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This 1338 km route runs from Kohoku Ward, Yokohama to Itsukushima, passing through Kanagawa, Nagano, Ishikawa, Osaka, Wakayama, Okayama, Kagawa, Hiroshima, Fukui, Gifu, Gunma, Hyogo, Kyoto, Saitama, Shiga, Tokyo, and Toyama. In the past 30 days, 171 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 24 of them. The latest sighting was reported 20 hours ago near Chikuma Kurashina, Nagano.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
24 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Kanagawa, Nagano, Ishikawa, Osaka, Wakayama, Okayama, Kagawa, Hiroshima, Fukui, Gifu, Gunma, Hyogo, Kyoto, Saitama, Shiga, Tokyo, Toyama.
Size: Unknown
Chikuma Kurashina, Nagano
Fukaya, Saitama
Two bear-like animals were reportedly sighted in Musashino, Fukaya City.
Fukaya 緑台, Saitama
Size: adult (fully grown)
Nagano Shinonoi-Ishikawa, Nagano
Around 2:30 PM on 2026-08-05, one bear was sighted in Shinonoi Ishikawa, Nagano City.
Nagano Shinonoi-Ishikawa, Nagano
Size: Adult
Karuizawa 軽井沢, Nagano
Location: 36.36815° N, 138.59869° E We encountered 1 adult female bear with 2 cubs. The adult bear made a bluff charge toward us (stopped around 5 meters away) while the cubs ran up the hill. They then moved away together.
Karuizawa 中軽井沢, Nagano
Size: adult with cubs
Karuizawa 大字長倉, Nagano
Size: Adult
Karuizawa 軽井沢, Nagano
Annaka 上後閑, Gunma
A bear was sighted in Kamigokan, Annaka City, Gunma Prefecture, on 2026-08-01.
Annaka 上後閑, Gunma
Size: adult and cub
Sakaki Minamijo, Nagano
Size: Adult
Karuizawa 中軽井沢, Nagano
Around 1:00 on July 31, a bear was sighted in Niibori, Matsuida-machi, Annaka City.
Annaka 松井田町新堀, Gunma
Annaka 松井田町新堀, Gunma
Size: Adult (fully grown)
Karuizawa, Nagano
Size: Adult (fully grown)
Karuizawa 中軽井沢, Nagano
Annaka 松井田町二軒在家, Gunma
A bear was sighted in Matsuidamachi Matsuida, Annaka City, Gunma Prefecture, around 12:45 on July 30.
Annaka 松井田町松井田, Gunma
Annaka 松井田町人見, Gunma
Size: adult (fully grown)
Sakaki, Nagano
Around 1:00 PM on 2026-07-28, one bear was sighted in Karuizawa, Karuizawa Town, Nagano Prefecture.
Karuizawa 大字軽井沢, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Sakaki, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Goryo, Matsuidamachi, Annaka City around 8:00 on 2026-07-27.
Annaka, Gunma
Annaka, Gunma
Size: adult
Karuizawa, Nagano
A bear was seen moving in Matsuidamachi-Kamimasuda, Annaka City, around 9:00 PM on July 25.
Annaka 松井田町上増田, Gunma
Annaka 松井田町土塩, Gunma
Size: juvenile
Karuizawa 大字長倉, Nagano
Around 8:20 AM on 2026-07-24, one bear was sighted in Hatachi, Karuizawa Town, Nagano Prefecture.
Karuizawa 大字発地, Nagano
Size: Adult
Karuizawa 大字発地, Nagano
Around 8:20 on 2026-07-24, a bear was sighted in Nagakura, Karuizawa Town, Nagano Prefecture.
Karuizawa 中軽井沢, Nagano
Size: Adult
Karuizawa 大字長倉, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Mogusa, Karuizawa Town, Nagano Prefecture, around 7:15 a.m. on July 21.
Karuizawa 大字茂沢, Nagano
Size: Adult
Karuizawa 大字茂沢, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Karuizawa 大字長倉, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Karuizawa, Karuizawa Town, Nagano.
Karuizawa 大字軽井沢, Nagano
Annaka 松井田町行田, Gunma
One bear was seen moving in Matsuida-cho Gyoda, Annaka City, Gunma.
