เส้นทางเดินป่า Misaki-Sakata

Minami-Echizen 大谷, Fukui

Tsuruga Kashimagari, Fukui

An animal resembling a bear was sighted on the Jinzu River riverbank in Fuchu-machi Aoshima, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

Two bears crossing the road were sighted.

Toyama, Toyama

Near the north side of Miyukibashi (Miyuki Bridge)

Itoigawa, Niigata

A sighting of one adult bear and one cub was reported in Fuchu-machi Nagasawa, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

Awara 牛ノ谷, Fukui

A bear was sighted moving in Shikanaya, Awara City.

Awara 下金屋, Fukui

A bear was sighted in Tokumang, Tonami City, around 18:19 on July 4; it was seen on camera.

Tonami, Toyama

The bear AI camera detected one bear.

Tonami, Toyama

A passerby sighted one bear.

Tonami, Toyama

One bear sighted in Okutani Town area

Kaga Okunoyamachi, Ishikawa

A resident sighted one bear.

Tonami, Toyama

One bear sighted in front of a residence. Direction of escape unknown.

Itoigawa 中央, Niigata

Witnessed an animal that looked like a cub crossing the road.

Kamiichi, Toyama

Tsuruga Sawa, Fukui

Awara 細呂木, Fukui

One bear was sighted heading west.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Found what appear to be bear tracks

Toyama, Toyama

Bear footprints were found in Ko-nagasawa, Fuchu-machi, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

A bear was seen moving in Oumihokutocho, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Confirmed a bear moving westward

Itoigawa 中央, Niigata

Sighted a young bear (body length unknown). It ran away toward the mountains on the north side of the road.

Oyabe, Toyama

A bear was sighted in Shukuji, Nishiazai-cho, Nagahama City.

Nagahama Nishiazaicho-Shufukuji, Shiga

One bear sighted in Daishoji Okamachi area

Kaga Daishoji-Fujinokimachi, Ishikawa

While driving on the municipal road east line of Itoigawa Junior High School, one bear was sighted. It was moving east.

Itoigawa 中央, Niigata

Bear droppings found in the Goshomachi area.

Kanazawa Goshomachi, Ishikawa

One cub was sighted

Kurobe 若栗, Toyama

One cub was sighted in Wakaguri, Kurobe City.

Kurobe 若栗, Toyama

One bear sighted in Nangō Town area

Kaga Mitanigaoka, Ishikawa

A bear was sighted in Kajiyashiki, Itoigawa City, Niigata, around 16:10 on June 26.

Itoigawa, Niigata

One bear was sighted near Kajiyashiki Community Center. It was moving southwest.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Awara 指中, Fukui

Bear feces confirmed on the premises

Itoigawa 中央, Niigata

A bear was sighted again in Nangocho, Kaga City, at around 7:30 p.m.

Kaga Nangomachi, Ishikawa

One bear sighted in Nangō Town area

Kaga Nangomachi, Ishikawa

Sabae 上戸口町, Fukui

A bear sighting was also reported in Kumasaka-cho, Kaga City.

Kaga Kumasakamachi, Ishikawa

One bear was sighted in the Kumazaka Town area.

Kaga Shiratorimachi, Ishikawa

A bear appeared at a private home in Nangomachi, about 400 meters away.

Kaga Nangomachi, Ishikawa

One bear sighted in Nangō Town area.

Kaga Daishoji-Sugomachi, Ishikawa

A single bear was sighted on the grounds of Kinjo Higashi Elementary School.

Kaga Daishoji-Shikiji, Ishikawa

Confirmed feces in vacant lot approximately the size consistent with a bear.

Itoigawa 横町, Niigata

A bear was sighted in Takakubo, Nanto City.

Nanto, Toyama

One bear sighted in the Nangō Town area.

Kaga Nangomachi, Ishikawa

Around 3:15 PM on June 22, a bear-like animal was sighted in Funahashi.

Funahashi, Toyama

An adult bear was seen crossing the road and fleeing toward the north.

