Obihiro~하코다테 아침시장 드라이브 루트

Crop damage No. 22 — July 28, 2026 — Field at Himekawa 61 — Sugar beet, 0.0225 ha — Footprint: 13 cm

Mori Himekawa, Hokkaido

Sighting No. 20 — July 27, Reiwa 8: Crossed the road at Komagatake 240-2 from the mountainside (west side) to the National Route 5 side (west side).

Mori Komagatake, Hokkaido

[Hokuto City 15] Sighting

Hokuto, Hokkaido

[32] Around 20:20 on July 26, National Route 235 — Witnessed one brown bear about 1.5 m in length walking on the road and leaving northward.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

[Hokuto City 14] Sighting

Hokuto, Hokkaido

[33] 7/26 20:26 A driver traveling on National Route 235 from Mukawa toward Tomakomai sighted a brown bear around 100 meters before the intersection that connects to National Route 234; the bear ran along the sidewalk and then left into the woods to the south.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

[31] 19:45 A driver traveling on National Route 235 from Tomakomai toward Atsuma witnessed one animal about 2 m in body length, resembling a brown bear (Higuma), crossing the highway from north to south (left to right). The bear passed under the expressway and ran off into the woods on the south side.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

One bear was sighted in Kameda, Mori Town.

Mori, Hokkaido

Three brown bears were sighted on Route 67 in Shimonoyu, Yakumo Town.

Yakumo Shimonoyu, Hokkaido

Hokuto City 13 — Evidence (feeding damage)

Hokuto Mukaino, Hokkaido

Three bears, believed to be a mother bear and cubs, were seen walking south on a road near a residence in Shadai, Shiraoi Town.

Shiraoi, Hokkaido

An adult brown bear (about 1.5–2.0 m) crossed within the grounds on the golf course side about 100 m where the Hokkaido Classic GC Obihiro course and the prefectural road intersect. The bear then remained waiting for a while in the brush.

Shimizu, Hokkaido

Oshamanbe Shizukari, Hokkaido

No. 4 July 20, Reiwa 8: Brown bear footprints

Obihiro 川西町東一線, Hokkaido

Sightings No. 18 — July 19, Reiwa 8 (2026): Approximately 1 km from the Komagatake trailhead gate toward the summit, crossed from the right (east) side to the left (west) side.

Mori, Hokkaido

Oshamanbe Hirasato, Hokkaido

Crop damage caused by brown bear

Nanae Okawa, Hokkaido

July 15, R8 (17:30)

Yakumo, Hokkaido

[30] 7/15 8:35 National Route 276 - 3 km from Takaoka Second Cemetery: one brown bear approximately 2 m in length sighted. The bear departed to the west.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

Mukawa, Hokkaido

[29] 7/13 18:45 — While walking, a person spotted what appeared to be a brown bear about 50 cm in body length standing on a mountainside approximately 70 m from Shinkawa No. 3 Bridge over the Tomakomai River on the north side of Yamate Town.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

[Hokuto City 10] Tracks

Hokuto Mukaino, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Yonehara, Mukawa town, Hokkaido, around 5:15 a.m. on July 10.

Mukawa, Hokkaido

Around 9:00, a mother bear and cub were sighted near the Onuma entrance gate of the Shirotai Skyline; they moved into the eastern forest.

Nanae, Hokkaido

A bear was seen following a person for about 180 meters at the lakeshore of Onuma in Nanae Town.

Nanae Onumacho, Hokkaido

One bear sighted

Memuro 北芽室北九線, Hokkaido

Location: Takao Oka. Times: ① 6:55, ② 10:47. On National Route 276, 350 m west of the 117-km post, 5 km from the Chuo Interchange toward Lake Shikotsu, a four-legged animal 1.5–2 m long was seen crossing from east to west.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

[Hokuto City 8] Traces

Hokuto Mukaino, Hokkaido

A bear-like animal was reported sighted in a park in Takuyo-Higashimachi 5, Tomakomai, Hokkaido.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

In Shirotori Park in Takuyu-higashimachi, Tomakomai, a teenage male witnessed one bear-like animal about 1.5 meters long before dawn.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Kameda-Nakanocho, Hakodate City.

Hakodate, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Shimizu, Shimizu Town, Hokkaido.

Shimizu 字清水第十二線, Hokkaido

Capture No. 10 — July 5, 2026 (Reiwa 8)

Mori Kurigaoka, Hokkaido

sighting

Hakodate Mizumotocho, Hokkaido

One bear was sighted in Miiwa, Hidaka Town.

Hidaka, Hokkaido

R8.7.4 11:00

Yakumo, Hokkaido

In a bean field in Hikawa, Mori Town, azuki beans were eaten by a bear over an area of about 8 m by 7 m. Multiple tracks about 13 cm wide were left nearby.

Mori Himekawa, Hokkaido

Crop damage No. 15 July 3, 2026 Himekawa Field near Donan Agro Co., Ltd. Azuki beans 0.0056 ha Footprint: 13 cm

Mori Himekawa, Hokkaido

Around 20:40, a creature believed to be a bear about 50 cm in body length was sighted.

Nanae Onumacho, Hokkaido

Traces No. 15 — July 3, 2026 — Himekawa, a field near Donan Agro Co., Ltd.

Mori Himekawa, Hokkaido

R8.7.2 11:08

Yakumo, Hokkaido

Around 7:30 PM on July 1, a bear was sighted in Shimizu, Shimizu Town, Hokkaido.

Shimizu 字清水第十二線, Hokkaido