เส้นทางขับรถ Sakuranomiya Park-Kanryū-ji Temple

I heard a sound like a growl, and when I looked, a bear about 1.2–1.5 meters long emerged from the vegetation by the drainage channel. The bear ran off toward the Kabe direction.

Hiroshima Midorii 6-chome, Hiroshima

A bear-like animal was sighted in Manjōji-cho, Ono City, Hyogo Prefecture.

Ono Manshojicho, Hyogo

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

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

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

Nishinomiya Najio-akasaka, Hyogo

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

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

Kobe Dojocho-Kusakabe, Hyogo