Atsuma~Wakkanai 하이킹 루트

Around 10 PM on July 17, a bear was sighted in Hayakikita-shin, Abira Town.

Abira, Hokkaido

At around 22:00 on July 17 in the Hayakita Hokushin area, a brown bear (Hokkaido brown bear) was sighted.

Abira, Hokkaido

R8.07.15 (sighting)

Biei 字置杵牛, Hokkaido

Year R8 (Reiwa 8) July 14 — Oiwake Kasuga: Sighted a mother bear with cubs; footprints present.

Abira, Hokkaido

July 14, Oiwake-Kasuga: Two brown bears sighted.

Abira, Hokkaido

Around 6:40 PM on the 13th, a passerby saw one brown bear at Asahigaoka General Park in Shimogoryo, Furano City.

Furano Yayoicho, Hokkaido

Around 6:37 PM on July 13, a bear was sighted in Shimoshigo-ryo, Furano City, Hokkaido.

Furano, Hokkaido

Around 11:30 on 2026-07-12, a bear was sighted at Yamabe Higashi 21-sen in Furano, Hokkaido.

Furano Yamabe-higashi 21-sen, Hokkaido

Around 10:30 on 2026-07-10, a bear was sighted in Kamigoryo, Furano City, Hokkaido.

Furano, Hokkaido

Ryokugō District 1 — Sign (feces)

Tohma 緑郷一区, Hokkaido

In Nishikagura 3-sen, Asahikawa, several pre-harvest corn plants were eaten by a bear, and tracks about 12 cm wide were found nearby.

Asahikawa 西神楽二線, Hokkaido

Bear tracks and crop damage were found in a corn field in Nishikagura 3-sen 32-go, Asahikawa.

Asahikawa, Hokkaido

No.31　August 5, Reiwa 8 (Food traces)

Asahikawa Miyashitadori, Hokkaido

No. 32 R8.8.5 (bite/feeding traces, footprints)

Asahikawa, Hokkaido

On August 5, bear damage occurred in a corn field in Nishikagura, Asahikawa City, where trampled corn, several eaten corn stalks, and 12-cm tracks were found.

Asahikawa 西神楽南, Hokkaido

Aibetsu Kanatomi, Hokkaido

No. 30 R8.7.31 (Footprints)

Asahikawa Higashi Asahikawacho Sakuraoka, Hokkaido

Footprints resembling a bear were found in Higashi-Asahikawa-cho Sakuraoka, Asahikawa City, as a sign of bear presence.

Asahikawa Higashi Asahikawacho Sakuraoka, Hokkaido

2026-07-31: One male captured.

Takinoue 四区, Hokkaido

At a beet field in Nishikagura 2-sen, Asahikawa, beet was found eaten and trampled around 08:00, with bear tracks also present.

Asahikawa, Hokkaido

R8.07.28 (Sighted)

Biei 字上宇莫別, Hokkaido

R8.07.27 (sighting)

Biei 字美田, Hokkaido

No. 29 Reiwa 8 (2026).7.26 (feeding traces)

Asahikawa Higashi Asahikawacho Sakuraoka, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Kamishokotsu Genya, Takinoue Town, Hokkaido.

Takinoue 濁川中央, Hokkaido

Ryokugo District 3 — Sighting

Tohma 緑郷四区, Hokkaido

2026/07/22: Brown bear sighting; possibly multiple bears.

Takinoue 新町, Hokkaido

R8.07.20 (Sighted)

Biei 字美田, Hokkaido

2026/07/17 — Footprints discovered

Takinoue 幸町, Hokkaido

Aibetsu Higashimachi, Hokkaido

R8.07.15 (sighting)

Biei 字置杵牛, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Kamishokotsu Genya, Takinoe Town.

Takinoue 濁川中央, Hokkaido

R8.07.13 (sighting)

Biei 字新区画, Hokkaido

On 2026-07-13 at around 6:50, one bear was sighted.

Takinoue 新町, Hokkaido

On 2026/07/13 at around 9:10 AM, one bear was sighted.

Takinoue 濁川中央, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Takinoue Genya, Takinoue Town.

Takinoue, Hokkaido

2026/07/13: One bear sighted

Takinoue 新町, Hokkaido

sighting

Tohma 緑郷二区, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Sakuru wilderness area, Takinoue Town.

Takinoue, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted around 3:10 PM on July 10 in Kamishokotsu Genya, Takinoue Town, Hokkaido.

Takinoue 濁川中央, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Minamihama-cho, Esashi Town, Hokkaido.

Esashi Minamihamacho, Hokkaido

Around 11:50 AM on August 3, 1996, one bear was sighted along the river near the Okoppe salmon and trout hatchery.

Okoppe Hokko, Hokkaido

Around 9:30 AM on Saturday, August 1, one bear was sighted on National Route 239 near the Hokko Bridge.

Okoppe Hokko, Hokkaido

Crossing National Route 238 on July 29

Sarufutsu, Hokkaido

No. 30 — Sighted in Minamihama Town (Date: July 28, Reiwa 8) Around 2:00 p.m., sighted about 430 m toward Mt. Mikasa from the T-junction intersection of National Route 238 and Prefectural Route 12.

Esashi Minamihamacho, Hokkaido

Around 3:00 PM on July 28, one bear was sighted on the municipal road between Saruru and Nashibetsu in Tomioka.

Okoppe Tomioka, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Hinode 3-chome, Hamatonbetsu Town.

Hamatonbetsu Chuo-kita, Hokkaido

Campers spotted a brown bear on the road. The bear ran off to the north.

Hamatonbetsu Kutcharokohan, Hokkaido

A town resident spotted a brown bear. The bear ran into the grove of trees behind the facility.

Hamatonbetsu Chuo-kita, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Chifuku 2-chome, Hamatonbetsu Town.

Hamatonbetsu Kutcharokohan, Hokkaido

No. 27: Otoshube capture location (July 25, 1996) Around 1:00 p.m., captured in a forest approximately 880 meters south-southeast of the Otoshube community center.

Esashi Otsuchube, Hokkaido

A driver from outside the town witnessed a brown bear crossing National Route 238 from east to west.

Hamatonbetsu Kutcharokohan, Hokkaido

Sighted near the bus stop on National Route 238 on 7/21

Sarufutsu Hamasarufutsu, Hokkaido

A brown bear was sighted on a road in Hama-Sarufutsu, Sarufutsu Village, and reported to police.

Sarufutsu, Hokkaido

Around 10:05 on 2026-07-20, a bear was sighted in Misaki-cho, Esashi Town, Hokkaido.

Esashi Misakicho, Hokkaido

No. 23 — Cape Town sighting location (Observed on 20 July, Reiwa 8) Around 10:05 a.m., a passerby spotted [the bear] approximately 1 km from the Cape Town community center toward the Monmaki direction.

Esashi Misakicho, Hokkaido

Okoppe Tomioka, Hokkaido

Around 9:50 AM on July 15, 1996 (Wednesday), one bear was sighted on the farm premises in Kamide, Kasuga Town.

Okoppe, Hokkaido

Sighted about 1 km from Sarubone Bridge on National Route 238 toward the Ashino area. Entered a bamboo grass thicket.

Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Ashino, Sarufutsu Village, Hokkaido, on 2026-07-14.

Sarufutsu Ashino, Hokkaido

During a patrol by the local hunters' association, tracks of a brown bear crossing the town road from the north to the south were discovered.

Hamatonbetsu Kanegaoka, Hokkaido

A local resident driving in a car witnessed a brown bear crossing the road from the north side to the south side along a town road.

Hamatonbetsu Chuo-kita, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Hama-Sarufutsu, Sarufutsu Village, around 6:00 PM on July 12.

Sarufutsu, Hokkaido

Around 4:05, footprints were discovered

Monbetsu Shokotsu-cho Kawamukai, Hokkaido

Crossing National Route 238 on July 12

Sarufutsu Hamasarufutsu, Hokkaido

No. 20 — Sighted in Tomamaki area (R8.7.11) Around 9:30 a.m., sighted about 300 m from the former Tomamaki Elementary School toward Menashidomari.

Esashi Toimaki, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Tomomaki, Esashi Town, Hokkaido, around 09:30 on 2026-07-11.

Esashi, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted at Asachino Plateau in Sarufutsu Village.

Sarufutsu, Hokkaido