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This 433 km route runs from Hakodate to Tokiwa Park within Hokkaido. In the past 30 days, 57 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 21 of them. The latest sighting was reported 18 hours ago near Iwamizawa, Hokkaido.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
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Sightings location 3: Near 1180 Shibun-chō, Iwamizawa City: Saturday, August 8, 2026, 3:00 AM
Iwamizawa, Hokkaido
Location of traces 1: Near Taisho Pond, Midorigaoka, Iwamizawa City: Saturday, August 8, 2026, 11:00 AM
Iwamizawa 総合公園, Hokkaido
Trace information 1 Iwamizawa City Midorigaoka Taisho Pond: Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Iwamizawa 総合公園, Hokkaido
Around 3:00 AM on August 8, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Shibuncho, Iwamizawa City.
Iwamizawa, Hokkaido
crop damage (damage caused by animals)
Hakodate Jinkawacho, Hokkaido
August 7, Reiwa 8 (2026), 5:30
Yakumo, Hokkaido
A man driving on a town road in Akaiwa, Morimachi, spotted one bear on the road.
Mori Akaigawa, Hokkaido
Oshamanbe, Hokkaido
Sightings No. 26 — August 6, Reiwa 8 (2026): Crossing from the Mori Town side (north side) to the Nanae Town side (south side) near the Greenpia Onuma entrance gate.
Mori, Hokkaido
Aug. 6, R8 (1895), 18:30
Yakumo Misugicho, Hokkaido
August 6, R8 (Taisho/Reiwa era?) 18:30
Yakumo Misugicho, Hokkaido
Sightings No. 27 — August 6, 2026: On municipal road Akaigawa Route 9 (near Akaigawa 390-3), crossed from the mountain side (east) to the Route 5 side (west).
Mori Akaigawa, Hokkaido
In a corn field in Higashiyama-cho, Hakodate, about 100 corn plants were damaged by a bear.
Hakodate Higashiyamacho, Hokkaido
Bibai 癸巳町奔美唄, Hokkaido
August 5, Reiwa 8 (R8) — 19:25
Yakumo Atsuta, Hokkaido
No.31 August 5, Reiwa 8 (Food traces)
Asahikawa Miyashitadori, Hokkaido
Sightings No. 25 — August 4, 2026 — near 4.5th station of Mount Komagatake trail
Mori, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Komagatake, Mori Town, Hokkaido, around 12:30 PM on 2026-08-04.
Mori, Hokkaido
August 4 — Damage to crops/food discovered
Nanae Fujishiro, Hokkaido
Aug 2, Reiwa 8 (2026) 18:30
Yakumo Oshin, Hokkaido
Aug. 2, Reiwa 8
Yakumo Atsuta, Hokkaido
A sweet corn field in Oshironai-cho, Mori Town, Hokkaido, was damaged by a bear.
Mori, Hokkaido
[34] 8/1 4:30 Ushiume (Utenae) Along National Route 36 near the bus stop “Nature Center Entrance,” approximately 400 m southeast in a field, corn was damaged. Found brown bear tracks about 15 cm in the field.
Tomakomai, Hokkaido
July 31, Reiwa 8 (2026), 9:00 AM
Yakumo Yamazaki, Hokkaido
Sighted No. 23 — July 30, 2026 — Dodo 778 Nurukawa Onsen Line: crossed from the mountain side (north) to the river side (south)
Mori Nigorikawa, Hokkaido
R0.7.29 7:00
Yakumo Oshin, Hokkaido
[Hokuto 17] Traces
Hokuto Mukaino, Hokkaido
Signs present (scat)
Kuromatsunai Toei, Hokkaido
Kasuga 2-chome — around 11:02 AM — cycling road near Kasuga Rest Corner — one bear sighted
Chitose, Hokkaido
Crop damage / traces No. 21 — July 28, 2026 — Komagatake fields 92–96 — sugar beets 0.01 ha — footprints 10 cm
Mori Komagatake, Hokkaido
Crop damage No. 22 — July 28, 2026 — Field at Himekawa 61 — Sugar beet, 0.0225 ha — Footprint: 13 cm
Mori Himekawa, Hokkaido
Sighting No. 20 — July 27, Reiwa 8: Crossed the road at Komagatake 240-2 from the mountainside (west side) to the National Route 5 side (west side).
