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Otaru Zenibako Elementary School

14 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 6 months ago

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Otaru Zenibako 1-chome, Hokkaido
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11_Tracks_ around 7:40 on Thursday, November 20: 11_Tracks_ around 7:40–7:50.

Otaru Zenibako 1-chome, Hokkaido

6 months ago
Otaru Katsuraokacho, Hokkaido
Official

11_Tracks_ around 7:40-50 on Thursday, November 20: 11_Tracks_ around 7:40-50.

Otaru Katsuraokacho, Hokkaido

6 months ago
Otaru Katsuraokacho, Hokkaido
Official

No. 26 sighting around 11:16 on Friday, November 14.

Otaru Katsuraokacho, Hokkaido

7 months ago
News

At around 13:35 on November 8, 2025, a man in his 40s driving on a road in Katsuraoka, Otaru, spotted a brown bear about 1 meter long, which entered the grounds of Katsuraoka Elementary School. Police officers found multiple footprints on the snow on the school grounds, but the bear's subsequent whereabouts are unknown and officers are monitoring the residential area.

Katsuraoka Elementary School (Katsuraoka, Otaru), Hokkaido

7 months ago
Official

No. 24 sighting around 00:05 on Tuesday, November 4.

Otaru Katsuraokacho, Hokkaido

7 months ago
Official

No. 9 — scat around 12:00 on Tuesday, October 28.

Otaru Katsuraokacho, Hokkaido

7 months ago
Official

No. 8 — scat around 14:38 on Monday, October 27.

Otaru Katsuraokacho, Hokkaido

7 months ago
Official

No. 21 sighting on Tuesday, October 27.

Otaru Katsuraokacho, Hokkaido

7 months ago

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