Annaka 松井田町行田, Gunma
Size: cub (young bear)
Karuizawa 中軽井沢, Nagano
Size: adult with cub(s)
Nagano Shinonoi-Utabi, Nagano
Size: Juvenile
Karuizawa 大字軽井沢, Nagano
Size: cub (young animal)
Karuizawa 大字軽井沢, Nagano
Size: Adult
Karuizawa 大字軽井沢, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Karuizawa 大字長倉, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Karuizawa, Nagano
Size: Adult
Nagano Shobu-ko, Nagano
Size: adult and cub
Karuizawa, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Karuizawa 大字軽井沢, Nagano
On the way back from the Kirizumi Onsen parking lot, just before the upstream dam on the Kirizumi River, at a right-hand curve, it suddenly jumped out onto the road from the right (mountain) side and ran straight across toward the left (river) side, which is a cliff. About 5 m in front of the vehicle.
Annaka 松井田町坂本, Gunma
It looked like a large dog crossed the area, but there was no owner, and I realized it was a wild animal. It was not a boar, deer, or badger. Judging from the size, gait, and silhouette, I think it may have been a young Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus), so I am reporting it. Also, while walking nearby I found a black, glossy, flattened droppings. After examining it, I believe it is likely from a bear.
Karuizawa 大字軽井沢, Nagano
Around 9:30 on July 13, a bear was sighted in Togura, Chikuma City, Nagano, and was captured.
Chikuma Togura, Nagano
Size: Adult
Chikuma Togura, Nagano
I was riding a motorcycle on a tour, and it was just at the spot where the guardrail goes into the mountain, so I didn't take any photos and the location is not exact. I was heading west and report an approximate location based on my memory that it was a left-hand curve a little past the Megane Bridge parking area, at a place with a white guardrail.
Annaka, Gunma
Size: Unknown
Chikuma Kurashina, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Nagano Shinonoi-Ishikawa, Nagano
Size: Juvenile
Omi, Nagano
Around 2:30 PM on 2026-08-05, one bear was sighted in Shinonoi Ishikawa, Nagano City.
Nagano Shinonoi-Ishikawa, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Akashina Nakagawate, Azumino City.
Azumino 明科中川手, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Azumino 明科中川手, Nagano
Size: adult with cub(s)
Nagano Shinonoi-Utabi, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Matsumoto Arigasaki, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Arigasaki, Matsumoto City.
Matsumoto Arigasaki, Nagano
Size: Adult
Nagano Shobu-ko, Nagano
Size: Unknown
Azumino 豊科光, Nagano
Two animals believed to be bear cubs crossed the road.
Imizu, Toyama
Two bear-like cubs were sighted in Minami-Takaoka Yama, Imizu City.
Imizu, Toyama
Sightings of a mother bear and her cub(s)
Toyama, Toyama
Sightings of a mother bear and her cub(s)
Toyama, Toyama
Confirmed bear footprints
Toyama, Toyama
Old footprints and signs of a bear eating watermelon were confirmed in Takayashiki, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Discovered what appear to be bear tracks.
Oyabe, Toyama
Something resembling bear footprints was confirmed in Yokotani, Oyabe City.
Oyabe, Toyama
Size: adult
Azumino 穂高牧, Nagano
Size: Adult
Azumino 三郷温, Nagano
One bear-like animal was sighted in Mitoida, Imizu City, around 3:50 PM on August 4.
Imizu, Toyama
Witnessed a 1 m-long bear.
Imizu, Toyama
Size: Adult
Azumino 穂高有明, Nagano
Observed one bear moving north from the bushes near a residence.
Oyabe, Toyama
Around 7:13 PM on 2026-08-03, a bear was sighted in Yokotani, Oyabe City, Toyama Prefecture.
Oyabe, Toyama
At around 2:50 a.m. on 2026-08-03, one bear-like animal was sighted in Nōde, Imizu City, Toyama Prefecture.
Imizu, Toyama
A bear-like animal was sighted in Shimoyamada, Takaoka City.
Takaoka, Toyama
Sighted one animal believed to be a bear
Takaoka, Toyama
Two bear-like animals sighted.
Oyabe, Toyama
Spotted a mother bear and her cubs on the riverbank
Toyama, Toyama
Three bears, including a parent and offspring, were sighted in Hongu, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Two cub-like animals were sighted in Serikawa, Oyabe City.
Oyabe, Toyama
Witnessed one bear cub crossing the road.
