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Tokyo, Tokyo

Two bears believed to be a parent and child were sighted by a driver in Sutama-cho Wakamiko, Hokuto City.

Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko, Yamanashi

Size: Adult

Matsumoto, Nagano

Near the upper part of the ski area Yesterday and today a mother bear and two cubs were sighted. Today a large adult, a different individual, was also sighted.

Takayama 丹生川町久手, Gifu

Takayama 丹生川町塩屋, Gifu

Kosuge, Yamanashi

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

Hokuto Hakushucho-Yokote, Yamanashi

Encountered while ascending the left fork of the Yazawa-Kumakura River, a tributary of the Minami-Akishikawa (stream climbing). While resting, it attempted to descend from the slope to the stream bed. When I shouted “Hey! Hey!” to intimidate it, it flinched, noticed me, and ran off toward the ridge.

Tokyo Nango, Tokyo

Tabayama Honose, Yamanashi

Tabayama Honose, Yamanashi

One bear cub next to the guardrail on the Okutama Lake → Enzan route

Tabayama Honose, Yamanashi

Hokuto Mukawacho-Yanagisawa, Yamanashi

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto Azusagawa-Ueno, Nagano

Tokyo Kochi, Tokyo

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

Hokuto Mukawacho-Yamataka, Yamanashi

Around 2026-06-26 00:00, a bear was sighted in Kitanono, Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture.

Shiojiri Kitaono, Nagano

Tokyo Kawano, Tokyo

Tabayama Shimogumi, Yamanashi

Size: adult

Shiojiri, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Asahi 大字小野沢, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Matsumoto, Nagano

Around 1:00 PM on 2026-06-23, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Hata, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture.

Matsumoto, Nagano

A bear was sighted in Soga, Shiojiri City.

Shiojiri Daimon, Nagano

Size: unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto Azusagawa-Ueno, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Adult

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

Around 7:25 PM on 2026-06-22, a bear was sighted in Hata, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture.

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Adult

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Shiojiri, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: adult

Fujimi, Nagano

There was reportedly a bear sighting near Yamakyo Bridge in Azusagawa. (From Matsumoto City official LINE)

Matsumoto, Nagano

Around 4:50 a.m. on June 21, a resident sighted one bear in Hata, Matsumoto City.

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto Azusagawa-Ueno, Nagano

Size: Adult (fully grown)

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano

Hokuto Nagasakacho-Hino, Yamanashi

Hachioji, Tokyo

On the early morning of 2026-06-19, a bear was sighted in Kawano, Okutama Town, Tokyo, and later captured.

Tokyo Kawano, Tokyo

Size: juvenile

Fujimi, Nagano

In Soga, Shiojiri City, one adult Asian black bear caught in a trap for deer and other animals was captured and culled because houses were nearby.

Shiojiri Daimon, Nagano

Tokyo Mitsugo, Tokyo

A bear was sighted in Nyūkawa-chō Dakyō, Takayama City.

Takayama 丹生川町駄吉, Gifu

Kosuge, Yamanashi

It ran across the back mountain from one stand of trees to another. A medium-sized? or rather large bear.

Takayama 丹生川町久手, Gifu

Tabayama, Yamanashi

Tabayama, Yamanashi

Tokyo Kochi, Tokyo

Nirasaki Okusamachiwakao, Yamanashi

Tokyo Kochi, Tokyo

A bear was sighted in Fujimi, Fujimi Town, Nagano around 6:40 a.m. on June 15.

Fujimi, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: unknown

Fujimi, Nagano

Kosuge, Yamanashi

Around 9:00 on June 14, a bear-like animal was sighted in Oguno, Hinode-machi, Tokyo.

Tokyo Oguno, Tokyo

Tokyo Kochi, Tokyo

Size: unknown

Matsumoto, Nagano