Wakkanai~Noboribetsu 하이킹 루트

A bear was sighted on a park walking path in Midorigaoka Park, Shimizu-cho, Tomakomai, with one front paw extended from the woods.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

One bear sighted on the park promenade — a recreational spot where citizens can barbecue in Tomakomai City, Hokkaido.

Tomakomai Kibacho 3-chome, Hokkaido

6/13 18:45 While walking around Kintaro Pond, I saw a brown bear in the shrubbery located southwest of the pond; only its upper body was visible. There was one bear, about 1.5 m long. It disappeared into the shrubs.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

Sightings reported on 6/13 near Kimoma Marsh along the Sarufutsu–Kishibetsu Route (Hokkaido Route).

Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido

One adult bear was sighted at the entrance of Haginosato Nature Park in Shiraoi Town, Hokkaido.

Shiraoi, Hokkaido

In Hagino, Shiraoi Town, a man driving a car saw one brown bear cross the road and move toward a residential area.

Shiraoi, Hokkaido

A resident saw a bear-like shadow while driving home in Meitoku-cho 3-chome, Tomakomai.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

9:30 AM — Feces confirmed

Takasu 二十六線, Hokkaido

No. 25 6:30 — Sighting — Nakashibetsu Town, 7-sen West No. 1

Shibetsu, Hokkaido

2026/06/11 sighting (1 bear)

Pippu 北十一線, Hokkaido

2026/06/11 feces (1 animal)

Pippu 北十三線, Hokkaido

[21] 6/11 20:15 In Meitoku Town, about 100 m north from the Meitoku West Central municipal road, upon returning home I saw one animal resembling a brown bear in the neighbor’s parking area.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

Around 09:00 on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Nishikioka, Tomakomai, Hokkaido.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

[20] Nishikinoka: One brown bear sighted within Hokkaido Golf Club.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

One bear was sighted in Nishikioka, Tomakomai City, Hokkaido.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

Sighted at the midpoint of the uphill section from Onishibetsu toward Hama-Onishibetsu on Prefectural Route 138 (Toyotomi-Sarufutsu Line). It ran away toward the mountain side.

Sarufutsu Onishibetsu-higamachi, Hokkaido

Crossing toward the sea about 300 m from Tenpoku Sarukotsu Bridge on the Dōdō Sarufutsu-Onishibetsu Line, heading from Sarufutsu to Onishibetsu.

Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido

No. 23 6:50 Droppings Higashiyama Town (road between Tsukumo-en and NOSAI)

Shibetsu 東山町, Hokkaido

No. 24 7:15 Droppings Higashiyama Town, 3440

Shibetsu 東山町, Hokkaido

6/8 Along Michimichi-Takasu Line, near the entrance to Minamigaoka Park Line — sighting

Wassamu, Hokkaido

No. 22 7:00 AM Feces Higashiyama Town (road between Tsukumoen and NOSAI)

Shibetsu 東山町, Hokkaido

sighting

Nakatonbetsu, Hokkaido

No. 22 (Discovery) Around 8:08 — Bear scat (brown bear) found in the section from the ski area parking lot to Kikugaoka Park.

Bifuka 字若松町, Hokkaido

No. 21 (Sighting) At about 21:54, one brown bear was sighted on Town Road Route 7. The bear ran off toward the south.

Bifuka 字南町, Hokkaido

No. 20 (Sighting) Around 21:30 — One brown bear observed on East Road No. 2.

Bifuka 字南町, Hokkaido

No.14 R8.6.6 Sighting

Asahikawa, Hokkaido

No. 21 4:05 sighting In the field east of Butoku Town Line 45, plot No. 3

Shibetsu 東山町, Hokkaido

A person driving at night spotted one bear crossing Route 2 in Nakanoboribetsu Town, Noboribetsu City.

Noboribetsu, Hokkaido

A bear about 2 meters long was sighted on the premises of a confectionery manufacturer in Nishikioka, Tomakomai.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

No.18 (Droppings)

Nayoro, Hokkaido

No. 20 6:15 AM feces Higashiyama Town

Shibetsu 東山町, Hokkaido

[14] 6/5 7:10 Nishikioka district — While driving on the Nozomi Nishikioka municipal road, a person spotted a brown bear in a vacant lot. The bear’s body length was about 1.5–2.0 m. Noticing the observer, it ran off toward the south. In a second report, a driver near Hokkaido Institute of Technology on Prefectural Route 141, driving toward Mount Tarumae, saw a brown bear crossing the road from west to east.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Kojohama, Shiraoi Town.

