This 41 km route runs from Fuji to Mount Fuji within Shizuoka. In the past 30 days, 2 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 1 of them. The latest sighting was reported 4 days ago near Susono, Shizuoka.
With activity this close, make noise as you hike, carry bear spray, and avoid the forest at dawn and dusk.
Around 13:30 on May 16, 2026, a witness reported that a "dark-colored thing" crossed the road near the entrance to the Mizugatsuka Park trail in Susono City, Suyama, Shizuoka Prefecture; it is believed to be a bear. The city contacted the hunting association and nearby facilities to issue warnings, and police are patrolling the area, but no new sightings have been reported.
Susono, Shizuoka
Nature Recreation Forest B Course Sighted between Takahachi Parking Lot and Garan Sawa. It fled to the west-northwest.
Fujinomiya, Shizuoka
Around 13:30 on May 16, 2026, a witness reported that a "dark-colored thing" crossed the road near the entrance to the Mizugatsuka Park trail in Susono City, Suyama, Shizuoka Prefecture; it is believed to be a bear. The city contacted the hunting association and nearby facilities to issue warnings, and police are patrolling the area, but no new sightings have been reported.
Susono, Shizuoka
Nature Recreation Forest B Course Sighted between Takahachi Parking Lot and Garan Sawa. It fled to the west-northwest.
Fujinomiya, Shizuoka
Around 13:30 on May 16, 2026, a witness reported that a "dark-colored thing" crossed the road near the entrance to the Mizugatsuka Park trail in Susono City, Suyama, Shizuoka Prefecture; it is believed to be a bear. The city contacted the hunting association and nearby facilities to issue warnings, and police are patrolling the area, but no new sightings have been reported.
Susono, Shizuoka
Nature Recreation Forest B Course Sighted between Takahachi Parking Lot and Garan Sawa. It fled to the west-northwest.
Fujinomiya, Shizuoka
Peak activity at 13:00 with 2 incidents
Ursus thibetanus japonicus
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In the past 30 days, 2 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 1 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 4 days ago near Susono, Shizuoka.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 13:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 41 km route runs from Fuji to Mount Fuji within Shizuoka. In the past 30 days, 2 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 1 of them. The latest sighting was reported 4 days ago near Susono, Shizuoka. With activity this close, make noise as you hike, carry bear spray, and avoid the forest at dawn and dusk.
