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This 92 km route runs from Kushiro to Nakashibetsu Shrine within Hokkaido. In the past 30 days, 10 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 2 of them. The latest sighting was reported 5 days ago near Kushiro 字床丹, Hokkaido.
At this density of recent sightings, be ready to brake at any moment and avoid stopping in flagged stretches.
1 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Hokkaido.
Around 9:00 a.m., I saw a bear poking its head out of bushes beside the road. It immediately went back into the bushes.
Kushiro 字床丹, Hokkaido
Around 9:00 on 2026-06-19, a bear was sighted in Betsuho, Kushiro Town, Hokkaido.
Kushiro 字オビラシケ, Hokkaido
June 16, R8 — One brown bear
Shibecha 字阿歴内, Hokkaido
Around 7:30 a.m., a bear approximately 1.5 m tall was sighted about 100 m inside from the forest park entrance gate.
Kushiro, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Rindowcho, Nakashibetsu Town, Hokkaido, around 06:15 on 2026-06-12.
Nakashibetsu りんどう町, Hokkaido
R8.6.11 Two brown bears (two cubs)
Shibecha, Hokkaido
In Nishishunbetsu, Betsukai Town, a woman in her 60s saw two bears walking on the road while returning home.
Betsukai, Hokkaido
Shibecha, Hokkaido
Around 4:00 PM on a town road: two sets of footprints believed to belong to a pair of siblings were found on the roadway.
Kushiro 字別保, Hokkaido
Agebopporo, June 3, Reiwa 8, about 11:40 a.m.: Two brown bears sighted on the railway tracks about 1.5 km from Agebopporo Station toward Beppo Station.
Akkeshi, Hokkaido
Peak activity at 6:00 with 1 incidents
Ursus arctos yesoensis
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In the past 30 days, 10 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 2 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 5 days ago near Kushiro 字床丹, Hokkaido.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 6:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 92 km route runs from Kushiro to Nakashibetsu Shrine within Hokkaido. In the past 30 days, 10 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 2 of them. The latest sighting was reported 5 days ago near Kushiro 字床丹, Hokkaido. At this density of recent sightings, be ready to brake at any moment and avoid stopping in flagged stretches.