Shiraoi, Hokkaido

Sighted about 1 km from Sarubone Bridge on National Route 238 toward the Ashino area. Fled toward the mountains.

Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido

No. 17 (sighting).

Nayoro 字緑丘, Hokkaido

[13] 1) 6/4 ~8:30 AM~ Around 8:30 on June 4 — At Nishikioka district, on the city road Nishiki-Ōnuma Park Street, about 50 m south from the Jumokuen Bridge, one brown bear (body length ~1.0 m) was observed crossing the road from west to east. 2) 6/4 ~9:05 AM~ Around 9:05 on June 4 — Near the outer fence at the down-line Tarumae Service Area, one brown bear (body length ~1.5 m) was observed.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

On 2026-06-03 around 16:40, one bear was sighted in Aoba Park, Shintomachi, Chitose City, Hokkaido.

Chitose, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Shinmachi, Chitose City.

Chitose, Hokkaido

Footprint

Nakatonbetsu, Hokkaido

[16] Mamachi, around 4:40 PM — A brown bear was sighted (one individual) about 100 m east from the Ohayou Bridge in Aoba Park, after entering the park path.

Chitose, Hokkaido

[11] 6/3 1) 16:00 — One brown bear sighted about 2 km north of Kosei Bridge. 2) 17:33 — One brown bear about 1.5 m in body length seen clinging to a tree at a point 1.1 km north of Kosei Bridge. After that, it walked slowly west along the forest road.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

sighting

Nakatonbetsu, Hokkaido

No. 12 R8.6.2 Sighting

Asahikawa 神居町神居古潭, Hokkaido

No.15 — (sighting).

Nayoro, Hokkaido

Sighted in a grassy area about 200 m from National Route 238 toward the Ashino district.

Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido

A woman walking in Aoba Park in Izumisawa, Chitose, spotted one bear about 1 meter long at the soccer field.

Chitose, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Izumisawa, Chitose City.

Chitose, Hokkaido

5/31 Minamigaoka: Near the entrance to Meotoiwa on the Minamigaoka Line (sighting)

Wassamu Minamioka, Hokkaido

[15] Izumisawa — Around 7:20 a.m. — Near Aoba Park soccer field — One bear sighted

Chitose, Hokkaido

Around 08:17 on 2026-05-30, a bear was sighted in Iwate, Nakatombetsu Town, Hokkaido.

Nakatonbetsu Iwate, Hokkaido

During a patrol by the local hunters’ association, three brown bears (a 7-year-old adult female and two yearlings) were captured.

Hamatonbetsu Moutsunai, Hokkaido

sighting

Nakatonbetsu Iwate, Hokkaido

Town residents spotted an adult brown bear and its cub digging up a pasture.

Hamatonbetsu Moutsunai, Hokkaido

Patrol by the local hunting association found bear scat on a town road.

Hamatonbetsu Moutsunai, Hokkaido

Suimeikyō — Around 4:15 p.m.: One bear sighted on the road approximately 1.3 km toward Lake Shikotsu from the Chuo Bus Hatchery Entrance bus stop on Prefectural Route 16.

Chitose, Hokkaido

Bear scat (brown bear) was observed near Kamuito-numa.

Sarufutsu, Hokkaido

Sighted at about the 1 km mark from Tenpoku Sarukotsu Bridge toward Onishibetsu on the Dodo Sarufutsu-Onishibetsu Line. Crossed the road.

Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido

Around 11:20 PM on May 27 in the residential-area city road of Nishi 3-jo Minami 9-chome, Sunagawa, a man in his 20s who had returned home by car spotted a bear-like animal about 1.5 meters long walking on the road after getting out in front of his house.

Sunagawa オアシス, Hokkaido

On 2026-05-27 around 16:30, a bear was sighted in Mogami, Kurisawa-cho, Iwamizawa, Hokkaido.

Iwamizawa, Hokkaido

Sighted near Hounen Bridge on Village Road Ashino No. 6. Crossing the road.

Sarufutsu, Hokkaido

May 26 — Minamigaoka — Doudou Wakkan Takanosu Line (sighting)

Wassamu, Hokkaido

On a local hunter association patrol, a brown bear was spotted in the wooded area via drone aerial imagery.

Hamatonbetsu Usotan, Hokkaido

Sightings reported at about 300 m from Tenpoku Sarukotsu Bridge toward Onishibetsu area on Dodo Sarufutsu-Onishibetsu Line. The bear fled toward the mountains.

Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Mashu, Chitose City, Hokkaido, around 9:56 PM on May 25.

