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A bear about 50 cm long was sighted crossing Prefectural Route 116 Kitaguni-Nishiki Line in Usa-go, Nishiki Town, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi. No injuries were reported.

Iwakuni, Yamaguchi

Two bear sighting reports were received in Nashiō, Nishinomiya City.

Nishinomiya Shiosecho-Najio, Hyogo

Footsteps were heard coming from the direction of the mountain, and immediately after a black shape (about 1.3–1.5 m) was seen and a growl was heard. It followed, moving through the brush at a distance of about 30–50 m.

Hiroshima Ozukahigashi 3-chome, Hiroshima

A bear was also reported sighted in Kihata Toriwaki, Takarazuka City.

Takarazuka Kirihata, Hyogo

One bear about 1 meter long was sighted walking through a rice field toward the mountains in Kibeue, Hagi City.

Hagi, Yamaguchi

Hagi, Yamaguchi

A bear was sighted in Takasakami, Hagi City.

Hagi Takasakami, Yamaguchi

Hagi Takasakami, Yamaguchi

Two bears about 1 meter long were sighted on a prefectural road in Takasashimo, Hagi City.

Hagi, Yamaguchi

A bear-like animal was sighted in Nishiyuen, Ako City.

Ako Nishi-Une, Hyogo

On a city road in Nagioakasaka, Nishinomiya, a female passerby saw what appeared to be a bear late at night, and it fled toward the Chugoku Expressway.

Nishinomiya Najio-akasaka, Hyogo

Around 10:00 on 2026-06-15, a bear-like animal about 1 meter long was sighted in Kameyama-minami, Asakita Ward, Hiroshima City. Ward staff responded but did not find it.

Hiroshima Kabecho-Omoji, Hiroshima

About an hour later, there was also a bear sighting report in Kihata, Takarazuka, while driving a car.

Takarazuka Kirihata, Hyogo

A woman saw a bear about 1 meter long walking on a city road in Nagisa Akasaka, Nishinomiya.

Nishinomiya Najio-akasaka, Hyogo

Yamaguchi Atokanekami, Yamaguchi

The day after the Kobe sighting, two bear sighting reports were received in Nashio, Nishinomiya.

Nishinomiya Shiosecho-Najio, Hyogo

An adult Asian black bear (Tsukinowaguma) was captured on a sensor camera installed in a forest about 700 meters north of JR Dojo Station in Kita Ward, Kobe City.

Kobe Dojocho-Shiota, Hyogo

Yamaguchi Atojifukukami, Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi Atojifukukami, Yamaguchi

A bear appearance was confirmed in Dojo-cho, Kita Ward, Kobe City.

Kobe Dojocho-Kusakabe, Hyogo

A bear about 80 cm long was sighted on National Route 9 in Ato Jifukukami, Yamaguchi City, crossing from east to west.

Yamaguchi Atojifukukami, Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi Atojifukukami, Yamaguchi

At around 5:00 a.m. on the 7th, a driver who was passing through reported seeing a bear via a 110 emergency call inside the Okada Tunnel (482 meters) on a municipal road in Asamachi, Asakita Ward, Hiroshima City.

Hiroshima Asacho-Tsutsuse, Hiroshima

A man reported seeing a bear in Kamisōchō Shirasawa, Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture.

Kakogawa Kamisocho-Shirasawa, Hyogo

Around 8:00 p.m. on June 6, a bear was sighted in Midorii 7-chome, Asaminami Ward, Hiroshima City.

Hiroshima, Hiroshima

Hiroshima City Asa Zoo confirmed the presence of one wild Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma).

Hiroshima Kamiyasu 7-chome, Hiroshima

A woman driving a car spotted one bear on a prefectural road in Kuwabarata-cho, Kasai City.

Kasai Kuwaharadacho, Hyogo

A woman driving on a prefectural road in Kuwaharadacho, Kasai City, saw one bear.

Kasai Kuwaharadacho, Hyogo

Hagi, Yamaguchi

Asian black bear sightings in Toyono Town.

Toyono Yoshikawa, Osaka