Mountain Hokkaido

Kabayama

6 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 7 months ago

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Bear feces thought to be from a brown bear were found on the tennis courts of Otaru University of Commerce, indicating a possible bear presence.

Tennis courts, Otaru University of Commerce, Otaru, Hokkaido

7 months ago

Official

No. 17 sighting around 11:55 on October 23 (Thursday).

Otaru Otamoi, Hokkaido

7 months ago

News

A bear was reported in Otamoi 2-chome, Otaru (before noon on October 23).

Otamoi 2-chome, Otaru, Hokkaido

7 months ago

Official

No. 6 — scat on October 8.

Otaru Shioya, Hokkaido

8 months ago

News

In a field in Momonai 1-chome, Otaru, hunters attempting to dispatch a roughly 1.8-meter male bear caught in a deer trap were attacked when the trap came loose; two male hunters in their 60s and 70s suffered bleeding from their thighs. The bear was then shot again and killed, and the two hunters were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Momonai 1-chome, Otaru (field), Hokkaido

8 months ago

Official

No. 7 sighting around 7:00 on July 8 (Tue).

Otaru Momonai 2-chome, Hokkaido

11 months ago

News

Bear feces thought to be from a brown bear were found on the tennis courts of Otaru University of Commerce, indicating a possible bear presence.

Tennis courts, Otaru University of Commerce, Otaru, Hokkaido

7 months ago

Official

No. 17 sighting around 11:55 on October 23 (Thursday).

Otaru Otamoi, Hokkaido

7 months ago

News

A bear was reported in Otamoi 2-chome, Otaru (before noon on October 23).

Otamoi 2-chome, Otaru, Hokkaido

7 months ago

Official

No. 6 — scat on October 8.

Otaru Shioya, Hokkaido

8 months ago

News

In a field in Momonai 1-chome, Otaru, hunters attempting to dispatch a roughly 1.8-meter male bear caught in a deer trap were attacked when the trap came loose; two male hunters in their 60s and 70s suffered bleeding from their thighs. The bear was then shot again and killed, and the two hunters were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Momonai 1-chome, Otaru (field), Hokkaido

8 months ago

Official

No. 7 sighting around 7:00 on July 8 (Tue).

Otaru Momonai 2-chome, Hokkaido

11 months ago

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