Oyabe, Toyama

Sighted one bear

Itoigawa, Niigata

One bear was culled by emergency shooting along the coast in Yokozaki Shin, Asahi Town.

Asahi, Toyama

A bear appeared along the coast in Yokozaki Shin, Asahi Town, and moved into a coastal windbreak forest.

Asahi, Toyama

Awara 青ノ木, Fukui

Minami-Echizen 燧, Fukui

Eiheiji 松岡石舟, Fukui

Fukui Joganjicho, Fukui

Minami-Echizen 燧, Fukui

Sightings of what appears to be a cub

Toyama, Toyama

Found flattened grass believed to be a bear’s lying-down spot

Uozu, Toyama

A single bear cub was sighted near Ano Elementary School, Nomi City.

Nomi Sandoyamamachi, Ishikawa

Around 08:08 on 2026-06-18, a driver spotted one adult bear moving along the shoulder toward Kanazawa on the Hokuriku Expressway in Daishoji Shimofukuda-machi, Kaga City.

Kaga, Ishikawa

One bear sighted on the Kanazawa-bound lanes of the Hokuriku Expressway

Kaga, Ishikawa

Witnessed an adult bear about 1 meter in length crossing the road.

Asahi, Toyama

One bear sighted near the bus stop in the Kyōgamines 2-chome area of Itoigawa City.

Itoigawa 南寺町, Niigata

A fully grown bear about 1 meter in size was seen crossing the river and climbing up into the mountains.

Asahi, Toyama

One adult bear was sighted in Motoyashiki, Asahi Town.

Asahi, Toyama

Bear-like tracks were found inside Chiharuhira Golf Course in Asaji, Oyabe City.

Oyabe, Toyama

Found what appear to be bear tracks inside the golf course.

Oyabe, Toyama

While driving, I sighted an animal about 1 m in length that appeared to be a bear. It ran off toward the southwest.

Oyabe, Toyama

A bear-like animal was sighted in Nagaya-machi, Mikawa district, Hakusan City.

Hakusan Choyamachi, Ishikawa

One bear sighted near Mikawa overpass

Hakusan Choyamachi, Ishikawa

Eiheiji 松岡島, Fukui

One bear sighted near Iida Headquarters Co., Ltd.

Kaga Oshiomachi, Ishikawa

Fukui Togonikacho, Fukui

A passerby spotted one young bear

Tonami, Toyama

Feces of a large mammal believed to be a bear or wild boar

Uozu, Toyama

Minami-Echizen 荒井, Fukui

Fukui Wakisangacho, Fukui

Around 5:55 PM on June 16, an adult bear was sighted in Tajiri-cho, Kaga City, and moved northwest. No injuries were reported.

Kaga Oshiomachi, Ishikawa

Observed one bear in the field.

Itoigawa 南寺町, Niigata

Awara 青ノ木, Fukui

An adult bear was captured on a security camera at Yuhidera Kenmin Nature Park in Kanazawa, leading to a temporary closure.

Kanazawa Yuhideramachi, Ishikawa

Witnessed an adult bear about 1 m in size crossing the road.

Asahi, Toyama

Around 6:30 on 2026-06-15, a bear was sighted in Sakuramachi, Asahi Town, Toyama Prefecture.

Asahi, Toyama

Sighted an adult bear about 1 meter in size

Asahi, Toyama

At about 04:55 on 2026-06-15, a bear was sighted in Mikawa Eidaicho, Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture.

Hakusan Mikawa-eitaimachi, Ishikawa

One bear sighted near Mikawa Lighthouse

Hakusan Mikawa-eitaimachi, Ishikawa

Sighted under the field's streetlight.

Itoigawa 新鉄, Niigata

Minami-Echizen 燧, Fukui

Cub sighted on the Shōmyō Falls trail

Toyama, Toyama

A fisherman sighted one bear. It ran off to the south.

