เส้นทางเดินป่า Minamiuonuma-Kaneyama

One bear was sighted on the Ken-do Mitsuke-Tochio Line about 100 m southwest of Asahi Town Community Center.

Nagaoka, Niigata

While passing through the area, sighted one bear.

Tainai, Niigata

Spotted one bear while passing through the area.

Tainai, Niigata

Two bears sighted near Nakazaki bus stop on Prefectural Route 24 (Tochioyama-Koshi Line)

Nagaoka, Niigata

Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Kaneyama Hoyama, Yamagata

Sighted one cub while driving on Prefectural Route 317.

Nagaoka, Niigata

Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile

Kaneyama, Yamagata

Observed one bear.

Tainai, Niigata

A bear was sighted in Kibogaoka, Kamo City.

Kamo, Niigata

A single bear about 1 meter in body length moved into the mountains east of Kibōgaoka’s eastern hillside.

Kamo, Niigata

Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Kaneyama Yasuzawa, Yamagata

Captured / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Kaneyama, Yamagata

While driving on Prefectural Route 347, I spotted two bears in a rice field.

Nagaoka, Niigata

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Sakurazawa, Kamo City.

Kamo, Niigata

Discovered tracks believed to be those of a bear while working in the fields.

Tainai, Niigata

School staff discovered footprints in a field believed to be from a bear.

Tainai, Niigata

Discovered tracks believed to be bear footprints while working in the fields.

Tainai, Niigata

Discovered bear tracks in the field.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

A bear (body length 1 m) was sighted south of the Kamo Community Disaster Prevention Center. It then crossed National Route 112 from east to west and went into the mountains. / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 加茂, Yamagata

Discovered footprints believed to be from a bear while doing farm work.

Tainai, Niigata

I sighted an animal believed to be a bear near the mountainside.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

One cub about 50 cm long was sighted in Nagahashi, Tainai City.

Tainai, Niigata

While passing through the area, a single bear was sighted.

Tainai, Niigata

Environment: road / Size: young animal

Tsuruoka 下清水, Yamagata

I saw one cub entering the woods.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

Around 7:30 on 2026-06-07, a bear was sighted near Muica Snow Resort in Kokuriyama, Minamiuonuma City.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

Discovered signs of a bear in the rice field.

Nagaoka, Niigata

Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Mamurogawa Kinoshita, Yamagata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult

Mamurogawa Osawa, Yamagata

A single bear was sighted moving from the mountain side toward the sea side in the Atsumi (Atumi) area, Kuretubo, on the Atsumi government office grounds. Exact location unknown. Environment: roadway. Size: adult.

Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata

One bear (body length 0.7 m) was sighted moving along the Akagawa River from the Haguro area toward the urban area. / Environment: riverbed / Size: juvenile

Tsuruoka 羽黒町赤川, Yamagata

One bear was sighted around 6:00 in Isehara-machi, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Tsuruoka 伊勢横内, Yamagata

A trail camera set up near farmland at the Atsumi government office captured one bear (about 1.3 m in length). / Environment: near residences / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 五十川, Yamagata

While passing nearby, I spotted a figure that appeared to be a bear in the bushes.

Tainai, Niigata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Juvenile

Sakegawa, Yamagata

Around 10:30 on 2026-06-04, one cub was sighted in Kawaguchi, Sakegawa Village, Yamagata Prefecture.

Sakegawa Kawaguchi, Yamagata

Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Mamurogawa Kinoshita, Yamagata

Lurking at Izumi Shrine on the grounds of Shofukuji Temple in Tsuruoka City. / Environment: Around residences / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 勝福寺, Yamagata

Environment: road / Size: unknown

Mamurogawa Kinoshita, Yamagata

One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Onagahara, Tsuruoka City.

