เส้นทางขับรถ Tateshina-Akiha Ward, Niigata

Size: adult (fully grown)

Nagano Toyonomachi-Toyono, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Ueda Ueno, Nagano

While traveling on Prefectural Route Kamimasuda–Yoshikawa, I sighted one bear. It ran off to the south.

Joetsu, Niigata

Size: Adult (fully grown)

Nagano Shinonoi-Okada, Nagano

One bear was sighted about 100 meters northwest of the campsite in the Oaza Gochi Kokubu area.

Joetsu, Niigata

Size: Unknown

Ueda Tonoshiro, Nagano

One bear was sighted in Gochikokubu, Joetsu City.

Joetsu, Niigata

Size: Adult

Iiyama Hachisu, Nagano

Around 14:00 on 2026-06-26, a bear was sighted in Hasu, Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture.

Iiyama Hachisu, Nagano

Size: adult animal

Iiyama Hachisu, Nagano

While driving on Prefectural Route Suginosawa-Futamata, a single bear was observed moving across the road from the west side to the east side.

Myoko, Niigata

Around 10:00 on 2026-06-25, a bear was sighted in Toyono-machi Toyono, Nagano City.

Nagano Toyonomachi-Toyono, Nagano

Size: Adult (fully grown)

Nagano Yoshi, Nagano

Size: adult (fully grown)

Ueda, Nagano

Around 17:35 on 2026-06-23, a bear was sighted in Akashio, Iizuna Town, Nagano Prefecture.

Iizuna Akashio, Nagano

Size: Adult

Iizuna Akashio, Nagano

Discovered bear tracks while doing farm work.

Nagaoka, Niigata

While driving on Prefectural Route Suginosawa-Futamata Line, (a witness) observed one bear crossing the road from east to west.

Myoko, Niigata

Discovered bear tracks while on the way to cultivate the field

Nagaoka, Niigata

Size: juvenile

Ueda, Nagano

Size: Juvenile

Ueda, Nagano

A bear was sighted in Oaza Kehashizaka, Myoko.

Myoko, Niigata

While driving on Prefectural Route Suginosawa-Futamata, I witnessed one bear entering the forest on the east side of the road.

Myoko, Niigata

A bear was sighted on a road in Keishizaka, Myoko City.

Myoko, Niigata

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Motomachi 1-chome, Mitsuke City, Niigata.

Mitsuke, Niigata

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in a parking lot in Motomachi 1, Mitsuke City, shortly after 6 a.m.

Mitsuke, Niigata

One bear was sighted in Nakago-ku Fujisawa, Joetsu City, Niigata.

Joetsu, Niigata

Spotted one bear while driving to the fields. It moved northwest.

Joetsu, Niigata

Size: juvenile

Ueda, Nagano

While traveling on National Route 292, witnessed a bear about 1 m in length crossing from east to west.

Myoko, Niigata

While driving on prefectural Route Ogata–Takayanagi, I sighted one animal believed to be a bear. It was moving west.

Joetsu, Niigata

It was in the mountains. It ran off toward the mountains.

Joetsu, Niigata

One bear was sighted in Kahara, Shinanomachi, Nagano.

Shinano, Nagano

A bear was sighted on a prefectural road in Karuigawa, Kashiwazaki City.

Kashiwazaki, Niigata

Around 6:00 on June 14, a bear was sighted in Nanase, Nakano City.

Nakano Nanase, Nagano

Size: Adult

Nagano Matsushiromachi-Iwano, Nagano

Size: Adult

Nakano Nanase, Nagano

Spotted one bear on the road about 100 meters east of Kenshin-ko Budokan.

Joetsu, Niigata

While driving on the municipal Ōshika-Okeumi Road, a single bear was sighted heading into the forest.

Myoko, Niigata

One bear was sighted heading into the mountains to the east from the area near the Joshin-etsu Expressway.

Myoko, Niigata

It appeared on the camera of a trap intended for wild boar.

Joetsu, Niigata

A bear of unknown length was sighted on a city road in Niijima, Myoko City.

Myoko, Niigata

One bear seen heading toward the river to the east.

Myoko, Niigata

Observed one bear moving on National Route 292 from east to west.

Myoko, Niigata

A bear about 0.5 meters long was sighted on a road in Nirejima, Myoko City.

Myoko, Niigata

While driving on National Route 18, I sighted one bear. It crossed from west to east.

Myoko 大字上八幡新田, Niigata

A bear cub was sighted in an irrigation channel in Takidera, Joetsu City.

Joetsu, Niigata

A bear was sighted on Route 18 in Nashiki, Myoko City, and it crossed the road and left eastward.

Myoko 大字上八幡新田, Niigata

Spotted one cub in an irrigation canal 250 m west of the University-mae South intersection.

Joetsu, Niigata

Around 8:00 on 2026-06-11, one bear was sighted in Fujiyama, Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture.

Ueda Fujiyama, Nagano

Size: adult

Ueda Mitakedo, Nagano

One bear sighted near the police box

Myoko, Niigata

On 2026-06-10 in the morning, a bear was seen moving in Kebyōzaka, Myoko City.

Myoko, Niigata

Size: Unknown

Chikuma Mori, Nagano

Size: Juvenile

Ueda Tonoshiro, Nagano

Size: Adult

Ueda Higashiuchi, Nagano

One bear was sighted moving westward on National Route 292.

Myoko, Niigata

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in a residential area in Himekawahara, Myoko City, Niigata.

Myoko, Niigata

Bear traces (claw marks and broken branches) were confirmed on a persimmon tree within the grounds of a private residence in the Takayasu-ji area.

Sanjo, Niigata

One bear approximately 70 centimeters long was sighted about 500 meters east of the Nakatawara intersection in the Oaza Nakatawara area.

Joetsu, Niigata

One bear about 100 centimeters long was sighted near the Joetsu-Takada Interchange toll booth in the Oaza Haizuka area.

Joetsu, Niigata

A toll booth worker at the Jōetsu-Takada Interchange spotted one bear near the gate. It ran off toward the mountains.

Joetsu, Niigata

A single bear about 100 centimeters in body length was sighted near the Jōetsu-Takada Interchange tollbooth within the Ōaza Haizuka area.

Joetsu, Niigata

Around 6:00 a.m. on 2026-06-07, one bear about 1 m long was sighted on the grounds of Arisawa Manufacturing Nakatahara West Plant in Nakatahara, Joetsu City, and police received a 110 emergency call.

Joetsu, Niigata

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted inside a factory site in Nakatabara, Jōetsu City.

Joetsu, Niigata

Size: cub/juvenile

Ueda, Nagano

Size: adult

Sakaki Nakanojo, Nagano

Size: Adult

Nagano Shinonoi-Yokota, Nagano

While driving, a person spotted one bear running along a field path. It was moving west.

Joetsu, Niigata

Ueda, Nagano

An adult bear was sighted in the forest behind a house in Kamishiojiri, Ueda City.

Ueda Kamishiojiri, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Nakano Kasahara, Nagano

A member of the public walking nearby sighted one bear. It moved south.

Nagaoka, Niigata

Size: Adult

Shinano Oi, Nagano

Size: Adult

Iizuna Kurai, Nagano