Nature & Culture of Japan

To make your trip to Japan more interesting

Insects

Let’s find insects on the chests of the new Buddha statues in the old Buddhist city, Koyasan

Many people appreciate the historically old Buddha statues. However, some Buddha statues are very new. One of the gates at the center of Koyasan, “Chumon” was built in 819 AD, but it was often hit by fire. It had not…

Is Osaka the most noisy city of cicadas in the world?

In 2003, I had a survey of cicadas in big cities in Japan and South Korea. The scenery of the city is rather similar, but the cicadas that scream there are surprisingly different. Sendai and Seoul had many green cicadas…