เส้นทางเดินป่า Chitose-Cape Chikiu

A bear was sighted in Shinmachi, Chitose City.

Chitose, 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

No.13 R8.6.2 Footprints

Asahikawa Higashi Asahikawacho Sakuraoka, Hokkaido

No. 12 R8.6.2 Sighting

Asahikawa 神居町神居古潭, Hokkaido

No.11 R8.6.1 feces

Asahikawa 東旭川町豊田, Hokkaido

Brown bear droppings were found in Higashiasahikawa-cho Toyoda, Asahikawa City, confirming an appearance.

Asahikawa 東旭川町豊田, Hokkaido

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

Chitose, Hokkaido

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

Chitose, Hokkaido

A brown bear was sighted around 8:30 on May 31 in Higashiasahikawa-cho Toyoda, Asahikawa City.

Asahikawa 東旭川町豊田, 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

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

No.6 R8.5.25 feces

Asahikawa Higashi Asahikawacho Hinode, 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

Bibai 日東町, Hokkaido

No. 5 R8.5.22 Signs (footprints, droppings)

Asahikawa Kogyodanchi, Hokkaido

Location: Ubimisawa. On National Route 36, 1 km from Moda Oil toward Tomakomai, a brown bear (length 1.2 m) was observed crossing the road from west to east.

Tomakomai, 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.11 R8.6.1 feces

Asahikawa 東旭川町豊田, Hokkaido

Brown bear droppings were found in Higashiasahikawa-cho Toyoda, Asahikawa City, confirming an appearance.

Asahikawa 東旭川町豊田, Hokkaido

No.10 R8.5.31 Growling sound

Asahikawa 西神楽南, Hokkaido

A brown bear was sighted around 8:30 on May 31 in Higashiasahikawa-cho Toyoda, Asahikawa City.

Asahikawa 東旭川町豊田, Hokkaido

May 30, R8

Biei 字美田, Hokkaido

No. 8 R8.5.27 Sighting

Asahikawa 西神楽一線, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Nishikagura Minami 17, Asahikawa.

Asahikawa, Hokkaido

No. 7 R8.5.25 Sighting

Asahikawa 西神楽南, Hokkaido

No.6 R8.5.25 feces

Asahikawa Higashi Asahikawacho Hinode, Hokkaido

No. 5 R8.5.22 Signs (footprints, droppings)

Asahikawa Kogyodanchi, Hokkaido

R8.05.20 (sighting)

Biei 字沼崎, Hokkaido

sighting report

Oketo, Hokkaido

At around 7:50 PM on June 3, a man walking in Seseragi Park in Aoba 1, Bihoro Town, spotted a bear-like animal along the nearby Uonashi River.

Bihoro Aoyama-Minami, Hokkaido

May 30, R8

Biei 字美田, Hokkaido

One brown bear sighted

Kunneppu Midorioka, Hokkaido

R8.05.20 (sighting)

Biei 字沼崎, Hokkaido

Ota Minami: On June 6, 2023 (Reiwa 8), at about 9:50 AM, one brown bear was sighted on the slope from Koe toward Ota, near Atsuhabashi (Atsuha Bridge).

Akkeshi Otaminami, Hokkaido

Around 4:00 PM on a town road: two sets of footprints believed to belong to a pair of siblings were found on the roadway.

Kushiro 字別保, Hokkaido

Agebopporo, June 3, Reiwa 8, about 11:40 a.m.: Two brown bears sighted on the railway tracks about 1.5 km from Agebopporo Station toward Beppo Station.

Akkeshi, Hokkaido

Hiroaki Ota sighted one brown bear at about 9:55 a.m. on June 1, Reiwa 8 (2026), approximately 400 meters south of the sanitation center.

Akkeshi Monshizu, Hokkaido

Itoizawa, May 31, Reiwa 8, around 5:15 p.m., one brown bear sighted in front of Itoizawa Sub post office

Akkeshi Itoizawa, Hokkaido

Around 12:45 on 2026-05-28, a bear was sighted in Ochishi Higashi, Nemuro, Hokkaido.

Nemuro Ochiishi Higashi, Hokkaido

At around 10:25 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted in Ochishi-Higashi, Nemuro City, Hokkaido.

Nemuro Ochiishi Higashi, Hokkaido

At approximately 11:00 AM on R8.5.23, one brown bear was sighted 4.2 km west of Katanashiri Bridge.

Akkeshi, Hokkaido

Kushiro 音別町音別原野西五線, 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

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

[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

[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

Footprints found (one bear)

Memuro 坂の上七線, 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

Footprints found (one bear)

Memuro 新生南十二線, Hokkaido

Mukawa, Hokkaido

Mukawa, Hokkaido

A bear was sighted in Hōbetsu-Niwa, Mukawa Town.

Mukawa, Hokkaido

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

Tomakomai, 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

[Additional image] Atsuma River — on the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism live camera Appears to be eating something 2026/05/20 From 4:06 In the center of the screen: crows, a hawk, and an animal that looks like a bear 5:15 — Several heads observed; cubs? 5:40 — Reddish-brown bear Location: Riverbank ahead of 166 Atsuwa, Atsuma, Yufutsu District, Hokkaido Latitude: 42.625833333 Longitude: 141.853337778 Live camera link — you can view past footage via the calendar icon

Atsuma, Hokkaido

Around 01:30 on May 19 in Tomakomai City, Takuyu Higashimachi 4-chome, a resident reported seeing a four-legged animal believed to be a bear, about 1 meter long. Takuyu Elementary School carried out supervised school commutes and the city conducted an on-site investigation but found no tracks or droppings.

Tomakomai, Hokkaido

While driving, two black animals ran across in front of me. I believe they were probably bear cubs.

Tomakomai Shinmeicho 4-chome, Hokkaido

On May 15, 2026 at about 20:35, a driver in Noboribetsu Higashi 3-chome, Noboribetsu City, spotted a bear about 2 meters long crossing a road and reported it to the police box. The nearest house was about 150 meters away; no human injuries or property damage have been reported, and city authorities and hunters found no traces during a site inspection on the morning of the 16th. Police are conducting patrols.

Noboribetsu, Hokkaido