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This 766 km route runs from Sanuki to Hida, passing through Kagawa, Tottori, Hyogo, Fukui, Gifu, Kyoto, Okayama, and Shiga. In the past 30 days, 169 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 18 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Tsuruga Sawa, Fukui.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
21 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Kagawa, Tottori, Hyogo, Fukui, Gifu, Kyoto, Okayama, Shiga.
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Toyooka Mori, Hyogo
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Toyooka Kinosakicho-Momoshima, Hyogo
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Toyooka Kinosakicho-Uyama, Hyogo
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Toyooka Kinosakicho-Uyama, Hyogo
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Toyooka Takenocho-Kojo, Hyogo
Around 3:50 PM on June 24, a bear was sighted in Sakae, Shinonsen Town, Hyogo.
Shin-onsen Sakai, Hyogo
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Toyooka Yamamoto, Hyogo
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Toyooka Fukuda, Hyogo
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Toyooka, Hyogo
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Toyooka Fukuda, Hyogo
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Toyooka Kehi, Hyogo
Around 11 PM on June 21, 2026, a bear was sighted in Tochie, Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture.
Toyooka Tochie, Hyogo
Around 11:00 on 2026-06-19, a bear was sighted in Ose, Misasa Town, Tottori Prefecture.
Misasa Oze, Tottori
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Toyooka Shozakai, Hyogo
Around 2:30 p.m. on 2026-06-18, one Asiatic black bear was seen crossing a prefectural road in Fukube-cho Yuyama, Tottori City.
Tottori Fukubecho-Yuyama, Tottori
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Toyooka Takenocho-Shimozuka, Hyogo
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Toyooka Sakaemachi, Hyogo
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Toyooka Fukuda, Hyogo
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Toyooka Kinosakicho-Uyama, Hyogo
Around 10:30 on 2026-06-13, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Akaishi, Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture.
Toyooka Akaishi, Hyogo
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Toyooka Yamamoto, Hyogo
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Toyooka Shoboji, Hyogo
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Toyooka Kehi, Hyogo
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Toyooka Takenocho-Shimozuka, Hyogo
A bear was sighted in Shitsuka, Takenocho, Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture, around 6:57 a.m. on June 8.
Toyooka Takenocho-Shimozuka, Hyogo
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Toyooka Shindo, Hyogo
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Toyooka Emoto, Hyogo
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Toyooka Iwai, Hyogo
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Toyooka Kinosakicho-Momoshima, Hyogo
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Toyooka Kinosakicho-Uyama, Hyogo
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Toyooka Kinosakicho-Uyama, Hyogo
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Toyooka Kehi, Hyogo
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Toyooka Kinosakicho-Uyama, Hyogo
Around 10:30 on 2026-06-13, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Akaishi, Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture.
Toyooka Akaishi, Hyogo
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Toyooka Kehi, Hyogo
A bear was sighted in Shitsuka, Takenocho, Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture, around 6:57 a.m. on June 8.
Toyooka Takenocho-Shimozuka, Hyogo
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Toyooka Kinosakicho-Momoshima, Hyogo
Miyazu Shingu, Kyoto
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Toyooka Kinosakicho-Uyama, Hyogo
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Toyooka Kinosakicho-Uyama, Hyogo
Kyōtango Omiyacho-Kamitsuneyoshi, Kyoto
Fukuchiyama Oecho-Nika, Kyoto
Maizuru Kawara, Kyoto
Maizuru Kawara, Kyoto
Ayabe Hoshibaracho, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Yuike, Kyoto
Around 18:00 on 2026-06-26, one bear was sighted in Kōyama, Kumihama-cho, Kyotango City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Koyama, Kyoto
Around 12:20 on 2026-06-26, a bear was sighted in Suzu, Miyazu City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Miyazu Suzu, Kyoto
A bear was sighted in Oi, Kumihama-cho, Kyotango City, Kyoto Prefecture, around 9 PM on June 26, 2026.
