Location
Description
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.
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 26, 2025 at 07:30 AM
Address
Fujino, Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Coordinates
42.943851, 141.309642
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Comments (1)
30分間隔で180メートル移動、同一個体の可能性高いんだ。
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