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Tsuru Ohata, Yamanashi

A bear entered the kitchen of a house in Azumi, Matsumoto City, damaging the back door and ransacking food baskets and trash bags.

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

One bear-like animal was sighted in Mitoida, Imizu City, around 3:50 PM on August 4.

Imizu, Toyama

Witnessed a 1 m-long bear.

Imizu, Toyama

was walking

Matsumoto, Nagano

was walking

Matsumoto, Nagano

was walking

Matsumoto, Nagano

In Seba, Shiojiri, Nagano, one female Asian black bear caught in a box trap was culled by a hunters' association.

Shiojiri, Nagano

At around 2:50 a.m. on 2026-08-03, one bear-like animal was sighted in Nōde, Imizu City, Toyama Prefecture.

Imizu, Toyama

A passerby sighted one bear.

Tonami, Toyama

A resident sighted one bear.

Tonami, Toyama

A bear-like animal was sighted in Shimoyamada, Takaoka City.

Takaoka, Toyama

Sighted one animal believed to be a bear

Takaoka, Toyama

was walking

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: adult (fully grown)

Matsumoto, Nagano

Around 10:00 PM on August 1, a bear-like animal was sighted in Kashima, Tonami City.

Tonami, Toyama

One bear was found inside a capture cage installed in Soga, Shiojiri City, and was culled by a local hunting association member.

Shiojiri Daimon, Nagano

A single adult bear was observed crossing the road.

Oyabe, Toyama

Was eating something

Matsumoto, Nagano

One bear was sighted in Komoridani, Oyabe City.

Oyabe, Toyama

Hokuto Mukawacho-Yanagisawa, Yamanashi

A resident living in the Kurosawa area of Takekawa Town reported that they appear in security camera footage. The person entered the yard from the Takekawayamataka Line 35 city road on the south side of their house and walked north through the yard.

Hokuto Mukawacho-Kurosawa, Yamanashi

(It) was eating something.

Matsumoto, Nagano

was walking

Matsumoto, Nagano

Sightings of a bear cub

Toyama, Toyama

One cub was sighted in Igaya, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

Tsuru Asahisoshi, Yamanashi

Found traces of a bear eating a watermelon

Toyama, Toyama

Hokuto Mukawacho-Yanagisawa, Yamanashi

stayed still

Matsumoto, Nagano

A single adult bear was seen crossing the road and then fleeing toward the mountains north of the road.

Oyabe, Toyama

was swimming

Matsumoto, Nagano

A trace was found in Yokouchi, Toyama City, showing watermelons had been eaten.

Toyama, Toyama

In Ota, Toyama City, a bear damaged a field near a residential area and ate about eight watermelons.

Toyama, Toyama

Traces of a bear eating a watermelon were discovered

Toyama, Toyama

In Horikawa-cho, Toyama City, traces showed bear damage to home-garden watermelons.

Toyama, Toyama

In Ota, Toyama City, traces showed cucumbers?

Toyama, Toyama

Discovered bear tracks, droppings, and signs of a eaten watermelon

Toyama, Toyama

Tracks believed to have been made by a bear passing through a rice field were discovered.

Toyama, Toyama

On the morning of July 28, traces were found in Yokouchi, Toyama City, showing a bear had trampled down rice plants in a paddy field and entered.

Toyama, Toyama

Bear tracks and signs of eaten watermelons were found in a home garden in Ota, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

On 2026-07-28, bear tracks/signs were confirmed in Yokouchi, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

Sighted something believed to be a bear

Toyama, Toyama

In Hirota, Fuchu-machi, Toyama City, a resident saw an adult bear.

Toyama, Toyama

Otsuki Hatsukarimachi-Shimohatsukari, Yamanashi

Suspected bear droppings found

Toyama, Toyama

Bear droppings were found in front of a house entrance in Kosugi, Ninagawa district, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

Suspected bear droppings discovered

Toyama, Toyama

Fresh bear droppings with signs of peach consumption were found in Shimohori, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

In Akadashinmachi, Toyama City, a report said there was suspected bear feces, but no bear was confirmed.

Toyama, Toyama

In Hirota, Fuchu-machi, Toyama City, a resident found bear footprints and traces of a watermelon being eaten.

Toyama, Toyama

Checked for bear tracks and signs of watermelon having been eaten.

Toyama, Toyama

Sighted something that appeared to be a bear

Toyama, Toyama

In Horikawa-cho, Toyama City, a bear believed to be an adult was recorded on a dashcam running along a road and entering a residential lot.

Toyama, Toyama

An adult bear was captured on a security camera.

