News 2 Brown Bears Senkamezawa Junior High School (Hakodate), Hokkaido Feb 4, 2026, 10:30 PM
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Description
Around 07:30 on February 5, 2026, footprints about 15 cm wide and smaller overlapping prints were found on the snow at the Senkamezawa Junior High School grounds in Hakodate; police warned it could be a parent-and-child bear pair. Earlier that morning, footprints about 13 cm wide were also found on the premises of a company in Suzuranka-cho, Hakodate, with no injuries reported.
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, February 4, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Address
Senkamezawa Junior High School (Hakodate), Hokkaido
Coordinates
41.766931, 140.863517
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Comments (1)
親子グマが同じ日に函館市内の2か所で足跡を残すって、けっこう大胆に動いてるんだな。
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