Tateyama, Toyama
One bear was sighted in Horigane Karasawa, Azumino City, around 10:35 on 2026-07-30.
Azumino 穂高柏原, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Azumino 穂高牧, Nagano
Sighted a bear (body length unknown). It moved off toward the south.
Oyabe, Toyama
Discovered bear tracks, droppings, etc.
Tateyama, Toyama
Discovered bear footprints, droppings, etc.
Tateyama, Toyama
Found traces of a bear eating a watermelon
Toyama, Toyama
A single adult bear was seen crossing the road and then fleeing toward the mountains north of the road.
Oyabe, Toyama
A trace was found in Yokouchi, Toyama City, showing watermelons had been eaten.
Toyama, Toyama
Size: adult (fully grown)
Azumino 穂高有明, Nagano
One bear was sighted in Hotaka Ariake, Azumino City.
Azumino 穂高有明, Nagano
In Ota, Toyama City, a bear damaged a field near a residential area and ate about eight watermelons.
Toyama, Toyama
Traces of a bear eating a watermelon were discovered
Toyama, Toyama
In Horikawa-cho, Toyama City, traces showed bear damage to home-garden watermelons.
Toyama, Toyama
In Ota, Toyama City, traces showed cucumbers?
Toyama, Toyama
Discovered bear tracks, droppings, and signs of a eaten watermelon
Toyama, Toyama
Tracks believed to have been made by a bear passing through a rice field were discovered.
Toyama, Toyama
In the morning of July 28, a bear sighting was reported in Oba, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Sighted something that appeared to be a bear
Toyama, Toyama
On the morning of July 28, traces were found in Yokouchi, Toyama City, showing a bear had trampled down rice plants in a paddy field and entered.
Toyama, Toyama
Bear tracks and signs of eaten watermelons were found in a home garden in Ota, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
On 2026-07-28, bear tracks/signs were confirmed in Yokouchi, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Size: Unknown
Azumino 穂高有明, Nagano
Sighted something believed to be a bear
Toyama, Toyama
Suspected bear droppings found
Toyama, Toyama
Bear droppings were found in front of a house entrance in Kosugi, Ninagawa district, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Suspected bear droppings discovered
Toyama, Toyama
Fresh bear droppings with signs of peach consumption were found in Shimohori, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
In Akadashinmachi, Toyama City, a report said there was suspected bear feces, but no bear was confirmed.
Toyama, Toyama
Sighted something that appeared to be a bear
Toyama, Toyama
In Horikawa-cho, Toyama City, a bear believed to be an adult was recorded on a dashcam running along a road and entering a residential lot.
Toyama, Toyama
An adult bear was captured on a security camera.
Toyama, Toyama
An adult bear crossing the road was captured on a security camera.
Toyama, Toyama
In Kosugi, Toyama City, a resident found a bear captured on a home security camera.
Toyama, Toyama
One adult bear was sighted in Saikakuji, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Sighted an animal resembling a bear
Toyama, Toyama
An adult bear was sighted in Fuchu-machi Kamikuwata, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
one adult bear
Toyama, Toyama
Bear tracks confirmed
Toyama, Toyama
A bear was captured on the security camera.
Toyama, Toyama
An adult bear was captured on camera in Fuchu-machi Tomikawa, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Bear tracks were found at Hane Peaceful Park in Hane, Fuchu-machi, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
A bear was sighted in Hane, Fuchu-machi, Toyama City, around 5:00 AM on 2026-07-26.
Toyama, Toyama
Observed crossing the road toward the river
Tateyama, Toyama
One bear was sighted peeking out from roadside grass along a prefectural road in Tano-honmachi, Kanazawa.
Kanazawa 太陽が丘, Ishikawa
Bear itself confirmed from photo provided by the discoverer
Toyama, Toyama
On 2026-07-23 around 10:45, a resident saw one bear in Fuchu-machi Konagasawa, Toyama City.
Toyama, Toyama
Sighted what appeared to be a bear.
Tateyama, Toyama
Around 00:30 on 2026-07-22, a bear was sighted in Hotakaariake, Azumino City, Nagano Prefecture.
Azumino 穂高有明, Nagano
Around 3:00 PM on July 22, a bear-like animal was sighted in Sotaniguchi, Tateyama Town.
