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This 862 km route runs from Taihaku Ward, Sendai to Dōjima River, passing through Miyagi, Osaka, Fukui, Fukushima, Hyogo, Ishikawa, Kyoto, Niigata, Shiga, and Toyama. In the past 30 days, 177 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 25 of them. The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Joetsu, Niigata.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
24 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Miyagi, Osaka, Fukui, Fukushima, Hyogo, Ishikawa, Kyoto, Niigata, Shiga, Toyama.
It ran off toward the mountainside.
Joetsu, Niigata
Around 7:30 AM on July 24, a bear was sighted in Tsuboyo Minamihama, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima
One bear (about 1 meter long) was sighted on residential property.
Aizubange 大字金上, Fukushima
Around 07:20 on 2026-07-24, a bear was sighted in Kanagami, Aizubange Town, Fukushima Prefecture.
Aizubange 字下川前丙, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Osuga, Nadachi-ku, Joetsu City, Niigata.
Joetsu, Niigata
Bear itself confirmed from photo provided by the discoverer
Toyama, Toyama
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the roadway.
Otama, Fukushima
On 2026-07-23 around 10:45, a resident saw one bear in Fuchu-machi Konagasawa, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
A resident man saw a bear about 1 meter long on a village road in Tamai, Otama Village.
Otama, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Tamai-Kodakura, Otama Village, around 05:50 on July 23.
Otama Tamanoi, Fukushima
Three bears (lengths unknown) were sighted in the mountains beside the municipal road.
Inawashiro 字堤東, Fukushima
Around 7:20 PM on 2026-07-22, a bear was sighted in Iwasato-Ueno, Inawashiro Town, Fukushima Prefecture.
Inawashiro 字五十軒道南, Fukushima
July 21
Shiroishi 福岡長袋, Miyagi
Witnessed crossing National Route 304 heading south.
Nanto, Toyama
A bear was sighted moving in Katō-machi Hatta Ōnonahara, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
One bear about 100 centimeters long was sighted near National Route 8 in front of the former Daily Yamazaki.
Joetsu, Niigata
One bear was sighted in Sunagatani (National Route 304) in Nanto City.
Nanto, Toyama
Around 16:40 on 2026-07-21, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Teramachi, Joetsu City.
Joetsu, Niigata
One bear about 100 centimeters long was sighted 100 meters west of Mushou bus stop.
Joetsu, Niigata
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted in the forested area on the east side of Prefectural Route 322.
Inawashiro 大字八幡, Fukushima
One bear about 100 cm in body length was sighted on a side road 100 meters east of the former Daily Yamazaki.
Joetsu, Niigata
One bear (about 0.5 meters in body length) was sighted.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Hatta, Fukushima
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted on a residential property but left for the forest.
Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima
On the morning of 2026-07-20, a bear was seen moving in Arai Hayama, Motomiya City, Fukushima.
Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima
One bear about 0.5 meters long crossed a road in Hatta, Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Hatta, Fukushima
Awara 蓮ケ浦, Fukui
A bear was sighted in Toyomae-hama, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima
One bear (approximately 1 meter in length) was sighted beside National Route 49.
Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima
July 19
Sendai, Miyagi
One bear was inside a building lot in Dōmachi Minami, Inawashiro Town.
Inawashiro 字並杉西, Fukushima
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Inawashiro 字並杉西, Fukushima
Around 19:40 on July 18, a bear-like animal was sighted in Kuramoto-shin, Tateyama Town, Toyama Prefecture.
Tateyama, Toyama
Witnessed while walking.
Tateyama, Toyama
A bear-like animal was sighted in Kurokawa, Imizu City, around 7:15 p.m. on July 17.
Imizu, Toyama
One bear sighted
Itoigawa, Niigata
In Hirano, Imizu City, a woman driving a car saw an animal resembling a bear running on the road; it was considered a cub and disappeared toward Taikoyama Park Cemetery.
Imizu, Toyama
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the roadway.
Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Arai Hayama, Motomiya City, Fukushima, around 4:30 PM on July 17, 2026.
Motomiya 荒井, Fukushima
An animal believed to be a bear crossed the road and headed south.
Imizu, Toyama
While doing farm work, I saw one bear come out of the brush into the rice field. It later moved to the mountain on the east side.
Joetsu, Niigata
A bear-like animal was sighted in Aoidani, Imizu City, around 2:20 p.m. on July 17.