Tsuruoka 遠賀原, Yamagata

Observed one bear crossing National Route 112 from west to east. It was later believed to have headed toward the Ongahara area. / Environment: near residential houses / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 外内島, Yamagata

Observed one bear crossing the road from the south to the north / Environment: forest / Size: adult

Shinjo Masugata, Yamagata

A single bear crossing the road from south to north had contact with a passing vehicle; the bear returned southward afterward / Environment: forest / Size: adult

Shinjo Masugata, Yamagata

One bear (about 1 m in body length) was sighted approximately 300 m west of Sai Elementary School. It is believed to have then headed toward the Shōfukuji area. / Environment: near residences / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 斎藤川原, Yamagata

One bear was sighted crossing a road in Shimoyamazoe, Tsuruoka City.

Tsuruoka 下山添, Yamagata

One bear was seen entering a shrine precinct in Katsufukuji, Tsuruoka City.

Tsuruoka 勝福寺, Yamagata

Two sets of footprints in the rice paddy. Their destination is unknown.

Uonuma, Niigata

Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile

Kaneyama Hoyama, Yamagata

Environment: Near Michi-no-Eki Koma-kan / Size: Unknown

Tozawa Furukuchi, Yamagata

Around 6:00 on June 2, a bear about 1 meter long was sighted near a rice paddy in Yunozawa, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Tsuruoka 湯野沢, Yamagata

One bear (body length about 1 m) was sighted near rice paddies on the south side of the Yunozawa area. / Environment: around houses / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 湯野沢, Yamagata

Observed one bear (body length 1 m) moving east through the rice fields. / Environment: farmland / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 民田, Yamagata

Observed one bear (body length 1.0 m) moving north across an open lot. / Environment: farmland / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 民田, Yamagata

A 1-meter bear was sighted walking in a rice paddy in Takasaka, Tsuruoka City, around 7:30 a.m.

Tsuruoka 高坂, Yamagata

Went toward the Ebie settlement

Murakami, Niigata

One bear was sighted near Gabi Bridge (on the Akagawa riverbed). Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: riverbed / Size: adult

Tsuruoka, Yamagata

Spotted one cub while passing through the area.

Tainai, Niigata

One bear sighted. Moving east.

Uonuma, Niigata

A cub crossed the road and entered the brush.

Nagaoka, Niigata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Juvenile

Mamurogawa Aramachi, Yamagata

One bear (body length unknown) sighted on the trail inside Takadate-yama / Environment: forest / Size: unknown

Tsuruoka 金沢, Yamagata

Passed through the road and headed toward the Katsura district / Environment: forest / Size: unknown

Okura, Yamagata

A bear was sighted in Fumishita, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata, around 6:48 PM on June 1.

Tsuruoka Hodashi, Yamagata

One bear sighted near the municipal road heading from Raiden Bridge toward the Matsuo area.

Nagaoka, Niigata

Bear footprints were found in the field.

Murakami, Niigata

I discovered bear tracks in the field.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Kaneyama Hoyama, Yamagata

One bear, about 1 meter long, was sighted in Sakamachi area, Murakami City.

Murakami, Niigata

Moved toward the Tainai City direction

Murakami, Niigata

Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Kaneyama, Yamagata

Captured / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Kaneyama Yasuzawa, Yamagata

While driving on Prefectural Route Tochio-Tai, observed one bear.

Nagaoka, Niigata

A single bear-like animal was captured on the security camera.

Tainai, Niigata

A single bear (about 1 m in size) moved north near the push-button traffic signal intersection on National Route 290.

Murakami, Niigata

While driving on a farm road, one cub was sighted. It was moving east.

Nagaoka, Niigata

Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile

Kaneyama Yamazaki, Yamagata

Spotted one bear while driving on a municipal road.

Nagaoka, Niigata

Spotted one bear while driving on National Route 290. It was moving west.

Nagaoka, Niigata

One bear was sighted near Okina Bridge along the Toshiotaisei municipal road while traveling from Onuki toward Kuwatansan Pass.

Nagaoka, Niigata

Bear tracks discovered in the field

Uonuma, Niigata

Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Unknown

Tozawa Matsuzaka, Yamagata

Observed one bear behind the house. It moved toward the mountains.

Tainai, Niigata

Bear-like animal tracks were found in Kitashinbo, Murakami City.

