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This 624 km route runs from Shibetsu to Kushiro within Hokkaido. In the past 30 days, 96 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 18 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Esashi Toimaki, Hokkaido.
This is an active bear corridor. Reroute or postpone until activity quiets.
1 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Hokkaido.
Saruputsu Village road Esanuka Line, near Mokeuni Swamp
Sarufutsu, Hokkaido
Dōdō Sarufutsu-Onishibetsu Line, near Ashino community hall
Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido
It was in the middle of the Enusaka Line road
Sarufutsu, Hokkaido
During a local hunters' association patrol, a brown bear was spotted in the woods by aerial drone footage.
Hamatonbetsu Toyokanbetsu, Hokkaido
A driver traveling on National Route 238 spotted a brown bear in the bamboo grass on the west side. The bear walked westward.
Hamatonbetsu Chuo-kita, Hokkaido
During a local hunting association patrol, a brown bear was discovered in the forest by aerial drone photography.
Hamatonbetsu Toyokanbetsu, Hokkaido
A brown bear was captured during a patrol by the local hunters' association.
Hamatonbetsu Kanegaoka, Hokkaido
No. 34 (Sighted)
Nayoro 字内淵, Hokkaido
A local contractor witnessed a brown bear crossing the town road from north to south while working.
Hamatonbetsu Chuo-kita, Hokkaido
A local hunters' association captured a brown bear that had been appearing in a pasture during a patrol.
Hamatonbetsu Toyokanbetsu, Hokkaido
Around 7:55 PM on 2026-07-05, one bear was sighted in Hama-Sarufutsu, Sarufutsu Village, Hokkaido.
Sarufutsu, Hokkaido
Around 11:30 on 2026-07-05, a bear was sighted in Ashino, Sapporo?
Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido
No. 33 (Sighted)
Nayoro 字内淵, Hokkaido
Sighted on the road leading from Esanuka Line toward the former airfield. Fled toward the sea.
Sarufutsu, Hokkaido
No.33 17:00 Sighting Kitamachi (near the opposite bank of Teshio River Park Golf Course)
Shibetsu 下士別町, Hokkaido
Approximately 1.5 km from Niodorogawa Bridge on National Route 238, heading toward the Hama-Sarufutsu area
Sarufutsu, Hokkaido
Dodo Sarufutsu-Onishibetsu Line, near Kimoma Marsh
Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido
Captured
Nakatonbetsu Matsuneshiri, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Utanaka Central, Esashi Town, Hokkaido, around 7:30 PM on 2026-07-04.
Esashi Utanobori-Chuo, Hokkaido
captured
Nakatonbetsu Matsuneshiri, Hokkaido
On Dodo Sarufutsu Onishibetsu Line, 600 m from Tenpoku Sarukotsu Bridge toward the Onishibetsu area
Sarufutsu, Hokkaido
No.17 Udonobe Motohorobetsu sighting location (R8.7.2) Around 10:25 a.m., a passerby sighted a bear near the Motohorobetsu parking area along the Utanoborai-Sakurai Station Prefectural Road.
Esashi, Hokkaido
No. 32 19:00 sighting: Tayoro Town Line 33 East No. 3 Road
Shibetsu 多寄町, Hokkaido
No.29 (Sighting)
Nayoro 風連町字旭, Hokkaido
No.30
Nayoro 風連町字東風連, Hokkaido
No. 28
Nayoro 風連町字東風連, Hokkaido
A bear is crossing the road.
Sarufutsu, Hokkaido
6/29 Crossing Dodo Karibetsu Sarufutsu Station Line
Sarufutsu Karibetsu, Hokkaido
Crossing the Muramichi Karibetsu (village road) line on 6/29
Sarufutsu, Hokkaido
Local residents discovered a brown bear on the road. The bear ran south along the road for a while, entered a pasture, and was lost from sight.
Hamatonbetsu Toyokanbetsu, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Toyokanbetsu, Hamatonbetsu Town around 6:00 a.m. on June 29.
Hamatonbetsu Toyokanbetsu, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Fūren-chō Asahi, Nayoro City.
