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Ube Shrine is following a fresh black bear report from April 26, 2026, when 1 bear was seen moving from the municipal road Sakon Kiyochinai Line up into the mountains on the east side in Tottori. That kind of movement toward the hills has also shown up in Iwami Nii and Arai, Iwami Town, Tottori Prefecture, where bears were spotted heading from the road toward the mountains on January 8, 2026.

The busiest stretches have been around Iwami 平野, Otani, Iwami Town, and Kawasaki, Iwami Town, Tottori Prefecture, where bears have been turning up near roads and even in settlement edges, including a cub climbing a tree and claw marks found on a persimmon tree. Activity peaked in August 2025 with 16 incidents, stayed high in July 2025 and October 2025 with 12 and 8 incidents, and the area has recorded 468 black bear sightings overall.