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This 123 km route runs from Matsumoto to Achi within Nagano. In the past 30 days, 56 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 25 of them. The latest sighting was reported 21 hours ago near Kiso, Nagano.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
Size: cub (young bear)
Kiso, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Kiso, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Kiso, Nagano
Size: cub (young animal)
Kiso 大字菅, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Takamori Izuhara, Nagano
Size: Adult
Iida 大休, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Kiso 大字菅, Nagano
Around 6:30 a.m. on June 22, one beekeeping box was found broken in the yard of a private home in Kitakata, Iida City, and the honeybee nest inside was missing. The city believes a bear likely caused the damage.
Iida Kitagata, Nagano
Size: unknown
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Komagane, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Iida, Nagano
Size: Adult
Komagane, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: cub
Komagane, Nagano
Around 8:00 on June 19, two bears were reported sighted on a road in Kamigōkuroda, Iida City.
Iida Kamisatokuroda, Nagano
Size: unknown
Iida 宮ノ上, Nagano
Around 8:00 on 2026-06-19, a bear-like animal was sighted in Miyanoue, Iida City, Nagano Prefecture.
Iida 宮ノ上, Nagano
Size: cub (juvenile)
Kiso, Nagano
Size: Adult
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Kiso, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Kiso, Nagano
Size: Adult
Kiso, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Nakamura, Iida City, Nagano on June 15 around 7:30 PM.
Iida 中村, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto Nagawa, Nagano
Size: cub (young)
Iida, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Kiso, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Kiso, Nagano
Size: Adult
Iida, Nagano
Size: Juvenile
Matsumoto Nagawa, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Iida 大休, Nagano
Size: Adult
Iida, Nagano
Size: adult and cub
Iida, Nagano
Size: adult
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Minowa 大字中箕輪, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto Nagawa, Nagano
Size: adult with cub(s)
Iida, Nagano
Size: adult with cubs
Iida Takinosawa, Nagano
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
Size: Unknown
Iida 宮ノ上, Nagano
Size: adult
Kiso 大字菅, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Kiso, Nagano
Size: adult
Ina Nishimachi, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Ina Nishiminowa, Nagano
Size: adult with cub(s)
Iida 大休, Nagano
Size: adult
Ina Araiuchinokaya, Nagano
One bear was sighted walking through a field in Oizumi Shinden, Nishiminowa, Ina City, Nagano; later hunters and officials also confirmed it and saw it head north.
Ina, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Iida 白山町, Nagano
Size: cub (juvenile)
Takamori Ushimaki, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Toyooka Kumashiro, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Kiso 大字薮原, Nagano
Two Cubs/young bears spotted running across hikers path
Shiojiri Narai, Nagano
Peak activity at 3:00 with 1 incidents
Ursus thibetanus japonicus
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In the past 30 days, 56 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 25 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 21 hours ago near Kiso, Nagano.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 3:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 123 km route runs from Matsumoto to Achi within Nagano. In the past 30 days, 56 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 25 of them. The latest sighting was reported 21 hours ago near Kiso, Nagano. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