Nayoro 風連町字旭, Hokkaido
No. 27 (sighting)
Nayoro 風連町字旭, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Kotobuki, Naktonbetsu Town, Hokkaido, around 05:50 on 2026-06-27.
Nakatonbetsu, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Hama-Sarufutsu, Sarufutsu Village, Hokkaido, on 2026-06-27 morning.
Sarufutsu, Hokkaido
Sighted near the Route 238 parking area. Crossing the road.
Sarufutsu Hamasarufutsu, Hokkaido
sighting
Nakatonbetsu Kotobuki, Hokkaido
footprints and droppings
Nakatonbetsu Matsuneshiri, Hokkaido
Sighted near the sign on National Route 238 Esanuka Line. Crossing the road.
Sarufutsu Hamasarufutsu, Hokkaido
No. 26 (feces)
Nayoro, Hokkaido
No. 25 (Footprints)
Nayoro 風連町緑町, Hokkaido
No.24
Nayoro 風連町字東風連, Hokkaido
No. 26 (Droppings)
Nayoro 字徳田, Hokkaido
Footprints
Nakatonbetsu, Hokkaido
During a patrol by the local hunters' association, bear droppings from a brown bear were found on a town road.
Hamatonbetsu Kutcharokohan, Hokkaido
Nakatonbetsu, Hokkaido
Sighted near residences along Dodo Toyotomi-Sarufutsu Line. Fled toward the mountains.
Sarufutsu Onishibetsu-nimachi, Hokkaido
Sightings reported on 6/23 near Kimoma Marsh on the Sarufutsu–Onishibetsu Prefectural Route
Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido
A local contractor spotted a brown bear in the lumber storage area on the premises. The bear headed south.
Hamatonbetsu Usotan, Hokkaido
A local dairy farmer discovered brown bear droppings on a town road.
Hamatonbetsu Usotan, Hokkaido
Local residents spotted a brown bear. The bear had been behind a flowerbed but soon walked west into the woodland.
Hamatonbetsu Toyokanbetsu, Hokkaido
6/19 — Bear sighting reported near Shinsei Bridge.
Sarufutsu Hamaonishibetsu, Hokkaido
A local resident spotted a brown bear near a home vegetable garden. The bear immediately headed west into the woods.
Hamatonbetsu Toyokanbetsu, Hokkaido
Was lying down in the grass at the 1 km mark heading from Masamitsu Park toward Hama-Oni Shibetsu.
Sarufutsu Onishibetsu-higamachi, Hokkaido
No. 23 (Sighting)
Nayoro 字緑丘, Hokkaido
No. 22 (Footprints)
Nayoro 字緑丘, Hokkaido
sighting
Nakatonbetsu Kanzaki, Hokkaido
On the morning of 2026-06-14, one brown bear carrying a deer was spotted in pastureland in Chiebun, Nayoro, Hokkaido, and then left for the southern woodland.
Nayoro 字智恵文, Hokkaido
No. 21 (Sighting)
Nayoro, Hokkaido
At around 10:40 on June 13, a bear was sighted in Ashino, Sarufutsu Village.
Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido
Sightings reported on 6/13 near Kimoma Marsh along the Sarufutsu–Kishibetsu Route (Hokkaido Route).
Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido
No. 20 — Sighted in Tomamaki area (R8.7.11) Around 9:30 a.m., sighted about 300 m from the former Tomamaki Elementary School toward Menashidomari.
Esashi Toimaki, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Tomomaki, Esashi Town, Hokkaido, around 09:30 on 2026-07-11.
Esashi, Hokkaido
Saruputsu Village road Esanuka Line, near Mokeuni Swamp
Sarufutsu, Hokkaido
July 8, 2026, around 18:30 — Spotted a mother brown bear and her cub in a pasture at 12-18 Hororo, Tsurui Village. They entered the mixed woodland south of the pasture.
Tsurui Hororo, Hokkaido
July 8, 1996 (Wednesday) 9:40 — Bear droppings confirmed on the road from Hamamachi toward the former Sanitation Center.
Okoppe, Hokkaido
One bear sighted
Tsubetsu Aioi, Hokkaido
Kushiro, Hokkaido
Dōdō Sarufutsu-Onishibetsu Line, near Ashino community hall
Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Hororo, Tsurui Village, Hokkaido, around 18:30 on July 8.
