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This 164 km route runs from Zenkō-ji Temple to Toyama Castle, passing through Nagano, Toyama, and Niigata. In the past 30 days, 112 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 25 of them. The latest sighting was reported 14 hours ago near Itoigawa 横町, Niigata.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
3 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Nagano, Toyama, Niigata.
Confirmed feces in vacant lot approximately the size consistent with a bear.
Itoigawa 横町, Niigata
Size: adult (fully grown)
Hakuba, Nagano
Size: Adult (fully grown)
Otari Chikuni, Nagano
Size: adult
Otari Nakaotari, Nagano
Around 3:15 PM on June 22, a bear-like animal was sighted in Funahashi.
Funahashi, Toyama
Sighted one bear
Itoigawa, Niigata
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
A bear was sighted in Miasa, Omachi City, around 07:30 on 2026-06-19.
Ōmachi Miasa, Nagano
Sighted something that appeared to be a bear
Toyama, Toyama
Size: Adult (fully grown)
Hakuba, Nagano
An animal resembling a bear was sighted in Ippongi, Toyama City, around 6:00 AM on June 19.
Toyama, Toyama
Size: adult and cub
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: Adult
Hakuba, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Miasa Futae, Omachi City, Nagano, around 16:55 on 2026-06-18.
Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano
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
Size: Adult
Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano
Size: cub
Otari Nakaotari, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano
Size: Adult (fully grown)
Hakuba, Nagano
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
Size: juvenile
Nagano Uematsu, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano
Near the boundary between Kuriyama and Izumi hamlets in the Nechi area, one bear was sighted on the prefectural road. It moved toward the mountains.
Itoigawa, Niigata
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
Size: Adult
Ogawa Oneyama, Nagano
Size: Adult
Ōmachi 中ノ関, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Hakuba, Nagano
Size: adult
Ōmachi 中ノ関, Nagano
Sighted under the field's streetlight.
Itoigawa 新鉄, Niigata
Cub sighted on the Shōmyō Falls trail
Toyama, Toyama
A fisherman sighted one bear. It ran off to the south.
Itoigawa 寺島, Niigata
Size: adult and cub
Otari, Nagano
Size: adult with cub(s)
Hakuba, Nagano
A bear was sighted in Terajima, Itoigawa City, around 4:10 AM on 2026-06-14.
Itoigawa 寺島, Niigata
Size: adult
Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano
Size: adult
Hakuba, Nagano
One bear was sighted heading toward the mountains near Uta Shikan (Uta Community Center) in the Omi area of Itoigawa City.
Itoigawa, Niigata
Witnessed an adult approximately 100 cm in size crossing the road.
Toyama, Toyama
Size: Unknown
Ogawa Oneyama, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Ōmachi, Nagano
While driving on National Route 8, one bear was sighted heading into the mountains near the Sandantaki-dōmon area.
Itoigawa, Niigata
One bear sighted near a residence. Direction of escape unknown.
Itoigawa, Niigata
A bear was sighted in Hokujo, Hakuba Village, around 4:04 PM on June 11.
Hakuba Hokujo, Nagano
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
Size: cub (young bear)
Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Hakuba, Nagano
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
Scat observed at 8:00 AM on June 9. Scat and footprints observed at 7:00 AM on June 10.
Itoigawa, Niigata
Size: adult
Ogawa Inaoka, Nagano
Around 3:00 PM in Wakaguri, Kurobe City, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted.
Kurobe 若栗, Toyama
One bear sighted near the Fossa Magna Museum garden. It moved into the woods on the north side.
Itoigawa 南寺町, Niigata
Size: Adult
Hakuba, Nagano
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
Size: Adult
Ogawa Takafu, Nagano
An animal like a bear
Kurobe 新天, Toyama
Size: Adult
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: adult with cubs
Hakuba, Nagano
A farmer discovered bear tracks in the rice paddy.
Asahi, Toyama
Size: Adult
Hakuba, Nagano
Size: Adult
Otari, Nagano
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
Size: Unknown
Nagano Mayumida, Nagano
Size: adult
Hakuba, Nagano
Around 5:55 PM on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Miasa Futae, Omachi City.
Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano
Size: adult (fully grown)
Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Nagano 富田, Nagano
Size: Adult
Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano
Size: Adult
Nagano Aokijimamachi-Aokijima, Nagano
One bear was observed moving in the mountain (south) direction.
Itoigawa, Niigata
Size: adult (full-grown)
Ogawa Takafu, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Ōmachi, Nagano
Size: adult and cub
Ōmachi, Nagano
An adult bear was sighted near Takeyano Bridge.
Kurobe 田家野, Toyama
One bear sighted
Itoigawa, Niigata
Around 9:25 on May 30, a bear was sighted in Miwa, Omachi City.
Ōmachi Miasa, Nagano
Size: juvenile
Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano
Size: adult and cub
Ogawa Setogawa, Nagano
Around 13:50 on 2026-05-30, a bear-like animal was sighted in Tajeno, Kurobe City.
Kurobe 田家野, Toyama
One bear sighted
Itoigawa, Niigata
Size: Cub
Ōmachi 中ノ関, Nagano
At around 12:20 on 2026-05-29, one bear was sighted in Miasa Futari, Omachi City.
Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano
Around 6:00 PM on May 27, bear-like animal feces were found in Hirono-shin, Kamiichi Town, Toyama, indicating bear presence.
Kamiichi, Toyama
Size: Juvenile
Hakuba, Nagano
Size: unknown
Ōmachi, Nagano
On National Route 406, about 10 minutes after entering Ogawa Village from Hakuba Village toward Togakushi Shrine, an apparently adult male bear came out in front of my car, ran about 20 meters along the roadway, slipped under the wire guard, and fled toward the river.
Hakuba, Nagano
A passerby spotted a bear.
Uozu, Toyama
Size: adult (fully grown)
Nagano Shinkomachi-Hinota, Nagano
I saw a bear about 160 centimeters (around 5 feet 3 inches) tall.
Uozu, Toyama
One bear was sighted near the Izumi bus stop. It was moving toward the mountains.
Itoigawa, Niigata
Peak activity at 7:00 with 7 incidents
Ursus thibetanus japonicus
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In the past 30 days, 112 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 25 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 14 hours ago near Itoigawa 横町, Niigata.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 7:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 164 km route runs from Zenkō-ji Temple to Toyama Castle, passing through Nagano, Toyama, and Niigata. In the past 30 days, 112 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 25 of them. The latest sighting was reported 14 hours ago near Itoigawa 横町, Niigata. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
