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582 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 2 weeks ago

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A bear-like animal was sighted in Shirakawa, Minami Ward, Sapporo, around 11:55 PM on June 23.

Sapporo Shirakawa, Hokkaido

2 weeks ago
Official

[No.20] Friday, June 5, 2026: Location: Near 606 Misuromai, Minami Ward (riverside about 250 m north of Misuromai snow storage site) Description: Brown bear sighting Address: https://www.google.com/maps?q=42.959288,141.251165

Sapporo Misumai, Hokkaido

1 month ago
Community

We saw a bear track in fresh urine on the Western Entrance path, right before reaching the ropes if you begin from the Western Entrance. We also saw trees stripped of bark and scratched all along the path from the Central Entrance to the fresh track.

Sapporo Toyama, Hokkaido

1 month ago
Fujigaoka Park (near Fujino Shrine), Fujino, Minami Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
News

Around 15:40 on January 19, a upper elementary school boy walking his dog reported seeing a dark brown, bear-like animal about 1.5 meters long in the bushes near Fujino Shrine in Fujigaoka Park, Minami Ward, Sapporo. Police responded but found no footprints or droppings, and no damage to people or property has been confirmed.

Fujigaoka Park (near Fujino Shrine), Fujino, Minami Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido

5 months ago
News

At around 11:40 on December 17, 2025, a man in his 40s clearing snow in Shirakawa, Minami Ward, Sapporo, spotted two bears believed to be a mother and cub (about 1.5 m and 1 m long) walking toward the mountain to the north. The bears were about 50 meters from the witness and roughly 100 meters from residences; no damages have been reported and police are patrolling the area.

Shirakawa, Minami Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido

6 months ago
Fujino, Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido
News

On the morning of 26 November 2025, an elementary school student spotted a bear-like animal about 1.2 m long in a grove near a residential area in Fujino, Minami-ku, Sapporo; about 30 minutes later another student reported seeing a similar individual roughly 180 meters away. The city found no traces but has not ruled out a brown bear.

Fujino, Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido

7 months ago
Sapporo 藤野, Hokkaido
Official

No. 359: November 26, 2025 (Wednesday): Location: Minami-ku, Fujino 5-jo 8-chome 17-banchi vicinity. A brown bear-like animal was sighted.

Sapporo 藤野, Hokkaido

7 months ago
Near Ishiyama 1-3, Minami Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
News

A bear was reported sighted near Ishiyama 1-3 in Minami Ward, Sapporo, around 19:00 on the 20th, according to the Sapporo Minami Police. Later the same day, around 22:30, a bear-like animal was also reported near Kawazoe 18-1 in the same ward.

Near Ishiyama 1-3, Minami Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido

7 months ago

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