Imizu, Toyama
A bear was sighted at Fukuoka Kuramoto Chazono in Shiroishi City.
Shiroishi 福岡長袋, Miyagi
In Fukuoka Kuramoto, Shiroishi City, an elderly-home employee saw one bear about 1 meter long in a rice paddy.
Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi
July 17
Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi
A bear about 1 meter long was seen crossing the road in Hiyoshi, Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu, with no injuries reported.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Koya, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Iizaka-machi Yunosakudō, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
A single bear (about 1.5 meters in body length) was sighted along National Route 399.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
An adult bear was sighted in Shogendera, Imizu City, around 5:25 a.m. on July 17.
Imizu, Toyama
Sighted an adult bear during patrol
Imizu, Toyama
Around 2:40 PM on July 17, a bear was sighted in Nadachi-Omachi, Nadachi Ward, Joetsu City.
Joetsu, Niigata
One bear was sighted on a road in Shogenzi, Imizu City, and quickly returned to the bushes.
Imizu, Toyama
Sighted an animal believed to be a bear
Imizu, Toyama
One bear approximately 1 meter in body length was sighted. The bear has since already departed.
Koriyama, Fukushima
One bear about 1 meter long was seen walking in a park in Keizan, Aizuwakamatsu, and later returned to the mountain.
Aizuwakamatsu Tenneijimachi, Fukushima
One bear (about 1 meter in body length) was sighted. The bear departed into the forested area to the east, and its subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Higashiyamamachi-Ishiyama, Fukushima
One bear about 1.5 meters long was seen crossing National Route 49 in Hatta Ohnohara, Kawanohigashi-cho, Aizuwakamatsu.
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
One bear (approximately 1.5 meters in body length) was sighted.
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Naka-yasuda, Atami-machi, Koriyama City around 6:00 PM on July 16.
Koriyama, Fukushima
One bear sighted in the irrigation channel near Hirataka Intersection
Hakusan Hirakamachi, Ishikawa
A single bear (about 1.5 meters in body length) was sighted in the grassy area north of National Route 49.
Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima
One bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted.
Fukushima, Fukushima
A resident walking saw one bear in a waterway in Hiraka-cho, Mikawa district, Hakusan City.
Hakusan Hirakamachi, Ishikawa
July 14
Kawasaki, Miyagi
July 14
Kawasaki, Miyagi
A bear AI camera detected one bear.
Tonami, Toyama
Discovered signs/traces of footprints
Nagaoka, Niigata
There were bear tracks (footprints) in a rice field about 200 meters toward the mountain from the Sawashimojo district office.
Nagaoka, Niigata
A single bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) was sighted on the paved road.
Inawashiro 字城南, Fukushima
July 14
Natori, Miyagi
Awara 沢, Fukui
One bear was sighted crossing Suganodaira Bridge within Shimamichi area. It was moving eastward.
Itoigawa, Niigata
July 12
Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi
A woman walking her dog spotted one bear about 1 meter long at Shiroishi River Kiridoshi Park in Fukukakuramoto Iwanoue, Shiroishi City.
Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi
Around 6:00 a.m. in Nakano-me, Nihonmatsu City, one bear about 1.5 m long was sighted crossing a field.
Nihonmatsu 中ノ目, Fukushima
A bear was seen leaving into a forest in Iizakamachi Yuno Matoba, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Iizakamachi-Yuno, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Shinyu, Yuno, Iizakamachi, Fukushima City around 16:40 on July 11.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
One bear sighted. Direction of travel unknown.
Niigata, Niigata
One bear about 100 centimeters in body length was sighted approximately 200 meters east of Joetsu Gochi Nursing Home.
Joetsu, Niigata
A nearby resident sighted one bear. It entered the grassy area to the west.
Joetsu, Niigata
One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in a residential lot in Gochi 6-chome, Joetsu City, Niigata, and left heading west.
Joetsu, Niigata
A bear was sighted in Asahi, Akiba Ward, Niigata City, around 07:30 on July 11.
Niigata, Niigata
Around 4:30 a.m. on July 11, a bear about 1 meter long was spotted on the premises of a private residence in Gochi 6, Joetsu City.
Joetsu, Niigata
A single cub bear was sighted near Tsutsuishi Station.
