In Japanese proverb, we say “Autumn sun sets as quickly as a bucket dropping into a well 秋の日は釣瓶落とし (Aki no hi wa tsurube-otoshi).“ In this site of Weather News, surely the dusk for September and October in Tokyo lasts only 85 minutes which is the shortest in a year. The longest is for June when we can enjoy dim sunlight for 109 minutes after sunset. In addition, in August the twilight lasts 92 minutes. 7 minutes longer than now. No wonder we feel night begins fairly promptly in October. Maybe, those days of 30°C is over for 2022 … I noticed bugs, or the like, feel the same as I do.
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| Zizeeria maha |
The reason I found this? Yeah, it becomes easier to take a photo of butterflies and moss. They are poikilotherm (“cold-blooded” animal). For them to move quickly under cooler weather, it takes certain determination because of cold blood. In Yokohama during summer we can take photo of them only for early morning. It’s cooler, and the bugs are still sleepy with cold blood. Now in October they allow us a close-up even afternoon. Reptiles, another poikilotherm, like Far Eastern Skink (Plestiodon finitimus) takes a nap in front of my camera peacefully.
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| zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz … |
Maybe, that’s the sign of forest for the end of summer … They say this year due to La Niña we should expect colder winter in metropolitan Tokyo area ...
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| Ourapteryx obtusicauda |
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| Damora sagana |
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| Argyreus hyperbius |
If you find a problem in the greenery of north-half of Yokohama, please make a contact with
Office for the Park Greeneries in the North
北部公園緑地事務所
Yokohama Municipal Government Creative Environment Policy Bureau
横浜市環境創造局
Phone: 045-311-2016
FAX: 045-316-8420
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