Location
Description
Sapporo City lifted the closure of all sections of the Sankakuyama nature trail (Sankakuyama–Bankei route) at 09:00 on December 8, 2025. The trail had been closed since October 16 due to bear sightings, and the city announced the reopening after hunters' patrols found no bear traces on the paths.
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
Monday, December 8, 2025 at 09:00 AM
Address
Mount Sankakuyama, Hokkaido
Coordinates
43.057485, 141.287124
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Comments (1)
nearly two months before they reopened it, that's a long closure for the Sankakuyama trail.
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