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News Brown Bear Mount Shirahata (Kiyota Ward, Sapporo), Hokkaido Mar 10, 2026, 03:00 PM

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On March 11, 2026, Sapporo City began spring management capture targeting brown bears around Mount Shirahata (Kiyota Ward). Eight hunters from the Hokkaido Ryoyukai Sapporo branch and city staff patrolled the area and found no traces of bears.

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

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 03:00 PM

Address

Mount Shirahata (Kiyota Ward, Sapporo), Hokkaido

Coordinates

42.949031, 141.423022

Sources

https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/hokkaido/news/20260311-GYTNT... https://www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/article/1286101/

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Lorelei NeutralLisa Wischofskyhttps://www.figma.com/community/file/1198749693280469639https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/Remix of „Lorelei Neutral” (https://www.figma.com/community/file/1198749693280469639) by „Lisa Wischofsky”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Satoshi 3 months ago

Eight people searching Mount Shirahata and coming up empty in early March, yet they still felt the need to organize a capture operation.

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