Itoigawa 寺島, Niigata

A bear was sighted in Terajima, Itoigawa City, around 4:10 AM on 2026-06-14.

Itoigawa 寺島, Niigata

One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in a residential lot in Gochi 6-chome, Joetsu City, Niigata, and left heading west.

Joetsu, Niigata

Around 4:30 a.m. on July 11, a bear about 1 meter long was spotted on the premises of a private residence in Gochi 6, Joetsu City.

Joetsu, Niigata

One bear (about 1 m) was sighted near the Mabime Bridge (Tsuruoka City side) near the bridge. It entered brush near a field. Exact location unknown. / Environment: riverbed / Size: juvenile

Tsuruoka, Yamagata

A single cub bear was sighted near Tsutsuishi Station.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Witnessed a bear heading south along the riverbank. / Environment: riverbank / Size: juvenile

Mikawa 大字横山, Yamagata

Around 13:15 on 2026-07-10, a bear was sighted in Oshikiri Shinden, Mikawa Town, Yamagata Prefecture.

Mikawa 大字押切新田, Yamagata

While heading north on former Route 7, I spotted an animal that appeared to be a bear cub on the riverbed. (Around 13:30) / Environment: riverbed / Size: juvenile

Mikawa 大字押切新田, Yamagata

Environment: Near homes / Size: Unknown

Sakata 新町, Yamagata

One bear was sighted in Oshikiri-shinden, Mikawa Town, as it tried to go up from the riverbed to the embankment.

Mikawa 大字押切新田, Yamagata

Attempted to climb up the levee from the riverbed, was startled by a car and returned to the riverbed. (Sighted around 16:32) / Environment: Roadway / Size: Unknown

Mikawa 大字押切新田, Yamagata

There were footprints in the rice field. Sightings were also reported nearby on 7/7 and 7/8. The estimated date and time are unknown.

Murakami, Niigata

One bear (body length 1.0 m) was sighted near the old Aburato Tunnel (seaside exit). Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 油戸, Yamagata

While driving on Prefectural Road 73 toward Yasuda, the witness spotted one bear in the bushes on the right-hand side. The bear immediately retreated back into the brush and fled.

Kashiwazaki, Niigata

Atsumi government office: One bear (body length unknown) was sighted in the Nezugaseki area. / Environment: Around residences / Size: Unknown

Tsuruoka, Yamagata

Atsumi government office area: One juvenile bear (approximately 0.7 m in body length) was sighted along the river near the Nezugaseki River Bridge. / Environment: Around residential area / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka, Yamagata

Around 6 a.m., one cub about 70 cm long was sighted in Nezugaseki, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Tsuruoka 鼠ケ関, Yamagata

One bear (body length unknown) was sighted about 300 m east of Abura-to Community Center, near Nakata Bridge. Subsequent whereabouts unknown. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 油戸, Yamagata

Observed moving to the west. / Environment: farmland / Size: unknown

Mikawa 大字神花, Yamagata

Around 8:00 on 2026-07-08, one bear of unknown body length was sighted in a field in Kamihana, Mikawa Town, Yamagata Prefecture.

Mikawa 大字神花, Yamagata

There was a black object that appeared to be a bear; after checking a video on a smartphone, the person reported it. / Environment: Near residential area / Size: Unknown

Tsuruoka 日枝, Yamagata

A juvenile bear was sighted about 300 m past the Mitoe/Mitse (Mise) interchange exit. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: roadway / Size: juvenile

Tsuruoka 三瀬, Yamagata

Atsumi government office: A single bear (approx. 1 m in body length) was sighted within the Yu-Atsumi area. / Environment: Around residences / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 湯温海, Yamagata

Atsumi government office: One bear (approximately 1 m body length) was sighted within the Yu-Atsumi area. / Environment: Around houses / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 湯温海, Yamagata

One bear approximately 80 centimeters in body length was sighted 200 meters east of the former Marine Fishing Center.

Joetsu, Niigata

A bear about 0.8 meters long was sighted in Mushu Iwato, Joetsu City.

