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This 205 km route runs from Kyotango to Kita Ward, Okayama, passing through Kyoto, Okayama, and Hyogo. In the past 30 days, 64 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 17 of them. The latest sighting was reported 17 hours ago near Toyooka Sakaemachi, Hyogo.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
4 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Kyoto, Okayama, Hyogo.
Around 6:15 on 2026-06-15, a bear was sighted in Sakae-machi, Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture.
Toyooka Sakaemachi, Hyogo
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Tomoshige, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Sakai, Kyoto
A bear was sighted in Kanzaki, Kumihama-cho, Kyotango City, around 05:30 on 2026-06-14.
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Kanzaki, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Koyama, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Tochidani, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Yuike, Kyoto
Around 7:00 PM on 2026-06-13, a bear was sighted in Kabutoyama, Kumihama-cho, Kyotango City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Koyama, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Shima, Kyoto
No damage
Toyooka Kamiyoshidai, Hyogo
Around 4:10 on 2026-06-11, a bear was sighted in Miyake, Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture.
Toyooka Miyake, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Miyake, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Hidakacho-Kuto, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Yamamoto, Hyogo
No damage reported
Toyooka Shoboji, Hyogo
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Shima, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Yuike, Kyoto
No damage
Toyooka Kehi, Hyogo
Spotted a full-grown bear about 1 meter long on the road leading to the cemetery. When it made eye contact with me, it ran up into the mountains.
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Minatomiya, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho, Kyoto
No damage
Toyooka Shindo, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Emoto, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Kokonokaichi-nakanocho, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Iwai, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Hikino, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Miyake, Hyogo
Kyōtango Kumihamacho, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Seki, Kyoto
A bear was sighted in Minamiyumi, Kumihama-cho, Kyotango City, around 22:10 on June 5.
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Minatomiya, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho, Kyoto
No damage
Toyooka Izushicho-Katama, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Hidakacho-Nasaji, Hyogo
A resident sighted a bear in Misa, Ichikawa Town.
Ichikawa, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Izushicho-Katama, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Kehi, Hyogo
While driving from Kumihama to Toyooka, I spotted three bears playing in a vacant lot on the right side of the road. When I stopped the car to take photos, they fled into the woods at the back, and one cub climbed a tree and hid (?).
Toyooka Mihara, Hyogo
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Kazurano, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho, Kyoto
A bear was sighted in Kunigi, Yoka-cho, Yabu City.
Yabu Yokacho-Kunugi, Hyogo
One bear was sighted in Fukuda, Toyooka City.
Toyooka Fukuda, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Nakakage, Hyogo
Kyōtango Kumihamacho, Kyoto
About 1 m long. It may be the same individual or a different one, as one was also sighted on the opposite bank 3 hours earlier.
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Minatomiya, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Kano, Kyoto
A bear was sighted in Yabu City’s Yoka-cho Kunigi around 12:10 PM on May 28.
Yabu Yokacho-Kunugi, Hyogo
Was sitting along the waterway.
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Omukai, Kyoto
No damage
Toyooka Kehi, Hyogo
A bear was sighted in Oya-cho Miyagaki, Yabu City, Hyogo Prefecture, around 6:20 PM on May 27, 2026.
Yabu Oyacho-Miyagaki, Hyogo
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Sanbu, Kyoto
A bear was sighted in Hachikacho Kuni, Yabu City, Hyogo Prefecture, around 7:40 a.m. on 2026-05-26.
Yabu Yokacho-Kunugi, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Hidakacho-Iwanaka, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Nakanotani, Hyogo
Kyōtango Kumihamacho, Kyoto
A bear was sighted in Minatomiya, Kumihama-cho, Kyotango City.
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Minatomiya, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Omukai, Kyoto
A bear was sighted in Toji, Asago City.
Asago Toji, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Kinosakicho-Uyama, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Hidakacho-Yashiro, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Hidakacho-Ibu, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Kehi, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Nakanogo, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Hidakacho-Ibu, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Shozakai, Hyogo
No damage
Toyooka Kamata, Hyogo
Peak activity at 19:00 with 8 incidents
Ursus thibetanus japonicus
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In the past 30 days, 64 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 17 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 17 hours ago near Toyooka Sakaemachi, Hyogo.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 19:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 205 km route runs from Kyotango to Kita Ward, Okayama, passing through Kyoto, Okayama, and Hyogo. In the past 30 days, 64 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 17 of them. The latest sighting was reported 17 hours ago near Toyooka Sakaemachi, Hyogo. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
