# KumaMihari – Japan Bear Alerts — user reviews

> 1 indexed App Store user reviews of KumaMihari by Vertex Design LLC, rated 5.00/5 from 3 ratings.

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- Rating breakdown: 5★ 3 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0

## Most critical reviews (1 lowest-rated)

### 5/5 — Perfect hiking companion app

*2026-07-03*

Pretty great find for a free app with push alerts. I spent a few weeks traveling around the Japanese countryside (Nagano, Tohoku, parts of Hokkaido) and a friend warned me that bear encounters are a real thing there. Found KumaMihari and it quickly became something I checked every morning before heading out.

It pulls together bear sighting reports from all over Japan into a single map, which is huge because otherwise you'd be trying to piece together scattered local news articles in Japanese. Being able to see recent activity near wherever I was staying gave me way more confidence planning day hikes and trail runs. 

A couple of times it actually made me rethink a route, which I'm glad about in hindsight. Even if you're not a hardcore outdoors person, if your trip takes you anywhere rural — onsens in the mountains, temple walks, cycling routes, it's worth having on your phone just for the peace of mind. Nothing else like it that I could find.

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