Nature and tourist destinations on Tanegashima Island（種子島の自然と観光地）
There are two islands just south of the mainland of Kyushu. Yakushima Island in the west has high mountains and is well known as an attractive place for naturalists. In the east there is Tanegashima Island. It is well known…
A hot spring (onsen) where naked men and women bathe together（混浴の温泉）
It is very surprised by foreigners that there is the custom of taking a public bath without wearing a bathing suit. Furthermore, they say there used to be a custom of both men and women to spend the same bath…
Vermont Curry
The curry rice with a Japanese style arrangement is different from the original Indian one. Adults and children in Japan both like it. Easy to make and delicious. Vermont Curry has once become a hot topic with visitors from North…
A Black-headed gull with a leg ring
A bird species Larus ridibundus, is a familiar bird in Japan and probably all over the world. I was a little surprised to hear that its English name was Black-headed Gull, because it is a white bird that is usually…
The tallest building in Japan, Abeno Harukas
I go to the highest point of the city I visited, anyway. The tallest building in Osaka is Abeno Harukas in front of Tennoji Station. With a height of 300m, it seems to be the tallest building in Japan. Tokyo’s…
What are there under the willow in Japan
Willow is a tree that grows naturally along the river. Even in riverbeds that are flooded by heavy rain, their suppleness allows them to continue to take root. I think it’s a fairly strong plant, but what we Japanese people…
Dragonflies from the other world
In Japan, it has long been customary to visit graves in mid-August, because people believe, on those days, deceased ancestors return from the other world to this world. We have to greet them properly. The reason for greeting is to…
Two capitals in the east and the west have appeared in Japan since 16th Century
In Japan, the capital refers to the place where the emperor lives. Now it is Tokyo both in name and in practice, but this was not the case in the early modern period. The emperor was in Kyoto, but the…
A cricket species telling us to prepare for winter
Because there are many speies of crickets in Japan, it is difficult to tell the speies name from their songs. However, when it can be overcome by training, there are various discoveries. In Japan, there are some crikets which repeat…
The queen of the alpine plants Dicentra peregrina “komakusa 駒草”
The pretty flowers of alpine plants heal the hearts of climbers. I want them to stay there forever. However, there are bad people who steal and take them. Dicentra peregrina , which is called as the queen of alpine plants…
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