"Brown bear traffic" occurs. Pass through without getting off the car. Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, September 20, 16:04
On the Shiretoko peninsula in Hokkaido, a large number of tourists park their cars on the road to capture wild brown bears. As the danger of people being attacked and traffic accidents increasing, the Foundation, which protects brown bears, is calling for you to pass quickly without getting out of the car.
At the road leading to the Shiretoko World Natural Heritage site, the Shiretoko Five Lakes, many tourists park their cars on the road to capture the brown bear that appears to catch fish in the river from summer to autumn. "Has been occurring for several years.
On the 18th, NHK interviewed the site, and about 10 tourists were parked on a one-lane road bridge or on a large car rotating field to photograph brown bears.
There are an estimated 500 brown bears living in Shiretoko. The Shiretoko Foundation, which protects and manages brown bears, is used by people who are attacked by brown bears and used by people. There is a growing sense of crisis that accidents will occur.
In the middle of this month, the “Shiretoko Foundation” took a video of the current situation of “Brown Bear Traffic” and how Brown Bears are approaching tourists' cars, posted it to SNS, and patroled the neighborhood based on sighting information. We are calling for attention before the third consecutive holiday from the 21st.
Mr. Nosemine of the "Shiretoko Foundation" called, "If a tourist approaches and triggers a brown bear attack, the brown bear will have to be exterminated. It is.
On the other hand, a signboard that calls for not parking on the road and not approaching the brown bear in the local Shari-cho is set up as soon as possible in the place where the traffic jam occurs to call attention.