Noboribetsu Bear Park TRANSPORTATION のぼりべつ From Sapporo JR 70 minutes aboard limited express, then 13 minutes by bus from Noboribetsu Station. 60 minutes from Sapporo-Kita to Noboribetsu-Higashi on expressway, Car then drive 10 minutes in the direction of Noboribetsu Hot Springs. Noboribetsu Bear Park From New Chitose Airport PARK INFORMATION JR 47 minutes aboard limited express, then 13 minutes by bus from Noboribetsu Station. Bus 70 minutes aboard Donan Bus. 40 minutes from Tomakomai-Higashi to Noboribetsu-Higashi on expressway, Car then drive 10 minutes in the direction of Noboribetsu Hot Springs. Sapporo Nakayama Pass Chitose Kimobetsu のぼりべつ New Mt. Yotei Chitose Noboribetsu Bear Park Airport Hokkaido Lake Shikotsu Expressway Tomakomai Higashi Lake Toya Bifue Pass 37 Otaki Village Mt.Tarumae 36 Orofure Noboribetsu Lake Kuttara Toya Pass Onsen Tomakomai Mt. Showa Shinzan Shiraoi A thrillin Noboribetsu-Higashi Date Noboribetsu At the No.1 and No.2 encounter! enclosures, you can ❶First Farm（male） Higashi-Muroran experience feeding the Muroran Parking spaces available for Between May and July, the“battle to 30 buses and 200 cars. bears with bear snacks be boss” is a sight to be seen as sold on site. bears struggle to reach the top. BUSINESS HOURS Season 4/1 ～ 6/30 Don’t miss 2/1 ～ 3/31 10/1 ～ 1/31 7/1 ～ 9/30 Ticket Office Opening 8：3 0 8：3 0 8：0 0 the human Closing Time 1 6：0 0 1 6：3 0 1 7：0 0 cage! ※Please be reminded that ticket office closes 40 minutes prior to the closing time. OPEN ALL YEAR （Except for maintenance days in late November / early December） Located in the No.1 Enclosure, the view of Lake Kuttara the bears from the human cage is so Shikotsu-Toya National Park thrilling. Designed as if the human is in the Noboribetsu Onsen Cable Co. Ltd. cage, experience the 224 Noboribetsu-Onsen, Noboribetsu, Hokkaido 059-0551 Japan feeling of a hunted TEL.0143-84-2225 FAX.0143-84-2857 animal as the bears surround you. Website http://www.bearpark.jp COME MEET THE BEARS. Brown bears are the largest species of There are lots animals in Hokkaido and were worshiped more attractions by Ainu, the native Hokkado people, at the Bear Park as the God. There are approximately 2,000 brown bears in Hokkaido and the number is reported to be on the decline. Noboribetsu Bear Park is located atop Second Farm（female） “Bear Mountain” that site in the deep ❽Gondola The only way to access forest of the Lake Kuttara area. Charming Female Bears the Bear Park is via the ❺Duck Race gondolas (6-person) from Farming, observing and studying of ❷Second Farm（female） the ropeway base station Pretty duck racers with colorful Female brown bears are very active, as they stand on in the center of ribbons will show you heated brown bears started in October 1958 two legs, lie flat or make funny poses to attract the Noboribetsu Onsen. The side-by-side battles. attention of visitors with snacks. Some of the bears are gondolas depart every 15 and recorded a major success. very skillful and climb the metal tree-like structure to seconds on the The numbers of bears are now over a the highest point to claim the snacks. Here you can 1,300-m-long ride to the observe the bears’ movements, skill and cleverness. Bear Park 300 m above. hundred, from only eight at the beginning, and happily ever after is the way they live now. Are theystuffed toys? No, they’re moving! ❸Cub Enclosure ❻Squirrel Village ❶First Farm Cute baby bear cubs that look Lake Kuttara just like cuddly toys. The rearing and displaying of Hokkaido squirrels that inhabit the ❾Bear Mountain ❷Second Farm region. They are very timid Restaurant Rest house animals and sometimes hide in Enjoy a local dish that has ❹Bear Mountain Stage their nests. been designated as one of Summit ❸Cub Enclosure Japanese Black Bear the Hokkaido heritages̶ Station jingisukan, which is a ❺Duck Race ❾Bear Mountain Restaurant, Solo show! Restrooms(1st floor) specialty of the Kumayama 10Store Restrooms ❻Squirrel Village ❹ Japanese Black Bear attraction Shokudo restaurant. (wheelchair accessible) ●Raccoon Dog Village Using the nation’s first remote training methods, the bears utilize their abilities to climb trees, cross ❽Gondola logs and even to ride a swing as part ❼Brown Bear Museum(2nd floor) 11Observatory(Roof Terrace) of the Black Bear show on an Ｂａｓｅ Station all-weather stage. 10Store、Restrooms(with wheelchair access), Parking Lot ❼Brown Bear Museum The world’s only specialist bear museum displaying valuable 10Stores materials on the lives of bears. A There are shops at both wide variety of approximately 500 the summit and base 11Lake Kuttara exhibits, including mounted stations of Bear Mountain, specimens and skeletons, as well and a wide variety of Observatory as panel displays and other products and original The view from the observatory materials that show the behavior, goods are available. Why is one of the nation’s clearest habitats and history of bears. not stop by after visiting lakes, Lake Kuttara. Enjoy the the Bear Park? great panoramic scenery of Shikotsu-Toya National Park..