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This 492 km route runs from Wakkanai to Noboribetsu within Hokkaido. In the past 30 days, 101 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 22 of them. The latest sighting was reported 23 hours ago near Nakatonbetsu Kanzaki, Hokkaido.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
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目撃
Nakatonbetsu Kanzaki, Hokkaido
【24】6/15 7:30 国道276号を苫小牧から支笏湖へ走行中、中央インターチェンジから12キロ地点でヒグマ2頭を目撃。ヒグマは体長2.0mと1.0mで道路を東から西に横断した。
Tomakomai, 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
【23】6/14 14:00 宮の森町の市道（小糸魚道線）を北へ走行し、高速道路のカルバートから300mに位置する山林で、ハイキングに訪れていた方がお弁当を食べていたところヒグマを目撃。ヒグマは体長1.5mくらいで、西の方角にゆっくり歩いて行った。
Tomakomai, Hokkaido
No. 21 (Sighting)
Nayoro, Hokkaido
Around 6:40 PM on 2026-06-13, a bear was sighted in Shimizu-cho 3-chome, Tomakomai, Hokkaido.
Tomakomai, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted on a park walking path in Midorigaoka Park, Shimizu-cho, Tomakomai, with one front paw extended from the woods.
Tomakomai, Hokkaido
One bear sighted on the park promenade — a recreational spot where citizens can barbecue in Tomakomai City, Hokkaido.
Tomakomai Kibacho 3-chome, Hokkaido
At around 10:40 on June 13, a bear was sighted in Ashino, Sarufutsu Village.
Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido
6/13 18:45 While walking around Kintaro Pond, I saw a brown bear in the shrubbery located southwest of the pond; only its upper body was visible. There was one bear, about 1.5 m long. It disappeared into the shrubs.
Tomakomai, Hokkaido
Sightings reported on 6/13 near Kimoma Marsh along the Sarufutsu–Kishibetsu Route (Hokkaido Route).
Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido
One adult bear was sighted at the entrance of Haginosato Nature Park in Shiraoi Town, Hokkaido.
Shiraoi, Hokkaido
In Hagino, Shiraoi Town, a man driving a car saw one brown bear cross the road and move toward a residential area.
Shiraoi, Hokkaido
A resident saw a bear-like shadow while driving home in Meitoku-cho 3-chome, Tomakomai.
Tomakomai, Hokkaido
9:30 AM — Feces confirmed
Takasu 二十六線, Hokkaido
No. 25 6:30 — Sighting — Nakashibetsu Town, 7-sen West No. 1
Shibetsu, Hokkaido
2026/06/11 sighting (1 bear)
Pippu 北十一線, Hokkaido
2026/06/11 feces (1 animal)
Pippu 北十三線, Hokkaido
[21] 6/11 20:15 In Meitoku Town, about 100 m north from the Meitoku West Central municipal road, upon returning home I saw one animal resembling a brown bear in the neighbor’s parking area.
Tomakomai, Hokkaido
Around 09:00 on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Nishikioka, Tomakomai, Hokkaido.
Tomakomai, Hokkaido
[20] Nishikinoka: One brown bear sighted within Hokkaido Golf Club.
Tomakomai, Hokkaido
One bear was sighted in Nishikioka, Tomakomai City, Hokkaido.
Tomakomai, Hokkaido
Sighted at the midpoint of the uphill section from Onishibetsu toward Hama-Onishibetsu on Prefectural Route 138 (Toyotomi-Sarufutsu Line). It ran away toward the mountain side.
Sarufutsu Onishibetsu-higamachi, Hokkaido
Crossing toward the sea about 300 m from Tenpoku Sarukotsu Bridge on the Dōdō Sarufutsu-Onishibetsu Line, heading from Sarufutsu to Onishibetsu.
Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido
No. 23 6:50 Droppings Higashiyama Town (road between Tsukumo-en and NOSAI)
Shibetsu 東山町, Hokkaido
No. 24 7:15 Droppings Higashiyama Town, 3440
Shibetsu 東山町, Hokkaido
6/8 Along Michimichi-Takasu Line, near the entrance to Minamigaoka Park Line — sighting
Wassamu, Hokkaido
No. 22 7:00 AM Feces Higashiyama Town (road between Tsukumoen and NOSAI)
Shibetsu 東山町, Hokkaido
sighting
Nakatonbetsu, Hokkaido
No. 22 (Discovery) Around 8:08 — Bear scat (brown bear) found in the section from the ski area parking lot to Kikugaoka Park.
Bifuka 字若松町, Hokkaido
No. 21 (Sighting) At about 21:54, one brown bear was sighted on Town Road Route 7. The bear ran off toward the south.
Bifuka 字南町, Hokkaido
No. 20 (Sighting) Around 21:30 — One brown bear observed on East Road No. 2.
Bifuka 字南町, Hokkaido
No.14 R8.6.6 Sighting
Asahikawa, Hokkaido
No. 21 4:05 sighting In the field east of Butoku Town Line 45, plot No. 3
Shibetsu 東山町, Hokkaido
A person driving at night spotted one bear crossing Route 2 in Nakanoboribetsu Town, Noboribetsu City.
Noboribetsu, Hokkaido
A bear about 2 meters long was sighted on the premises of a confectionery manufacturer in Nishikioka, Tomakomai.
Tomakomai, Hokkaido
No.18 (Droppings)
Nayoro, Hokkaido
No. 20 6:15 AM feces Higashiyama Town
Shibetsu 東山町, Hokkaido
[14] 6/5 7:10 Nishikioka district — While driving on the Nozomi Nishikioka municipal road, a person spotted a brown bear in a vacant lot. The bear’s body length was about 1.5–2.0 m. Noticing the observer, it ran off toward the south. In a second report, a driver near Hokkaido Institute of Technology on Prefectural Route 141, driving toward Mount Tarumae, saw a brown bear crossing the road from west to east.
Tomakomai, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Kojohama, Shiraoi Town.
Shiraoi, Hokkaido
Sighted about 1 km from Sarubone Bridge on National Route 238 toward the Ashino area. Fled toward the mountains.
Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido
No. 17 (sighting).
Nayoro 字緑丘, Hokkaido
[13] 1) 6/4 ~8:30 AM~ Around 8:30 on June 4 — At Nishikioka district, on the city road Nishiki-Ōnuma Park Street, about 50 m south from the Jumokuen Bridge, one brown bear (body length ~1.0 m) was observed crossing the road from west to east. 2) 6/4 ~9:05 AM~ Around 9:05 on June 4 — Near the outer fence at the down-line Tarumae Service Area, one brown bear (body length ~1.5 m) was observed.
Tomakomai, Hokkaido
On 2026-06-03 around 16:40, one bear was sighted in Aoba Park, Shintomachi, Chitose City, Hokkaido.
Chitose, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Shinmachi, Chitose City.
Chitose, Hokkaido
Footprint
Nakatonbetsu, Hokkaido
[16] Mamachi, around 4:40 PM — A brown bear was sighted (one individual) about 100 m east from the Ohayou Bridge in Aoba Park, after entering the park path.
Chitose, Hokkaido
[11] 6/3 1) 16:00 — One brown bear sighted about 2 km north of Kosei Bridge. 2) 17:33 — One brown bear about 1.5 m in body length seen clinging to a tree at a point 1.1 km north of Kosei Bridge. After that, it walked slowly west along the forest road.
Tomakomai, Hokkaido
sighting
Nakatonbetsu, Hokkaido
No. 12 R8.6.2 Sighting
Asahikawa 神居町神居古潭, Hokkaido
No.15 — (sighting).
Nayoro, Hokkaido
Sighted in a grassy area about 200 m from National Route 238 toward the Ashino district.
Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido
A woman walking in Aoba Park in Izumisawa, Chitose, spotted one bear about 1 meter long at the soccer field.
Chitose, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Izumisawa, Chitose City.
Chitose, Hokkaido
5/31 Minamigaoka: Near the entrance to Meotoiwa on the Minamigaoka Line (sighting)
Wassamu Minamioka, Hokkaido
[15] Izumisawa — Around 7:20 a.m. — Near Aoba Park soccer field — One bear sighted
Chitose, Hokkaido
Around 08:17 on 2026-05-30, a bear was sighted in Iwate, Nakatombetsu Town, Hokkaido.
Nakatonbetsu Iwate, Hokkaido
During a patrol by the local hunters’ association, three brown bears (a 7-year-old adult female and two yearlings) were captured.
Hamatonbetsu Moutsunai, Hokkaido
sighting
Nakatonbetsu Iwate, Hokkaido
Town residents spotted an adult brown bear and its cub digging up a pasture.
Hamatonbetsu Moutsunai, Hokkaido
Patrol by the local hunting association found bear scat on a town road.
Hamatonbetsu Moutsunai, Hokkaido
Suimeikyō — Around 4:15 p.m.: One bear sighted on the road approximately 1.3 km toward Lake Shikotsu from the Chuo Bus Hatchery Entrance bus stop on Prefectural Route 16.
Chitose, Hokkaido
Bear scat (brown bear) was observed near Kamuito-numa.
Sarufutsu, Hokkaido
Sighted at about the 1 km mark from Tenpoku Sarukotsu Bridge toward Onishibetsu on the Dodo Sarufutsu-Onishibetsu Line. Crossed the road.
Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido
Around 11:20 PM on May 27 in the residential-area city road of Nishi 3-jo Minami 9-chome, Sunagawa, a man in his 20s who had returned home by car spotted a bear-like animal about 1.5 meters long walking on the road after getting out in front of his house.
Sunagawa オアシス, Hokkaido
On 2026-05-27 around 16:30, a bear was sighted in Mogami, Kurisawa-cho, Iwamizawa, Hokkaido.
Iwamizawa, Hokkaido
Sighted near Hounen Bridge on Village Road Ashino No. 6. Crossing the road.
Sarufutsu, Hokkaido
May 26 — Minamigaoka — Doudou Wakkan Takanosu Line (sighting)
Wassamu, Hokkaido
On a local hunter association patrol, a brown bear was spotted in the wooded area via drone aerial imagery.
Hamatonbetsu Usotan, Hokkaido
Sightings reported at about 300 m from Tenpoku Sarukotsu Bridge toward Onishibetsu area on Dodo Sarufutsu-Onishibetsu Line. The bear fled toward the mountains.
Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Mashu, Chitose City, Hokkaido, around 9:56 PM on May 25.
Chitose, Hokkaido
A bear was captured on a camera in Aoba Park, Chitose City.
Chitose, Hokkaido
Izumisawa — At approximately 9:56 PM, a single bear was sighted under the Dōō Expressway overpass near the lawn area of Aoba Park.
Chitose, Hokkaido
Sighted on Dodo Sarufutsu-Onishibetsu Line, 200 m from Tenpoku Sarukotsu Bridge toward the Onishibetsu area. Crossed the road heading toward the sea.
Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido
Capture
Nakatonbetsu Kanzaki, Hokkaido
No. 16 (Discovery) 9:15 — Brown bear scat found on the right-bank levee road of the Teshio River (near the connection to National Route 40)
Bifuka 字美深, Hokkaido
No.13 (Scat)
Nayoro, Hokkaido
No.15 (Discovery) 08:30 On National Route 40, on the sidewalk of Ebuke/Esashibashi Bridge, brown bear scat was found.
Nayoro, Hokkaido
During a local hunting association patrol, brown bear droppings were found on a town road.
Hamatonbetsu Kanegaoka, Hokkaido
Izumisawa — Around 8:28 PM: On the roadway about 700 meters from the Karasakubai Bridge on Prefectural Route 16 toward Lake Shikotsu, one bear sighted.
Chitose, Hokkaido
Bibai 日東町, Hokkaido
2026/5/22 sighting (1 bear)
Pippu 北十三線, Hokkaido
Around 06:50 on 2026-05-21, a bear was sighted in Takaoka, Tomakomai, Hokkaido.
Tomakomai, Hokkaido
During a patrol by the local hunter association, tracks of a brown bear crossing National Route 275 were discovered.
Hamatonbetsu Kanegaoka, Hokkaido
[8] Takadakaoka: National Route 276 — (1) At a point 300 m from Takadakaoka Second Cemetery toward Tomakomai, observed three brown bears crossing the road from east to west (body lengths: 2.0 m, 1.0 m, 1.0 m). (2) At a point 1 km from the sighting location in (1), observed two brown bears in the forest to the west.
Tomakomai, Hokkaido
Sighted on Dodo Sarufutsu-Onishibetsu Line, 1 km from Tenpoku Sarubone Bridge toward the Onishibetsu area. Crossed the road.
Sarufutsu, Hokkaido
A bear was sighted in Kamitongobetsu, Nakatonbetsu Town.
Nakatonbetsu Kamitonbetsu, Hokkaido
sighting
Nakatonbetsu Kamitonbetsu, Hokkaido
Sighted at the 800 m point from Tenpoku Sarukotsu Bridge toward the Onishibetsu area on Dodo Sarufutsu-Onishibetsu Line. Crossed the road.
Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido
No.14 (sighting) 6:30 — Feces found in the scrub woodland near the Teshio River canoe port
Bifuka 字美深, Hokkaido
Around 16:30 on May 19, 2026, three bears (a mother and two cubs) were sighted in Kamui-cho Nishioka, Asahikawa. The sighting was confirmed on site.
Asahikawa 神居町西丘, Hokkaido
No. 4 2023-05-19 Sighting (mother and cub)
Asahikawa 神居町西丘, Hokkaido
No. 8 (sighting).
Nayoro, 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
No. 12 (sighting) 10:00 — Bear droppings found on the riverside levee road on the right bank of the Teshio River (west side of Route 7).
Bifuka 字西町, Hokkaido
No. 11 (Sighting) 8:35 — Bear droppings found on the levee road on the right bank of the Teshio River.
Bifuka 字西町, Hokkaido
At around 06:30 on May 17, 2026, a 78-year-old man picking wild plants near the left bank of the Teshio River in Tayori-cho, Shibetsu City, encountered one brown bear. When the man backed away and the bear leaned over him, he punched the bear in the nose, after which the bear retreated into the brush; the man was uninjured. Police increased patrols and warned local residents.
Shibetsu, Hokkaido
During a patrol by the local hunters' association, they discovered brown bear feces on the roadway.
Hamatonbetsu, Hokkaido
During a patrol by the local hunters' association, bear scat was found on the road.
Hamatonbetsu Utsunai, Hokkaido
No. 13 (Sighted) 5:47 — Bear droppings found on the levee road of the Dodo Chiebun–Bifuka direction.
Bifuka 字川西, Hokkaido
No. 10 6:30 Observed Yutaka (?) Town, Route 39, west bank of Teshio River (west side)
Shibetsu, Hokkaido
Peak activity at 7:00 with 3 incidents
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In the past 30 days, 101 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 22 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 23 hours ago near Nakatonbetsu Kanzaki, Hokkaido.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 7:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 492 km route runs from Wakkanai to Noboribetsu within Hokkaido. In the past 30 days, 101 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 22 of them. The latest sighting was reported 23 hours ago near Nakatonbetsu Kanzaki, Hokkaido. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