Mori Komagatake, Hokkaido
[Hokuto City 15] Sighting
Hokuto, Hokkaido
[Hokuto City 14] Sighting
Hokuto, Hokkaido
One bear was sighted in Kameda, Mori Town.
Mori, Hokkaido
Three brown bears were sighted on Route 67 in Shimonoyu, Yakumo Town.
Yakumo Shimonoyu, Hokkaido
Near 776 Hokushinano, around 9:34 PM — one bear-like animal approximately 1 meter in body length sighted.
Chitose, Hokkaido
Hokuto City 13 — Evidence (feeding damage)
Hokuto Mukaino, Hokkaido
On the night of 2026-07-21, a bear was sighted in Kitanoshino, Chitose City, Hokkaido.
Chitose, Hokkaido
Three bears, believed to be a mother bear and cubs, were seen walking south on a road near a residence in Shadai, Shiraoi Town.
Shiraoi, Hokkaido
Oshamanbe Shizukari, Hokkaido
Sightings No. 18 — July 19, Reiwa 8 (2026): Approximately 1 km from the Komagatake trailhead gate toward the summit, crossed from the right (east) side to the left (west) side.
Mori, Hokkaido
Oshamanbe Hirasato, Hokkaido
Crop damage caused by brown bear
Nanae Okawa, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Izumisawa, Chitose City, and it was seen captured on camera.
Chitose, Hokkaido
[28] Around 11:00 PM — Near Hokuyō 5-chome: One animal resembling a bear about 1 meter in body length was sighted.
Chitose, Hokkaido
[26] Izumisawa: Around 0:05 AM — An automatic trail camera installed near the Chuo Expressway Chitose IC at Aoba Park captured one bear.
Chitose, Hokkaido
July 15, R8 (17:30)
Yakumo, Hokkaido
[30] 7/15 8:35 National Route 276 - 3 km from Takaoka Second Cemetery: one brown bear approximately 2 m in length sighted. The bear departed to the west.
Tomakomai, Hokkaido
Around 5:30 PM on 2026-07-13, a bear was sighted in Miyaginosawa, Sunagawa City, Hokkaido.
Sunagawa 宮城の沢, Hokkaido
[No.42] July 13, 2026 (Monday): Location: Near Hitsujigaoka 1, Toyohira Ward. Description: Brown bear sighted on camera. Address: https://www.google.com/maps?q=43.005025,141.420409
Sapporo Hitsujigaoka, Hokkaido
[29] 7/13 18:45 — While walking, a person spotted what appeared to be a brown bear about 50 cm in body length standing on a mountainside approximately 70 m from Shinkawa No. 3 Bridge over the Tomakomai River on the north side of Yamate Town.
Tomakomai, Hokkaido
Bibai 盤の沢町本町, Hokkaido
[Hokuto City 10] Tracks
Hokuto Mukaino, Hokkaido
One bear was seen crossing a city road in Kamui-cho Nishioka.
Asahikawa 神居町西丘, Hokkaido
No. 23 Sighted on July 12, 1996
Asahikawa 神居町西丘, Hokkaido
Around 9:00, a mother bear and cub were sighted near the Onuma entrance gate of the Shirotai Skyline; they moved into the eastern forest.
Nanae, Hokkaido
Peak activity at 22:00 with 2 incidents
Ursus arctos yesoensis
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In the past 30 days, 57 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 21 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 18 hours ago near Iwamizawa, Hokkaido.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 22:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 433 km route runs from Hakodate to Tokiwa Park within Hokkaido. In the past 30 days, 57 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 21 of them. The latest sighting was reported 18 hours ago near Iwamizawa, Hokkaido. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
