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This 74 km route runs from Magome-juku to Kiso Village, passing through Gifu and Nagano. In the past 30 days, 81 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 28 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Kiso, Nagano.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
Size: Adult
Kiso, Nagano
Size: Juvenile
Ookuwa, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Kiso 大字菅, Nagano
Size: adult
Kiso, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Kiso, Nagano
Size: adult
Kiso, Nagano
Size: adult
Agematsu, Nagano
Size: Juvenile
Kiso, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Agematsu 旭町, Nagano
Size: Adult
Agematsu, Nagano
Size: Adult
Kiso, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Kiso, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Ookuwa, Nagano
Size: adult
Kiso, Nagano
Size: Adult
Agematsu, Nagano
Size: adult
Agematsu, Nagano
Size: Adult
Agematsu, Nagano
Size: cub/juvenile
Ookuwa, Nagano
Size: adult
Nagiso Yomikaki, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Agematsu, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Nagiso, Nagano
Size: cub (juvenile)
Kiso, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Kiso, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Ookuwa, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Kiso, Nagano
Size: Adult
Agematsu 旭町, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Kiso, Nagano
The picture is part of the video I recorded less than five minutes away from the sighting. A medium size (young adult) bear was coming down the hill to the left, about 200 meters up ahead from where I was. It got startled by my presence and ran up the hill. It was on the first part of the nakasendo trail where you enter the woods right after you cross the Yo river (heading to Nojiri from Nagiso) .
Nagiso, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Nagiso NAINO, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Kiso, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Agematsu, Nagano
Size: Adult
Kiso, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Agematsu, Nagano
Size: Adult (fully grown)
Kiso, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Ookuwa, Nagano
Size: cub (juvenile)
Nagiso NAINO, Nagano
Size: Adult
Kiso, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Kiso, Nagano
Size: Juvenile
Agematsu 大字小川, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Kiso, Nagano
Size: Adult
Agematsu, Nagano
Size: Adult
Agematsu 大字小川, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Agematsu 大字小川, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Kiso Fukushima, Nagano
Size: Adult
Nagiso Tadachi, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Nagiso NAINO, Nagano
Size: Adult
Kiso, Nagano
Size: Adult
Kiso, Nagano
Size: adult (full-grown)
Kiso, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Kiso, Nagano
Size: Adult
Agematsu 大字小川, Nagano
Size: adult and cub
Ookuwa, Nagano
Size: adult
Kiso, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Kiso, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Ookuwa, Nagano
Size: Adult
Agematsu, Nagano
At the bend in the mountain trail where vehicles meet head-on
Nakatsugawa, Gifu
Size: Unknown
Agematsu 大字小川, Nagano
Size: Adult
Kiso Fukushima, Nagano
Size: Adult
Agematsu, Nagano
Size: Adult
Kiso Fukushima, Nagano
Size: cub/juvenile
Nagiso Azuma, Nagano
Size: Adult (mature)
Agematsu, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Agematsu 旭町, Nagano
Size: cub/juvenile
Nagiso Azuma, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Agematsu 旭町, Nagano
Size: adult
Kiso 大字菅, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Kiso, Nagano
Size: Adult
Kiso Shinkai, Nagano
Size: Adult
Kiso Shinkai, Nagano
A bear-like animal was sighted in Tokorogi, Nagiso Town, Nagano.
Nagiso NAINO, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Agematsu, Nagano
Size: unknown
Nagiso Tadachi, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Nagiso, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Agematsu, Nagano
Size: Adult
Agematsu, Nagano
Size: cub (young bear)
Agematsu 旭町, Nagano
Size: cub (young animal)
Agematsu 大字小川, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Agematsu 旭町, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Kiso 大字薮原, Nagano
Two Cubs/young bears spotted running across hikers path
Shiojiri Narai, Nagano
Peak activity at 11:00 with 1 incidents
Ursus thibetanus japonicus
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In the past 30 days, 81 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 28 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Kiso, Nagano.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 11:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 74 km route runs from Magome-juku to Kiso Village, passing through Gifu and Nagano. In the past 30 days, 81 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 28 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Kiso, Nagano. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
