Official Brown Bear Tomakomai, Hokkaido Jun 4, 2026, 03:00 PM

Description

[14] 6/5 7:10 Nishikioka district — While driving on the Nozomi Nishikioka municipal road, a person spotted a brown bear in a vacant lot. The bear’s body length was about 1.5–2.0 m. Noticing the observer, it ran off toward the south. In a second report, a driver near Hokkaido Institute of Technology on Prefectural Route 141, driving toward Mount Tarumae, saw a brown bear crossing the road from west to east.

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

Official

Date & Time

Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 03:00 PM

Address

Coordinates

42.621055, 141.496367

Sources