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Oi, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Oi, Kyoto
Miyazu Suzu, Kyoto
Maizuru Jito, Kyoto
Kyōtango Omiyacho-Nobutoshi, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Kanzaki, Kyoto
Takahama Ao, Fukui
Kyōtango Omiyacho-Misaka, Kyoto
Maizuru Shiroya, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Ama, Kyoto
Takahama Nakatsumi, Fukui
One bear was sighted in Omiya-cho Shuki, Kyotango City.
Kyōtango Omiyacho-Suki, Kyoto
Takahama Hiki, Fukui
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Toyooka, Hyogo
Maizuru Nagahama, Kyoto
Maizuru Shidaka, Kyoto
Maizuru Obakami, Kyoto
Kyōtango Omiyacho-Okuono, Kyoto
Kyōtango Omiyacho-Kuchiono, Kyoto
Ayabe Nakasujicho, Kyoto
A bear was sighted in Omino, Omiya-cho, Kyotango City, around 08:20 on June 22.
Kyōtango Omiyacho-Okuono, Kyoto
One bear was sighted in Kamiyamada, Yosano Town.
Yosano Kamiyamada, Kyoto
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Toyooka Kehi, Hyogo
Maizuru Kuwagaishimo, Kyoto
Maizuru Sengenji, Kyoto
Maizuru Donooku, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho, Kyoto
Maizuru Sengenji, Kyoto
On the night of 2026-06-20, a bear was sighted in Kumihama-cho Minatomiya, Kyotango City.
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Minatomiya, Kyoto
Kyōtango Mineyamacho-Yata, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Ichibu, Kyoto
Miyazu, Kyoto
Maizuru Ogura, Kyoto
Miyazu Oda, Kyoto
Yosano Migochi, Kyoto
Fukuchiyama Oecho-Nika, Kyoto
Maizuru Atago-shimomachi, Kyoto
Ayabe Kamiyatacho, Kyoto
Kyōtango Omiyacho-Misaka, Kyoto
Yosano Ikuji, Kyoto
Ayabe Shinodacho, Kyoto
Miyazu Suginosue, Kyoto
Yosano Shimoyamada, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho, Kyoto
Maizuru Shiroya, Kyoto
Fukuchiyama Oecho-Naiku, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Tomoshige, Kyoto
Maizuru 桑飼上, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Sakai, Kyoto
Maizuru Donooku, Kyoto
A bear was sighted in Hashizume, Kumihama-cho, Kyotango City, around 7:00 a.m. on June 15.
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Sakai, Kyoto
Kyōtango Mineyamacho-Goka, Kyoto
Maizuru 桑飼上, Kyoto
A bear was sighted in Kanzaki, Kumihama-cho, Kyotango City, around 05:30 on 2026-06-14.
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Kanzaki, Kyoto
Maizuru Tamon-in, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Koyama, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Tochidani, Kyoto
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Toyooka Kinosakicho-Uyama, Hyogo
Around 10:30 on 2026-06-13, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Akaishi, Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture.
Toyooka Akaishi, Hyogo
Kyōtango Omiyacho-Misaka, 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
Yosano Ikuji, Kyoto
Fukuchiyama Oecho-Futamata, Kyoto
A bear was sighted around 11:00 in Kugonoshita, Shinoda-cho, Ayabe City.
Ayabe Shinodacho, Kyoto
Ayabe Shimoyatacho, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Shima, Kyoto
Ayabe Shinodacho, Kyoto
Maizuru Kutami, Kyoto
Maizuru Noborio, Kyoto
Fukuchiyama Oecho-Naiku, Kyoto
Maizuru Donooku, Kyoto
Yosano Kamiyamada, Kyoto
Takahama Sekiya, Fukui
Kyōtango Mineyamacho-Masudome, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Shima, Kyoto
Miyazu Mizoshiri, Kyoto
Miyazu Mizoshiri, Kyoto
Yosano Yumiki, Kyoto
Ayabe Kanegochicho, Kyoto
Maizuru Okadayuri, Kyoto
Ayabe Iizumicho, Kyoto
A bear was sighted in Gosendani, Ayabe City, Kyoto, on June 9 around 3:50 PM.
