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This 213 km route runs from Tokamachi to Kanazawa, passing through Niigata, Ishikawa, and Toyama. In the past 30 days, 99 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 18 of them. The latest sighting was reported 12 hours ago near Itoigawa, Niigata.
This is an active bear corridor. Reroute or postpone until activity quiets.
4 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Niigata, Ishikawa, Toyama.
One bear was sighted heading west.
Itoigawa, Niigata
Confirmed a bear moving westward
Itoigawa 中央, Niigata
Sighted a young bear (body length unknown). It ran away toward the mountains on the north side of the road.
Oyabe, Toyama
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
A bear was sighted in Kanda, Miwa Ward, Joetsu City.
Joetsu, Niigata
One bear was sighted about 100 meters northwest of the campsite in the Oaza Gochi Kokubu area.
Joetsu, Niigata
One cub was sighted
Kurobe 若栗, Toyama
One cub was sighted in Wakaguri, Kurobe City.
Kurobe 若栗, Toyama
One bear was sighted in Gochikokubu, Joetsu City.
Joetsu, Niigata
A bear was sighted in Kajiyashiki, Itoigawa City, Niigata, around 16:10 on June 26.
Itoigawa, Niigata
One bear was sighted near Kajiyashiki Community Center. It was moving southwest.
Itoigawa, Niigata
While driving on the Shobu forest road, I sighted one bear. It was moving toward the mountains to the east.
Joetsu, Niigata
While driving on the Shidokawa Minami Road, I sighted one bear.
Joetsu, Niigata
A bear about 0.5 meters long was sighted in Nagasō district, Uragawara Ward, Joetsu City, Niigata.
Joetsu, Niigata
On 2026-06-26 shortly after 7:30, a bear about 0.5 meters long was sighted on a city road in Nagahashi, Uragawara Ward, Joetsu City, about 100 meters from houses.
Joetsu, Niigata
A sighting of one bear in Tagawa, Oyabe City.
Oyabe, Toyama
Spotted a juvenile bear about 60 cm in size. It ran off heading south.
Oyabe, Toyama
Bear feces confirmed on the premises
Itoigawa 中央, Niigata
In Kenmin Mori Park in Tsubata, Ishikawa, reports were made of two bears thought to be a mother and cub, and two sets of footprints of different sizes were found nearby.
Tsubata Yachi, Ishikawa
One bear about 1 m long was sighted in Kamabuchi, Uragawara Ward, Joetsu City.
Joetsu, Niigata
Crossed the main road from the river side and climbed up the slope.
Joetsu, Niigata
Observed one bear outside the baseball stadium.
Itoigawa, Niigata
One bear sighted near Nōu Ballpark (within the Ōheiji area of the Nōu region) attempting to climb a tree.
Itoigawa, Niigata
Observed one cub. Moving westward.
Itoigawa, Niigata
Spotted one bear while driving on National Route 253.
Joetsu, Niigata
Confirmed feces in vacant lot approximately the size consistent with a bear.
Itoigawa 横町, Niigata
One bear was sighted. It was moving toward the mountains.
Itoigawa, Niigata
One adult bear and one cub were sighted near Suwa Shrine in the Hamakiura area; they moved south.
Itoigawa, Niigata
Observed one cub. It was moving toward the mountains.
Itoigawa, Niigata
Spotted one bear on Municipal Road Kawanami Line. It headed up toward the mountains near the Nagase fields.
Joetsu, Niigata
On 2026-06-22 around 17:25, a bear was sighted in Uragawara-ku Nagahashi, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture.
Joetsu, Niigata
While traveling on the municipal Tsuboyama Road, observed one bear. It was moving eastward.
Joetsu, Niigata
One bear was sighted near the old Nakaho Kura Elementary School.
Joetsu, Niigata
An adult bear was seen crossing the road and fleeing toward the north.
Oyabe, Toyama
A bear was sighted in Ushirodani, Oyabe City.
Oyabe, Toyama
From a field near the Kawaminami municipal road, it climbed up the mountain to the south.
Joetsu, Niigata
Sighted one bear
Itoigawa, Niigata
Sighted an animal believed to be a bear about 1.2 m in size. On-site inspection found no traces.
Imizu, Toyama
One bear was culled by emergency shooting along the coast in Yokozaki Shin, Asahi Town.
Asahi, Toyama
A bear appeared along the coast in Yokozaki Shin, Asahi Town, and moved into a coastal windbreak forest.
Asahi, Toyama
One bear was sighted. It was moving north.
Itoigawa, Niigata
An animal resembling a bear was sighted in Ippongi, Toyama City, around 6:00 AM on June 19.
Toyama, Toyama
Found flattened grass believed to be a bear’s lying-down spot
Uozu, Toyama
Witnessed an adult bear about 1 meter in length crossing the road.
Asahi, Toyama
One bear sighted near the bus stop in the Kyōgamines 2-chome area of Itoigawa City.
Itoigawa 南寺町, Niigata
A fully grown bear about 1 meter in size was seen crossing the river and climbing up into the mountains.
Asahi, Toyama
One adult bear was sighted in Motoyashiki, Asahi Town.
Asahi, Toyama
A bear approximately 1 meter in size was sighted. Its direction of escape is unknown.
Oyabe, Toyama
A Japanese black bear was culled on the coast of Ashizaki in Nyuzen Town.
Nyuzen, Toyama
Feces of a large mammal believed to be a bear or wild boar
Uozu, Toyama
A mature bear was sighted moving east along the road.
