Higashishirakawa~Murakami 드라이브 루트

There were bear tracks (footprints) in a rice field about 200 meters toward the mountain from the Sawashimojo district office.

Nagaoka, Niigata

Around 6:30 on 2026-07-14, a bear was sighted in Yamabuki, Takamori Town, Nagano Prefecture.

Takamori Yamabuki, Nagano

Size: Juvenile

Takamori Yamabuki, Nagano

While traveling on Prefectural Route 187, sighted one bear entering the brush on the north side.

Myoko, Niigata

Around 9:30 on July 13, a bear was sighted in Togura, Chikuma City, Nagano, and was captured.

Chikuma Togura, Nagano

Around 20:00 on 2026-07-13, a bear was sighted in Ozawa, Ina City, Nagano Prefecture.

Ina Ozawa, Nagano

Size: adult and cub

Achi Chisato, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Nagiso, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Ina Ozawa, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Nagiso, Nagano

One bear about 100 centimeters in body length was sighted approximately 200 meters east of Joetsu Gochi Nursing Home.

Joetsu, Niigata

A nearby resident sighted one bear. It entered the grassy area to the west.

Joetsu, Niigata

One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in a residential lot in Gochi 6-chome, Joetsu City, Niigata, and left heading west.

Joetsu, Niigata

Around 4:30 a.m. on July 11, a bear about 1 meter long was spotted on the premises of a private residence in Gochi 6, Joetsu City.

Joetsu, Niigata

Size: Adult

Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano

Size: Adult

Tatsuno 大字上島, Nagano

Size: adult with cubs

Iida 大休, Nagano

Around 18:20 on 2026-07-10, a bear was sighted in Kanae-Kirishita, Iida City, Nagano Prefecture.

Iida 羽場上河原, Nagano

There were footprints in the rice field. Sightings were also reported nearby on 7/7 and 7/8. The estimated date and time are unknown.

Murakami, Niigata

Nakatsugawa, Gifu

At around 10:50 on July 9, one bear was seen moving in Hakoa, Shibata City, Niigata.

Shibata, Niigata

While operating the bus eastbound, a single bear was observed darting out from the south.

Myoko, Niigata

While driving on Prefectural Road 73 toward Yasuda, the witness spotted one bear in the bushes on the right-hand side. The bear immediately retreated back into the brush and fled.

Kashiwazaki, Niigata

Size: Adult

Iida 大休, Nagano

Moved from the settlement to the forested mountains (south side).

Murakami, Niigata

Nakatsugawa, Gifu

Nakatsugawa, Gifu

Nakatsugawa, Gifu

Around 08:50 on 2026-07-08, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Komabayashi, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture.

Joetsu, Niigata

One animal believed to be a bear, about 100 centimeters in body length, was sighted 400 meters north of the Ken-Do Joetsu-Yasuzuka-Uragawara Line.

Joetsu, Niigata

On 2026-07-08 around 19:30, one bear was seen moving in Nashioki, Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture.

Murakami, Niigata

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Kaminishijo, Nagano

A passerby spotted one bear, about 1 meter long, on National Route 292 in the Jitto area of Myoko City.

Myoko, Niigata

Nakatsugawa, Gifu

One bear approximately 80 centimeters in body length was sighted 200 meters east of the former Marine Fishing Center.

Joetsu, Niigata

A bear about 0.8 meters long was sighted in Mushu Iwato, Joetsu City.

Joetsu, Niigata

A bear about 1 meter long collided with a moving passenger car on a road in Sakuramachi, Murakami City. The female driver was not injured, but part of the vehicle was damaged.

Murakami, Niigata

A vehicle traveling on National Route 113 from the Yamagata direction collided with a bear about 1.0 m in body length, and the bear ran off toward the Green Park Arakawa General Sports Park.

Murakami, Niigata

A single bear about 1.0 m in body length was roaming through the rice field.

Murakami, Niigata

One bear was spotted roaming in a rice paddy in the Sasaki area of Murakami City, Niigata.

Murakami, Niigata

Around 6:30 PM on July 6, a bear was sighted in Kashiwabara, Shinano Town, Nagano Prefecture.

Shinano, Nagano

Nakatsugawa, Gifu

A bear was sighted in Nishi-Minowa Oizumishinden, Ina City, around 1:30 PM on July 6.

Ina, Nagano

Around 1:30 PM on 2026-07-05, a bear was sighted in Momokawa, Murakami City.

Murakami, Niigata

While driving on the municipal Kitazawa Road, witnessed one bear crossing the road westward.

Myoko, Niigata

Size: unknown

Ina Yokoyama, Nagano

Nakatsugawa, Gifu

Nakatsugawa, Gifu

Spotted one bear near a residence. It was moving from beside the Nakago General Gymnasium toward the railway tracks.

Joetsu, Niigata

A bear was sighted in Akakura, Myoko City.

Myoko, Niigata

A bear was sighted in Naka-Minowa, Minowa Town, Nagano Prefecture, around 1:40 PM on July 3.

