tokyo
I heard a bear cry.
Aikawa Hanbara, Kanagawa
Chuo Asari, Yamanashi
Details unknown
Chuo Asari, Yamanashi
中央市立豊富小学校：お便り内容 件名：クマの目撃情報 配日：2026年7月21日 -本文- 7月19日午後7時50分頃、浅利 付近でクマの目撃情報がありまし た。夏季休業中ですので、ご家庭 で注意喚起をお願いいたします。 ・外出時は、クマ鈴を持参す る。 ・クマを見かけても、絶対に近 づいたり、刺激したりしない。 ・もし見かけたら、静かにその 場を離れ、近くの大人や警察に知 らせる。 安全確保のため、ご理解とご協 力をお願いいたします。
Chuo Kihara, Yamanashi
Size: juvenile
Matsumoto Arigasaki, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Arigasaki, Matsumoto City.
Matsumoto Arigasaki, Nagano
Size: Adult
Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Kaminishijo, Nagano
Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko-shinmachi, Yamanashi
Two bears believed to be a parent and child were sighted by a driver in Sutama-cho Wakamiko, Hokuto City.
Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko, Yamanashi
Size: adult
Matsumoto Hora, Nagano
Around 7 PM on 2026-06-27, a bear was sighted in Hara, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture.
Matsumoto Hara, Nagano
Size: adult with cub(s)
Nagano Shinonoi-Utabi, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Azumino 明科七貴, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Matsumoto Arigasaki, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Arigasaki, Matsumoto City.
Matsumoto Arigasaki, Nagano
Around 9:30 on July 13, a bear was sighted in Togura, Chikuma City, Nagano, and was captured.
Chikuma Togura, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Azumino, Nagano
Size: Adult
Matsumoto Nanaarashi, Nagano
A sighting report said one bear was in a drainage canal and its face was visible in Amori-Koichi, Nagano City.
Nagano Kawanakajimamachi-Yotsuya, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Azumino 明科光, Nagano
Size: Adult (fully grown)
Nagano Shinonoi-Okada, Nagano
Size: adult
Matsumoto Hora, Nagano
Size: adult
Nagano Shinonoi-Utabi, Nagano
Around 7 PM on 2026-06-27, a bear was sighted in Hara, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture.
Matsumoto Hara, Nagano
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
It ran off toward the mountainside.
Joetsu, Niigata
A bear was sighted in Osuga, Nadachi-ku, Joetsu City, Niigata.
Joetsu, Niigata
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
Witnessed crossing National Route 304 heading south.
Nanto, Toyama
One animal resembling a bear about 100 centimeters long was sighted approximately 200 meters south of the Kamihakoi intersection on National Route 18, in the Teramachi area.
Joetsu, Niigata
While driving on Prefectural Route Suginosawa Futamata Line, I observed one bear crossing the road from west to east near the intersection with the municipal road Ikenotaira Onsen North-South Line.
Myoko, Niigata
While driving on Municipal Road Suginosawa Route 14, witnessed one bear crossing the road from west to east.
Myoko, Niigata
One bear about 100 centimeters long was sighted near National Route 8 in front of the former Daily Yamazaki.
Joetsu, Niigata
One bear was observed moving from near the park toward the river to the west.
Myoko 大字上八幡新田, Niigata
One bear was sighted moving north along the riverbank.
Myoko 大字上八幡新田, Niigata
One bear was sighted in Sunagatani (National Route 304) in Nanto City.
Nanto, Toyama
Around 16:40 on 2026-07-21, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Teramachi, Joetsu City.
Joetsu, Niigata
One bear, about 1 meter long, was sighted in Osakimachi, Myoko City.
Myoko 大字上八幡新田, Niigata
One bear about 100 centimeters long was sighted 100 meters west of Mushou bus stop.
Joetsu, Niigata
One bear about 100 cm in body length was sighted on a side road 100 meters east of the former Daily Yamazaki.
Joetsu, Niigata
Around 19:40 on July 18, a bear-like animal was sighted in Kuramoto-shin, Tateyama Town, Toyama Prefecture.
Tateyama, Toyama
Witnessed while walking.
Tateyama, Toyama
A bear-like animal was sighted in Kurokawa, Imizu City, around 7:15 p.m. on July 17.
Imizu, Toyama
One bear sighted
Itoigawa, Niigata
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
An animal believed to be a bear crossed the road and headed south.
Imizu, Toyama
While doing farm work, I saw one bear come out of the brush into the rice field. It later moved to the mountain on the east side.
Joetsu, Niigata
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
Around 2:40 PM on July 17, a bear was sighted in Nadachi-Omachi, Nadachi Ward, Joetsu City.
Joetsu, Niigata
Around 9:00 on 2026-07-17, a bear was sighted in Kashiwabara, Shinano Town, Nagano Prefecture.
Shinano, Nagano
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
One bear was sighted crossing the road from south to north near the Shin-Akakura-shita bus stop.
Myoko, Niigata
Bear sighting of one bear on a city road in Tagiri, Myoko City.
Myoko, Niigata
A bear AI camera detected one bear.
Tonami, Toyama
Around 17:50 on July 14, a bear was sighted in Kurokawa, Iizuna Town, Nagano Prefecture.
Iizuna Kurokawa, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Iizuna Kurokawa, Nagano
One bear was sighted crossing Suganodaira Bridge within Shimamichi area. It was moving eastward.
Itoigawa, Niigata
While traveling on Prefectural Route 187, sighted one bear entering the brush on the north side.
