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This 142 km route runs from Mombetsu to Hamatombetsu within Hokkaido. In the past 30 days, 20 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 4 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Monbetsu 渚滑町元新, Hokkaido.
At this density of recent sightings, be ready to brake at any moment and avoid stopping in flagged stretches.
22:00 Confirmed bear droppings
Monbetsu 渚滑町元新, 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
A flower guide at Beniy a Primeval Flower Garden sighted a brown bear near the facility. The bear headed southwest.
Hamatonbetsu, Hokkaido
Around 1:00 a.m. on a road in Minamigaoka 7-chome, Monbetsu, a man driving a car saw one bear about 1 m long on the sidewalk of the opposite lane. The bear ran in the same direction as the car and accompanied it for about 1 km.
Monbetsu Shinko-cho, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted running alongside a car for about 1 km on a prefectural road in Minamigaoka-cho, Monbetsu.
Monbetsu Minamigaoka-cho, Hokkaido
In the early hours of 2026-06-08, one bear was sighted on a prefectural road in the residential area of Minamigaoka-cho 7, Monbetsu, Hokkaido.
Monbetsu Shinko-cho, Hokkaido
1:15, 1 bear, sighted
Monbetsu Minamigaoka-cho, Hokkaido
A driver traveling on National Route 238 spotted a brown bear on the road. The bear headed west.
Hamatonbetsu Yamagaru, Hokkaido
A driver traveling on the Esanuka Line spotted a brown bear in the woods on the south side.
Hamatonbetsu Yamagaru, Hokkaido
6:50, two bears sighted
Monbetsu Oyama-cho, Hokkaido
On a local hunter association patrol, a brown bear was spotted in the wooded area via drone aerial imagery.
Hamatonbetsu Toyokanbetsu, Hokkaido
On a local hunter association patrol, a brown bear was spotted in the wooded area via drone aerial imagery.
Hamatonbetsu Toyokanbetsu, Hokkaido
No.10 Incident — Sighted in pastures (2026-05-22) Around 10:20 a.m., sighted about 1 km from the Maki Cemetery toward Menashidomari.
Esashi Toimaki, Hokkaido
During a patrol by the local hunter association, tracks of a brown bear crossing National Route 275 were discovered.
Hamatonbetsu Kanegaoka, Hokkaido
No. 9 — Capture location in Misaki Town (May 21, Reiwa 8) Around 4:25 p.m., captured on the coast approximately 650 m northwest of the Misaki Town community center.
Hokkaido
No. 8 — Capture location of female mountain bear (captured May 20, 2016) Around 9:00 a.m., captured in forested area approximately 3.3 km south-southeast of Yamausu Community Center.
Esashi Yamausu, Hokkaido
No. 7 Observation of the bear in the Monmaki area (May 19, 1996) Around 9:45 a.m., the bear was sighted about 1.1 km from Monmaki Cemetery toward Menashidomari.
Esashi Toimaki, Hokkaido
A town resident sighted a brown bear on the raised soil of a buckwheat field. The bear moved northward along the windbreak trees.
Hamatonbetsu Chuo-kita, Hokkaido
A town resident discovered brown bear droppings on a town road.
Hamatonbetsu, Hokkaido
Peak activity at 1:00 with 1 incidents
Ursus arctos yesoensis
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In the past 30 days, 20 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 4 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Monbetsu 渚滑町元新, Hokkaido.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 1:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 142 km route runs from Mombetsu to Hamatombetsu within Hokkaido. In the past 30 days, 20 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 4 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Monbetsu 渚滑町元新, Hokkaido. At this density of recent sightings, be ready to brake at any moment and avoid stopping in flagged stretches.