Minowa, Nagano

Nakatsugawa, Gifu

While traveling on Prefectural Route Myoko Kogen Park Line, a single bear was sighted crossing the road from north to south.

Myoko, Niigata

One bear was sighted crossing the municipal Sakaizawa-Omine road from south to north.

Myoko, Niigata

Nakatsugawa, Gifu

One bear was observed crossing National Route 18 from east to west.

Myoko, Niigata

Size: juvenile

Minowa 大字中曽根, Nagano

Size: unknown

Tatsuno 大字上島, Nagano

Nakatsugawa, Gifu

A single bear about 100 centimeters long was sighted at a point approximately 200 meters northeast of the Komabayashi neighborhood hall within the Oaza Komabayashi area.

Joetsu, Niigata

One bear was sighted in Toyono, Toyono-machi, Nagano City.

Nagano Toyonomachi-Toyono, Nagano

One bear about 100 centimeters in body length was sighted in the home center parking lot in the area of Ooaza Nishitanaka.

Joetsu, Niigata

A bear was sighted in a home center parking lot in Nishitakanaka, Joetsu City.

Joetsu, Niigata

Size: juvenile

Takamori Yamabuki, Nagano

Size: Adult

Shinano Nojiri, Nagano

Size: adult (fully grown)

Nagano Toyonomachi-Toyono, Nagano

While walking along the municipal road Futamata-Akakura Onsen Line, near the underpass box of the Joshin-etsu Expressway, I witnessed one bear crossing the road from south to north.

Myoko, Niigata

Size: juvenile

Azumino, Nagano

Size: adult (fully grown)

Tatsuno 南平, Nagano

Size: Adult

Matsumoto Nanaarashi, Nagano

Size: adult

Nagano Wakatsuki-Nishijo, Nagano

Nakatsugawa 田瀬, Gifu

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

Joetsu, Niigata

Size: Unknown

Azumino 明科光, Nagano

Size: Adult

Iida 大休, Nagano

Nakatsugawa 付知町, Gifu

Size: Adult (fully grown)

Nagano Shinonoi-Okada, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Nagiso, Nagano

Nakatsugawa 田瀬, Gifu

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

Joetsu, Niigata

Size: adult (fully grown)

Ina Nishiharuchika, Nagano

Size: adult

Nagano Shinonoi-Utabi, Nagano

Around 7 PM on 2026-06-27, a bear was sighted in Hara, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture.

Matsumoto Hara, Nagano

One bear was sighted in Gochikokubu, Joetsu City.

Joetsu, Niigata

Size: Adult

Iiyama Hachisu, Nagano

Around 2026-06-26 00:00, a bear was sighted in Kitanono, Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture.

Shiojiri Kitaono, Nagano

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

Iiyama Hachisu, Nagano

Size: adult animal

Iiyama Hachisu, Nagano

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

Nakatsugawa 付知町, Gifu

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

Nagano Toyonomachi-Toyono, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Azumino, Nagano

Size: Adult (fully grown)

Nagano Yoshi, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto Gojo, Nagano

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

Iizuna Akashio, Nagano

Nakatsugawa, Gifu

Size: Adult

Iizuna Akashio, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Takamori Izuhara, Nagano

Size: Adult

Iida 大休, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto Nakayama, Nagano

Discovered bear tracks while doing farm work.

Nagaoka, Niigata

Nakatsugawa, Gifu

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

Myoko, Niigata

Around 6:30 a.m. on June 22, one beekeeping box was found broken in the yard of a private home in Kitakata, Iida City, and the honeybee nest inside was missing. The city believes a bear likely caused the damage.

Iida Kitagata, Nagano

Nakatsugawa 瀬戸, Gifu

Discovered bear tracks while on the way to cultivate the field

Nagaoka, Niigata

A bear was sighted in Soga, Shiojiri City.

Shiojiri Daimon, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Komagane, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Iida, Nagano

Size: Adult

Komagane, Nagano

Size: cub

Komagane, Nagano

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

Around 8:00 on June 19, two bears were reported sighted on a road in Kamigōkuroda, Iida City.

Iida Kamisatokuroda, Nagano

Size: unknown

Iida 宮ノ上, Nagano

Around 8:00 on 2026-06-19, a bear-like animal was sighted in Miyanoue, Iida City, Nagano Prefecture.

Iida 宮ノ上, Nagano

In Soga, Shiojiri City, one adult Asian black bear caught in a trap for deer and other animals was captured and culled because houses were nearby.

Shiojiri Daimon, Nagano

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

Higashishirakawa Oppara, Gifu

Higashishirakawa Oppara, Gifu

Around 1:15 PM on June 17, a bear was sighted moving in Miyamae, Sekikawa Village.

Sekikawa, Niigata

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

Myoko, Niigata

Higashishirakawa Oppara, Gifu

A bear believed to be an adult was sighted at Shiroyama Park in Matsumoto City.

Matsumoto Shinbashi, Nagano

Size: unknown

Matsumoto Shinbashi, Nagano

Nakatsugawa, Gifu

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