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News 2 Brown Bears Makomanai Minamimachi 6-chome, Minami Ward, Sapporo (grassland), Hokkaido Dec 31, 2025, 11:10 AM

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At around 11:10 on December 31, a woman in her 70s on a bus reported seeing two large black animals (about 1.5 m each) eating grass in a grassland in Makomanai Minamimachi 6-chome, Minami Ward, Sapporo, and called 110. Police responded but found no trace of the animals; because the site is about 150 meters from nearby homes, police urged caution and increased patrols.

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

Bear Type

Brown Bear

Number of Bears

2

Provider Type

News

Date & Time

Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 11:10 AM

Address

Makomanai Minamimachi 6-chome, Minami Ward, Sapporo (grassland), Hokkaido

Coordinates

42.976380, 141.349389

Sources

https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/981963

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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/)
トム 5 months ago

年末の昼間に住宅からそこまで離れていない場所で2頭も目撃されるって、だいぶ珍しいな。

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