เส้นทางเดินป่า Futtsu-Takaoka Castle

Size: unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto Azusagawa-Ueno, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Adult

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Adult

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Shiojiri, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: adult

Fujimi, Nagano

There was reportedly a bear sighting near Yamakyo Bridge in Azusagawa. (From Matsumoto City official LINE)

Matsumoto, Nagano

Around 4:50 a.m. on June 21, a resident sighted one bear in Hata, Matsumoto City.

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto Azusagawa-Ueno, Nagano

Size: Adult (fully grown)

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

Hokuto Nagasakacho-Hino, Yamanashi

Tsuru Ohata, Yamanashi

Size: juvenile

Fujimi, 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

Sightings of what appears to be a cub

Toyama, Toyama

Sightings of bear-like animals crossing the road

Toyama, Toyama

Nirasaki Okusamachiwakao, Yamanashi

Uenohara Ozone, Yamanashi

A bear was sighted in Fujimi, Fujimi Town, Nagano around 6:40 a.m. on June 15.

Fujimi, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: unknown

Fujimi, Nagano

Sighted the bear itself

Toyama, Toyama

One bear was sighted in Nirehara, Toyama City, around 6:30 p.m. on June 14.

Toyama, Toyama

Tsuru Ohata, Yamanashi

Size: unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

An animal believed to be a bear over 1 meter in size crossed the road.

Imizu, Toyama

A bear-like animal was sighted in Kurokawa, Imizu City.

Imizu, Toyama

One bear was found trapped in a snare along a forest road in Kawagishi, Okaya City, and was culled.

Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: adult with cub(s)

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Asahi 大字小野沢, Nagano

Size: cub

Fujimi, Nagano

A bear was sighted in Kanai, Shiojiri City on 2026-06-11.

Shiojiri Kanai, Nagano

Size: Juvenile

Shiojiri Midoriko, Nagano

An animal believed to be a bear about 50 cm in size crossed the road.

Imizu, Toyama

An animal believed to be a bear was sighted climbing a slope at Taikoyama Land in Imizu City.

Imizu, Toyama

An adult bear about 1 m in size was seen crossing the road.

Toyama, Toyama

Witnessed a bear about 100 cm in size.

Toyama, Toyama

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted at the prefecture-managed Wild Bird Garden in Mikuma, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

Size: Adult

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Shiojiri Kaminishijo, Nagano

At Kenmin Park Wild Bird Garden in Toyama City, a nearby resident came face-to-face with an adult bear about 1 meter long.

Toyama, Toyama

A bear-like animal was sighted in Kurokawa, Imizu City.

Imizu, Toyama

Kōfu Atagomachi, Yamanashi

Sagamihara Magino, Kanagawa

Around 1:00 PM on 2026-06-09, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Makino, Midori Ward, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Sagamihara Magino, Kanagawa

Size: Adult

Matsumoto Azusagawa-Yamato, Nagano

Size: Adult

Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano

Size: Adult

Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano

A bear was sighted in Wada, Matsumoto City.

Matsumoto Wada, Nagano

Walked from Nagasaka Ushii Pond toward Kitz Nagasaka Factory.

Hokuto Nagasakacho-Nagasakakamijo, Yamanashi

Hokuto Nagasakacho-Nagasakakamijo, Yamanashi

Discovered what appeared to be bear tracks

Toyama, Toyama

Bear tracks were found around 6:00 on June 7 in Kano, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

Atsugi Tanazawa, Kanagawa

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto Azusagawa-Yamato, Nagano

Sighted something that appeared to be a bear.

Toyama, Toyama

While driving to Norikura to do some sunrise photography a bear ran across the road in front of me. It was quite foggy but I could clearly recognize it was a bear. It disappeared into the forest between some houses.

Matsumoto 宮ノ原, Nagano

Bear-like traces were found in Hane, Fuchu-machi, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

Size: Adult

Matsumoto Azusagawa-Yamato, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto Azusagawa-Yamato, Nagano

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Shimonishijo, Nagano

Around 9:30 on 2026-06-05, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Mikuma, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

Around 18:45 on 2026-06-04, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Soga, Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture.

Shiojiri Daimon, Nagano

Discovered footprints in the field that appear to be from a bear-like animal.

Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko, Yamanashi

Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko, Yamanashi

While descending the Inariyama course, I witnessed a black shape moving down the slope ahead. It was some distance away, so I cannot be certain.