Itoigawa, Niigata
Around 16:20 on 2026-07-10, a bear was sighted in Fukurokumoto Yokomukai, Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi
July 10
Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi
Awara 牛ノ谷, Fukui
Around 12:40 PM on July 10, a bear was sighted in Ushinoya, Awara City.
Awara 牛ノ谷, Fukui
A fisherman sighted one bear.
Tonami, Toyama
A vehicle operator passing over Shinbo Bridge spotted an animal resembling a bear on the Jintsu River floodplain.
Toyama, Toyama
Tsuruga Kashimagari, Fukui
While driving on Prefectural Road 73 toward Yasuda, the witness spotted one bear in the bushes on the right-hand side. The bear immediately retreated back into the brush and fled.
Kashiwazaki, Niigata
A bear was sighted moving in Shono Nukubun, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Shono, Fukushima
An animal resembling a bear was sighted on the Jinzu River riverbank in Fuchu-machi Aoshima, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Around 08:50 on 2026-07-08, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Komabayashi, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture.
Joetsu, Niigata
One animal believed to be a bear, about 100 centimeters in body length, was sighted 400 meters north of the Ken-Do Joetsu-Yasuzuka-Uragawara Line.
Joetsu, Niigata
A passerby sighted one bear.
Tonami, Toyama
One bear about 1 m long was walking near Yamagamachi, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu Yamagamachi, Fukushima
Two bears crossing the road were sighted.
Toyama, Toyama
Near the north side of Miyukibashi (Miyuki Bridge)
Itoigawa, Niigata
One bear approximately 80 centimeters in body length was sighted 200 meters east of the former Marine Fishing Center.
Joetsu, Niigata
A bear about 0.8 meters long was sighted in Mushu Iwato, Joetsu City.
Joetsu, Niigata
A sighting of one adult bear and one cub was reported in Fuchu-machi Nagasawa, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
A bear was sighted in Matsukawamachi Kanazawanagamine, Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture, on 2026-07-06.
Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Kanezawa, Fukushima
While traveling on the municipal Shimokura-Takakura road, I sighted one bear on the left bank of the Takakura River. It ran off toward the mountain to the south.
Itoigawa, Niigata
Awara 牛ノ谷, Fukui
A bear was sighted moving in Shikanaya, Awara City.
Awara 下金屋, Fukui
July 6
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tsuboyo Minamihama, Inawashiro Town, Fukushima, around 09:30 on July 6.
Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima
While driving on a municipal road running alongside the highway from Hirosawa toward Koide, the witness saw two bears lying on the road. When they approached and honked the horn, the bears left toward the highway.
Aga 野村, Niigata
Two bears, about 1 meter and 0.5 meter long, were sighted on a town road in Kushima, Aga Town.
Aga 両郷, Niigata
A bear was sighted in Tokumang, Tonami City, around 18:19 on July 4; it was seen on camera.
Tonami, Toyama
The bear AI camera detected one bear.
Tonami, Toyama
One bear was in a forested area in Babadaira, Nihonmatsu City.
Nihonmatsu 馬場平, Fukushima
Awara Takatsuka, Fukui
A passerby sighted one bear.
Tonami, Toyama
One bear sighted in Okutani Town area
Kaga Okunoyamachi, Ishikawa
A resident sighted one bear.
Tonami, Toyama
Awara 山十楽, Fukui
A bear was sighted in Shimonoji Tohara, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Shimonodera, Fukushima
One bear sighted in front of a residence. Direction of escape unknown.
Itoigawa 中央, Niigata
July 3
Sendai Nihondaira, Miyagi
Witnessed an animal that looked like a cub crossing the road.
Kamiichi, Toyama
On Friday, July 3 at around 5:25 p.m., on National Route 49 within Ukiribajichi, Ogasawara, Inawashiro Town, a witness (male in his 60s) saw a bear (about 1 m in body length) crossing the road from north to south while he was driving eastbound on Route 49. The bear then left into the brush to the south.
Inawashiro 大字翁沢, Fukushima
Tsuruga Sawa, Fukui
Awara 細呂木, Fukui
On Thursday, July 2 at approximately 11:25 a.m., near the 98.2-kilometer post on the outbound (up) lanes of the Ban-etsu Expressway in Katada, Inawashiro Town, a driver in his 40s observed a single bear (about 1 m in length) crossing the highway from the north side to the south side (toward the center of the road) while traveling on the outbound Ban-etsu Expressway (toward Iwaki). When the witness’s vehicle approached, the bear left toward the north side of the road.