Toyama, Toyama

An adult bear crossing the road was captured on a security camera.

Toyama, Toyama

In Kosugi, Toyama City, a resident found a bear captured on a home security camera.

Toyama, Toyama

Size: juvenile

Asahi 大字小野沢, Nagano

In Hirota, Fuchu-machi, Toyama City, three watermelons in a home garden were eaten by a bear and ruined.

Toyama, Toyama

One adult bear was sighted in Saikakuji, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

Sighted an animal resembling a bear

Toyama, Toyama

An adult bear was sighted in Fuchu-machi Kamikuwata, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

one adult bear

Toyama, Toyama

Observed one adult bear

Toyama, Toyama

An adult bear was sighted in Fuchu-machi Araya, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

Bear sighted

Toyama, Toyama

Bear footprints and droppings were found in Fuchu-machi Takahiduke, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

was walking

Matsumoto, Nagano

A resident spotted a bear in Hirota, Futakuchi-cho, Toyama City, and bear tracks were later confirmed.

Toyama, Toyama

Confirmed bear tracks

Toyama, Toyama

Bear tracks confirmed

Toyama, Toyama

A bear was captured on the security camera.

Toyama, Toyama

An adult bear was captured on camera in Fuchu-machi Tomikawa, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

Bear tracks were found at Hane Peaceful Park in Hane, Fuchu-machi, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

A bear was sighted in Hane, Fuchu-machi, Toyama City, around 5:00 AM on 2026-07-26.

Toyama, Toyama

was walking

Matsumoto, Nagano

was walking

Matsumoto, Nagano

was walking

Matsumoto, Nagano

was walking

Matsumoto, Nagano

Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Iwadono, Yamanashi

Bear itself confirmed from photo provided by the discoverer

Toyama, Toyama

On 2026-07-23 around 10:45, a resident saw one bear in Fuchu-machi Konagasawa, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

Witnessed crossing National Route 304 heading south.

Nanto, Toyama

Crossed by swimming across the river

Matsumoto, Nagano

was walking

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: adult

Matsumoto, Nagano

One bear was sighted in Sunagatani (National Route 304) in Nanto City.

Nanto, Toyama

Climbed a tree

Matsumoto, Nagano

was walking

Matsumoto, Nagano

was walking

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Matsumoto, Nagano

A mother bear and two cubs were sighted near a community center in Asari, Nigoka-cho, Otsuki City.

Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Asari, Yamanashi

Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Asari, Yamanashi

I was walking from Iwadono Mountain toward Chigo-Otoshi. Just as I was about to reach Chigo-Otoshi, I encountered a bear cub.

Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Yurigaoka, Yamanashi

was running

Matsumoto, Nagano

A bear was sighted in Shigenokamachi Kozuse, Otsuki City.

Otsuki Nigiokamachi-Yurigaoka, Yamanashi

A bear was sighted in Kamitakara-cho Kuzuyama, Takayama City, around 3:50 PM.

Takayama 上宝町葛山, Gifu

A bear-like animal was sighted in Kurokawa, Imizu City, around 7:15 p.m. on July 17.

Imizu, Toyama

In Hirano, Imizu City, a woman driving a car saw an animal resembling a bear running on the road; it was considered a cub and disappeared toward Taikoyama Park Cemetery.

Imizu, Toyama

was walking

Matsumoto, Nagano

An animal believed to be a bear crossed the road and headed south.

Imizu, Toyama

A bear-like animal was sighted in Aoidani, Imizu City, around 2:20 p.m. on July 17.

Imizu, Toyama

An adult bear was sighted in Shogendera, Imizu City, around 5:25 a.m. on July 17.

Imizu, Toyama

Sighted an adult bear during patrol

Imizu, Toyama

One bear was sighted on a road in Shogenzi, Imizu City, and quickly returned to the bushes.

Imizu, Toyama

Sighted an animal believed to be a bear

Imizu, Toyama

Details unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

Was eating something

Matsumoto, Nagano

was walking

Matsumoto, Nagano

was walking

Matsumoto, Nagano

Koshu Katsunumacho-Kamiiwasaki, Yamanashi

was walking

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Adult

Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano

Tsuru Shimoya, Yamanashi

was stripping the bark from a fallen tree

Matsumoto, Nagano

A fisherman sighted one bear.

Tonami, Toyama

A vehicle operator passing over Shinbo Bridge spotted an animal resembling a bear on the Jintsu River floodplain.

Toyama, Toyama

was walking

Matsumoto, Nagano

Parent-and-offspring bears / Walking

Matsumoto, Nagano