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While driving on National Route 8, one bear was sighted heading into the mountains near the Sandantaki-dōmon area.

Itoigawa, Niigata

One bear sighted near a residence. Direction of escape unknown.

Itoigawa, Niigata

A bear was sighted in Hokujo, Hakuba Village, around 4:04 PM on June 11.

Hakuba Hokujo, Nagano

A bear was spotted on the riverbank. Bear tracks were also found.

Nyuzen, Toyama

An animal resembling a bear was seen in Ashizaki, Nyūzen Town.

Nyuzen, Toyama

Bear tracks, likely from an adult bear, were found in Aramata, Kurobe City.

Kurobe 荒俣, Toyama

Adult bear footprints confirmed inside the quarry plant near the mouth of the Kurobe River.

Kurobe 荒俣, Toyama

Size: cub (young bear)

Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Hakuba, Nagano

One adult bear was sighted.

Kurobe 荒俣, Toyama

An animal resembling a bear was sighted in the brush near Wakaguri Community Center.

Kurobe 若栗, Toyama

Scat observed at 8:00 AM on June 9. Scat and footprints observed at 7:00 AM on June 10.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Size: adult

Ogawa Inaoka, Nagano

Around 3:00 PM in Wakaguri, Kurobe City, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted.

Kurobe 若栗, Toyama

One bear sighted near the Fossa Magna Museum garden. It moved into the woods on the north side.

Itoigawa 南寺町, Niigata

Size: Adult

Hakuba, Nagano

An animal resembling a bear was sighted.

Kurobe 神谷, Toyama

An animal resembling a bear was sighted around 4:45 AM in Aramata, Kurobe City.

Kurobe 荒俣, Toyama

An animal resembling a bear was sighted on the left bank of the Kurobe River

Kurobe 荒俣, Toyama

A bear was sighted near the Kurobe River mouth in Nyūzen Town.

Nyuzen, Toyama

Size: Adult

Ogawa Takafu, Nagano

An animal like a bear

Kurobe 新天, Toyama

Size: Adult

Ōmachi, Nagano

Size: adult with cubs

Hakuba, Nagano

A farmer discovered bear tracks in the rice paddy.

Asahi, Toyama

Size: Adult

Hakuba, Nagano

Size: Adult

Otari, Nagano

Spotted one bear

Itoigawa, Niigata

An animal resembling a bear

Kurobe 荻生, Toyama

A resident sighted one small bear walking along the road.

Kurobe 窪野, Toyama

In the afternoon of 2026-06-05, a bear-like animal was sighted in Ogyu, Kurobe City, Toyama Prefecture.

Kurobe 荻生, Toyama

One bear cub was sighted in Kubono, Kurobe City.

Kurobe 窪野, Toyama

Size: Unknown

Nagano Mayumida, Nagano

Size: adult

Hakuba, Nagano

Around 5:55 PM on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Miasa Futae, Omachi City.

Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano

Size: adult (fully grown)

Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Nagano 富田, Nagano

Size: Adult

Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano

Size: Adult

Nagano Aokijimamachi-Aokijima, Nagano

One bear was observed moving in the mountain (south) direction.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Size: adult (full-grown)

Ogawa Takafu, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Ōmachi, Nagano

Size: adult and cub

Ōmachi, Nagano

An adult bear was sighted near Takeyano Bridge.

Kurobe 田家野, Toyama

One bear sighted

Itoigawa, Niigata

Around 9:25 on May 30, a bear was sighted in Miwa, Omachi City.

Ōmachi Miasa, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano

Size: adult and cub

Ogawa Setogawa, Nagano

Around 13:50 on 2026-05-30, a bear-like animal was sighted in Tajeno, Kurobe City.

Kurobe 田家野, Toyama

One bear sighted

Itoigawa, Niigata

Size: Cub

Ōmachi 中ノ関, Nagano

At around 12:20 on 2026-05-29, one bear was sighted in Miasa Futari, Omachi City.

Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano

Around 6:00 PM on May 27, bear-like animal feces were found in Hirono-shin, Kamiichi Town, Toyama, indicating bear presence.

Kamiichi, Toyama

Size: Juvenile

Hakuba, Nagano

Size: unknown

Ōmachi, Nagano

On National Route 406, about 10 minutes after entering Ogawa Village from Hakuba Village toward Togakushi Shrine, an apparently adult male bear came out in front of my car, ran about 20 meters along the roadway, slipped under the wire guard, and fled toward the river.

Hakuba, Nagano

A passerby spotted a bear.

Uozu, Toyama

Size: adult (fully grown)

Nagano Shinkomachi-Hinota, Nagano

I saw a bear about 160 centimeters (around 5 feet 3 inches) tall.

Uozu, Toyama

One bear was sighted near the Izumi bus stop. It was moving toward the mountains.

Itoigawa, Niigata

One bear sighted

Toyama, Toyama

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

Toyama, Toyama

On 2026-05-23 evening, one bear was seen moving in Omi Hokutocho, Itoigawa City.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Observed one bear heading east on municipal road Meibikiyama Line.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Size: Adult

Otari Chikuni, Nagano

Size: Adult

Nagano Sakura, Nagano

Observed one bear moving west along the rice field embankment.

Itoigawa, Niigata

One bear sighted on the mountain side of the snow-resistant intrusion-prevention fence

Asahi, Toyama

Around 4:30 PM on May 22, a bear was sighted in Teraji, Itoigawa City.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Around 12:30 on 2026-05-22, one bear was sighted in Izumi, Itoigawa City.

Itoigawa, Niigata

A single cub was wandering behind the house. It moved off toward the southwest.

Itoigawa, Niigata

One bear cub was sighted on the grounds of the Science Education Center in Nishinakaji. It was moving toward the mountain side.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Size: Juvenile

Hakuba, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Hakuba Hokujo, Nagano

A resident reported, "I saw an animal that appeared to be a bear."

Toyama, Toyama

One adult bear sighted on a trail running course in the Yoko-o area of Asahi Town (in the forested area).

Asahi, Toyama

One adult bear sighted on a trail-running course in the forested mountain area.

Toyama, Toyama

Witnessed while driving on municipal Hirayama Road near the Takanami-no-ike (Takanami Pond) observation deck.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Observed one animal believed to be a bear.

Tateyama, Toyama

Sighted one animal believed to be a bear.

Toyama, Toyama

Sighted one bear

Itoigawa, Niigata