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Bear tracks found in a rice paddy. Direction of travel unknown.

Uonuma, Niigata

A cub was seen crossing the Igarashi River and entering the scrub on the left bank. A patrol was conducted afterward but the animal was not found; it is believed to have gone toward the mountains.

Sanjo, Niigata

On around 4:00 PM on 2026-07-08, one bear was seen moving in Fukuoka, Sanjo City, Niigata Prefecture.

Sanjo, Niigata

Sighted one bear on the farm road beyond the seedling greenhouse.

Nagaoka, Niigata

I sighted two cubs of unknown body length entering the mountain.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

Observed one bear about 0.7 m in body length entering the brush from the municipal road.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

While driving on National Route 290, one cub was sighted. It moved north.

Nagaoka, Niigata

On flat land, I heard the sound of a tree trunk breaking behind a house. When I checked a few days later, there were bear claw marks.

Sanjo, Niigata

One bear, about 0.6 meters long, was sighted in Kokai-cho, Minamiuonuma City, Niigata Prefecture.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

Observed one bear about 0.7 m in body length moving from the International University toward the highway.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

While driving on a municipal road, one bear was sighted. It moved west.

Nagaoka, Niigata

A bear about 0.5 meters long was sighted on a city road in Taira 1, Nagaoka City.

Nagaoka, Niigata

Spotted one bear while driving on Prefectural Route 317.

Nagaoka, Niigata

One bear, about 0.7 meters long, was sighted in the Komakiyama area of Minamiuonuma City.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

One bear, about 0.5 meters long, was sighted on a road in Taira 1-chome, Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture.

Nagaoka, Niigata

Observed one bear crossing National Route 291 from east to west. It moved toward the western mountains.

Uonuma, Niigata

A bear approximately 1.2 meters in length was sighted on the premises of a business along the Igarashi River. A patrol was conducted afterward but the animal was not found; it is believed to have moved off toward the mountains.

Sanjo, Niigata

A bear was sighted on company premises in Ogibori, Sanjo City.

Sanjo, Niigata

One bear was sighted crossing the Hanae Line city road in Hanabuchi in the Shimoda area of Sanjo City.

Sanjo, Niigata

A bear was sighted crossing the Hanae municipal road within the Hanabuchi area. A patrol was conducted afterward but the animal was not found; it is believed to have moved off toward the mountains.

Sanjo, Niigata

While driving on Prefectural Route 347, sighted one bear. It moved southeast.

Nagaoka, Niigata

A bear was seen moving through rice paddies in the Narayama area. It later left for the mountains.

Sanjo, Niigata

One bear moving through rice fields was sighted in Narayama in the Shimoda area of Sanjo City and then left դեպի the mountains.

Sanjo, Niigata

One bear, about 1.3 meters long, was sighted on a city road in Sasaoka, Sanjo City.

Sanjo, Niigata

A bear about 1.2 meters long was sighted on the Shin'ya premises, on the municipal road Morimachi–Nakaura line. It later left for the mountains.

Sanjo, Niigata

One bear was sighted moving through rice paddies. A patrol was conducted afterward but the animal was not found; it is believed to have left toward the mountains.

Sanjo, Niigata

One bear was sighted on a residential property in Ogibori, Sanjo City, and ran across a rice field toward Route 289.

Sanjo, Niigata

I sighted one bear about 1 meter in body length entering the mountain.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

One bear about 80 cm to 1 m long was sighted in Kanazawa 6-chome, Nagaoka City, and fled southwest.

Nagaoka, Niigata

Observed one bear while traveling on the Tochio East Bypass. It moved southwest.

Nagaoka, Niigata

I sighted one bear of unknown body length running toward the Botaniyama direction.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

While driving on Prefectural Route 210, one cub was sighted. It moved north.

Nagaoka, Niigata

One bear about 80 cm long was sighted in Misashima, Minamiuonuma City.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

I observed one bear about 0.8 m in body length crossing National Route 291 and entering toward Mt. Sakado.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

One bear sighted near the intersection of Prefectural Road Kamishio-Tochio Line and Prefectural Agricultural Road Okura Line. Moving south.

Nagaoka, Niigata

At around 7:00 on 2026-06-24, one bear was sighted on the Kanetsu Expressway in Yanagikoshinden, Minamiuonuma City, Niigata Prefecture.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

A bear about 1 meter in body length was sighted near the end point of Municipal Road Tanarin-Osawa Line. It then left for the mountains.

Sanjo, Niigata

One cub of unknown size was sighted in Taira, Nagaoka City.

Nagaoka, Niigata

One bear cub sighted inside the cemetery

Nagaoka, Niigata

Discovered bear footprints and signs of crops having been damaged in a field.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

A bear was seen crossing Prefectural Route 409 and entering a bamboo grove. It then left and went up into the mountains.

Sanjo, Niigata

I sighted one bear about 1 m in body length on the shoulder of National Route 291 near the Uono River.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

Spotted one bear while driving on National Route 290.

Nagaoka, Niigata

A cub was sighted on a national road in Taira, Nagaoka City.

Nagaoka, Niigata

Found bear tracks of unknown body length in the field.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

Heard the vocalizations of an animal believed to be a bear.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

Spotted two bears while driving on Prefectural Route 24. They moved eastward.

Nagaoka, Niigata

While traveling on a municipal road, one bear was sighted. It moved westward.

Nagaoka, Niigata

A cub was sighted on a city road in Higashigaoka, Nagaoka City.

Nagaoka, Niigata

One young bear sighted near the site of the municipal housing

Nagaoka, Niigata

A bear was sighted on a road in Tochio Asahi-machi, Nagaoka City.

Nagaoka, Niigata

One bear was sighted on the Ken-do Mitsuke-Tochio Line about 100 m southwest of Asahi Town Community Center.

Nagaoka, Niigata