เส้นทางเดินป่า Sankichi Inari Shrine-Ogano

Hanno 小岩井, Saitama

A bear cub was sighted in Koiwai, Hannō City.

Hanno 大字小岩井, Saitama

Yokoze, Saitama

Near the summit of Hanasaki Mountain

Yokoze, Saitama

On the night of June 8, there was a sighting report of a bear-like animal in Shimoogano, Ogano Town.

Ogano Shimoogano, Saitama

Chichibu Shimoyoshida, Saitama

A bear-like animal was sighted in Akazawa, Hanno City, while someone was commuting by bicycle.

Hanno 大字赤沢, Saitama

Shimo-Yoshida, Chichibu City

Chichibu Shimoyoshida, Saitama

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Koma-Hongō, Hidaka City, around 3:00 PM on June 7; no one was injured.

Hidaka 高麗本郷, Saitama

150 m NNE of Takenohana Bridge, Terao area

Chichibu Kanamuromachi, Saitama

Chichibu Kanamuromachi, Saitama

Chichibu Yoshida-Aguma, Saitama

Yoshida Ishima area (near Ishima Water Purification Plant)

Chichibu Yoshida-Aguma, Saitama

A resident man spotted a bear about 1 meter long in Shimoyoshida, Chichibu City.

Chichibu Shimoyoshida, Saitama

At 5:30 AM on May 20, 2026, a man in Shimonaguri, Hannō City reported a bear sighting to the Hannō Police Station. The bear was estimated to be about 1 meter long, moved toward the mountains, and no one was injured.

Hanno 大字下名栗, Saitama

Hanno, Saitama

Chichibu, Saitama

A young bear about 70 cm long. Photographed through a screen door in the shade of a tree. It was eating leaves and roots of plants in the mountains near houses. Image quality is poor.

Hanno, Saitama

Hanno 大字南, Saitama

Around 18:20 on May 17, a bear was sighted entering the grounds of a resident's home in Kaminaguri, Hanno City, Saitama Prefecture. A woman photographed the bear and reported it to the Hanno police station; police estimated the bear's body length at about 1 meter and no one was injured.

Hanno 大字上名栗, Saitama