Chitose, Hokkaido

A bear was captured on a camera in Aoba Park, Chitose City.

Chitose, Hokkaido

Izumisawa — At approximately 9:56 PM, a single bear was sighted under the Dōō Expressway overpass near the lawn area of Aoba Park.

Chitose, Hokkaido

Sighted on Dodo Sarufutsu-Onishibetsu Line, 200 m from Tenpoku Sarukotsu Bridge toward the Onishibetsu area. Crossed the road heading toward the sea.

Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido

Capture

Nakatonbetsu Kanzaki, Hokkaido

No. 16 (Discovery) 9:15 — Brown bear scat found on the right-bank levee road of the Teshio River (near the connection to National Route 40)

Bifuka 字美深, Hokkaido

No.13 (Scat)

Nayoro, Hokkaido

No.15 (Discovery) 08:30 On National Route 40, on the sidewalk of Ebuke/Esashibashi Bridge, brown bear scat was found.

Nayoro, Hokkaido

During a local hunting association patrol, brown bear droppings were found on a town road.

Hamatonbetsu Kanegaoka, Hokkaido

Izumisawa — Around 8:28 PM: On the roadway about 700 meters from the Karasakubai Bridge on Prefectural Route 16 toward Lake Shikotsu, one bear sighted.

Chitose, Hokkaido

Bibai 日東町, Hokkaido

2026/5/22 sighting (1 bear)

Pippu 北十三線, Hokkaido

Around 06:50 on 2026-05-21, a bear was sighted in Takaoka, Tomakomai, Hokkaido.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

During a patrol by the local hunter association, tracks of a brown bear crossing National Route 275 were discovered.

Hamatonbetsu Kanegaoka, Hokkaido

[8] Takadakaoka: National Route 276 — (1) At a point 300 m from Takadakaoka Second Cemetery toward Tomakomai, observed three brown bears crossing the road from east to west (body lengths: 2.0 m, 1.0 m, 1.0 m). (2) At a point 1 km from the sighting location in (1), observed two brown bears in the forest to the west.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

Sighted on Dodo Sarufutsu-Onishibetsu Line, 1 km from Tenpoku Sarubone Bridge toward the Onishibetsu area. Crossed the road.

Sarufutsu, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Kamitongobetsu, Nakatonbetsu Town.

Nakatonbetsu Kamitonbetsu, Hokkaido

sighting

Nakatonbetsu Kamitonbetsu, Hokkaido

Sighted at the 800 m point from Tenpoku Sarukotsu Bridge toward the Onishibetsu area on Dodo Sarufutsu-Onishibetsu Line. Crossed the road.

Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido

No.14 (sighting) 6:30 — Feces found in the scrub woodland near the Teshio River canoe port

Bifuka 字美深, Hokkaido

Around 16:30 on May 19, 2026, three bears (a mother and two cubs) were sighted in Kamui-cho Nishioka, Asahikawa. The sighting was confirmed on site.

Asahikawa 神居町西丘, Hokkaido

No. 4 2023-05-19 Sighting (mother and cub)

Asahikawa 神居町西丘, Hokkaido

No. 8 (sighting).

Nayoro, Hokkaido

A town resident sighted a brown bear on the raised soil of a buckwheat field. The bear moved northward along the windbreak trees.

Hamatonbetsu Chuo-kita, Hokkaido

No. 12 (sighting) 10:00 — Bear droppings found on the riverside levee road on the right bank of the Teshio River (west side of Route 7).

Bifuka 字西町, Hokkaido

No. 11 (Sighting) 8:35 — Bear droppings found on the levee road on the right bank of the Teshio River.

Bifuka 字西町, Hokkaido

At around 06:30 on May 17, 2026, a 78-year-old man picking wild plants near the left bank of the Teshio River in Tayori-cho, Shibetsu City, encountered one brown bear. When the man backed away and the bear leaned over him, he punched the bear in the nose, after which the bear retreated into the brush; the man was uninjured. Police increased patrols and warned local residents.

Shibetsu, Hokkaido

During a patrol by the local hunters' association, they discovered brown bear feces on the roadway.

Hamatonbetsu, Hokkaido

During a patrol by the local hunters' association, bear scat was found on the road.

Hamatonbetsu Utsunai, Hokkaido

No. 13 (Sighted) 5:47 — Bear droppings found on the levee road of the Dodo Chiebun–Bifuka direction.

Bifuka 字川西, Hokkaido

No. 10 6:30 Observed Yutaka (?) Town, Route 39, west bank of Teshio River (west side)

Shibetsu, Hokkaido