เส้นทางเดินป่า Nishi Ward, Nagoya-Odawara

Nakatsugawa 上野, Gifu

Gero Hebinoo, Gifu

Gero Kanayamacho-Oppara, Gifu

Higashishirakawa Oppara, Gifu

Gero Miyaji, Gifu

Gero Ogawa, Gifu

Nakatsugawa, Gifu

Nakatsugawa 付知町, Gifu

Size: juvenile

Kiso, Nagano

Size: adult

Kiso, Nagano

Size: Adult

Agematsu, Nagano

Size: adult

Agematsu, Nagano

Size: Adult

Agematsu, Nagano

Size: cub/juvenile

Ookuwa, Nagano

Size: adult

Nagiso Yomikaki, Nagano

Size: adult (fully grown)

Agematsu, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Nagiso, Nagano

Size: cub (juvenile)

Kiso, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Kiso, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Ookuwa, Nagano

Size: adult (fully grown)

Kiso, Nagano

Size: Adult

Agematsu 旭町, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Kiso, Nagano

The picture is part of the video I recorded less than five minutes away from the sighting. A medium size (young adult) bear was coming down the hill to the left, about 200 meters up ahead from where I was. It got startled by my presence and ran up the hill. It was on the first part of the nakasendo trail where you enter the woods right after you cross the Yo river (heading to Nojiri from Nagiso) .

Nagiso, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Nagiso NAINO, Nagano

Size: adult (fully grown)

Kiso, Nagano

Size: adult (fully grown)

Agematsu, Nagano

Size: Adult

Kiso, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Agematsu, Nagano

Size: Adult (fully grown)

Kiso, Nagano

At around 10:17 on June 15, a bear was sighted in Yokokawa, Tatsuno Town.

Tatsuno 大字横川, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Ookuwa, Nagano

Size: cub (juvenile)

Nagiso NAINO, Nagano

Size: Adult

Kiso, Nagano

Size: Juvenile

Agematsu 大字小川, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Kiso, Nagano

Size: Adult

Agematsu, Nagano

Size: Adult

Agematsu 大字小川, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Kiso Fukushima, Nagano

Size: Adult

Nagiso Tadachi, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Nagiso NAINO, Nagano

Size: Adult

Kiso, Nagano

Size: Adult

Kiso, Nagano

Size: adult (full-grown)

Kiso, Nagano

Size: adult (fully grown)

Kiso, Nagano

Size: Adult

Agematsu 大字小川, Nagano

Size: adult and cub

Ookuwa, Nagano

Size: adult

Kiso, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Kiso, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Ookuwa, Nagano

Size: Adult

Agematsu, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Agematsu 大字小川, Nagano

Size: Adult

Kiso Fukushima, Nagano

Size: Adult

Agematsu, Nagano

Size: Adult

Kiso Fukushima, Nagano

Size: cub/juvenile

Nagiso Azuma, Nagano

Size: Adult (mature)

Agematsu, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Agematsu 旭町, Nagano

Size: cub/juvenile

Nagiso Azuma, Nagano

Size: adult (fully grown)

Agematsu 旭町, Nagano

Size: adult

Kiso 大字菅, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Kiso, Nagano

Size: Adult

Kiso Shinkai, Nagano

Nakatsugawa 坂下, Gifu

Nakatsugawa 坂下, Gifu

Size: Adult

Kiso Shinkai, Nagano

A bear-like animal was sighted in Tokorogi, Nagiso Town, Nagano.

Nagiso NAINO, Nagano

Size: adult (fully grown)

Agematsu, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Shiojiri Niekawa, Nagano

Size: unknown

Nagiso Tadachi, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Nagiso, Nagano

Size: adult (fully grown)

Agematsu, Nagano

Size: Adult

Agematsu, Nagano

Size: cub (young bear)

Agematsu 旭町, Nagano

Size: cub (young animal)

Agematsu 大字小川, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Agematsu 旭町, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Kiso 大字薮原, Nagano

Two Cubs/young bears spotted running across hikers path

Shiojiri Narai, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Agematsu 旭町, Nagano

Size: adult

Tatsuno 大字上島, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Tatsuno, Nagano

Size: adult

Tatsuno 大字上島, Nagano

One bear was found trapped in a snare along a forest road in Kawagishi, Okaya City, and was culled.

Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano

Size: Adult

Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano

Around 17:10 on June 11, a bear was sighted in Kami-shima, Tatsuno Town.

Tatsuno 大字上島, Nagano

Size: young cub

Tatsuno 大字上島, Nagano

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

Shiojiri Kanai, Nagano

Size: Juvenile

Shiojiri Midoriko, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Shiojiri Kaminishijo, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Shiojiri, Nagano

Size: Adult

Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano

Size: Adult

Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano

Size: Adult

Okaya, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Shiojiri Niekawa, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Tatsuno 大字小野, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Tatsuno 大字小野, Nagano

Two Cubs/young bears spotted running across hikers path

Shiojiri Narai, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Tatsuno 大字小野, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Shiojiri Soga, Nagano

Ichikawamisato Shimoashigawa, Yamanashi

There was bear scat.

Narusawa, Yamanashi

Narusawa, Yamanashi

Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi

Fujikawaguchiko Funatsu, Yamanashi

Hokuto Takanecho-Nagasawa, Yamanashi

Kōfu Atagomachi, Yamanashi

Kōfu Ubaguchicho, Yamanashi

Sighted on a forest slope and ran off into the woods.

Kōfu Furusekimachi, Yamanashi

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

Fujikawaguchiko Kodachi, Yamanashi

Kōfu Shingyojicho, Yamanashi

Ichikawamisato Nuta, Yamanashi

Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko-shinmachi, Yamanashi

Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko-shinmachi, Yamanashi

Around the area heading from the Midori-ike trailhead toward Inagoyu, I repeatedly heard a sound coming from the forest on the right that I’d never heard before. When I got home and searched YouTube for bear sounds, I found the same sound posted there, so it was probably a bear’s call. Because it was frightening, I didn’t walk through the part of the forest with the eerie noise between Midori-ike and Inagoyu and descended by walking along the road.

Koumi, Nagano

Fujiyoshida Araya, Yamanashi

Kōfu Yamamiyacho, Yamanashi

Fujiyoshida Kamiyoshida, Yamanashi

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

Kōfu Hirasemachi, Yamanashi

Kōfu Tokojimachi, 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

Fujikawaguchiko Saikonishi, Yamanashi

Kōfu Tokojimachi, Yamanashi

Oyama 中島, Shizuoka