Tsurui Hororo, Hokkaido
It was in the middle of the Enusaka Line road
Sarufutsu, Hokkaido
During a local hunters' association patrol, a brown bear was spotted in the woods by aerial drone footage.
Hamatonbetsu Toyokanbetsu, Hokkaido
A driver traveling on National Route 238 spotted a brown bear in the bamboo grass on the west side. The bear walked westward.
Hamatonbetsu Chuo-kita, Hokkaido
During a local hunting association patrol, a brown bear was discovered in the forest by aerial drone photography.
Hamatonbetsu Toyokanbetsu, Hokkaido
A brown bear was captured during a patrol by the local hunters' association.
Hamatonbetsu Kanegaoka, Hokkaido
A local contractor witnessed a brown bear crossing the town road from north to south while working.
Hamatonbetsu Chuo-kita, Hokkaido
A local hunters' association captured a brown bear that had been appearing in a pasture during a patrol.
Hamatonbetsu Toyokanbetsu, Hokkaido
trace evidence
Kitami, Hokkaido
Around 7:55 PM on 2026-07-05, one bear was sighted in Hama-Sarufutsu, Sarufutsu Village, Hokkaido.
Sarufutsu, Hokkaido
Around 11:30 on 2026-07-05, a bear was sighted in Ashino, Sapporo?
Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido
Sighted on the road leading from Esanuka Line toward the former airfield. Fled toward the sea.
Sarufutsu, Hokkaido
Approximately 1.5 km from Niodorogawa Bridge on National Route 238, heading toward the Hama-Sarufutsu area
Sarufutsu, Hokkaido
Dodo Sarufutsu-Onishibetsu Line, near Kimoma Marsh
Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido
Kushiro 美濃, Hokkaido
On Dodo Sarufutsu Onishibetsu Line, 600 m from Tenpoku Sarukotsu Bridge toward the Onishibetsu area
Sarufutsu, Hokkaido
Two bears sighted
Tsubetsu Sakae, Hokkaido
No. 16 Captured in Shinkocho area (June 30, Reiwa 8) Around 6:30 PM, captured about 700 meters east of Esashi Town Water Treatment Plant.
Esashi Shinkocho, Hokkaido
13:45, number of bears unknown, sighted
Monbetsu Shokotsu-cho, Hokkaido
No.17 Sighting toward Monmaki (R8.7.1) Around 4:40 PM, sighted about 2 km from the Senjojiiwa Campground entrance in the direction of Monmaki.
Esashi, Hokkaido
Two bears sighted
Tsubetsu Aioi, Hokkaido
12:50, one bear sighted
Monbetsu Shokotsu-cho Kawamukai, Hokkaido
A bear is crossing the road.
Sarufutsu, Hokkaido
6/29 Crossing Dodo Karibetsu Sarufutsu Station Line
Sarufutsu Karibetsu, Hokkaido
Crossing the Muramichi Karibetsu (village road) line on 6/29
Sarufutsu, Hokkaido
Local residents discovered a brown bear on the road. The bear ran south along the road for a while, entered a pasture, and was lost from sight.
Hamatonbetsu Toyokanbetsu, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Toyokanbetsu, Hamatonbetsu Town around 6:00 a.m. on June 29.
Hamatonbetsu Toyokanbetsu, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Shokotsu-cho Kawamukai, Monbetsu City, and was seen on camera.
Monbetsu Shokotsu-cho Kawamukai, Hokkaido
7:05, one bear sighted
Monbetsu Shokotsu-cho, Hokkaido
3:25, sighting, 1 bear
Monbetsu Shokotsu-cho Kawamukai, Hokkaido
Around 12:40 PM on August 28 (R8.6.28), bear tracks were confirmed crossing the Motomachi Cycling Road (near Hamamachi) and Hamamachi No. 1 Road.
Okoppe, Hokkaido
Bihoro, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Hama-Sarufutsu, Sarufutsu Village, Hokkaido, on 2026-06-27 morning.
Sarufutsu, Hokkaido
Sighted near the Route 238 parking area. Crossing the road.
