Minami Ward, Sapporo 불곰 출몰 정보

Minami Ward, Sapporo was jolted on April 24, 2026, when a brown bear was reported near 160 2 Makomanai on the Sumikawa Atsubetsu Taki connecting road, about 700 m east of Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort, with another sighting coming from Moiwayama on April 18, 2026 along the Moiwa yama Route. The freshest reports keep pointing back to the Makomanai and Moiwayama side of the ward, where people are still running into bears near roads and trail access points.

That pressure has been heaviest in the Makomanai, Jozankei, and Shirakawa areas, with activity surging in October 2025 at 79 incidents and staying high in September 2025 with 45, November 2025 with 39, and December 2025 with 7. Since the tally began, Minami Ward, Sapporo has recorded 1,170 brown bear sightings, and the recent winter and spring reports show that the bears are still moving through the ward’s forest edges and settlement margins.