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This 278 km route runs from Toyoka to Fukui, passing through Nagano, Fukui, Aichi, Gifu, and Shiga. In the past 30 days, 41 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 12 of them. The latest sighting was reported 21 hours ago near Takamori Izuhara, Nagano.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
5 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Nagano, Fukui, Aichi, Gifu, Shiga.
Size: juvenile
Takamori Izuhara, Nagano
Size: Adult
Iida 大休, 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
Iida, Nagano
Fukui Kazamakicho, Fukui
Size: adult
Matsukawa, Nagano
Minami-Echizen 燧, Fukui
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
Minami-Echizen 燧, Fukui
A bear was sighted in Notose, Maibara City, Shiga, reportedly in a vacant lot.
Maibara Notose, Shiga
Minami-Echizen 荒井, Fukui
A bear was sighted in Nakamura, Iida City, Nagano on June 15 around 7:30 PM.
Iida 中村, Nagano
Size: cub (young)
Iida, Nagano
Minami-Echizen 燧, Fukui
Minami-Echizen 燧, Fukui
Size: Adult
Iida, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Iida 大休, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Imajō, Minamiechizen Town.
Minami-Echizen 今庄, Fukui
Size: Adult
Iida, Nagano
Size: adult and cub
Iida, Nagano
Fukui Shimaderacho, 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
Size: adult with cub(s)
Iida, Nagano
Fukui Obacho, Fukui
At the bend in the mountain trail where vehicles meet head-on
Nakatsugawa, Gifu
It came down from the mountain side onto the road and crossed the road. Appeared to be a bear.
Ena 長島町正家, Gifu
Size: adult with cubs
Iida Takinosawa, Nagano
Ena 三郷町野井, Gifu
Size: Unknown
Iida 宮ノ上, Nagano
While driving home, it crossed the road from the east side to the west and ran along the slope. About the size of a cub?
Fukui Mionocho, Fukui
Size: adult with cub(s)
Iida 大休, Nagano
Ena 長島町正家, Gifu
Sabae 冬島町, Fukui
Size: juvenile
Iida 白山町, Nagano
Size: cub (juvenile)
Takamori Ushimaki, Nagano
It might have been a Japanese serow, but there was an animal with four legs and one head. Its snout was shorter than a wild boar’s and its legs were long. It walked differently from a dog; the part equivalent to the shoe on a human is shaped more like a human’s. With all four legs on the ground, its body length reached from a person’s buttocks to their waist. Its tail was not visible to the naked eye.
Kasugai 神屋町, Aichi
Size: Unknown
Toyooka Kumashiro, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Toyooka, Nagano
Peak activity at 4:00 with 2 incidents
Ursus thibetanus japonicus
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In the past 30 days, 41 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 12 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 21 hours ago near Takamori Izuhara, Nagano.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 4:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 278 km route runs from Toyoka to Fukui, passing through Nagano, Fukui, Aichi, Gifu, and Shiga. In the past 30 days, 41 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 12 of them. The latest sighting was reported 21 hours ago near Takamori Izuhara, Nagano. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
