Overview

• Sapporo’s Central, Toyohira, Kiyota, Minami, Nishi and Teine wards along the mountain rim are covered by the caution advisory.
• The advisory runs for one month through October 25, according to prefectural authorities.
• Reported sightings climbed to 23 in August and 47 from September 1 onward, indicating a marked increase.
• Sapporo updated public guidance, added a Google Maps layer showing incident locations and began sending alerts via its official LINE account.
• Residents are urged to enforce garbage rules, harvest gardens early and use electric fencing to prevent bear habituation, while Hokkaido maintains similar advisories in several other municipalities including Ishikari and Sunagawa.