Location
Description
A man was attacked by a brown bear in a park in Nishi Ward, Sapporo. Within a week after the incident, there were 38 bear sighting reports in Sapporo—about eight times the number for the same period last year. The control team leader said acorns are almost absent.
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
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Address
Nishi Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Coordinates
43.079695, 141.287864
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Comments (1)
38 reports in one week from Sapporo after that attack in Nishi Ward, and last year the same week had barely four or five.
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