Tateyama, Toyama
Sighted one bear
Tateyama, Toyama
One bear was sighted in Maki, Toyama City, around 3 PM.
Toyama, Toyama
Around 21:00 on 2026-07-19, a bear was sighted in Hotaka Ariake, Azumino City, Nagano Prefecture.
Azumino 穂高有明, Nagano
Around 19:40 on July 18, a bear-like animal was sighted in Kuramoto-shin, Tateyama Town, Toyama Prefecture.
Tateyama, Toyama
Witnessed while walking.
Tateyama, Toyama
A bear-like animal was sighted in Kurokawa, Imizu City, around 7:15 p.m. on July 17.
Imizu, Toyama
In Hirano, Imizu City, a woman driving a car saw an animal resembling a bear running on the road; it was considered a cub and disappeared toward Taikoyama Park Cemetery.
Imizu, Toyama
An animal believed to be a bear crossed the road and headed south.
Imizu, Toyama
A bear-like animal was sighted in Aoidani, Imizu City, around 2:20 p.m. on July 17.
Imizu, Toyama
An adult bear was sighted in Shogendera, Imizu City, around 5:25 a.m. on July 17.
Imizu, Toyama
Sighted an adult bear during patrol
Imizu, Toyama
One bear was sighted on a road in Shogenzi, Imizu City, and quickly returned to the bushes.
Imizu, Toyama
Sighted an animal believed to be a bear
Imizu, Toyama
Size: juvenile
Matsumoto Arigasaki, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Arigasaki, Matsumoto City.
Matsumoto Arigasaki, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Ujin-shin, Oyabe City, Toyama around 21:55 on 2026-07-12.
Oyabe, Toyama
Size: Unknown
Azumino 穂高有明, Nagano
Awara Yokogaki, Fukui
A bear was sighted in Yamayurigaoka, Otsu City, around 22:20 on August 4.
Otsu Yamayurinooka, Shiga
Moved to the east side
Otsu Yamayurinooka, Shiga
Ukawa — sighting
Takashima Katsuno, Shiga
Awara 指中, Fukui
mistaken capture
Otsu Ogicho, Shiga
Around 08:10 on 2026-07-30, one bear was sighted in Sashinaka, Awara City.
Awara 指中, Fukui
Around 7:25 PM on 2026-07-29, one bear was sighted in Hiraka-machi, Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture.
Hakusan Hirakamachi, Ishikawa
Around 7:00 PM on July 28, one bear was sighted in Shishigase, Takashima City, Shiga.
Takashima Shishigase, Shiga
Fukui Asamiyacho, Fukui
One bear was sighted peeking out from roadside grass along a prefectural road in Tano-honmachi, Kanazawa.
Kanazawa 太陽が丘, Ishikawa
sighting
Takashima, Shiga
Awara 蓮ケ浦, Fukui
July 18, around 8:40 — Kita-Hira
Otsu Minamikomatsu, Shiga
7/18 around 8:40 — Kitahira
Otsu Minamikomatsu, Shiga
Kyoto, Kyoto
A cub was sighted at a lodging facility in Kitahira, Otsu City.
Otsu Kitahira, Shiga
One bear sighted in the irrigation channel near Hirataka Intersection
Hakusan Hirakamachi, Ishikawa
Shinasahi Town Aiba — sighting
Takashima, Shiga
A resident walking saw one bear in a waterway in Hiraka-cho, Mikawa district, Hakusan City.
Hakusan Hirakamachi, Ishikawa
Echizen 広瀬町, Fukui
A bear was sighted in Goyu-cho, Fukui City.
Fukui Goyucho, Fukui
Awara 沢, Fukui
Peak activity at 8:00 with 16 incidents
Ursus thibetanus japonicus
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In the past 30 days, 171 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 24 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 20 hours ago near Chikuma Kurashina, Nagano.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 8:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 1338 km route runs from Kohoku Ward, Yokohama to Itsukushima, passing through Kanagawa, Nagano, Ishikawa, Osaka, Wakayama, Okayama, Kagawa, Hiroshima, Fukui, Gifu, Gunma, Hyogo, Kyoto, Saitama, Shiga, Tokyo, and Toyama. In the past 30 days, 171 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 24 of them. The latest sighting was reported 20 hours ago near Chikuma Kurashina, Nagano. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
