It's been a long time since everyone ^ ^ Here in Sahoro, snow has fallen and accumulated several centimeters, and the temperature has become high due to the continuation of sunny days. (The sun is tanning and shining... Crying) The brown bears are slowly but gradually waking up! Under such circumstances, I did work unique to this time of year! It's... "Anesthesia Procedure"! To put it simply, it is a physical condition check ^ ^ b I did a blood test and urine collection with a veterinarian. "We keepers pay close attention and do it." This job is very important. I'll talk about that at another time*^^* The photo is a picture of the beginning of anesthesia and blood sampling.

Happy New Year everyone!! Thank you again for Bear Mountain in 2019. The brown bears are going to a full-fledged winter retreat! So, for a limited time! We will introduce you to "Brown Bear Winter Tour"! *Only available twice a day by appointment only* → recommended calling Sahoro Resort. Seeing a brown bear sleeping, listening to its sleeping breath... Why don't you try to experience something that you can not do elsewhere!? I will also put it in the beast barn that I can never normally enter!!! If you are interested, please do! Please come ^^ What is it like ... I took a picture! It's a bit lighter for shooting, but it's actually darker!

Before we know it, it's mid-December...Hokkaido continues to have cold days. Meanwhile, the brown bears are hunkering down for the winter! ! ! As I thought, some brown bears were still not asleep ^^ Once they realized that there was straw inside, they were unable to receive food during their fasting and did not want to enter the room at all. Even the brown bears (Hinata and Hirotake) came right in... They were all building nests! ! ! So cute! I'll show you a little bit of it ^^ (It's dark and hard to see, but please forgive me.) This is a nest made from a straw container in Ataro's room, and it's done! This is a photo. It looks warm! ! ! It’s nice to be stuck in winter! Everyone who thought so! …Same! ! ! I hope everyone is staying warm ***

Hey everyone, it’s been a while! The ski resort is open from today! (Bear Mountain is closed.) The brown bears are covered in snow... This photo shows Hinata and Santa, the good friends, begging for food from the keeper! Snow and brown bears go well together! ! ! From now on, I will be fasting in preparation for winter confinement. (Fasting is a state of not eating rice.) The cold days continue, but please take care of your health.

Tokachi Sahoro Resort Bear Mountain The 2018 season ended at 16:00 today, Sunday, October 21. Thank you very much to everyone who visited us this season. We are not open normally in winter, but we only hold winter observation tours. Brown bears that have hibernated can probably only be observed on Bear Mountain in Japan. If you are interested, please come and play. In addition, next season is scheduled to open on Saturday, April 27, 2019.

Thank you for visiting Bear Mountain in 2018. From now on, the bears will go into hibernation, and in the spring they will wake up energetically.

While patrolling around the park, I happened to come across a bamboo bush! ️ Kouji peeking out his face 🐻 (lol)

The leaves in the park are starting to turn red, and the ground is full of fallen leaves. A picture of Kasha 📸 in the park ❗ A picture of the sunset 🌇 and Kouji 🐻 in the park in autumn ❗ Koji seems to be gaining more and more weight lately, and although not as much as my nephew Hirotake, he's getting rounder (lol)

Appearing with a lot of dry grass on his back ❗ Ataro at his own pace!! ️ Actually, this is me eating a snack after waking up (lol)

The bear idol ❗ Hirotake-kun 🐻 Hey ❗ Hirotake~⤴️ I wonder if I forgot my neck somewhere~!! ️(lol)