Tsumagoi~Sakata 드라이브 루트

Size: adult (fully grown)

Nagano Toyonomachi-Toyono, Nagano

One bear (approx. 1.0 m in body length) was sighted about 300 m east of Abura-do Community Center, near Nakata Bridge. It moved south and was later not found. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 油戸, Yamagata

One cub was sighted in Koiwagawa, Tsuruoka City, coming down from the mountain to National Route 7 and then returning to the mountain when a witness called out.

Tsuruoka 小岩川, Yamagata

Atsumi government office building area: Witnessed one cub (body length unknown) that came down from the mountain onto National Route 7. When the witness called out, the cub returned to the mountain. / Environment: Near houses / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 小岩川, Yamagata

A cub was sighted crossing a railway line from the mountain side to the sea side in Hayata, Tsuruoka City.

Tsuruoka 早田, Yamagata

Ainsai government office area: Observed a cub (about 0.5 m body length) crossing the tracks from the mountainside to the seaside in the Hayata area. / Environment: Around houses / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 早田, Yamagata

Tsumagoi Tashiro, Gunma

A witness observed one cub moving from the seaside toward the mountains. / Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 小岩川, Yamagata

While traveling on Prefectural Route Kamimasuda–Yoshikawa, I sighted one bear. It ran off to the south.

Joetsu, Niigata

Size: Adult

Takayama Takai, Nagano

Atsumi government office: One bear (body length unknown) sighted in the Yu-Atsumi area. / Environment: Near houses / Size: Unknown

Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata

Atsumi government office area: One bear (body length unknown) sighted within the Yunokami area. / Environment: Near residences / Size: Unknown

Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted at the Tsuruoka City Atsumi Forestry Association parking lot in Oiwagawa, Tsuruoka City.

Tsuruoka 大岩川, Yamagata

Atsumi government office: One bear (approximately 1 m in body length) sighted in the parking lot of the Tsuruoka City Atsumi Forest Cooperative. / Environment: business/office parking lot / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 大岩川, Yamagata

A single bear (body length 1.0 m) was sighted at a farming work hut in Nakayama area. It appeared to be eating rice. It moved away from the sighting location afterward. / Environment: Around homes / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 矢引, Yamagata

A bear entered a farm work shed in Nakayama, Tsuruoka City, and damaged rice stored in paper bags.

Tsuruoka 中山, Yamagata

A bear was sighted at a farm work shed in Nakayama, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata, eating rice stored in the shed.

Tsuruoka 中山, Yamagata

One bear was sighted about 100 meters northwest of the campsite in the Oaza Gochi Kokubu area.

Joetsu, Niigata

Size: cub (juvenile)

Takayama, Nagano

One bear was sighted in Gochikokubu, Joetsu City.

Joetsu, Niigata

One bear (approximately 80 cm) was sighted entering the southwest mountain near the baseball field of Tsuruoka National College of Technology. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: forest / Size: juvenile

Tsuruoka 井岡, Yamagata

At around 15:58 on June 26, a bear was sighted in Ioka, Tsuruoka City.

Tsuruoka 井岡, Yamagata

Tsumagoi, Gunma

Size: Adult

Iiyama Hachisu, Nagano

Around 14:00 on 2026-06-26, a bear was sighted in Hasu, Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture.

Iiyama Hachisu, Nagano

Size: Adult

Takayama Takai, Nagano

Size: adult animal

Iiyama Hachisu, Nagano

Atsumi Government Office: A single cub (approximately 0.8 m in body length) was sighted near the Atsumi government office / Environment: Near houses / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata

A cub was sighted within the Nakayama area and ran off to the north. / Environment: near houses / Size: juvenile

Tsuruoka 中山, Yamagata

While driving on Prefectural Route Suginosawa-Futamata, a single bear was observed moving across the road from the west side to the east side.

Myoko, Niigata

Around 08:00 on 2026-06-25, a bear was sighted in Kamikura, Suzaka City, Nagano Prefecture.

Suzaka Kamegura, Nagano

Around 10:00 on 2026-06-25, a bear was sighted in Toyono-machi Toyono, Nagano City.

Nagano Toyonomachi-Toyono, Nagano

Size: cub (juvenile)

Suzaka Tochigura, Nagano

Size: Adult (fully grown)

Nagano Yoshi, Nagano

Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata

Size: Juvenile

Ueda, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Ueda, Nagano

Around 17:35 on 2026-06-23, a bear was sighted in Akashio, Iizuna Town, Nagano Prefecture.