Joetsu, Niigata

A bear about 1 meter long collided with a moving passenger car on a road in Sakuramachi, Murakami City. The female driver was not injured, but part of the vehicle was damaged.

Murakami, Niigata

A vehicle traveling on National Route 113 from the Yamagata direction collided with a bear about 1.0 m in body length, and the bear ran off toward the Green Park Arakawa General Sports Park.

Murakami, Niigata

A single bear about 1.0 m in body length was roaming through the rice field.

Murakami, Niigata

One bear was spotted roaming in a rice paddy in the Sasaki area of Murakami City, Niigata.

Murakami, Niigata

One bear was sighted in Yutōnami, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Tsuruoka 湯温海, Yamagata

One bear was sighted at Koganebarahara Park in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata.

Tsuruoka 日枝, Yamagata

While traveling on the municipal Shimokura-Takakura road, I sighted one bear on the left bank of the Takakura River. It ran off toward the mountain to the south.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Environment: Agricultural land / Size: Adult

Sakata 三之宮, Yamagata

Atsumi government office: A vehicle on National Route 7 collided with one bear (body length 0.8 m). The bear subsequently fled into the mountains. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 大岩川, Yamagata

One bear sighted in front of a residence. Direction of escape unknown.

Itoigawa 中央, Niigata

Atsumi Government Office area: One observer sighted a young bear (body length unknown) on the railroad tracks within the Koiwagawa vicinity. / Environment: On the railroad tracks / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 小岩川, Yamagata

Atsumi government office: A person observed one bear (body length unknown) within the Yuu-Atsumi area. / Environment: riverside / Size: unknown

Tsuruoka 湯温海, Yamagata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown

Sakata 関, Yamagata

A single bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) was sighted near the Kogata Purification Center. It moved south from the seaside and was later not found. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 堅苔沢, Yamagata

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

Tsuruoka 堅苔沢, Yamagata

Crossed from the east side to the west side.

Murakami, Niigata

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a highway in Shimoaikawa, Murakami City, Niigata.

Murakami, Niigata

One bear (approx. 1.0 m in body length) was sighted about 300 m east of Abura-do Community Center, near Nakata Bridge. It moved south and was later not found. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 油戸, Yamagata

One cub was sighted in Koiwagawa, Tsuruoka City, coming down from the mountain to National Route 7 and then returning to the mountain when a witness called out.

Tsuruoka 小岩川, Yamagata

Atsumi government office building area: Witnessed one cub (body length unknown) that came down from the mountain onto National Route 7. When the witness called out, the cub returned to the mountain. / Environment: Near houses / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 小岩川, Yamagata

A cub was sighted crossing a railway line from the mountain side to the sea side in Hayata, Tsuruoka City.

Tsuruoka 早田, Yamagata

Ainsai government office area: Observed a cub (about 0.5 m body length) crossing the tracks from the mountainside to the seaside in the Hayata area. / Environment: Around houses / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 早田, Yamagata

A witness observed one cub moving from the seaside toward the mountains. / Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 小岩川, Yamagata

Atsumi government office: One bear (body length unknown) sighted in the Yu-Atsumi area. / Environment: Near houses / Size: Unknown

Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata

Atsumi government office area: One bear (body length unknown) sighted within the Yunokami area. / Environment: Near residences / Size: Unknown

Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted at the Tsuruoka City Atsumi Forestry Association parking lot in Oiwagawa, Tsuruoka City.

Tsuruoka 大岩川, Yamagata

Atsumi government office: One bear (approximately 1 m in body length) sighted in the parking lot of the Tsuruoka City Atsumi Forest Cooperative. / Environment: business/office parking lot / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 大岩川, Yamagata

A single bear (body length 1.0 m) was sighted at a farming work hut in Nakayama area. It appeared to be eating rice. It moved away from the sighting location afterward. / Environment: Around homes / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 矢引, Yamagata

A bear entered a farm work shed in Nakayama, Tsuruoka City, and damaged rice stored in paper bags.

