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Around 10:30 on July 6, a bear was sighted in Shimozu, Minakami Town, Gunma Prefecture.

Minakami Shimozu, Gunma

One bear was sighted near Tanigohashi Bridge. It was moving north.

Yuzawa Tsuchidaru, Niigata

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

Minamiuonuma, 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

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

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

Around 8:00 on July 4, a bear was sighted in Shikanosawa, Minakami Town, Gunma Prefecture.

Minakami Yoshimoto, Gunma

Spotted a Class 1 bear while traveling on National Route 17. Subsequent movement route is unknown.

Yuzawa Kandatsu, Niigata

Around 4:50 PM on June 30, a bear was sighted in Agagawa, Minakami Town, Gunma Prefecture.

Minakami, Gunma

Around 4:05 PM on 2026-06-28, one bear was sighted in Anogawa, Minakami Town, Gunma Prefecture.

Minakami, Gunma

One bear was sighted near the former Tsuchitaru Ski Resort.

Yuzawa, Niigata

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

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

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

Minamiuonuma, 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

Showa Morishita, Gunma

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

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

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

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

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

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

Found bear tracks of unknown body length in the field.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

One bear (body length unknown) was sighted while traveling on the municipal road Matsukawa-Nakako-Gawara Line. Its subsequent movement route is unknown.

Yuzawa Tsuchidaru, Niigata

Found bear tracks in the rice paddy.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

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

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

One bear was sighted on a town road in the Tsuchidaru area of Yuzawa Town, Niigata.

Yuzawa Tsuchidaru, Niigata

While driving on the Matsukawa Nakako-gawara municipal road, one bear was sighted. It was moving from the expressway direction toward the Uono River direction.

Yuzawa Tsuchidaru, Niigata

Around 6:45 PM on June 14, a bear was sighted in Yuhara, Minakami Town, Gunma Prefecture.

Minakami Yubara, Gunma

I encountered an Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma) crossing the road on a forest road heading to Mount Omine / Ōmine-numa.

Minakami, Gunma

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

Yuzawa Tsuchidaru, Niigata

On Friday, July 3 at around 6:00 p.m., a single bear (about 50 cm in body length) was sighted on the railway tracks near Aizu-Kōgen-Ozeguchi Station, Haneko area, Takihara, Minamiaizu Town. The bear reportedly left the tracks and went into the forested area east of the tracks; its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Minamiaizu Takinohara, Fukushima

On Wednesday, July 1 at around 4:00 p.m., on National Route 121 in Jinja area, Itosawa, Minamiaizu Town, a witness (female in her 50s) driving a vehicle northbound on Route 121 toward Tochigi Prefecture saw one bear (about 50 cm in body length) crossing the road from the river on the south side of the highway toward the forest on the north side. The bear entered the forest and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Minamiaizu, Fukushima

Around 8:00 on July 1, a bear about 1 meter long was seen in Kamishiobara, Nasushiobara.

Nasushiobara 上塩原, Tochigi

Nikkō 清滝安良沢町, Tochigi

Around 11:40 PM on June 29, one bear was sighted in Itazawa Iidaira, Minamiaizu Town.

Minamiaizu Itozawa, Fukushima

On Thursday, June 25, at around 7:20 p.m., in the Fukuroguchi area of Takihara, Minamiaizu Town, a witness (male in his 60s) saw a bear about 50 cm in body length in nearby grasses when he stepped out of his home's entrance to go out. The bear noticed the witness and fled west into the forested area; its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Minamiaizu Takinohara, Fukushima

Around 4:45 PM on 2026-06-25, one bear was sighted in Yamauchi, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture.

Nikkō 山内, Tochigi

Nikkō 上鉢石町, Tochigi

Nikkō 所野, Tochigi

Around 9:00 on 2026-06-23, a bear was sighted in Toshino, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture.

Nikkō 所野, Tochigi

Nikkō 所野, Tochigi

On Friday, June 19 at around 4:25 p.m., in the Fukuroguchi area of Takihara, Minamiaizu Town, a witness (male in his 70s) saw a bear (about 50 cm in body length) when he went outside his home; the bear was in what used to be a rice field west of the house. The bear then entered brush to the west.

Minamiaizu Takinohara, Fukushima

Around 10:10 on 2026-06-16, one bear was sighted moving in Takihara Fukurakuchi, Minamiaizu Town, Fukushima Prefecture.

Minamiaizu Takinohara, Fukushima

On Tuesday, June 16, at approximately 10:10 a.m., in Fukuroguchi, Takihara, Minamiaizu Town, a witness (male in his 70s) looked outside from his home and saw one bear (about 50 cm in body length) in what used to be a rice field to the west of his house. The bear then left, heading toward the mountains to the west.

Minamiaizu Takinohara, Fukushima

Nikkō 鬼怒川温泉滝, Tochigi

Nikkō 松原町, Tochigi