Inawashiro 大字千代田, Fukushima
A bear was sighted on a road in Saienji, Maibara City, Shiga, by students commuting to school.
Maibara Saienji, Shiga
One bear was sighted in Takadate Yoshida Kanjinohigashi, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
July 2
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
A single bear about 100 centimeters long was sighted at a point approximately 200 meters northeast of the Komabayashi neighborhood hall within the Oaza Komabayashi area.
Joetsu, Niigata
A bear was sighted in the thicket of Matsunaga 5-chome, Ikki-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu Ikkimachi-Matsunaga, Fukushima
On Wednesday, July 1 at around 6:20 p.m., in Matsunaga 5-chome, Ikkimachi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male in his 40s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in the brush on the east side of his home while he was at home. After being seen, the bear moved deeper into the brush and its subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Ikkimachi-Matsunaga, Fukushima
One bear was sighted heading west.
Itoigawa, Niigata
A bear was sighted in Zaitenbakamatsubara, Fukushima City.
Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima
On Wednesday, July 1 at approximately 4:20 p.m., near the Niwatsuka Ohashi bridge in the Matsubara area of Niwatsuka, Fukushima City, a motorist traveling southbound sighted one bear (about 1 meter in body length) crossing the municipal road on the north side of Niwatsuka Ohashi from west to east.
Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima
July 1
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
Found what appear to be bear tracks
Toyama, Toyama
A bear was sighted in Kawanohigashi-machi Hatta Onohara, Aizuwakamatsu City, around 4:00 AM on July 1.
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
On July 1 (Wednesday) at around 4:00 a.m., in Oohara, Hatta, Kawatō-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male, in his 60s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in a buckwheat field while driving. The subsequent movements of the bear are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
A bear-like animal was sighted on a road in Ujimaburi, east of Asagiri Bridge, Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture. One adult bear and several cubs were seen.
Uji, Kyoto
Bear footprints were found in Ko-nagasawa, Fuchu-machi, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Uji, Kyoto
A person driving by spotted one bear about 80 cm long in a residential area in Nati-gaoka 1-chome, Natori City, Miyagi. The bear fled into the woods.
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
A bear was seen moving in Oumihokutocho, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture.
Itoigawa, Niigata
Confirmed a bear moving westward
Itoigawa 中央, Niigata
On Tuesday, June 30 at around 7:00 p.m., on National Route 49 in Azosawa, Tamagawa, Atami-machi, Kōriyama City, a witness driving observed one bear (approximately 50 cm in body length) crossing National Route 49 from east to west. The direction in which it left afterward is unknown.
Koriyama, Fukushima
Sighted a young bear (body length unknown). It ran away toward the mountains on the north side of the road.
Oyabe, Toyama
On Tuesday, June 30 at about 2:10 p.m., on a municipal road in Miyakita, Iwane, Inawashiro Town, a witness (male in his 60s) was driving west on the road when he saw one bear (about 1.2 m in length) cross the road and walk off into rice paddies to the south.
Inawashiro 大字磐根, Fukushima
On Tuesday, June 30 at approximately 12:10 p.m., in the Tsuruga Aza Funagamorihigashi area of Ikki-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male, in his 60s) observed two bears walking in the brush on the east side of a facility (one about 1 m in length, the other about 50 cm). After being seen, the bears walked south through the brush; their subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Iawasemachi, Fukushima
A bear was sighted in Shukuji, Nishiazai-cho, Nagahama City.
Nagahama Nishiazaicho-Shufukuji, Shiga
One bear sighted in Daishoji Okamachi area
Kaga Daishoji-Fujinokimachi, Ishikawa
Two bears were sighted in Ichimachi Oaza Tsuruga Funagamori Higashi, Aizuwakamatsu City, and then went into nearby bushes.
Aizuwakamatsu Ikkimachi-Matsunaga, Fukushima
On June 29 at about 6:00 p.m., a report was received that footage from a security camera in the forested area of Utsuyama, Aza Uchisaka, Niteizaka, Fukushima City, showed one bear (body length unknown).
Fukushima Zainiwasaka, Fukushima
While traveling on Prefectural Route Kamimasuda–Yoshikawa, I sighted one bear. It ran off to the south.
Joetsu, Niigata
At around 2:30 p.m. on Monday, June 29, on a road in Kitamatsubara Ko, Nozawa, Nishiaizu Town, a witness (male in his 60s) observed one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) crossing the road from east to west while driving. The subsequent whereabouts of the bear are unknown.
Nishiaizu Nozawa, Fukushima
On Monday, June 29 at around 11:20 a.m., near 312-1 Maeda Ko, Chiyoda, Inawashiro Town, south of Inawashiro Town Dai-ni Elementary School, a witness (female in her 50s), while on duty on the elementary school premises, sighted one bear (body length unknown) near the south side of the school. The bear later departed to the south.
Inawashiro 大字千代田, Fukushima
It was lumbering along through the field. When it noticed us, it ran toward the road.
Inawashiro 大字千代田, Fukushima
Around 10:17 a.m. on Monday, June 29, a witness driving a train in the area west of the former Nakayama-shuku station, Jōnōwaki, Nakayama, Atami-machi, Kōriyama City, saw one bear (about 50 cm in body length) appear from the trackbed south side and then turn back to the south. The subsequent direction in which the bear departed is unknown.
Koriyama 熱海町安子島, Fukushima
While driving on the municipal road east line of Itoigawa Junior High School, one bear was sighted. It was moving east.
Itoigawa 中央, Niigata
June 29, 2026
Sendai Tsubonuma, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Tsubonuma Akaishiyama, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi, around 06:40 on June 29.
Sendai, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Hiranoboshita, Iizaka-machi, Fukushima City, around 6:30 PM on June 28.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
On Sunday, June 28 at around 6:30 p.m., on the north-side walkway of Iizaka Cemetery in Hirano, Iizaka-machi, Fukushima City, a witness (male, in his 40s) spotted three bears approaching from the opposite direction while he was walking west. One bear (A) was about 1 m in body length, and the other two (B and C) were about 50 cm each.
Fukushima Iizakamachi, Fukushima
While running, I saw two bear cubs: one had stuck its head into a roadside gutter, and another was nearby.
Shimamoto Wakayamadai 1-chome, Osaka
Bear (Asian black bear) sighting reported in Shimamoto Town
Shimamoto, Osaka
On Sunday, June 28 at around 12:40 p.m., a 30-something male witness, while working, spotted one bear (approximately 1.5 m in length) in the forested area to the north in Haseji, Higashinagahara, Kawahigashi-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City. After being sighted, the bear went deeper into the forest and its subsequent movements are unknown.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Higashinagahara, Fukushima
Bear droppings found in the Goshomachi area.
Kanazawa Goshomachi, Ishikawa
Around 12:00 on 2026-06-28, a bear was sighted in Karawanagimachi-Higashinagahara-Hasechi, Aizuwakamatsu City.
Aizuwakamatsu Kawahigashimachi-Higashinagahara, Fukushima
One bear was sighted about 100 meters northwest of the campsite in the Oaza Gochi Kokubu area.
Joetsu, Niigata
Around 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, a witness spotted one bear (body length unknown) on the Arakawa riverside near Hinokura Bridge in the Shono, Kita-Hinokura area of Fukushima City.
Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima
One cub was sighted
Kurobe 若栗, Toyama
At around 4:20 a.m. on Saturday, June 27, in the Hinokuchihara Otsu area of Onohon, Nishiaizu Town, a witness (male in his 60s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) while walking near the fields northeast of the former Onohon Elementary School. The subsequent whereabouts of the bear are unknown.
Nishiaizu Onomoto, Fukushima
One bear was sighted on the Arakawa riverbank in Shono Hino-kura, Fukushima City, near Hinokura Bridge.
Fukushima Kaminagura, Fukushima
One cub was sighted in Wakaguri, Kurobe City.
Kurobe 若栗, Toyama
One bear was sighted in Gochikokubu, Joetsu City.
Joetsu, Niigata
One bear sighted in Nangō Town area
Kaga Mitanigaoka, Ishikawa
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In the past 30 days, 177 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 25 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Joetsu, Niigata.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 18:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 862 km route runs from Taihaku Ward, Sendai to Dōjima River, passing through Miyagi, Osaka, Fukui, Fukushima, Hyogo, Ishikawa, Kyoto, Niigata, Shiga, and Toyama. In the past 30 days, 177 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 25 of them. The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Joetsu, Niigata. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