Iizuna Akashio, Nagano

Tsumagoi, Gunma

Tsumagoi Mihara, Gunma

One bear (1 m) entered the bushes on the south side of Kamo Community Center. / Environment: near houses / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 加茂, Yamagata

Size: Adult

Iizuna Akashio, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Ueda Sugadairakogen, Nagano

Size: adult

Ueda, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Ueda, Nagano

Size: adult

Ueda, Nagano

Discovered bear tracks while doing farm work.

Nagaoka, Niigata

While driving on Prefectural Route Suginosawa-Futamata Line, (a witness) observed one bear crossing the road from east to west.

Myoko, Niigata

Discovered bear tracks while on the way to cultivate the field

Nagaoka, Niigata

Tsumagoi Mihara, Gunma

Tsumagoi, Gunma

Tsumagoi Tashiro, Gunma

A bear was sighted in Oaza Kehashizaka, Myoko.

Myoko, Niigata

While driving on Prefectural Route Suginosawa-Futamata, I witnessed one bear entering the forest on the east side of the road.

Myoko, Niigata

Around 5:00 on 2026-06-20, a bear was sighted in Sakamachi, Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture.

Murakami, Niigata

A bear was sighted on a road in Keishizaka, Myoko City.

Myoko, Niigata

At around 14:00, one bear (approximately 1.5 m in body length) was sighted on the road about 400 m southeast of Yutagawa Community Center. It moved westward and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: near houses / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 藤沢, Yamagata

One bear was sighted in Nakago-ku Fujisawa, Joetsu City, Niigata.

Joetsu, Niigata

Spotted one bear while driving to the fields. It moved northwest.

Joetsu, Niigata

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in the Shukuda area of Murakami City.

Murakami, Niigata

One bear, estimated at about 1.5 meters long, was sighted in Fujisawa, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Tsuruoka 藤沢, Yamagata

About 1 m in body length. Possibly the same bear that was sighted in the Tenjindo neighborhood association in the evening. / Environment: Around human residences / Size: Adult

Mikawa 大字押切新田, Yamagata

Environment: riverbank / Size: adult (fully grown)

Mikawa 大字神花, Yamagata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult

Mikawa 大字猪子, Yamagata

One bear, about 1 meter long, was sighted in Iwashinden, Tsuruoka City, and crossed the Nipponkai Tohoku Expressway.

Tsuruoka 茨新田, Yamagata

Around 16:15, while driving on the Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway from Sakata toward Tsuruoka, one bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) was observed crossing from west to east. Subsequent whereabouts unknown. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 茨新田, Yamagata

While traveling on National Route 292, witnessed a bear about 1 m in length crossing from east to west.

Myoko, Niigata

Tsumagoi, Gunma

While traveling on National Route 345, one bear (approximately 1.2 m in body length) was sighted near Aikōen (Aikoen) of Tsuruoka City. The bear then moved toward the park behind Aikōen. / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 岡山, Yamagata

A bear was also sighted in Kamibana, Mikawa Town.

Mikawa 大字神花, Yamagata

Size: cub (juvenile)

Ueda, Nagano

While driving on prefectural Route Ogata–Takayanagi, I sighted one animal believed to be a bear. It was moving west.

Joetsu, Niigata

It was in the mountains. It ran off toward the mountains.

Joetsu, Niigata

One bear was sighted in Kahara, Shinanomachi, Nagano.

Shinano, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Ueda Sanadamachi-Osa, Nagano

Tsumagoi, Gunma

A bear was sighted on a prefectural road in Karuigawa, Kashiwazaki City.

Kashiwazaki, Niigata

Tsumagoi Omae, Gunma

Around 6:00 on June 14, a bear was sighted in Nanase, Nakano City.

Nakano Nanase, Nagano

Size: Adult

Nakano Nanase, Nagano

Spotted one bear on the road about 100 meters east of Kenshin-ko Budokan.

Joetsu, Niigata

While driving on the municipal Ōshika-Okeumi Road, a single bear was sighted heading into the forest.

Myoko, Niigata

While passing through the area, sighted one bear.

Tainai, Niigata

One bear was sighted heading into the mountains to the east from the area near the Joshin-etsu Expressway.

Myoko, Niigata

It appeared on the camera of a trap intended for wild boar.

Joetsu, Niigata

Spotted one bear while passing through the area.

Tainai, Niigata

A bear of unknown length was sighted on a city road in Niijima, Myoko City.

Myoko, Niigata

One bear seen heading toward the river to the east.

Myoko, Niigata

A bear was sighted in Nirē, Suzaka City, Nagano Prefecture, around 16:20 on 2026-06-12.

Suzaka Nirei, Nagano

Tsumagoi, Gunma

Size: juvenile

Suzaka Nirei, Nagano

Observed one bear moving on National Route 292 from east to west.

Myoko, Niigata

A bear about 0.5 meters long was sighted on a road in Nirejima, Myoko City.

