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Size: juvenile

Fujimi, Nagano

An animal resembling a bear was sighted in Ippongi, Toyama City, around 6:00 AM on June 19.

Toyama, Toyama

Size: Adult

Azumino, 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

Discovered what appears to be bear tracks.

Tateyama, Toyama

Size: juvenile

Azumino, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Azumino, Nagano

Size: cub (juvenile)

Azumino, Nagano

Size: Adult

Azumino 穂高牧, Nagano

A bear believed to be an adult was sighted at Shiroyama Park in Matsumoto City.

Matsumoto Shinbashi, Nagano

Size: unknown

Matsumoto Shinbashi, Nagano

Nirasaki Okusamachiwakao, Yamanashi

Uenohara Ozone, Yamanashi

Size: juvenile

Azumino 穂高, Nagano

Size: Juvenile

Azumino 穂高, Nagano

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

Fujimi, Nagano

Size: adult

Azumino 穂高有明, Nagano

Size: Adult

Azumino 穂高牧, Nagano

Size: unknown

Fujimi, Nagano

A bear was sighted in Hotaka Ariake, Azumino City.

Azumino 穂高有明, Nagano

Cub sighted on the Shōmyō Falls trail

Toyama, Toyama

One bear was sighted in a residential area of Miyabuchi, Matsumoto City; police searched but did not find it.

Matsumoto Miyabuchi-honmura, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto Shinbashi, Nagano

Two bear sighting reports were received from residents in Miyabuchi 3, Matsumoto City.

Matsumoto Miyabuchi-honmura, Nagano

Size: unknown

Matsumoto Miyabuchi-honmura, Nagano

Tsuru Ohata, Yamanashi

Observed a young adult approximately 40 kg in size.

Tateyama, Toyama

A bear-like animal was sighted at Yokoe Noka in Tateyama Town.

Tateyama, Toyama

Around 12:20 on 2026-06-13, a bear was sighted in Shimauchi, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture.

Matsumoto Shinbashi, Nagano

Size: adult

Matsumoto Shimauchi, Nagano

Witnessed an adult approximately 100 cm in size crossing the road.

Toyama, Toyama

A resident reported seeing something bear-like in Hori, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

While climbing a power line route, a creature suddenly ran away from the grassy verge about 2 meters away. It was about the size of a large dog, with short legs and coarse, jet-black hair on its back. This was the sixth time I had encountered a bear.

Azumino, 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 (fully grown)

Azumino 穂高牧, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Azumino 穂高牧, Nagano

Sighted an animal believed to be a bear

Toyama, Toyama

A bear-like animal was sighted in Hori, Toyama City.

Toyama, Toyama

I witnessed what appeared to be a bear running across the road.

Toyama, Toyama

A bear was sighted in Okada-Shimookada, Matsumoto City.

Matsumoto Okada-Shimookada, Nagano

A 110 emergency call reported seeing a bear in Jōyama, Matsumoto City.

Matsumoto Joyama, Nagano

Found bear scat.

Tateyama, Toyama

Size: cub

Fujimi, Nagano

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

Shiojiri Kanai, Nagano

Size: Adult

Matsumoto Joyama, Nagano

Size: Juvenile

Shiojiri Midoriko, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Shiojiri Kaminishijo, Nagano

Kōfu Atagomachi, Yamanashi

While driving, I saw something that looked like a bear in my rearview mirror.

Tateyama, Toyama

Sagamihara Magino, Kanagawa

Size: juvenile

Azumino 三郷明盛, Nagano

Size: adult

Azumino 穂高牧, Nagano

Around 1:00 PM on 2026-06-09, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Makino, Midori Ward, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Sagamihara Magino, Kanagawa

A cub was seen crossing the road.

Tateyama, Toyama

A bear was sighted in Shimmura, Matsumoto City.

Matsumoto Niimura, Nagano

Size: Adult

Okaya Kawagishi, Nagano

Size: cub/juvenile

Azumino, Nagano

Walked from Nagasaka Ushii Pond toward Kitz Nagasaka Factory.

Hokuto Nagasakacho-Nagasakakamijo, Yamanashi

Hokuto Nagasakacho-Nagasakakamijo, Yamanashi

A bear was sighted in Sasa-ga, Matsumoto City, around 5:30 a.m. on June 6.

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Shimonishijo, Nagano

Size: adult

Azumino 穂高牧, Nagano

Around 18:45 on 2026-06-04, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Soga, Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture.

Shiojiri Daimon, Nagano

Discovered footprints in the field that appear to be from a bear-like animal.

Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko, Yamanashi

Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko, Yamanashi

While descending the Inariyama course, I witnessed a black shape moving down the slope ahead. It was some distance away, so I cannot be certain.

