Wakkanai~Noboribetsu 하이킹 루트

One bear was seen crossing a city road in Kamui-cho Nishioka.

Asahikawa 神居町西丘, Hokkaido

Crossing National Route 238 on July 12

Sarufutsu Hamasarufutsu, Hokkaido

No. 23 Sighted on July 12, 1996

Asahikawa 神居町西丘, Hokkaido

Sighted around 13:45. While driving from Wassamu toward Takasu, it ran across from right to left. One animal. Body length about 1 m.

Takasu, Hokkaido

18:52 — One bear photographed by a sensor camera.

Takasu, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted at Asachino Plateau in Sarufutsu Village.

Sarufutsu, Hokkaido

Saruputsu Village road Esanuka Line, near Mokeuni Swamp

Sarufutsu, Hokkaido

Captured a brown bear during a local hunting association patrol

Hamatonbetsu Nitachinai, 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

Dōdō Sarufutsu-Onishibetsu Line, near Ashino community hall

Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido

It was in the middle of the Enusaka Line road

Sarufutsu, Hokkaido

A brown bear was captured during a patrol by the local hunters' association.

Hamatonbetsu Kanegaoka, Hokkaido

No. 34 (Sighted)

Nayoro 字内淵, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted moving in Izumisawa, Chitose City, around 3:50 PM on 2026-07-06.

Chitose, Hokkaido

Izumisawa: Around 3:50 PM. Approximately 200 meters from under the Dōō Expressway overpass on Shinmachi Izumisawa Boulevard toward Kōyōdai. One bear sighted.

Chitose, Hokkaido

7/6 Higashioka — Along Town Road Higashi 19 Line (sighting)

Wassamu Higashioka, Hokkaido

July 6 — Higashioka — Along Town Road East No. 3 (sighted)

Wassamu Higashioka, Hokkaido

On July 5 at around 19:55, a bear was sighted in Chuo, Shintotsukawa Town, Hokkaido.

Shintotsukawa 字中央, Hokkaido

Around 7:55 PM on 2026-07-05, one bear was sighted in Hama-Sarufutsu, Sarufutsu Village, Hokkaido.

Sarufutsu, Hokkaido

Around 11:30 on 2026-07-05, a bear was sighted in Ashino, Sapporo?

Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido

No. 33 (Sighted)

Nayoro 字内淵, Hokkaido

Sighted on the road leading from Esanuka Line toward the former airfield. Fled toward the sea.

Sarufutsu, Hokkaido

Central — sighting

Shintotsukawa 字中央, Hokkaido

No.33 17:00 Sighting Kitamachi (near the opposite bank of Teshio River Park Golf Course)

Shibetsu 下士別町, Hokkaido

Approximately 1.5 km from Niodorogawa Bridge on National Route 238, heading toward the Hama-Sarufutsu area

Sarufutsu, Hokkaido

Dodo Sarufutsu-Onishibetsu Line, near Kimoma Marsh

Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido

Captured

Nakatonbetsu Matsuneshiri, Hokkaido

No. 31 (Footprints)

Nayoro, Hokkaido

captured

Nakatonbetsu Matsuneshiri, Hokkaido

On Dodo Sarufutsu Onishibetsu Line, 600 m from Tenpoku Sarukotsu Bridge toward the Onishibetsu area

Sarufutsu, Hokkaido

No. 32 19:00 sighting: Tayoro Town Line 33 East No. 3 Road

Shibetsu 多寄町, Hokkaido

No.29 (Sighting)

Nayoro 風連町字旭, Hokkaido

No.30

Nayoro 風連町字東風連, Hokkaido

6/30 Asahi National Route 40 (sighting)

Wassamu Shiokari, Hokkaido

No. 28

Nayoro 風連町字東風連, Hokkaido

A bear is crossing the road.

Sarufutsu, Hokkaido

Crossing the Muramichi Karibetsu (village road) line on 6/29

Sarufutsu, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Fūren-chō Asahi, Nayoro City.

Nayoro 風連町字旭, Hokkaido

A man driving a car saw one brown bear crossing a city road in Shinkai-cho 1, Tomakomai.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

A cub was sighted in a residential area of Shinkai-cho 1-chome, Tomakomai, crossing from east to west about 15 meters ahead of a driver.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

No. 27 (sighting)

Nayoro 風連町字旭, Hokkaido

In Haysabusa Park in Izumisawa, Chitose, a man in his 20s saw one bear about 2 meters long in the forest on the south side of the park. The bear then walked south and disappeared.