Ayabe Iizumicho, Kyoto
Miyazu Shishizaki, Kyoto
Kyōtango Kumihamacho-Yuike, Kyoto
Maizuru Shidaka, Kyoto
Yosano Kamiyamada, Kyoto
Miyazu Suzu, Kyoto
Takahama Sekiya, Fukui
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Toyooka Kehi, Hyogo
A bear was sighted in Shitsuka, Takenocho, Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture, around 6:57 a.m. on June 8.
Toyooka Takenocho-Shimozuka, Hyogo
Miyazu Shishizaki, Kyoto
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
Tsuruga Sawa, Fukui
A bear was sighted on a road in Saienji, Maibara City, Shiga, by students commuting to school.
Maibara Saienji, Shiga
Wakasa Sueno, Fukui
Wakasa Sueno, Fukui
A bear was sighted in Shukuji, Nishiazai-cho, Nagahama City.
Nagahama Nishiazaicho-Shufukuji, Shiga
Obama Koigawa, Fukui
A bear was sighted moving in Agari, Wakasa Town, Fukui Prefecture, around 9:00 on June 30.
Wakasa Wakasa-Techno-valley, Fukui
A bear was sighted in Sueno, Wakasa Town, Fukui Prefecture.
Wakasa Sueno, Fukui
Obama Ekimaecho, Fukui
A bear was sighted in Katayama, Ikeda Town, Gifu, around 2:30 PM on June 29.
Ikeda 田畑, Gifu
Obama, Fukui
Takahama Ao, Fukui
Takahama Nakatsumi, Fukui
Takahama Hiki, Fukui
Obama Tada, Fukui
Obama Yatabe, Fukui
A bear was sighted in Notose, Maibara City, Shiga, reportedly in a vacant lot.
Maibara Notose, Shiga
Obama, Fukui
Obama Yatabe, Fukui
Obama Tada, Fukui
Wakasa Wakibukuro, Fukui
Parent bear and cub sighted near the Mori family gravesite behind Kaseiji Temple
Kani Fushimi, Gifu
Obama Suno, Fukui
Around 6:00 on June 14, a bear was sighted in Sunawa, Obama City, Fukui Prefecture.
Obama Suno, Fukui
Obama, Fukui
Obama Yatabe, Fukui
Around 4:00 on June 13, a bear was sighted in Osaki, Obama City, Fukui, and was seen moving.
Obama Ozaki, Fukui
Ooi Nagai, Fukui
Ogaki 青墓町, Gifu
Wakasa Kitamaegawa, Fukui
Obama, Fukui
A bear was sighted around 08:30 in Kuchidana, Obama City, Fukui Prefecture.
Obama, Fukui
A bear was sighted in Nomura-cho, Nagahama City.
Nagahama Nomuracho, Shiga
A bear was sighted in Nishi-azai-cho Kutsukake, Nagahama City.
Nagahama Nishiazaicho-Kutsukake, Shiga
Obama Fukutani, Fukui
Obama Yatabe, Fukui
Obama Tada, Fukui
Obama Yatabe, Fukui
Around 6:00 on June 8, a bear was sighted in Yatabe, Obama City, Fukui Prefecture.
Obama Yatabe, Fukui
Obama Yatabe, Fukui
Ooi Onai, Fukui
Tsuruga Nagatani, Fukui
Around 9:20 on 2026-06-23, a bear was sighted in Kugunocho Kusuho, Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture.
Takayama 久々野町久須母, Gifu
Around 3:00 PM on 2026-06-22, a bear was sighted in Tokusadō, Kuguno-cho, Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture.
Takayama 久々野町木賊洞, Gifu
Around 7:15 on 2026-06-12, a bear was sighted in Kamiokamoto-cho 5, Takayama City.
Takayama 上岡本町, Gifu
Peak activity at 6:00 with 8 incidents
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In the past 30 days, 169 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 18 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Tsuruga Sawa, Fukui.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 6:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 766 km route runs from Sanuki to Hida, passing through Kagawa, Tottori, Hyogo, Fukui, Gifu, Kyoto, Okayama, and Shiga. In the past 30 days, 169 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 18 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Tsuruga Sawa, Fukui. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
