Nipponica

Repeated sightings of brown bears near a residential area in this northern Japan city's Minami Ward have prompted city authorities to call for caution.

On Sept. 30, the Sapporo Municipal Government released an image of a brown bear spotted at about 3:50 a.m. the same day by a surveillance camera set up on a forest road in the ward's Fujino district. The footage showed a brown bear walking by itself. It remains unclear how big the bear was as its full body was not shown.

All technically correct but it is important to note that southern Sapporo City is largely rural and mountainous so it isn’t like these sightings are in the urban city proper.