Chitose, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Kotobuki, Naktonbetsu Town, Hokkaido, around 05:50 on 2026-06-27.

Nakatonbetsu, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Hama-Sarufutsu, Sarufutsu Village, Hokkaido, on 2026-06-27 morning.

Sarufutsu, Hokkaido

Sighted near the Route 238 parking area. Crossing the road.

Sarufutsu Hamasarufutsu, Hokkaido

sighting

Nakatonbetsu Kotobuki, Hokkaido

[22] Izumisawa — around 7:35 PM — Hayabusa Park — one bear sighted

Chitose, Hokkaido

footprints and droppings

Nakatonbetsu Matsuneshiri, Hokkaido

[27] 6/27 14:04 While driving on National Route 276 from Tomakomai toward Lake Shikotsu, at the 7.2 km point from Tomakomai Chuo Interchange, witnessed a brown bear about 1 m in body length crossing the road from west to east.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

Sighted near the sign on National Route 238 Esanuka Line. Crossing the road.

Sarufutsu Hamasarufutsu, Hokkaido

No. 26 (feces)

Nayoro, Hokkaido

No. 25 (Footprints)

Nayoro 風連町緑町, Hokkaido

Asahikawa 神居町西丘, Hokkaido

No.24

Nayoro 風連町字東風連, Hokkaido

No. 26 (Droppings)

Nayoro 字徳田, Hokkaido

Footprints

Nakatonbetsu, Hokkaido

During a patrol by the local hunters' association, bear droppings from a brown bear were found on a town road.

Hamatonbetsu Kutcharokohan, Hokkaido

Nakatonbetsu, Hokkaido

Sighted near residences along Dodo Toyotomi-Sarufutsu Line. Fled toward the mountains.

Sarufutsu Onishibetsu-nimachi, Hokkaido

Rankoshi — Around 3:00 PM — Karushubai Bridge — One bear sighted

Chitose, Hokkaido

Sakuragi 3-chome — Around 9:30 AM — In the woods between Yūmai Sukoyaka Park and the Dōō Expressway — One bear sighted

Chitose, Hokkaido

Sightings reported on 6/23 near Kimoma Marsh on the Sarufutsu–Onishibetsu Prefectural Route

Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido

A local contractor spotted a brown bear in the lumber storage area on the premises. The bear headed south.

Hamatonbetsu Usotan, Hokkaido

June 22 — Field near Route 4-23 — Footprints

Wassamu Minamioka, Hokkaido

A local dairy farmer discovered brown bear droppings on a town road.

Hamatonbetsu Usotan, Hokkaido

18:15 Observed one bear while driving

Takasu, Hokkaido

6/19 — Bear sighting reported near Shinsei Bridge.

Sarufutsu Hamaonishibetsu, Hokkaido

[26] 6/19 8:00 A pig farm employee discovered a deer carcass on the premises. Two municipal staff and police officers inspected the site. Because of the condition of the deer, it is highly likely it was attacked by a brown bear (Higuma), so surveillance cameras were installed.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

Was lying down in the grass at the 1 km mark heading from Masamitsu Park toward Hama-Oni Shibetsu.

Sarufutsu Onishibetsu-higamachi, Hokkaido

No. 23 (Sighting)

Nayoro 字緑丘, Hokkaido

[25] Nishikioka: At a point 700 m north of the Chuo Interchange, one brown bear moving from south to north, body length approximately 1.5 m, was observed. Subsequently it was exterminated.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

No. 22 (Footprints)

Nayoro 字緑丘, Hokkaido

2026/06/16 sighting (1 bear)

Pippu, Hokkaido

sighting

Nakatonbetsu Kanzaki, Hokkaido

6/15 7:30 While driving on National Route 276 from Tomakomai toward Lake Shikotsu, two brown bears were sighted at the 12-kilometer point past the Chuo Interchange. The bears, measuring about 2.0 m and 1.0 m in body length, crossed the road from east to west.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Itoi, Tomakomai, Hokkaido, around 07:30 on June 15.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido