Hospital Hokkaido

Kin'ikyou Kamisunagawa Shinryoujo

勤医協上砂川診療所

6 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 3 months ago

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Kamisunagawa Town, Hokkaido published higuma (brown bear) sighting information for fiscal 2026. Specific sighting locations are indicated on an attached map (orange = sighting, green = droppings/tracks, black = latest information), and it includes warnings for dawn and dusk and instructions on how to behave if encountering a bear (make noise, avoid entering mountains alone, quietly withdraw, etc.).

Kamisunagawa 字上砂川町, Hokkaido

3 months ago

News

On the morning of October 27 in Kamisunagawa Town, Hokkaido, a bear was captured in a box trap. Evidence showed it was the same individual that had stayed on the grounds of Kamisunagawa Junior High School on October 11. While in the trap the bear stripped and devoured deer meat and displayed the habit of hiding food in the ground; hunters had set the trap at the town's request.

Kamisunagawa Junior High School, Hokkaido

8 months ago

News

On the morning of October 27, one bear was captured in a box trap in Kamisunagawa Town. The captured bear is thought to have been staying on a junior high school ground, was seen peeling and attempting to eat deer hide, and even in the trap devoured meat while showing a 'soil-mound' foraging behavior.

Kamisunagawa 字上砂川町, Hokkaido

8 months ago

News

Brown bear sighting information for the 2025 fiscal year has been reported for Kamisunagawa Town.

Kamisunagawa Town, Hokkaido

8 months ago

News

In Kamisunagawa Town, a bear was seen sitting on a junior high school ground and a mother-and-cub pair (two bears) were observed in a nearby residential-forest area.

Junior high school ground, Kamisunagawa Town, Hokkaido

9 months ago

News

A cub about 1 m long appeared on the grounds of a junior high school in Kamisunagawa Town and reportedly stayed for about an hour eating grass.

Kamisunagawa Town, Hokkaido

9 months ago

News

Kamisunagawa Town, Hokkaido published higuma (brown bear) sighting information for fiscal 2026. Specific sighting locations are indicated on an attached map (orange = sighting, green = droppings/tracks, black = latest information), and it includes warnings for dawn and dusk and instructions on how to behave if encountering a bear (make noise, avoid entering mountains alone, quietly withdraw, etc.).

Kamisunagawa 字上砂川町, Hokkaido

3 months ago

News

On the morning of October 27 in Kamisunagawa Town, Hokkaido, a bear was captured in a box trap. Evidence showed it was the same individual that had stayed on the grounds of Kamisunagawa Junior High School on October 11. While in the trap the bear stripped and devoured deer meat and displayed the habit of hiding food in the ground; hunters had set the trap at the town's request.

Kamisunagawa Junior High School, Hokkaido

8 months ago

News

On the morning of October 27, one bear was captured in a box trap in Kamisunagawa Town. The captured bear is thought to have been staying on a junior high school ground, was seen peeling and attempting to eat deer hide, and even in the trap devoured meat while showing a 'soil-mound' foraging behavior.

Kamisunagawa 字上砂川町, Hokkaido

8 months ago

News

Brown bear sighting information for the 2025 fiscal year has been reported for Kamisunagawa Town.

Kamisunagawa Town, Hokkaido

8 months ago

News

In Kamisunagawa Town, a bear was seen sitting on a junior high school ground and a mother-and-cub pair (two bears) were observed in a nearby residential-forest area.

Junior high school ground, Kamisunagawa Town, Hokkaido

9 months ago

News

A cub about 1 m long appeared on the grounds of a junior high school in Kamisunagawa Town and reportedly stayed for about an hour eating grass.

Kamisunagawa Town, Hokkaido

9 months ago

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