Hachioji, Tokyo

A report was made in Seba, Shiojiri City, about an animal resembling a bear.

Shiojiri, Nagano

Bear-like animal tracks were found in Sutama-cho Wakagami, Hokuto City.

Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko, Yamanashi

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Daimon-nibancho, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto Kukohigashi, Nagano

Tsuru Ohata, Yamanashi

Size: Adult

Matsumoto Kukohigashi, Nagano

Otsuki Nanahomachi-Asakawa, Yamanashi

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Hirooka-Harashinden, Nagano

Size: Adult

Okaya, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Shiojiri, Nagano

Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko-shinmachi, Yamanashi

Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko-shinmachi, Yamanashi

Observed for about one second a black, rounded, quadrupedal animal about the size of a medium dog—possibly a bear cub or a wild boar—running roughly 30 meters uphill into the brush. Location: where the Onnazaka and Sawa trails merge on Mt. Takagawayama.

Otsuki Hatsukarimachi-Shimohatsukari, Yamanashi

Around 05:25 on 2026-05-31, a bear was sighted in Hata, Matsumoto City, and later captured.

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Shiojiri, Nagano

Size: Adult

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Shimonishijo, Nagano

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Daimon-hachibancho, Nagano

Kōfu Yamamiyacho, Yamanashi

There was one Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma) on the stairs descending from the rest/interaction area toward the Takao direction. It appeared to be large in size.

Hachioji, Tokyo

While descending the Inariyama course during trail running, I heard a loud rustling as if an animal was pushing through the bushes on my front left. When I looked toward the sound, I saw what appeared to be a black animal—likely a bear—running away quickly within about 50 meters. Although I was wearing sunglasses, it looked about 1–1.5 meters long, so I believe it was a bear. I had been running downhill with bear bells, so I think it noticed human presence and hurriedly fled. I didn’t have time to stop and take a photo, and the location is approximate. I was measuring distance by GPS as I ran, and it was just past 2 km from the summit, but I roughly identified the spot by comparing with someone’s recorded track on YAMAP. There may still be some margin of error. I posted this because there was a sighting reported yesterday at Yakoin.

Hachioji, Tokyo

Aikawa Hanbara, Kanagawa

Otsuki Otsukimachi-Otsuki, Yamanashi

Kōfu Tokojimachi, Yamanashi

Around 12:45 on 2026-05-29, a bear was sighted in Hata, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture.

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: adult (fully grown)

Matsumoto, Nagano

Takayama 奥飛騨温泉郷赤桶, Gifu

Hokuto Kobuchisawacho, Yamanashi

From the hiking trail beside the old Koshu-kaido Sasago Tunnel, near Sasago Pass on the trail toward Mt. Sasago Karigaharasuri, I encountered a cub about 50 cm long approximately 50 meters ahead of my position. The cub ran up the slope on the left side of the trail, toward the Enzan side, from Sasago Pass and disappeared. I watched the same spot for about five minutes but did not see any adult bear.

Otsuki, Yamanashi

Around 11:00 on 2026-05-28, a bear was sighted in Sasajima, Okuhida Onsenkyo, Takayama City.

Takayama 奥飛騨温泉郷笹嶋, Gifu

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

A full-grown bear was seen crossing the road.

Toyama, Toyama

A bear-like animal was sighted in Iwaki, Toyama City, around 6:00 AM.

Toyama, Toyama

Size: adult (fully grown)

Fujimi, Nagano

A bear was sighted in Sasagocho Yoshikubo, Otsuki City, around 2:10 PM on May 26.

Otsuki Sasagomachi-Yoshikubo, Yamanashi

Otsuki Sasagomachi-Shirano, Yamanashi

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Daimon-nibancho, Nagano

Size: Adult

Shiojiri, Nagano

One bear was sighted in Oba, Toyama City, along with broken branches on a mulberry tree.

Toyama, Toyama

Witnessed a bear climbing a tree.

Toyama, Toyama

Sighted something that looked like a bear.

Toyama, Toyama

Kōfu Tokojimachi, Yamanashi

Witnessed something like a cub crossing the road.

Toyama, Toyama

One bear was sighted in Fuchu-machi Sotowano, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

Size: Adult

Fujimi, Nagano

A bear-like cub was sighted in Fuchu-machi Tomosaka, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

Size: Adult

Fujimi, Nagano

Around noon on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Fujimi, Fujimi Town, Nagano Prefecture.

Fujimi, Nagano