Location
Description
At around 2:30 p.m. on July 4 at Maetomudaira on Mt. Tomuraushi in Shintoku, Hokkaido, four hikers encountered a bear, could not descend, and were rescued by a Hokkaido police helicopter.
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
Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 05:30 AM
Address
Shintoku, Hokkaido
This news pin shows the reported area, not an exact point.
Coordinates
43.512495, 142.851930
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