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This 623 km route runs from Chitose to Samani within Hokkaido. In the past 30 days, 34 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 7 of them. The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Chitose, Hokkaido.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
Izumisawa: Around 3:50 PM. Approximately 200 meters from under the Dōō Expressway overpass on Shinmachi Izumisawa Boulevard toward Kōyōdai. One bear sighted.
Chitose, Hokkaido
One bear was sighted in Numanosawa, Yubari City.
Yubari, Hokkaido
In Haysabusa Park in Izumisawa, Chitose, a man in his 20s saw one bear about 2 meters long in the forest on the south side of the park. The bear then walked south and disappeared.
Chitose, Hokkaido
On 2026/06/24, a brown bear was sighted crossing the road in the Oiwake-Kasuga area.
Abira, Hokkaido
Bear tracks and droppings were found on farmland in the Oiwake-Kasuga area.
Abira, Hokkaido
[18] Bibi, around 5:00 PM — One bear sighted at a point about 1 kilometer from the Shinchitose Airport IC intersection on the Dodo Izumisawa–New Chitose Airport Line (Route 1091) toward New Chitose Airport.
Chitose, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Asahimachi, Kamikawa Town.
Kamikawa Asahimachi, Hokkaido
R8.07.05 (Footprints)
Biei 字夕張, Hokkaido
R8.07.04 (sighting)
Biei 字明治, Hokkaido
No. 21 R8.7.3 Sighting
Asahikawa 西神楽五線, Hokkaido
R8.07.02 (sighting)
Biei 字美田, Hokkaido
2026/07/01 Sighting (one bear)
Pippu 北八線, Hokkaido
No.20 June 30, 1996 Sighting
Asahikawa Higashi Asahikawacho Sakuraoka, Hokkaido
footprints
Tohma 緑郷四区, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Mimata, Kamishihoro Town, Hokkaido, around 10:15 on 2026-06-28.
Kamishihoro Mitsumata, Hokkaido
2026/06/26 Footprints (1 bear)
Pippu, Hokkaido
While river fishing at Kanetomi Bridge over the Aibetsu River in Kanetomi, Aibetsu Town, a person saw one brown bear swimming toward them from across the river and drove it away by shouting. No one was injured.
Aibetsu Kanatomi, Hokkaido
2026/6/25 Footprints (1 bear)
Pippu 北五線, Hokkaido
Aibetsu Kanatomi, Hokkaido
Aibetsu Toyosato, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Horaika, Kamishihoro Town, Hokkaido, on the afternoon of 2026-06-23.
Kamishihoro, Hokkaido
Around 4:30 PM on June 22, a bear was sighted in Nukabira Onsenkyo, Kamishihoro Town, Hokkaido.
Kamishihoro, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Kitamachi, Aibetsu Town, Hokkaido, around 17:40 on June 18.
Aibetsu Kitamachi, Hokkaido
A few hundred metres down from the Mikuni Pass Observation Deck, a mama bear and her cub were on the side of the road when our car approached the baby ran up the tree and the mum ran off the road into the bushes
Kamishihoro, Hokkaido
Aibetsu Higashimachi, Hokkaido
6/17 sighting
Tohma 緑郷五区, Hokkaido
Aibetsu Toyosato, Hokkaido
A brown bear about 1.2 meters long was sighted in Higashiasahikawa-cho Sakuraoka, Asahikawa City.
Asahikawa Higashi Asahikawacho Sakuraoka, Hokkaido
No. 15 R8.6.11 Sighting
Asahikawa Higashi Asahikawacho Sakuraoka, Hokkaido
Aibetsu Fushiko, Hokkaido
Peak activity at 17:00 with 2 incidents
Ursus arctos yesoensis
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In the past 30 days, 34 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 7 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Chitose, Hokkaido.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 17:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 623 km route runs from Chitose to Samani within Hokkaido. In the past 30 days, 34 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 7 of them. The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Chitose, Hokkaido. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