Nyuzen, Toyama
Around 4:30 a.m. on June 16, a bear was sighted in Ashizaki, Nyūzen Town. The bear was later captured.
Nyuzen, Toyama
Observed one bear in the field.
Itoigawa 南寺町, Niigata
Witnessed an adult bear about 1 m in size crossing the road.
Asahi, Toyama
Around 6:30 on 2026-06-15, a bear was sighted in Sakuramachi, Asahi Town, Toyama Prefecture.
Asahi, Toyama
Sighted an adult bear about 1 meter in size
Asahi, Toyama
Sighted under the field's streetlight.
Itoigawa 新鉄, Niigata
A fisherman sighted one bear. It ran off to the south.
Itoigawa 寺島, Niigata
A bear was sighted in Terajima, Itoigawa City, around 4:10 AM on 2026-06-14.
Itoigawa 寺島, Niigata
One bear was sighted heading toward the mountains near Uta Shikan (Uta Community Center) in the Omi area of Itoigawa City.
Itoigawa, Niigata
One bear was sighted in Anrakuji, Oyabe City.
Oyabe, Toyama
I witnessed a bear about 150 cm in body length crossing the road. It ran off toward the west.
Oyabe, Toyama
An animal believed to be a bear over 1 meter in size crossed the road.
Imizu, Toyama
A bear-like animal was sighted in Kurokawa, Imizu City.
Imizu, Toyama
While driving on National Route 8, one bear was sighted heading into the mountains near the Sandantaki-dōmon area.
Itoigawa, Niigata
A bear was spotted on the riverbank. Bear tracks were also found.
Nyuzen, Toyama
An animal resembling a bear was seen in Ashizaki, Nyūzen Town.
Nyuzen, Toyama
Bear tracks, likely from an adult bear, were found in Aramata, Kurobe City.
Kurobe 荒俣, Toyama
Adult bear footprints confirmed inside the quarry plant near the mouth of the Kurobe River.
Kurobe 荒俣, Toyama
Spotted one cub in an irrigation canal 250 m west of the University-mae South intersection.
Joetsu, Niigata
A bear was reportedly sighted in Kaharamachi area of Kanazawa City.
Kanazawa Kawaraichimachi, Ishikawa
An animal believed to be a bear about 50 cm in size crossed the road.
Imizu, Toyama
An animal believed to be a bear was sighted climbing a slope at Taikoyama Land in Imizu City.
Imizu, Toyama
One adult bear was sighted.
Kurobe 荒俣, Toyama
An animal resembling a bear was sighted in the brush near Wakaguri Community Center.
Kurobe 若栗, Toyama
A single bear was sighted in the area of Hokuyodai 2-chome.
Kanazawa Narasemotomachi, Ishikawa
Scat observed at 8:00 AM on June 9. Scat and footprints observed at 7:00 AM on June 10.
Itoigawa, Niigata
Around 3:00 PM in Wakaguri, Kurobe City, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted.
Kurobe 若栗, Toyama
A bear-like animal was sighted in Kurokawa, Imizu City.
Imizu, Toyama
One bear sighted near the Fossa Magna Museum garden. It moved into the woods on the north side.
Itoigawa 南寺町, Niigata
One bear was sighted near the house. It moved off toward the northeast.
Joetsu, Niigata
One bear, about 1.2 meters long, was sighted in Maruta, Nadachi Ward, Joetsu City, Niigata.
Joetsu, Niigata
An animal resembling a bear was sighted.
Kurobe 神谷, Toyama
An animal resembling a bear was sighted around 4:45 AM in Aramata, Kurobe City.
Kurobe 荒俣, Toyama
An animal resembling a bear was sighted on the left bank of the Kurobe River
Kurobe 荒俣, Toyama
A bear was sighted near the Kurobe River mouth in Nyūzen Town.
Nyuzen, Toyama
An animal like a bear
Kurobe 新天, Toyama
A single bear over 100 centimeters in body length was sighted on the Yamate side of Tanihama Park dog run, near the public restrooms.
Joetsu, Niigata
A farmer discovered bear tracks in the rice paddy.
Asahi, Toyama
One bear was sighted on the farm road along the left bank of Shimamichigawa. It moved eastward.
Itoigawa, Niigata
Spotted one bear
Itoigawa, Niigata
An animal resembling a bear
Kurobe 荻生, Toyama
A resident sighted one small bear walking along the road.
Kurobe 窪野, Toyama
In the afternoon of 2026-06-05, a bear-like animal was sighted in Ogyu, Kurobe City, Toyama Prefecture.
Kurobe 荻生, Toyama
One bear cub was sighted in Kubono, Kurobe City.
Kurobe 窪野, Toyama
Around 8:00 PM on 2026-06-05, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a prefectural road in Nagasaka, Yoshikawa Ward, Joetsu City.
Joetsu, Niigata
A single cub was sighted near Tokugai Bridge from National Route 8.
Itoigawa, Niigata
Spotted one bear near my house. It moved off toward the mountains.
Joetsu, Niigata
An adult (body length about 1–1.5 m) was seen from inside a vehicle. Direction in which it fled is unknown.
Oyabe, Toyama
Peak activity at 7:00 with 15 incidents
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In the past 30 days, 99 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 18 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 12 hours ago near Itoigawa, Niigata.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 7:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 213 km route runs from Tokamachi to Kanazawa, passing through Niigata, Ishikawa, and Toyama. In the past 30 days, 99 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 18 of them. The latest sighting was reported 12 hours ago near Itoigawa, Niigata. This is an active bear corridor. Reroute or postpone until activity quiets.