Sarufutsu Hamasarufutsu, Hokkaido
Bihoro, Hokkaido
Around 13:00 on June 27, 1996, one bear was sighted near the former Tomioka Station.
Okoppe, Hokkaido
Sighted near the sign on National Route 238 Esanuka Line. Crossing the road.
Sarufutsu Hamasarufutsu, Hokkaido
No. 14 — Shimohorobetsu sighting location (Observed Aug. 26, Heisei 8 [1996]) Around 10:00 PM, sighted approximately 400 m toward Utanobori from the T‑junction intersection of National Route 238 and Prefectural Road 12.
Esashi Minamihamacho, Hokkaido
No.13 Shimohorobetsu sighting location (Observed on 1996-08-25) Around 9:35 a.m., sighted near Hamanasu Parking Park.
Esashi Shimohorobetsu, Hokkaido
Futaba area, one bear captured
Tsubetsu Futaba, Hokkaido
During a patrol by the local hunters' association, bear droppings from a brown bear were found on a town road.
Hamatonbetsu Kutcharokohan, Hokkaido
Sighted near residences along Dodo Toyotomi-Sarufutsu Line. Fled toward the mountains.
Sarufutsu Onishibetsu-nimachi, Hokkaido
June 23, 2026, around 16:00 — Spotted one cub at the roadside 500 m west of Dosanko Farm on Prefectural Road 243, 28-4 Yukishiri, Tsurui Village. The cub entered the grove of scrub to the south.
Tsurui, Hokkaido
Sightings reported on 6/23 near Kimoma Marsh on the Sarufutsu–Onishibetsu Prefectural Route
Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido
Around 4:00 PM on June 23, a bear was sighted in Setsuri, Tsurui Village, Hokkaido.
Tsurui, Hokkaido
R.8 (June 22) around 16:00 — One bear sighted on Miyashita No. 3 road.
Okoppe Hokko, Hokkaido
19:40, sighted, 1 bear
Monbetsu Shokotsu-cho Motonishi, Hokkaido
Local residents spotted a brown bear. The bear had been behind a flowerbed but soon walked west into the woodland.
Hamatonbetsu Toyokanbetsu, Hokkaido
6/19 — Bear sighting reported near Shinsei Bridge.
Sarufutsu Hamaonishibetsu, Hokkaido
A local resident spotted a brown bear near a home vegetable garden. The bear immediately headed west into the woods.
Hamatonbetsu Toyokanbetsu, Hokkaido
Around 11:00 on 2026-06-18, a bear was sighted in Baro, Yubetsu Town, Hokkaido.
Yubetsu, Hokkaido
Was lying down in the grass at the 1 km mark heading from Masamitsu Park toward Hama-Oni Shibetsu.
Sarufutsu Onishibetsu-higamachi, Hokkaido
Footprints discovered
Tsubetsu Kakkumi, Hokkaido
On June 16, 2026, near the west side of North Line 21, Yukishiri Field, Tsurui Village, the bear was sighted in a pasture together with cattle. Afterwards it entered the grove of mixed woods to the east. Body condition good, approximately 1.5 m.
Tsurui, Hokkaido
22:00 Confirmed bear droppings
Monbetsu 渚滑町元新, Hokkaido
At around 10:40 on June 13, a bear was sighted in Ashino, Sarufutsu Village.
Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido
June 13, 1996, around 14:00 — Bear tracks from one bear were confirmed on a municipal road and the national highway near the town-run ski area in Kitaokoppe.
Okoppe, Hokkaido
Bear-like animal tracks were found in Hokkō, Okoppe Town.
Okoppe Hokko, Hokkaido
Sightings reported on 6/13 near Kimoma Marsh along the Sarufutsu–Kishibetsu Route (Hokkaido Route).
Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido
Peak activity at 10:00 with 2 incidents
Ursus arctos yesoensis
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In the past 30 days, 96 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 18 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Esashi Toimaki, Hokkaido.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 10:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 624 km route runs from Shibetsu to Kushiro within Hokkaido. In the past 30 days, 96 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 18 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Esashi Toimaki, Hokkaido. This is an active bear corridor. Reroute or postpone until activity quiets.
