Playground Hokkaido

Heiwa Yama Bato Kouen

平和山ばと公園

15 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 1 month ago

Location

Nearby Incidents

News

A bear attack occurred in Sapporo's Nishi Ward. On the first school day after the incident, students of Heiwa Elementary near the scene were accompanied to school by guardians, and vigilance remains in place.

Sapporo Heiwa 3-jo 8-chome, Hokkaido

1 month ago

News

A brown bear about 80 cm long was seen crossing a residential street; the witnessing teenage male was uninjured. The sighting was near the site of a September attack.

Heiwa Kyuryu Park area, Hokkaido, Hokkaido

7 months ago

News

On 2025-09-26 at around 20:00, a 43-year-old man walking his dog was attacked by a bear in Heiwa Kyuryo Park, Nishi Ward, Sapporo, suffering an injury to his right arm. A bear trapped and culled in Nishino on October 9 was DNA-matched to the attack; it was a 14-year-old female measuring 1.5 m and weighing 103 kg, and the presumed accompanying cub's whereabouts are unknown.

Heiwa Kyuryo Park (Nishi Ward, Sapporo), Hokkaido

9 months ago

Official

No. 171, September 26, 2025 (Friday): Location: Nishi-ku Heiwa 280 (inside Heiwa Hills Park). The pin on the map indicates the surrounding area. Content: Bear-related injury incident occurred. Address: https://www.city.sapporo.jp/kurashi/animal/choju/kuma/syutsubotsu/#no2451

Sapporo Heiwa, Hokkaido

9 months ago

Official

No. 166, September 26, 2025 (Friday): Location: In a woodland near Nishinō 1006-7 area (Nishi-ku, near Nishino 11-jo 9-chome 24). The pin on the map indicates the surrounding area. Content: Bear sighting. Address: https://www.city.sapporo.jp/kurashi/animal/choju/kuma/syutsubotsu/#no2446

Sapporo Nishino, Hokkaido

9 months ago

News

On 2025-09-26, an office worker was attacked and injured by a brown bear at Heiwa Hill Park in Sapporo's Nishi Ward. Following the incident, students at nearby Heiwa Elementary School walked to school in groups on the 29th and the Hokkaido police increased patrols.

Heiwa Hill Park (Nishi-ku, Sapporo), Hokkaido

9 months ago

News

On September 26, in Heiwa Kyuryo Park in Sapporo's Nishi Ward, a company employee was attacked and injured by a brown bear. After the incident, children at nearby Heiwa Elementary School walked to school in groups on the 29th and Hokkaido police increased patrols to maintain vigilance.

Heiwa Elementary School, Hokkaido

9 months ago

Official

No. 150 (Sep 21, 2025): Location: Nishi Ward Nishino 1006 area, about 200 m west of Nishino West Park in a wooded area (another sighting around 4:50 p.m. on the same day). Bear sighting (mother with cub).

Sapporo Nishino, Hokkaido

9 months ago

News

A bear attack occurred in Sapporo's Nishi Ward. On the first school day after the incident, students of Heiwa Elementary near the scene were accompanied to school by guardians, and vigilance remains in place.

Sapporo Heiwa 3-jo 8-chome, Hokkaido

1 month ago

News

A brown bear about 80 cm long was seen crossing a residential street; the witnessing teenage male was uninjured. The sighting was near the site of a September attack.

Heiwa Kyuryu Park area, Hokkaido, Hokkaido

7 months ago

News

On 2025-09-26 at around 20:00, a 43-year-old man walking his dog was attacked by a bear in Heiwa Kyuryo Park, Nishi Ward, Sapporo, suffering an injury to his right arm. A bear trapped and culled in Nishino on October 9 was DNA-matched to the attack; it was a 14-year-old female measuring 1.5 m and weighing 103 kg, and the presumed accompanying cub's whereabouts are unknown.

Heiwa Kyuryo Park (Nishi Ward, Sapporo), Hokkaido

9 months ago

Official

No. 171, September 26, 2025 (Friday): Location: Nishi-ku Heiwa 280 (inside Heiwa Hills Park). The pin on the map indicates the surrounding area. Content: Bear-related injury incident occurred. Address: https://www.city.sapporo.jp/kurashi/animal/choju/kuma/syutsubotsu/#no2451

Sapporo Heiwa, Hokkaido

9 months ago

Official

No. 166, September 26, 2025 (Friday): Location: In a woodland near Nishinō 1006-7 area (Nishi-ku, near Nishino 11-jo 9-chome 24). The pin on the map indicates the surrounding area. Content: Bear sighting. Address: https://www.city.sapporo.jp/kurashi/animal/choju/kuma/syutsubotsu/#no2446

Sapporo Nishino, Hokkaido

9 months ago

News

On 2025-09-26, an office worker was attacked and injured by a brown bear at Heiwa Hill Park in Sapporo's Nishi Ward. Following the incident, students at nearby Heiwa Elementary School walked to school in groups on the 29th and the Hokkaido police increased patrols.

Heiwa Hill Park (Nishi-ku, Sapporo), Hokkaido

9 months ago

News

On September 26, in Heiwa Kyuryo Park in Sapporo's Nishi Ward, a company employee was attacked and injured by a brown bear. After the incident, children at nearby Heiwa Elementary School walked to school in groups on the 29th and Hokkaido police increased patrols to maintain vigilance.

Heiwa Elementary School, Hokkaido

9 months ago

Official

No. 150 (Sep 21, 2025): Location: Nishi Ward Nishino 1006 area, about 200 m west of Nishino West Park in a wooded area (another sighting around 4:50 p.m. on the same day). Bear sighting (mother with cub).

Sapporo Nishino, Hokkaido

9 months ago

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