News Brown Bear Tokai University Sapporo Campus, Hokkaido Nov 5, 2025, 06:30 AM

Description

On the morning of the 5th, a roughly one-meter bear was seen sitting on the Tokai University Sapporo Campus in Minami-ku, Sapporo, before heading north toward the mountains. The university and the adjoining high school closed for the day for safety, and police and city officials inspected the area but found no traces.

Note: Official sources provide information in Japanese only. This description has been machine translated for your convenience.

Bear Type

Brown Bear

Number of Bears

1

Provider Type

News

Date & Time

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 06:30 AM

Address

Coordinates

42.991153, 141.318024

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