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This 175 km route runs from Toyota to Japan Ukiyo-e Museum, passing through Aichi, Nagano, and Gifu. In the past 30 days, 120 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 27 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Ookuwa, Nagano.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
7 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Aichi, Nagano, Gifu.
Size: juvenile
Ookuwa, Nagano
One bear was sighted in a residential area of Miyabuchi, Matsumoto City; police searched but did not find it.
Matsumoto Miyabuchi-honmura, Nagano
Size: Adult
Kiso, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto Shinbashi, Nagano
Size: Juvenile
Agematsu 大字小川, Nagano
Two bear sighting reports were received from residents in Miyabuchi 3, Matsumoto City.
Matsumoto Miyabuchi-honmura, Nagano
Size: unknown
Matsumoto Miyabuchi-honmura, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Kiso, Nagano
Size: Adult
Agematsu, Nagano
Size: Adult
Agematsu 大字小川, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Agematsu 大字小川, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Kiso Fukushima, Nagano
Around 12:20 on 2026-06-13, a bear was sighted in Shimauchi, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture.
Matsumoto Shinbashi, Nagano
Size: Adult
Nagiso Tadachi, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Nagiso NAINO, Nagano
Size: Adult
Kiso, Nagano
Size: Adult
Kiso, Nagano
Size: adult (full-grown)
Kiso, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Asahi 大字小野沢, Nagano
A 110 emergency call reported seeing a bear in Jōyama, Matsumoto City.
Matsumoto Joyama, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Kiso, Nagano
Size: Adult
Agematsu 大字小川, Nagano
Size: adult and cub
Ookuwa, Nagano
Size: adult
Kiso, Nagano
Size: Adult
Matsumoto Joyama, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Kiso, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Ookuwa, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Azumino 三郷明盛, Nagano
Size: Adult
Azumino, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Shiojiri, Nagano
Size: Adult
Agematsu, Nagano
At the bend in the mountain trail where vehicles meet head-on
Nakatsugawa, Gifu
A bear was sighted in Shimmura, Matsumoto City.
Matsumoto Niimura, Nagano
Size: Adult
Matsumoto Azusagawa-Yamato, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Agematsu 大字小川, Nagano
Size: Adult
Kiso Fukushima, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Wada, Matsumoto City.
Matsumoto Wada, Nagano
Size: Adult
Agematsu, Nagano
Size: Adult
Kiso Fukushima, Nagano
Size: cub/juvenile
Nagiso Azuma, Nagano
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
A bear was sighted in Sasa-ga, Matsumoto City, around 5:30 a.m. on June 6.
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Adult (mature)
Agematsu, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto Azusagawa-Yamato, Nagano
Ena 三郷町野井, Gifu
Size: juvenile
Agematsu 旭町, Nagano
Size: Adult
Matsumoto Azusagawa-Yamato, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto Azusagawa-Yamato, Nagano
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Shimonishijo, Nagano
Size: cub/juvenile
Nagiso Azuma, Nagano
Around 18:45 on 2026-06-04, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Soga, Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture.
Shiojiri Daimon, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Sasaga, Matsumoto City, Nagano, around 08:50 on 2026-06-04.
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Agematsu 旭町, Nagano
A report was made in Seba, Shiojiri City, about an animal resembling a bear.
Shiojiri, Nagano
Size: adult
Kiso 大字菅, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Kiso, Nagano
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Daimon-nibancho, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto Kukohigashi, Nagano
A 45-year-old farm worker woman nearby called 110 to report seeing a bear in Sasaga, Matsumoto City.
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Adult
Matsumoto Kukohigashi, Nagano
Size: Adult
Kiso Shinkai, Nagano
Ena 長島町正家, Gifu
Size: Adult
Kiso Shinkai, Nagano
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Hirooka-Harashinden, Nagano
A bear-like animal was sighted in Tokorogi, Nagiso Town, Nagano.
