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A bear was sighted in Soga, Shiojiri City.

Shiojiri Daimon, Nagano

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

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: adult

Fujimi, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto, 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

A bear believed to be an adult was sighted at Shiroyama Park in Matsumoto City.

Matsumoto Shinbashi, Nagano

Size: unknown

Matsumoto Shinbashi, Nagano

Nirasaki Okusamachiwakao, Yamanashi

There was bear scat.

Narusawa, Yamanashi

Narusawa, 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

One bear was sighted in a residential area of Miyabuchi, Matsumoto City; police searched but did not find it.

Matsumoto Miyabuchi-honmura, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto Shinbashi, Nagano

Two bear sighting reports were received from residents in Miyabuchi 3, Matsumoto City.

Matsumoto Miyabuchi-honmura, Nagano

Size: unknown

Matsumoto Miyabuchi-honmura, Nagano

Tsuru Ohata, Yamanashi

Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi

Around 12:20 on 2026-06-13, a bear was sighted in Shimauchi, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture.

Matsumoto Shinbashi, Nagano

Size: adult

Matsumoto Shimauchi, Nagano

Size: unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

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

Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano

Size: adult with cub(s)

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Matsumoto, Nagano

Fujikawaguchiko Funatsu, Yamanashi

A bear was sighted in Okada-Shimookada, Matsumoto City.

Matsumoto Okada-Shimookada, Nagano

A 110 emergency call reported seeing a bear in Jōyama, Matsumoto City.

Matsumoto Joyama, Nagano

Size: cub

Fujimi, Nagano

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

Shiojiri Kanai, Nagano

Size: Adult

Matsumoto Joyama, Nagano

Size: Juvenile

Shiojiri Midoriko, Nagano

Size: Adult

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Shiojiri Kaminishijo, Nagano

Kōfu Atagomachi, Yamanashi

Size: juvenile

Azumino 三郷明盛, Nagano

Size: Adult

Azumino, Nagano

Kōfu Ubaguchicho, Yamanashi

A bear was sighted in Shimmura, Matsumoto City.

Matsumoto Niimura, Nagano

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

Crossed the roadway from west to east.

Izu 湯ケ島, Shizuoka

A bear was sighted in Sasa-ga, Matsumoto City, around 5:30 a.m. on June 6.

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto Azusagawa-Yamato, Nagano

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

Size: Adult

Matsumoto Azusagawa-Yamato, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto Azusagawa-Yamato, Nagano

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Shimonishijo, Nagano

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

A bear was sighted in Sasaga, Matsumoto City, Nagano, around 08:50 on 2026-06-04.

Matsumoto, 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

A 45-year-old farm worker woman nearby called 110 to report seeing a bear in Sasaga, Matsumoto City.

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Adult

Matsumoto Kukohigashi, Nagano

Fujikawaguchiko Kodachi, Yamanashi

Kōfu Shingyojicho, Yamanashi

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Hirooka-Harashinden, Nagano

Size: Adult

Okaya, 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

Fujiyoshida Araya, Yamanashi

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

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Adult

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Shimonishijo, Nagano

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Daimon-hachibancho, Nagano

Kōfu Yamamiyacho, Yamanashi

Fujiyoshida Kamiyoshida, Yamanashi

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

Kōfu Hirasemachi, Yamanashi

Around 18:35 on 2026-05-29, one bear was sighted in Shimadachi, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture.

Matsumoto Shimadachi, Nagano

Otsuki Otsukimachi-Otsuki, Yamanashi

I saw a bear coming down the Yoshidaguchi promenade from the mountain side and crossing the road. While driving on Fujizakura Street (?), I noticed a dark shape crossing the road; when I looked toward where it went, an adult-sized bear was standing there. I couldn’t take a photo, but I clearly confirmed it.

Fujiyoshida, 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

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

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

Tsuru Hono, Yamanashi

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

Susono, Shizuoka

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Daimon-nibancho, Nagano

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