Tsuruoka 中山, Yamagata

A bear was sighted at a farm work shed in Nakayama, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata, eating rice stored in the shed.

Tsuruoka 中山, Yamagata

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

Joetsu, Niigata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult

Sakata 横代, Yamagata

One bear was sighted in Gochikokubu, Joetsu City.

Joetsu, Niigata

A bear was sighted in Kajiyashiki, Itoigawa City, Niigata, around 16:10 on June 26.

Itoigawa, Niigata

One bear was sighted near Kajiyashiki Community Center. It was moving southwest.

Itoigawa, Niigata

One bear (approximately 80 cm) was sighted entering the southwest mountain near the baseball field of Tsuruoka National College of Technology. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: forest / Size: juvenile

Tsuruoka 井岡, Yamagata

At around 15:58 on June 26, a bear was sighted in Ioka, Tsuruoka City.

Tsuruoka 井岡, Yamagata

Atsumi Government Office: A single cub (approximately 0.8 m in body length) was sighted near the Atsumi government office / Environment: Near houses / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata

A cub was sighted within the Nakayama area and ran off to the north. / Environment: near houses / Size: juvenile

Tsuruoka 中山, Yamagata

Bear feces confirmed on the premises

Itoigawa 中央, Niigata

Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata

Observed one bear outside the baseball stadium.

Itoigawa, Niigata

One bear sighted near Nōu Ballpark (within the Ōheiji area of the Nōu region) attempting to climb a tree.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Observed one cub. Moving westward.

Itoigawa, Niigata

One bear was sighted. It was moving toward the mountains.

Itoigawa, Niigata

One adult bear and one cub were sighted near Suwa Shrine in the Hamakiura area; they moved south.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Observed one cub. It was moving toward the mountains.

Itoigawa, Niigata

One bear (1 m) entered the bushes on the south side of Kamo Community Center. / Environment: near houses / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 加茂, Yamagata

Around 5:00 on 2026-06-20, a bear was sighted in Sakamachi, Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture.

Murakami, Niigata

One bear was sighted. It was moving north.

Itoigawa, Niigata

At around 14:00, one bear (approximately 1.5 m in body length) was sighted on the road about 400 m southeast of Yutagawa Community Center. It moved westward and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: near houses / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 藤沢, Yamagata

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in the Shukuda area of Murakami City.

Murakami, Niigata

One bear, estimated at about 1.5 meters long, was sighted in Fujisawa, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Tsuruoka 藤沢, Yamagata

One bear sighted near the bus stop in the Kyōgamines 2-chome area of Itoigawa City.

Itoigawa 南寺町, Niigata

About 1 m in body length. Possibly the same bear that was sighted in the Tenjindo neighborhood association in the evening. / Environment: Around human residences / Size: Adult

Mikawa 大字押切新田, Yamagata

Environment: riverbank / Size: adult (fully grown)

Mikawa 大字神花, Yamagata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult

Mikawa 大字猪子, Yamagata

One bear, about 1 meter long, was sighted in Iwashinden, Tsuruoka City, and crossed the Nipponkai Tohoku Expressway.

Tsuruoka 茨新田, Yamagata

Around 16:15, while driving on the Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway from Sakata toward Tsuruoka, one bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) was observed crossing from west to east. Subsequent whereabouts unknown. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 茨新田, Yamagata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Cub (young bear)

Sakata 生石, Yamagata

While traveling on National Route 345, one bear (approximately 1.2 m in body length) was sighted near Aikōen (Aikoen) of Tsuruoka City. The bear then moved toward the park behind Aikōen. / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 岡山, Yamagata

A bear was also sighted in Kamibana, Mikawa Town.

Mikawa 大字神花, Yamagata

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

Observed one bear in the field.

Itoigawa 南寺町, Niigata

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

Kashiwazaki, Niigata

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

Joetsu, Niigata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown

Sakata 相沢, Yamagata