Myoko, Niigata

An adult bear was sighted in a field in Sakanobe-Shinden, Sakata City, and the field owner reported it to police.

Sakata 坂野辺新田, Yamagata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult

Sakata 坂野辺新田, Yamagata

While driving on National Route 18, I sighted one bear. It crossed from west to east.

Myoko 大字上八幡新田, Niigata

A bear cub was sighted in an irrigation channel in Takidera, Joetsu City.

Joetsu, Niigata

A bear was sighted on Route 18 in Nashiki, Myoko City, and it crossed the road and left eastward.

Myoko 大字上八幡新田, Niigata

Spotted one cub in an irrigation canal 250 m west of the University-mae South intersection.

Joetsu, Niigata

Observed one bear.

Tainai, Niigata

Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult

Sakata 黒森, Yamagata

One bear sighted near the police box

Myoko, Niigata

On 2026-06-10 in the morning, a bear was seen moving in Kebyōzaka, Myoko City.

Myoko, Niigata

Size: Adult

Suzaka Tochigura, Nagano

Discovered tracks believed to be those of a bear while working in the fields.

Tainai, Niigata

School staff discovered footprints in a field believed to be from a bear.

Tainai, Niigata

Discovered tracks believed to be bear footprints while working in the fields.

Tainai, Niigata

Tsumagoi, Gunma

One bear was sighted moving westward on National Route 292.

Myoko, Niigata

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in a residential area in Himekawahara, Myoko City, Niigata.

Myoko, Niigata

A bear (body length 1 m) was sighted south of the Kamo Community Disaster Prevention Center. It then crossed National Route 112 from east to west and went into the mountains. / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 加茂, Yamagata

Discovered footprints believed to be from a bear while doing farm work.

Tainai, Niigata

Bear traces (claw marks and broken branches) were confirmed on a persimmon tree within the grounds of a private residence in the Takayasu-ji area.

Sanjo, Niigata

One cub about 50 cm long was sighted in Nagahashi, Tainai City.

Tainai, Niigata

While passing through the area, a single bear was sighted.

Tainai, Niigata

Environment: road / Size: young animal

Tsuruoka 下清水, Yamagata

One bear approximately 70 centimeters long was sighted about 500 meters east of the Nakatawara intersection in the Oaza Nakatawara area.

Joetsu, Niigata

One bear about 100 centimeters long was sighted near the Joetsu-Takada Interchange toll booth in the Oaza Haizuka area.

Joetsu, Niigata

A toll booth worker at the Jōetsu-Takada Interchange spotted one bear near the gate. It ran off toward the mountains.

Joetsu, Niigata

A single bear about 100 centimeters in body length was sighted near the Jōetsu-Takada Interchange tollbooth within the Ōaza Haizuka area.

Joetsu, Niigata

Around 6:00 a.m. on 2026-06-07, one bear about 1 m long was sighted on the grounds of Arisawa Manufacturing Nakatahara West Plant in Nakatahara, Joetsu City, and police received a 110 emergency call.

Joetsu, Niigata

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted inside a factory site in Nakatabara, Jōetsu City.

Joetsu, Niigata

Size: Adult

Suzaka, Nagano

Size: adult with cubs

Suzaka, Nagano

A single bear was sighted moving from the mountain side toward the sea side in the Atsumi (Atumi) area, Kuretubo, on the Atsumi government office grounds. Exact location unknown. Environment: roadway. Size: adult.

Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata

While driving, a person spotted one bear running along a field path. It was moving west.

Joetsu, Niigata

A trail camera set up near farmland at the Atsumi government office captured one bear (about 1.3 m in length). / Environment: near residences / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 五十川, Yamagata

While passing nearby, I spotted a figure that appeared to be a bear in the bushes.

Tainai, Niigata

A bear was sighted in Nirei, Suzaka City.

Suzaka Nirei, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Suzaka Nirei, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Nakano Kasahara, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Ueda, Nagano

A member of the public walking nearby sighted one bear. It moved south.

Nagaoka, Niigata

Size: Adult

Shinano Oi, Nagano

Size: Adult

Iizuna Kurai, Nagano

Around 7:00 on June 2, a bear was sighted walking on a levee near houses in Aoyama, Mikawa Town, Yamagata Prefecture.

Mikawa 大字青山, Yamagata

Was walking on top of the embankment / Environment: riverbed / Size: unknown

Mikawa 大字青山, Yamagata

Around 6:00 on June 2, a bear about 1 meter long was sighted near a rice paddy in Yunozawa, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Tsuruoka 湯野沢, Yamagata

One bear (body length about 1 m) was sighted near rice paddies on the south side of the Yunozawa area. / Environment: around houses / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 湯野沢, Yamagata