Nagiso NAINO, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Shiojiri, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Agematsu, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Shiojiri Niekawa, Nagano
Size: unknown
Nagiso Tadachi, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Nagiso, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Shiojiri, Nagano
Size: Adult
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Shimonishijo, Nagano
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Daimon-hachibancho, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Agematsu, Nagano
Around 18:35 on 2026-05-29, one bear was sighted in Shimadachi, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture.
Matsumoto Shimadachi, Nagano
Size: Adult
Agematsu, Nagano
Size: cub (young bear)
Agematsu 旭町, Nagano
Size: cub (young animal)
Agematsu 大字小川, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Agematsu 旭町, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Kiso 大字薮原, Nagano
Two Cubs/young bears spotted running across hikers path
Shiojiri Narai, Nagano
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Daimon-nibancho, Nagano
Size: Adult
Shiojiri, Nagano
Toyota 広幡町, Aichi
Size: Unknown
Agematsu 旭町, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Shiojiri Soga, Nagano
Nakatsugawa, Gifu
Nakatsugawa Magome, Gifu
Size: adult
Ookuwa, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Shiojiri Daimon-nibancho, Nagano
I didn't see it, but while walking a growling, panting sound came from the woods and I ran away.
Toyota 東広瀬町, Aichi
One bear was captured with a tranquilizer gun at Nanbu Park in Matsumoto City.
Matsumoto Yoshino, Nagano
One bear was caught on a company security camera in Hiratahigashi, Matsumoto City.
Matsumoto Ichiba, Nagano
On 2026-05-22 before 08:00, a bear was reported in a yard in Kotobuki-kita, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture.
Matsumoto Ichiba, Nagano
Size: Adult
Matsumoto Yoshino, Nagano
A bear was sighted around 7:30 a.m. in a residential area of Kotobuki-kita 8, Matsumoto City.
Matsumoto Kotobuki-toyooka, Nagano
One bear was seen in Nambu Park in Matsumoto, Nagano, stayed on a tree for about an hour, and was captured with a tranquilizer gun.
Matsumoto Yoshino, Nagano
Small black bear
Kiso, Nagano
Around 07:00 on May 21, 2026, one bear was sighted in a residential area near the Kobo-yama kofun in Namiyanagi, Matsumoto City. Namiyanagi Elementary School was closed temporarily and 54 pupils who had already arrived were handed over to their guardians. Police and municipal authorities searched the area but did not find the bear; footprints believed to be from a bear were found in a nearby field. No human injuries were reported.
Matsumoto Namiyanagi, Nagano
A resident reported seeing a bear in Nariai, Matsumoto City, and called 110.
Matsumoto Namiyanagi, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto Namiyanagi, Nagano
Size: cub (juvenile)
Kiso, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Agematsu 大字上松, Nagano
Adult size bears
Kiso, Nagano
Toyota 折平町, Aichi
Size: juvenile
Nagiso Azuma, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: adult
Shiojiri Hirooka-Kataishi, Nagano
Seto 上山路町, Aichi
Around 2 PM on May 20, a bear was sighted in Sasaga, Matsumoto City, Nagano.
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Nagiso Tadachi, Nagano
Size: Adult (fully grown)
Shiojiri Daimon-hachibancho, Nagano
Size: Adult
Shiojiri, Nagano
Toyota 枝下町, Aichi
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Daimon-hachibancho, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Shiojiri Daimon-hachibancho, Nagano
Nakatsugawa, Gifu
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Niekawa, Nagano
Nakatsugawa 茄子川, Gifu
Peak activity at 18:00 with 4 incidents
Ursus thibetanus japonicus
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In the past 30 days, 120 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 27 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Ookuwa, Nagano.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 18:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 175 km route runs from Toyota to Japan Ukiyo-e Museum, passing through Aichi, Nagano, and Gifu. In the past 30 days, 120 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 27 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Ookuwa, Nagano. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
