It is said that a similar strange light appeared in Kyoto prefecture, and according to "Shokoku rijindan" (Tales collected from village people), a book on miscellaneous subjects in the Kansei era, and that it also appeared at the western foot of Mt.Hiei.
このような怪火は京都府にも現れたといい、寛政時代の雑書『諸国里人談』によれば比叡山の西麓にも現れたという。