เส้นทางเดินป่า Kai-Ikeda

Size: Unknown

Iida 宮ノ上, Nagano

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

Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko, Yamanashi

Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko, Yamanashi

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

Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko, Yamanashi

Size: adult

Ina Nishimachi, Nagano

Kōfu Shimo-Obinacho, Yamanashi

A driver commuting through Shimootana-machi, Kofu City, saw one bear about 1 meter long crossing the road.

Kōfu Shimo-Obinacho, Yamanashi

Size: adult with cub(s)

Iida 大休, Nagano

Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko-shinmachi, Yamanashi

Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko-shinmachi, Yamanashi

Size: juvenile

Iida 白山町, Nagano

Kōfu Yamamiyacho, Yamanashi

Around 13:13 on 2026-05-30, a bear was sighted in Kichibara, Motosu City, Gifu Prefecture.

Motosu Kochibora, Gifu

A bear was sighted in Tanigumi Nagase, Ibigawa Town, Gifu, around 9:00 on May 30.

Ibigawa 谷汲長瀬, Gifu

Around 18:25 on 2026-05-30, a bear was sighted in Hirasemachi, Kofu City.

Kōfu Hirasemachi, Yamanashi

Size: cub (juvenile)

Takamori Ushimaki, Nagano

Hokuto Kobuchisawacho, Yamanashi

Size: Unknown

Toyooka Kumashiro, Nagano

Size: adult (fully grown)

Fujimi, Nagano

One bear sighting reported

Seki 植野, Gifu

Seki 武芸川町跡部, Gifu

A bear was sighted in Atobe, Mugegawa-cho, Seki City.

Seki 武芸川町跡部, Gifu

Size: Adult

Fujimi, Nagano

Size: Adult

Fujimi, Nagano

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

Fujimi, Nagano

Gifu 三輪, Gifu

A report was received of one bear sighted near Onda Manufacturing.

Seki 広見北町, Gifu

A report was received of one bear sighted near the Mugegawa roadside station.

Seki 植野, Gifu

Seki 武芸川町跡部, Gifu

On May 20, 2026 at around 16:20, a city employee found footprints believed to be from a bear (about the size of a human fist) near the Nishibu Fureai Center annex in Senbiki, Seki City. Later the same day at about 19:20, a person driving on a prefectural road in Mutegawa-cho Atobe, Seki City, sighted a single black animal that was captured on a dashcam. The police also reported a bear sighting in the area on May 11.

Seki, Gifu

Motosu Komi, Gifu

Size: juvenile

Takamori Ushimaki, Nagano

Seki 武芸川町宇多院, Gifu

At around 19:40 on May 17, 2026, a bear about 1 meter long was sighted crossing the road north of Iida Cultural Hall in Takaba-cho, Iida City, Nagano Prefecture; police arrived but the bear had already left. On the morning of the 18th, police and city officials remained on alert and warned nearby residents, and no further sightings or damage have been reported.

Iida Takahacho, Nagano

On the night of May 17, 2026, one bear was sighted on a road in Takahachimachi, Iida City, Nagano Prefecture; a driver reported seeing it cross the road just after 7:30 p.m. Police and the city urged caution and carried out patrols on the morning of the 18th to coincide with children’s school commute times.

Iida Takahacho, Nagano

Yamagata 椎倉, Gifu

Size: Adult

Iida Takahacho, Nagano

At around 14:15 on May 13, 2026, a report was received that a 'large black object larger than a dog' crossed a farm road in the Miwa district of Gifu City; the city and police are patrolling. Since April there have been repeated sightings and attacks on chickens in nearby Seki City, and authorities say the same individual may be moving between the areas.

Gifu 三輪, Gifu

Gifu 三輪, Gifu

Tomika Oyama, Gifu

A moon bear (Asian black bear) about 1–1.2 meters long was located about 500 meters from the Nakasendō.

Nagiso, Nagano

Seki 千疋, Gifu

Two bears crossed in front of the car.

Mizunami, Gifu

It was along the roadside. When I approached by car, it ran up into the mountain.

Kani 久々利柿下入会, Gifu

Motosu Toyama, Gifu