On April 16, 2026, the Sapporo Minami Police Station announced that a man working at a power plant in Minami Ward, Sapporo, slipped and fell from a slope, resulting in his death.
The accident occurred at the Moiwa Power Plant located at Minami 33-jo Nishi 11-chome, Minami Ward, Sapporo.
Shortly after 2:30 PM on the 16th, a colleague of the man reported to the fire department that “a man has fallen from a height.”
According to police, a male worker in his 60s slipped and fell from a slope while performing some task within the power plant grounds.
The man was transported to a hospital unconscious, and his death was later confirmed.
Police are investigating the detailed circumstances of the incident by interviewing the man’s colleagues and other means.
Sapporo Minami Police Station
The Sapporo Minami (South) Police Station is a modern operational police facility serving the southern wards of Sapporo, Hokkaido. While the specific station building itself is not a historic site, it is part of the long-standing law enforcement history of Sapporo, which was systematically established following the city’s official founding in 1868 and its designation as the prefectural capital in 1886. Its primary role is community safety and policing for its local district.
Moiwa Power Plant
The Moiwa Power Plant is a historic hydroelectric facility located in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Completed in 1938, it was built to meet the growing energy demands of the region and played a significant role in Sapporo’s industrialization and urban development. Today, its distinctive red-brick building is a recognized industrial heritage site, blending functional architecture with the natural surroundings of the Toyohira River.
Minami Ward
Minami Ward is a central district in Yokohama, Japan, historically developed as a modern port and foreign settlement area following the opening of the country in 1859. Today, it is a vibrant waterfront area famous for its Chinatown (one of the largest in the world), the Red Brick Warehouses, and Yamashita Park, blending its international trading history with contemporary tourism and culture.
Sapporo
Sapporo is the capital of Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, founded in 1868 as a planned modern city during the Meiji era’s development of the region. It is now internationally famous for hosting the 1972 Winter Olympics and its annual Sapporo Snow Festival, as well as being the birthplace of Sapporo Beer, first brewed there in 1876.
