เส้นทางเดินป่า Zenkō-ji Temple-Toyama Castle

Size: adult

Otari Nakaotari, Nagano

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

Funahashi, 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

A bear was sighted in Miasa, Omachi City, around 07:30 on 2026-06-19.

Ōmachi Miasa, Nagano

Sighted something that appeared to be a bear

Toyama, Toyama

Size: Adult (fully grown)

Hakuba, Nagano

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

Toyama, Toyama

Size: adult and cub

Ōmachi, Nagano

Size: Adult

Hakuba, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano

A bear was sighted in Miasa Futae, Omachi City, Nagano, around 16:55 on 2026-06-18.

Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano

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

Uozu, Toyama

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

Asahi, Toyama

Size: Adult

Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano

Size: cub

Otari Nakaotari, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano

Size: Adult (fully grown)

Hakuba, Nagano

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

Size: juvenile

Nagano Uematsu, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano

Near the boundary between Kuriyama and Izumi hamlets in the Nechi area, one bear was sighted on the prefectural road. It moved toward the mountains.

Itoigawa, Niigata

A Japanese black bear was culled on the coast of Ashizaki in Nyuzen Town.

Nyuzen, Toyama

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

Uozu, Toyama

A mature bear was sighted moving east along the road.

Nyuzen, Toyama

Around 4:30 a.m. on June 16, a bear was sighted in Ashizaki, Nyūzen Town. The bear was later captured.

Nyuzen, Toyama

Observed one bear in the field.

Itoigawa 南寺町, Niigata

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

Size: Adult

Ogawa Oneyama, Nagano

Size: Adult

Ōmachi 中ノ関, Nagano

Size: adult (fully grown)

Hakuba, Nagano

Size: adult

Ōmachi 中ノ関, Nagano

Sighted under the field's streetlight.

Itoigawa 新鉄, Niigata

Cub sighted on the Shōmyō Falls trail

Toyama, Toyama

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

Itoigawa 寺島, Niigata

Size: adult and cub

Otari, Nagano

Size: adult with cub(s)

Hakuba, Nagano

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

Itoigawa 寺島, Niigata

Size: adult

Ōmachi 元ノ関, Nagano

Size: adult

Hakuba, Nagano

One bear was sighted heading toward the mountains near Uta Shikan (Uta Community Center) in the Omi area of Itoigawa City.

Itoigawa, Niigata

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

Toyama, Toyama

Size: Unknown

Ogawa Oneyama, Nagano

Size: juvenile

Ōmachi, Nagano

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