Myoko, Niigata
One bear about 100 centimeters in body length was sighted approximately 200 meters east of Joetsu Gochi Nursing Home.
Joetsu, Niigata
A nearby resident sighted one bear. It entered the grassy area to the west.
Joetsu, Niigata
One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in a residential lot in Gochi 6-chome, Joetsu City, Niigata, and left heading west.
Joetsu, Niigata
Around 4:30 a.m. on July 11, a bear about 1 meter long was spotted on the premises of a private residence in Gochi 6, Joetsu City.
Joetsu, Niigata
A single cub bear was sighted near Tsutsuishi Station.
Itoigawa, Niigata
A fisherman sighted one bear.
Tonami, Toyama
A vehicle operator passing over Shinbo Bridge spotted an animal resembling a bear on the Jintsu River floodplain.
Toyama, Toyama
While operating the bus eastbound, a single bear was observed darting out from the south.
Myoko, Niigata
An animal resembling a bear was sighted on the Jinzu River riverbank in Fuchu-machi Aoshima, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
A passerby sighted one bear.
Tonami, Toyama
Two bears crossing the road were sighted.
Toyama, Toyama
A passerby spotted one bear, about 1 meter long, on National Route 292 in the Jitto area of Myoko City.
Myoko, Niigata
Near the north side of Miyukibashi (Miyuki Bridge)
Itoigawa, Niigata
One bear approximately 80 centimeters in body length was sighted 200 meters east of the former Marine Fishing Center.
Joetsu, Niigata
A bear about 0.8 meters long was sighted in Mushu Iwato, Joetsu City.
Joetsu, Niigata
A sighting of one adult bear and one cub was reported in Fuchu-machi Nagasawa, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Around 6:30 PM on July 6, a bear was sighted in Kashiwabara, Shinano Town, Nagano Prefecture.
Shinano, Nagano
While traveling on the municipal Shimokura-Takakura road, I sighted one bear on the left bank of the Takakura River. It ran off toward the mountain to the south.
Itoigawa, Niigata
Size: juvenile
Nagano Nakazone, Nagano
While driving on the municipal Kitazawa Road, witnessed one bear crossing the road westward.
Myoko, Niigata
A bear was sighted in Tokumang, Tonami City, around 18:19 on July 4; it was seen on camera.
Tonami, Toyama
The bear AI camera detected one bear.
Tonami, Toyama
A passerby sighted one bear.
Tonami, Toyama
A resident sighted one bear.
Tonami, Toyama
Spotted one bear near a residence. It was moving from beside the Nakago General Gymnasium toward the railway tracks.
Joetsu, Niigata
A bear was sighted in Akakura, Myoko City.
Myoko, Niigata
One bear sighted in front of a residence. Direction of escape unknown.
Itoigawa 中央, Niigata
I couldn't see it clearly, but I also heard sounds of vegetation being broken and what might have been an animal cry. It may not have been a bear, but I'm reporting it just in case.
Kanazawa Kakuma-shinmachi, Ishikawa
Witnessed an animal that looked like a cub crossing the road.
Kamiichi, Toyama
While traveling on Prefectural Route Myoko Kogen Park Line, a single bear was sighted crossing the road from north to south.
Myoko, Niigata
One bear was sighted crossing the municipal Sakaizawa-Omine road from south to north.
Myoko, Niigata
One bear was observed crossing National Route 18 from east to west.
Myoko, Niigata
One bear was sighted heading west.
Itoigawa, Niigata
Found what appear to be bear tracks
Toyama, Toyama
One bear about 100 centimeters in body length was sighted in the home center parking lot in the area of Ooaza Nishitanaka.
Joetsu, Niigata
Bear footprints were found in Ko-nagasawa, Fuchu-machi, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
A bear was sighted in a home center parking lot in Nishitakanaka, Joetsu City.
Joetsu, Niigata
Size: Adult
Shinano Nojiri, Nagano
A bear was seen moving in Oumihokutocho, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture.
Itoigawa, Niigata
Confirmed a bear moving westward
Itoigawa 中央, Niigata
Sighted a young bear (body length unknown). It ran away toward the mountains on the north side of the road.
Oyabe, Toyama
While walking along the municipal road Futamata-Akakura Onsen Line, near the underpass box of the Joshin-etsu Expressway, I witnessed one bear crossing the road from south to north.
Myoko, Niigata
Around 3:00 PM on 2026-06-30, one bear was sighted in Wakatsuki-Nishijo, Nagano City.
Nagano Wakatsuki-Nishijo, Nagano
Size: adult
Nagano Wakatsuki-Nishijo, Nagano
While driving on the municipal road east line of Itoigawa Junior High School, one bear was sighted. It was moving east.
Itoigawa 中央, Niigata
Bear droppings found in the Goshomachi area.
Kanazawa Goshomachi, Ishikawa
One bear was sighted about 100 meters northwest of the campsite in the Oaza Gochi Kokubu area.
Joetsu, Niigata
One cub was sighted
Kurobe 若栗, Toyama
One cub was sighted in Wakaguri, Kurobe City.
Kurobe 若栗, Toyama
One bear was sighted in Gochikokubu, Joetsu City.
Joetsu, Niigata
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In the past 30 days, 122 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 22 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 15 hours ago near Toyama, Toyama.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 19:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 554 km route runs from Kanagawa-juku to Hiraokano Shrine, passing through Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano, Ishikawa, Niigata, Tokyo, and Toyama. In the past 30 days, 122 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 22 of them. The latest sighting was reported 15 hours ago near Toyama, Toyama. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
