Naomi's here.
Still struggling to retrieve data, including my photos and drafts for this series.
One important lesson:
NEVER LEAVE YOUR TELABITES DATA W/O BACKUP.
Pls keep crossing your fingers for me.
Regards,
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Wow. Expensive for every meal use … |
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This
is what the Government released from their emergency warehouse. They were harvested some 4 years ago, and have this price tag now. Have you noticed people are purchasing it, according to the stockpile compared with the above photo? |
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The rice paddies here was a fallow land until recently. |
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Do you
think this point received enough rainwater from a typhoon some 3 hours ago? |
Researchers
stroke such bushes with velvety cloth to collect ticks. |
The place looks innocuous … |
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Fruits
for Euptelea
polyandra,
Japanese endemic in the family Eupteleaceae, early July 2025. |
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Fruits
for Silvervine already become galls. As ingredients for traditional Chinese medicine, the fruits-galls are said to have stronger medicinal potency. Though, it seems to me its effect for humans is not yet definite scientifically. Meanwhile, everybody knows its leaves are hallucinogenic to cats! |
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Sapium japonicum. It has spectacular autumn leaves in red. When the fruits mature, they burst out to spread seeds. Oh, by the way we can see white flowers for Asiatic Jasmine in this photo. |
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Mallotus japonicas. It’s one of the pioneer plants so that we can find easily along the forestry roads in Kanagawa. They’ve finished there flowers quite recently, and fruits are not yet apparent. |
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Juglans ailantifolia (; my post for October 28,
2016). In early July they already looked substantially big. But don’t be greedy. I once took them in August, and the nutty part inside was still VERY thin. We must wait … |
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Parabenzoin praecox. The fruits are also in green, but when we crush it, it wafted noble woody aroma if not that strong as the scent when they are mature. |
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Arisaema limbatum. Within a month or so, they start getting red. They are precocious. |
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Deutzia crenata. Their cup-like fruits are
really unique. When mature, they also burst out to spread the seeds. |
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Oriental
bittersweet. They are green now but when matured in Autumn, they have beautiful gradation from orange to red in one fruit. |
From Kitakamakura Station to Kenchoji Temple |
The main gate for Kenchoji Temple |
Please pay the entrance fee there. |
Inside the sanctuary |
This road is to Hansohboh. |
To Hansohboh |
A petit hill for the Memorial |
The entrance to the Bugs’ Memorial |
A stag beetle |
Here is another. |
Weevil #1 |
Weevil #2 |
Another
weevil. I think weevils are really loved by the Professor. |
A
jewel beetle. Hm, it’s a bit tricky to sit on it. |
A
dragonfly. All the sculptures are beautiful, don’t you think? It’s LOVE, mate. |
… It looks sorry … in the cage … |
The Memorial is decorated with white azaleas. |
Inside
the café, they have a special room for zen tea ceremony where they occasionally hold tea ceremony. For the schedule, please check their HP. |
The altar. This is a serious thing, you know. |
Monks are busy. |
Prof. Yoroh and the monks for Kenchoji Temple |
The professor and friends |
Professor’s speech |
And they performed the ritual. |
Our turn |
The queue was long … |