Hachioji, Tokyo

A bear was sighted in Sasaga, Matsumoto City, Nagano, around 08:50 on 2026-06-04.

Matsumoto, Nagano

A cub was found by the roadside

Tateyama, Toyama

Bear-like animal tracks were found in Sutama-cho Wakagami, Hokuto City.

Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko, Yamanashi

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Daimon-nibancho, Nagano

Size: Unknown

Matsumoto Kukohigashi, Nagano

What appears to be a bear cub crossed the road.

Tateyama, Toyama

Tsuru Ohata, Yamanashi

A 45-year-old farm worker woman nearby called 110 to report seeing a bear in Sasaga, Matsumoto City.

Matsumoto, Nagano

Size: Adult

Matsumoto Kukohigashi, Nagano

A bear-like young animal was sighted in Yonezawa, Tateyama Town.

Tateyama, Toyama

A single adult bear was observed crossing the prefectural road.

Tateyama, Toyama

Otsuki Nanahomachi-Asakawa, Yamanashi

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Hirooka-Harashinden, Nagano

Size: Adult

Okaya, Nagano

Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko-shinmachi, Yamanashi

Hokuto Sutamacho-Wakamiko-shinmachi, Yamanashi

A bear was sighted in Hotakamaki, Azumino City, around 17:05 on 2026-06-01.

Azumino, Nagano

Found what appears to be bear droppings near the entrance to the Togyama trailhead.

Tateyama, Toyama

Size: adult

Azumino 豊科光, Nagano

Size: Adult

Azumino, Nagano

Observed for about one second a black, rounded, quadrupedal animal about the size of a medium dog—possibly a bear cub or a wild boar—running roughly 30 meters uphill into the brush. Location: where the Onnazaka and Sawa trails merge on Mt. Takagawayama.

Otsuki Hatsukarimachi-Shimohatsukari, Yamanashi

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Shimonishijo, Nagano

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Daimon-hachibancho, Nagano

Kōfu Yamamiyacho, Yamanashi

There was one Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma) on the stairs descending from the rest/interaction area toward the Takao direction. It appeared to be large in size.

Hachioji, Tokyo

While descending the Inariyama course during trail running, I heard a loud rustling as if an animal was pushing through the bushes on my front left. When I looked toward the sound, I saw what appeared to be a black animal—likely a bear—running away quickly within about 50 meters. Although I was wearing sunglasses, it looked about 1–1.5 meters long, so I believe it was a bear. I had been running downhill with bear bells, so I think it noticed human presence and hurriedly fled. I didn’t have time to stop and take a photo, and the location is approximate. I was measuring distance by GPS as I ran, and it was just past 2 km from the summit, but I roughly identified the spot by comparing with someone’s recorded track on YAMAP. There may still be some margin of error. I posted this because there was a sighting reported yesterday at Yakoin.

Hachioji, Tokyo

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

Kōfu Hirasemachi, Yamanashi

Around 18:35 on 2026-05-29, one bear was sighted in Shimadachi, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture.

Matsumoto Shimadachi, Nagano

Otsuki Otsukimachi-Otsuki, Yamanashi

Kōfu Tokojimachi, Yamanashi

Size: adult (fully grown)

Azumino, Nagano

Size: adult with cub

Azumino 豊科田沢, Nagano

Hokuto Kobuchisawacho, Yamanashi

From the hiking trail beside the old Koshu-kaido Sasago Tunnel, near Sasago Pass on the trail toward Mt. Sasago Karigaharasuri, I encountered a cub about 50 cm long approximately 50 meters ahead of my position. The cub ran up the slope on the left side of the trail, toward the Enzan side, from Sasago Pass and disappeared. I watched the same spot for about five minutes but did not see any adult bear.

Otsuki, Yamanashi

Size: adult

Azumino 穂高牧, Nagano

Around 06:00 on 2026-05-28, a bear was sighted in Hotaka Ariake, Azumino City, Nagano Prefecture.

Azumino 穂高有明, Nagano

Size: Juvenile

Azumino 豊科田沢, Nagano

Size: adult (fully grown)

Fujimi, Nagano

A bear was sighted in Sasagocho Yoshikubo, Otsuki City, around 2:10 PM on May 26.

Otsuki Sasagomachi-Yoshikubo, Yamanashi

Otsuki Sasagomachi-Shirano, Yamanashi

Size: Adult

Shiojiri Daimon-nibancho, Nagano

Kōfu Tokojimachi, Yamanashi

Size: adult and cub

Azumino 堀金三田, Nagano

Size: Adult

Fujimi, Nagano

Size: Adult

Fujimi, Nagano

Around noon on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Fujimi, Fujimi Town, Nagano Prefecture.

Fujimi, Nagano

Otsuki Hatsukarimachi-Nakahatsukari, Yamanashi