Murakami, Niigata

Discovered bear tracks under the persimmon tree.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

It was discovered that a bear had entered the school grounds (the glass of the staff entrance was broken, and clawed footprints and droppings were found).

Nagaoka, Niigata

One bear (about 1 m) crossed the Rinkō Road Iwafune Port Line from the seaside toward the residential area.

Murakami, Niigata

A bear was sighted on a prefectural road in Iwafune, Murakami City.

Murakami, Niigata

It appears to be hiding in the bushes at Nanohana-sou. / Size: Adult

Mikawa 大字横山, Yamagata

Size: Adult

Mikawa 大字横山, Yamagata

One bear (approximately 1 m in size) was sighted near Fujishima Elementary School. It moved north. / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 藤島, Yamagata

Sighted near a shrine. / Size: Unknown

Tsuruoka 谷地興屋, Yamagata

According to the tracks, it headed north from the sighting location / Size: adult

Shinjo, Yamagata

Report from a passing woman / Size: Unknown

Mamurogawa Hiraoka, Yamagata

Haguro government office area — One bear was sighted behind a private house. It later headed north. / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 羽黒町坂ノ下, Yamagata

A sighting of one bear filmed the same day in Yokoyama, Mikawa Town.

Mikawa 大字横山, Yamagata

Size: Adult

Sakegawa Niwazuki, Yamagata

One bear (about 1 m in body length) was sighted in a field northwest of Mise Station. It then moved to the southeast. / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 三瀬, Yamagata

Shortly before 5:00 AM on the 21st, a single bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a national highway in Kitashinbo, Murakami City. The sighting was about 240 meters from a private residence and was confirmed by the Murakami Police.

Murakami, Niigata

Tracks (footprints) discovered in a rice field near the Prefectural Route Shimonagahashi–Kamidate line

Shibata, Niigata

Observed one cub crossing the road from south to north / Size: juvenile

Shinjo Odashima, Yamagata

Size: cub/juvenile

Sakegawa Kawaguchi, Yamagata

One bear was sighted within an industrial park.

Uonuma, Niigata

Bear droppings discovered

Uonuma, Niigata

One bear (approximately 70–80 cm) moved from the north (Omokuba Forest Park) toward the south (Hirabayashi Elementary School).

Murakami, Niigata

A bear-like animal (size unknown, juvenile) was sighted in the Numemeji/Miyata area. It appeared to be heading northeast. / Size: juvenile

Tsuruoka 布目, Yamagata

I sighted a black four-legged animal resembling a bear in the mountains about 100 meters from a house.

Kamo, Niigata

Around 18:00 on May 19, a single bear was sighted walking south on a road in the Sakurazawa area of Kamo City, Niigata Prefecture. Because the sighting occurred near houses, the Kamo Police Station and Kamo City Hall are conducting public alerts and patrols for local residents.

Kamo, Niigata

Around 09:00 on May 19, in a rice field in Goka, Minamiuonuma City, a man in his 70s doing farm work was struck by a bear about 1 meter long and suffered scrapes to his face; he was taken to hospital and his life is not in danger.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

On May 19, 2026 at around 09:00, a man in his 70s working in a rice field in Gokka, Minamiuonuma City, Niigata Prefecture, was rammed by a single bear about 1 meter long and sustained scratches and bleeding to his face; he was taken to a local hospital. His injuries are not life-threatening, and the prefecture issued a bear-sighting warning following the season's first human injury.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

At around 08:55 on the 19th, a man in his 70s working in a rice field in Goka, Minamiuonuma City, was struck from the right side by a bear and sustained facial injuries. He was taken by ambulance to a local hospital but was able to walk on his own.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

A resident was injured when they collided with a bear about 1.0 m in length while working in the fields.

Minamiuonuma, Niigata

It was hiding in the bushes on the riverbed of the Uono River.

Uonuma, Niigata

Bear tracks discovered in farmland

Uonuma, Niigata

Sighted near the curve on the left-side sidewalk just after climbing to the top of Tochiō Saka (near the construction site).

Nagaoka, Niigata

Repeatedly entering and exiting the river.

Murakami, Niigata