Friday, November 26, 2021

Hiking in deep Tanzawa along the pavement; Mikurube Forestry Road, Part 1 三廻部林道 1

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Abraxas miranda Japanese mountainous areas have two kinds of roads. One is the ordinary route as in towns and cities for standard travelers ...
Friday, November 19, 2021

Waiting for the winter to come: Cirsium microspicatum in Yadoriki Water Source Forest

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I don’t know why, but this fall in Yadoriki Water Source Forest やどりき水源林, Cirsium microspicatum suddenly made colonies here and there. Acco...
Friday, November 12, 2021

Mom’s Garden

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At the end of summer, my mom broke her thigh bone. She had an operation and now staying a rehabilitation hospital. She’s of great age, and m...
Friday, November 5, 2021

Lord, are you going to wash my feet? Hakone Sengokubara, Japanese Natural National Treasure 箱根仙石原

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I won’t tell you exactly where the entrance to off-limits part of Sengokubara 仙石原 is. In the end, it’s to a restricted National Treasure. An...
Friday, October 29, 2021

Once there was a lake … Hakone Sengokubara, Part 1 箱根仙石原1

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Hakone 箱根, one of the most popular National Parks in Japan, has two National Natural Treasures. One is Giant Salamander ( Andrias japonicu...
Friday, October 22, 2021

Botanical urbanization: Shin-Tomei Expressway and planting seedlings

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Tomei Expressway is THE artery road for Japan. Connecting Tokyo (“To” part) and Nagoya (“mei,” that is), tons of traffic use this road 24...
Friday, October 15, 2021

For the memory of Paralympians: Thinning Yuzu fruits

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Over the Village for Tokyo 2020, one early evening,  a flock of migratory water birds was passing by.  They were beautiful … A nephew of a f...