Saves as a new trip plan. The original stays as-is.
This 498 km route runs from Nishi Ward, Nagoya to Odawara, passing through Aichi, Gifu, Nagano, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, and Kanagawa. In the past 30 days, 149 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 36 of them. The latest sighting was reported 22 hours ago near Kiso, Nagano.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
21 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Aichi, Gifu, Nagano, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Kanagawa.
A bear was sighted in Hachimancho Hoso, Gujo City, around 16:00 on 2026-06-17.
Gujo 八幡町初納, Gifu
Nakatsugawa 福岡, Gifu
Nakatsugawa 上野, Gifu
Nakatsugawa 上野, Gifu
Gero Hebinoo, Gifu
Gero Kanayamacho-Oppara, Gifu
Higashishirakawa Oppara, Gifu
Gero Miyaji, Gifu
Gero Ogawa, Gifu
Nakatsugawa, Gifu
Nakatsugawa 付知町, Gifu
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
At around 10:17 on June 15, a bear was sighted in Yokokawa, Tatsuno Town.
Tatsuno 大字横川, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Ookuwa, Nagano
Size: cub (juvenile)
Nagiso NAINO, Nagano
Size: Adult
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
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
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
Nakatsugawa 坂下, Gifu
Nakatsugawa 坂下, Gifu
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
Shiojiri Niekawa, 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
Size: Unknown
Agematsu 旭町, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Shiojiri Soga, Nagano
At around 10:17 on June 15, a bear was sighted in Yokokawa, Tatsuno Town.
Tatsuno 大字横川, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Kamishima, Tatsuno Town, Nagano, around 18:00 on 2026-06-15.
Tatsuno 大字上島, Nagano
Size: adult
Tatsuno 大字上島, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Tatsuno, Nagano
Size: adult
Tatsuno 大字上島, Nagano
One bear was found trapped in a snare along a forest road in Kawagishi, Okaya City, and was culled.
Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano
Size: Adult
Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano
Around 17:10 on June 11, a bear was sighted in Kami-shima, Tatsuno Town.
Tatsuno 大字上島, Nagano
Size: young cub
Tatsuno 大字上島, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Kanai, Shiojiri City on 2026-06-11.
Shiojiri Kanai, Nagano
Size: Juvenile
Shiojiri Midoriko, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Shiojiri Kaminishijo, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Shiojiri, Nagano
Size: Adult
Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano
Size: Adult
Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano
Size: Adult
Okaya, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Shiojiri Niekawa, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Tatsuno 大字小野, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Tatsuno 大字小野, Nagano
Two Cubs/young bears spotted running across hikers path
Shiojiri Narai, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Tatsuno 大字小野, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Shiojiri Soga, Nagano
Size: Adult
Okaya, Nagano
Around the area heading from the Midori-ike trailhead toward Inagoyu, I repeatedly heard a sound coming from the forest on the right that I’d never heard before. When I got home and searched YouTube for bear sounds, I found the same sound posted there, so it was probably a bear’s call. Because it was frightening, I didn’t walk through the part of the forest with the eerie noise between Midori-ike and Inagoyu and descended by walking along the road.
Koumi, Nagano
Kōfu Kakehashimachi, Yamanashi
Found droppings of a large mammal.
Kōfu Furusekimachi, Yamanashi
Nirasaki Okusamachiwakao, Yamanashi
Ichikawamisato Shimoashigawa, Yamanashi
There was bear scat.
Narusawa, Yamanashi
Narusawa, Yamanashi
Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi
Fujikawaguchiko Funatsu, Yamanashi
Hokuto Takanecho-Nagasawa, Yamanashi
Kōfu Atagomachi, Yamanashi
Kōfu Ubaguchicho, Yamanashi
Sighted on a forest slope and ran off into the woods.
Kōfu Furusekimachi, Yamanashi
Discovered footprints in the field that appear to be from a bear-like animal.
Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko, Yamanashi
Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko, Yamanashi
Bear-like animal tracks were found in Sutama-cho Wakagami, Hokuto City.
Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko, Yamanashi
Fujikawaguchiko Kodachi, Yamanashi
Kōfu Shingyojicho, Yamanashi
Ichikawamisato Nuta, Yamanashi
Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko-shinmachi, Yamanashi
Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko-shinmachi, Yamanashi
Around the area heading from the Midori-ike trailhead toward Inagoyu, I repeatedly heard a sound coming from the forest on the right that I’d never heard before. When I got home and searched YouTube for bear sounds, I found the same sound posted there, so it was probably a bear’s call. Because it was frightening, I didn’t walk through the part of the forest with the eerie noise between Midori-ike and Inagoyu and descended by walking along the road.
Koumi, Nagano
Fujiyoshida Araya, Yamanashi
Kōfu Yamamiyacho, Yamanashi
Fujiyoshida Kamiyoshida, Yamanashi
Around 18:25 on 2026-05-30, a bear was sighted in Hirasemachi, Kofu City.
Kōfu Hirasemachi, Yamanashi
Kōfu Tokojimachi, Yamanashi
I saw a bear coming down the Yoshidaguchi promenade from the mountain side and crossing the road. While driving on Fujizakura Street (?), I noticed a dark shape crossing the road; when I looked toward where it went, an adult-sized bear was standing there. I couldn’t take a photo, but I clearly confirmed it.
Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi
Fujikawaguchiko Saikonishi, Yamanashi
Kōfu Tokojimachi, Yamanashi
Oyama 湯船, Shizuoka
Yamakita, Kanagawa
died in an accident on the road
Oyama 小山, Shizuoka
Oyama 中島, Shizuoka
Peak activity at 18:00 with 6 incidents
Ursus thibetanus japonicus
Safety picks and trail essentials, top-rated on Amazon and Rakuten.
For mountain rescue, call 110 (police). They will coordinate with local rescue teams.
Draw any route in Japan and get the same bear-safety report, built around the trip you're actually taking.
No comments yet.
In the past 30 days, 149 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 36 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 22 hours ago near Kiso, Nagano.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 18:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 498 km route runs from Nishi Ward, Nagoya to Odawara, passing through Aichi, Gifu, Nagano, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, and Kanagawa. In the past 30 days, 149 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 36 of them. The latest sighting was reported 22 hours ago near Kiso, Nagano. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
