Location
Description
Around 1:00 a.m. on a road in Minamigaoka 7-chome, Monbetsu, a man driving a car saw one bear about 1 m long on the sidewalk of the opposite lane. The bear ran in the same direction as the car and accompanied it for about 1 km.
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
Sunday, June 7, 2026 at 04:00 PM
Address
Monbetsu Shinko-cho, Hokkaido
This news pin shows the reported area, not an exact point.
Coordinates
44.335360, 143.361195
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