News Brown Bear Maruyama Park (Chuo Ward, Sapporo), Hokkaido Nov 11, 2025, 08:00 AM
Location
Description
On November 11, in and around Maruyama Park (Chuo Ward, Sapporo), surveillance cameras and resident reports recorded sightings and tracks of a brown bear; footage also showed a bear clinging to a zoo facility window frame. The city of Sapporo closed Maruyama Park entirely for about two weeks until safety can be confirmed.
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
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 08:00 AM
Address
Maruyama Park (Chuo Ward, Sapporo), Hokkaido
Coordinates
43.055745, 141.312607
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