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Takushin Elementary School

4 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 1 month ago

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Tomakomai, Hokkaido
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Around 01:30 on May 19 in Tomakomai City, Takuyu Higashimachi 4-chome, a resident reported seeing a four-legged animal believed to be a bear, about 1 meter long. Takuyu Elementary School carried out supervised school commutes and the city conducted an on-site investigation but found no tracks or droppings.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

1 month ago
News

At Yufutsu River in Akebono-cho, Tomakomai City, a man fishing spotted one bear on the opposite bank and recorded it on video. The article notes that bear sightings have been increasing across Hokkaido since Golden Week and warns that this season presents a higher risk of close encounters between people and bears.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

1 month ago
News

Just after 04:30 on May 3, 2026, a fisherman in Tomakomai's Akebono-cho encountered a brown bear at about a 10-meter distance and captured the moment on camera. The witness estimated the bear's body length at about 1 meter; on the same day a camera also recorded one brown bear near the Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

1 month ago
Takuyu Nishi-machi 3-chome, Tomakomai, Hokkaido
News

Around 21:30 on January 19, in a residential area of Takuyu Nishi-machi 3-chome, Tomakomai, a woman in her 50s who was clearing snow reported seeing a bear-like animal about 1 meter long walking on all fours eastward about 30 meters away and called emergency services. Police patrolled the area but did not find the animal; they have stepped up vigilance around an elementary school located about 50 meters from the sighting.

Takuyu Nishi-machi 3-chome, Tomakomai, Hokkaido

5 months ago

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