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This 121 km route runs from Hokuto to Omachi, passing through Yamanashi and Nagano. In the past 30 days, 133 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 36 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Azumino 穂高有明, Nagano.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
3 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Yamanashi, Nagano.
Size: adult
Azumino 穂高有明, Nagano
Size: Adult
Ōmachi 中ノ関, Nagano
Size: unknown
Fujimi, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Hotaka Ariake, Azumino City.
Azumino 穂高有明, Nagano
Size: adult
Ōmachi 中ノ関, 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: juvenile
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Matsumoto Shinbashi, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: Juvenile
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: adult
Ōmachi 元ノ関, 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: Unknown
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Ōmachi, Nagano
Around 12:20 on 2026-06-13, a bear was sighted in Shimauchi, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture.
Matsumoto Shinbashi, Nagano
Size: adult
Matsumoto Shimauchi, Nagano
One bear was found trapped in a snare along a forest road in Kawagishi, Okaya City, and was culled.
Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: adult and cub
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: Adult
Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano
Size: adult with cub(s)
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: adult
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: adult with cub
Ōmachi, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Okada-Shimookada, Matsumoto City.
Matsumoto Okada-Shimookada, Nagano
A 110 emergency call reported seeing a bear in Jōyama, Matsumoto City.
Matsumoto Joyama, Nagano
Size: cub
Fujimi, Nagano
Size: cub (young bear)
Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Kanai, Shiojiri City on 2026-06-11.
Shiojiri Kanai, Nagano
Size: Adult
Matsumoto Joyama, Nagano
Size: Juvenile
Shiojiri Midoriko, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: Adult
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: adult with cubs
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Shiojiri Kaminishijo, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Azumino 三郷明盛, Nagano
Size: Adult
Azumino, Nagano
Size: adult
Azumino 穂高牧, Nagano
Size: adult with cub(s)
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: adult and cub
Ōmachi, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Shimmura, Matsumoto City.
Matsumoto Niimura, Nagano
Size: Adult
Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano
Size: cub/juvenile
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: Adult
Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano
Size: Adult
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: Adult
Ōmachi, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Wada, Matsumoto City.
Matsumoto Wada, Nagano
Size: Adult
Azumino, Nagano
Walked from Nagasaka Ushii Pond toward Kitz Nagasaka Factory.
Hokuto Nagasakacho-Nagasakakamijo, Yamanashi
Hokuto Nagasakacho-Nagasakakamijo, Yamanashi
Size: adult with cubs
Ōmachi, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Sasa-ga, Matsumoto City, around 5:30 a.m. on June 6.
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Adult
Matsumoto Azusagawa-Yamato, Nagano
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Shimonishijo, Nagano
Size: adult
Azumino 穂高有明, Nagano
Size: adult with cubs
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: adult and cub
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: Adult
Matsukawa Kitahosono, Nagano
Size: Adult
Azumino 穂高有明, Nagano
Size: adult and cub
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: adult
Azumino 穂高牧, 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
Discovered footprints in the field that appear to be from a bear-like animal.
Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko, Yamanashi
Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko, Yamanashi
Around 5:55 PM on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Miasa Futae, Omachi City.
Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Sasaga, Matsumoto City, Nagano, around 08:50 on 2026-06-04.
Matsumoto, Nagano
Bear-like animal tracks were found in Sutama-cho Wakagami, Hokuto City.
Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko, Yamanashi
Size: adult (fully grown)
Ōmachi 元ノ関, 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 with cub(s)
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: Adult
Matsumoto Kukohigashi, Nagano
Size: Adult
Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Hirooka-Harashinden, Nagano
Size: Adult
Okaya, Nagano
Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko-shinmachi, Yamanashi
Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko-shinmachi, Yamanashi
Size: adult
Azumino 豊科光, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Tokiwanishiyama, Omachi City, around 11:30 on May 31.
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: Adult
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Shimonishijo, Nagano
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Daimon-hachibancho, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano
Around 18:35 on 2026-05-29, one bear was sighted in Shimadachi, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture.
Matsumoto Shimadachi, Nagano
Size: Cub
Ōmachi 中ノ関, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Aizome, Ikeda Town, Nagano Prefecture.
Ikeda Aisome, Nagano
At around 12:20 on 2026-05-29, one bear was sighted in Miasa Futari, Omachi City.
Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Ikeda Rikugo, Nagano
Around 11:00 on May 29, a bear was sighted in Shakanouchi, Omachi City.
Ōmachi Yashiro, Nagano
Size: adult and cub
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: adult with cubs
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Ōmachi Yashiro, Nagano
Size: adult with cub
Azumino 豊科田沢, Nagano
Hokuto Kobuchisawacho, Yamanashi
Size: adult (fully grown)
Ikeda Rikugo, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Matsukawa Kitahosono, Nagano
Size: Adult (fully grown)
Matsukawa, Nagano
Around 06:00 on 2026-05-28, a bear was sighted in Hotaka Ariake, Azumino City, Nagano Prefecture.
Azumino 穂高有明, Nagano
Size: Juvenile
Azumino 豊科田沢, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Fujimi, Nagano
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Daimon-nibancho, Nagano
Size: Adult
Fujimi, Nagano
Size: Adult
Fujimi, Nagano
Around noon on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Fujimi, Fujimi Town, Nagano Prefecture.
Fujimi, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Tokiwanishiyama, Omachi City, around 3:03 PM on May 23.
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Shiojiri Daimon-nibancho, Nagano
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
Size: adult (fully grown)
Azumino 明科光, 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
Size: Adult (fully grown)
Azumino 豊科田沢, Nagano
Size: adult
Okaya Minato, 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: Unknown
Matsumoto Kotobuki-shirasebuchi, Nagano
Size: adult
Shiojiri Hirooka-Kataishi, Nagano
Around 2 PM on May 20, a bear was sighted in Sasaga, Matsumoto City, Nagano.
Matsumoto, Nagano
Size: Adult (fully grown)
Shiojiri Daimon-hachibancho, Nagano
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Kyushiojiri, Nagano
Size: Adult
Shiojiri Daimon-hachibancho, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Shiojiri Daimon-hachibancho, Nagano
At around 20:40 on May 17, 2026, a single bear about 50 cm long was sighted in a residential area about 60 meters south of Kimii-chi Nursery in Nakasu, Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture. Police arrived but the bear had already left; police and city officials patrolled the area the next morning and warned residents, and no damage has been confirmed.
Suwa Nakasu, Nagano
Peak activity at 18:00 with 4 incidents
Ursus thibetanus japonicus
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In the past 30 days, 133 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 36 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Azumino 穂高有明, Nagano.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 18:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 121 km route runs from Hokuto to Omachi, passing through Yamanashi and Nagano. In the past 30 days, 133 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 36 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Azumino 穂高有明, Nagano. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
