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Found bear tracks in the field.

Uonuma, Niigata

While driving on Prefectural Route 268, I spotted one bear. It went into the brush to the south.

Yuzawa Tsuchidaru, Niigata

A single cub was sighted near the lift unloading area on the Ipponsugi Ski Resort slope.

Yuzawa, Niigata

While driving on Prefectural Route 351, I sighted one bear. It moved eastward.

Yuzawa Kandatsu, Niigata

While traveling on the town road Sekiba-Matsukawa Line, one bear was sighted. It moved eastward.

Yuzawa Tsuchidaru, Niigata

One bear was sighted on the grounds of a commercial facility in Tokimizu, Ojiya City, Niigata, and then left for adjacent woodland.

Ojiya City, Niigata

A passerby sighted one bear about 0.5 meters in body length heading toward the mountain.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

Discovered bear tracks in the field.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

Fled toward the Shinano River due to the approach of a car

Nagaoka, 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 bear, about 1 m long, was sighted beside a city road in Kawaguchiushigashima, Nagaoka City.

Nagaoka, Niigata

I sighted an animal believed to be a bear near the mountainside.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

I saw one cub entering the woods.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

Around 7:30 on 2026-06-07, a bear was sighted near Muica Snow Resort in Kokuriyama, Minamiuonuma City.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

On the mountain trail heading toward Shaka no Reisen, I encountered it just past a curve. When I honked the horn, it ran off from the road into the mountains.

Minakami Namezawa, Gunma

Observed one bear in the field. It moved toward the northeast.

Nagaoka, Niigata

A single cub was sighted near Nakayama bus stop. It moved northeast.

Nagaoka, Niigata

Around 9:50 PM on June 4, a bear was sighted in Kamishirai, Shibukawa City, Gunma Prefecture.

Shibukawa 上白井, Gunma

Shibukawa 上白井, Gunma

Shibukawa 赤城町津久田, Gunma

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

Nagaoka, Niigata

At around 20:00 on June 3, a bear was sighted in Akagi-cho Tsukuda, Shibukawa City.

Shibukawa 赤城町津久田, Gunma

Two sets of footprints in the rice paddy. Their destination is unknown.

Uonuma, Niigata

I discovered bear tracks in the field.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

Bear on the Mount Tamagawa trail, approx 500m elevation up

Minakami, Gunma

While driving on the Kendo Kandatsu-Yuzawa Line, I spotted one bear. It ran off toward the mountains to the west.

Yuzawa Kandatsu, Niigata

A bear about 1 meter in size was sighted behind the company’s hill. Afterwards, it left the area and went into the mountain.

Sanjo, Niigata

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted behind a company in Kotaki, Sanjo City.

Sanjo, Niigata

A bear was sighted in Shida, Minakami Town, Gunma, around 8:10 a.m.

Minakami Moroda, Gunma

I observed one bear approximately 0.8 m in body length entering the woods.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

A bear about one meter long was sighted. It then left toward the mountains.

Sanjo, Niigata

Bear tracks discovered in the field

Uonuma, Niigata

Around 6:00 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted in Yagatahara-machi, Numata City, Gunma Prefecture.

Numata Yakatabaramachi, Gunma

One bear was sighted within an industrial park.

Uonuma, Niigata

Bear droppings discovered

Uonuma, Niigata

Around 09:00 on May 19, in a rice field in Goka, Minamiuonuma City, a man in his 70s doing farm work was struck by a bear about 1 meter long and suffered scrapes to his face; he was taken to hospital and his life is not in danger.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

On May 19, 2026 at around 09:00, a man in his 70s working in a rice field in Gokka, Minamiuonuma City, Niigata Prefecture, was rammed by a single bear about 1 meter long and sustained scratches and bleeding to his face; he was taken to a local hospital. His injuries are not life-threatening, and the prefecture issued a bear-sighting warning following the season's first human injury.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

At around 08:55 on the 19th, a man in his 70s working in a rice field in Goka, Minamiuonuma City, was struck from the right side by a bear and sustained facial injuries. He was taken by ambulance to a local hospital but was able to walk on his own.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

A resident was injured when they collided with a bear about 1.0 m in length while working in the fields.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

It was hiding in the bushes on the riverbed of the Uono River.

Uonuma, Niigata

Bear tracks discovered in farmland

Uonuma, Niigata

Bear tracks were found near the worksite.

Nagaoka, Niigata

Shibukawa 北橘町分郷八崎, Gunma

Bear tracks discovered

Uonuma, Niigata

A staff member discovered bear tracks in a rice paddy.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata