 |
have love for nature, and preserve this wonderful nature! |
Cover Photographs 
| January | ||
|
|
|
COMMENT |
| Mt. Fuji from a Ferris wheel | Kanzanji-cho, Hamamatsu City | As I am acrophobic, I hate a Ferris wheel in fact. |
| Snow scene | Mito-cho | I like winter as well as summer, because it snows. |
| Pigeon | Miya-cho, Gamagori City | Pigeons are cute, aren't they? |
| Brown-eared Bulbul | Mito-cho | It is interesting to see their behavior. |
| Mandarin ducks | The Kansa river | They are must-see wild birds. |
| Kumquat | Mito-cho | We don't eat much. |
| February | ||
|
|
|
COMMENT |
| Silky Fowl | Mito-cho | The egg of this queen of hen is nutritious. |
| Droppings of Deer | Mt. Hongu, Ichinomiya-cho | I'll put up a real deer soon. |
| Takenoko-mebaru | Ikawazu, Atsumi-cho | I went rubber boat fishing in the cold sea of winter. |
| Bewick's Swan | Toyoshina-machi, Nagano | Here, 90 or more sorts of wild birds come flying. |
| Ladybird | Mito-cho | Three stages of a ladybird. |
| Pewit Gull | Takeshima Beach | I feel refreshed to see them. |
| Sante Park Tahara | The first one in this section. | |
| March | ||
|
|
|
COMMENT |
| 2008 Ume |
Mukaiyama Park, Toyohashi | White-eyes like ume very much. |
| Young Deer | Nara Park, Nara City | This is a real deer. |
| 2003 Cherry blossoms | Ana-Kannon Kofun, Mito-cho | This is Kohiganzakura. |
| Japanese Andromeda | Kiriyama, Nukata-cho | There is poison in a dear flower. |
| 2002 Cherry blossoms | Ana-Kannon Kofun, Mito-cho | I wanted to drink under cherry blossoms. |
| Horsetails | Mito-cho | I like horsetails boiled in soy sauce. |
| Ume in Souri | Souri Ike, Chita City | Ume, or plum. Souri Ike, or So-u-ri Pond. |
| Shidekobushi | Tahara-cho, Atsumi-cho | Rare species. |
| 2001 Japanese Apricot | Horai, Okazaki, Matsusaka, Mito | Feature! I'll visit several spots. |
| Butterbur Sprout | Mito-cho | Feature! Cooking class 3. |
| '99 Cherry Blossoms | The Sana River | I am tempted to have a party under the tree. |
| Bamboo shoot | Kagakuji temple | Feature! |
| April | ||
|
|
|
COMMENT |
| Milk vetch | Horai-cho, Minamishitara gun | I wonder why the English name has "milk"? |
| 2000 Cherry Blossoms | Mt. Mito | It is wonderful to climb this mountain on foot. |
| Dogtooth violet | Ishimakinishikawa-cho, Toyohashi City | Rare flower in Japan. |
| Bracken | Otowa-cho | Have you ever eaten bracken? |
| Junihitoe | Mito-cho | Little, cute flowers. |
| Mebaru | Ikawazu, Atsumi-cho | When the big one is caught, the fish line sounds great. |
| Dandelion | Roadside, Mito-cho | You can eat young leaves. |
|
Mt. Mito
|
Feature! A moving great work, don't miss it. | |
| May | ||
|
|
|
COMMENT |
| Apple Blossom | Toyooka village, Nagano | Why not have a flower-viewing party under the apple tree? |
| 2003 Mebaru | Ikawazu, Atsumi-cho | I went rubber boat fishing after a long time. |
| Asari clams | Maisaka-cho, Hamamatsu City | Good to get, good to eat, shiohigari. |
| The flower of Peas | Mito-cho | Podded peas in miso soup are good to eat. |
| Reeves Spirea | Gamagori Prince Hotel | On the occasion of Azalea viewing, I saw this flower. |
| Azalea | Gamagori Prince Hotel | The 1st picture by Canon PowerShot Pro90. |
| Tea Picking | Ohno, Hohrai-cho | Why don't you have Japanese tea? |
| Sato-zakura | Tonodo, Seki City, Gifu Pref. | This is a kind of cherry blossoms. |
| Wisteria | Non Hoi Park, Toyohashi City | We call this flower "fuji" in Japanese. |
| Iris | Kamo Iris Garden | There is a coffee shop named "Iris". |
| Leaf cradle of Otoshibumi | Nishio City | I wonder if an egg roll imitates this cradle. |
| Sillago | Sugari, Owase City | Cooking class 1. |
| Mito-cho | Surprising fruit ! | |
| June | ||
|
|
|
COMMENT |
| Passion Flower |
Mito-cho | This flower looks like a clock, so it is called Tokei-so ( Clock flower ) in Japan. |
| Coffee's flower | Mito-cho | Faint fragrant breath of flowers made me happy. |
| Kakitsubata | Muryojuji-temple, Chiryu City | The day after the fair. |
| Cuckoo-Spit | Waji, Atsumi-cho | I thought it a man's spit when I saw it first. |
| Loquat | Mito-cho | The seeds are quite big, aren't they? |
| Longicorn | Mito-cho | It's a bug that eats leaves. |
| Firefly | Hasaku-cho, Okazaki City | I respect fireflies. They emit light. |
| Mito Seawall | I went fishing alone and I heard myself saying "Net!". | |
| Mito-cho | A cobweb in the rain, not WWW. | |
| Mito-cho | Feature of this month ! | |
| July | ||
|
|
|
COMMENT |
| Rabbitfish | Ise Bay | I like this big fighter. |
| Beetle | Mt. Mito | A beetle with a goldbug. |
| Moon | Moon, or a balcony | I feel poetic. |
| Sunflower | Mito-cho | I like merry sunflowers. |
| '99 Gima | Mito Seawall | Today I'm in charge of baiting a hook for children. |
| Mukaiyama Ryokuchi | Wow, we are in midsummer. | |
| August | ||
|
|
|
COMMENT |
| Common Octopus | Mikawa Bay | We call both octopus and kite tako in Japanese. |
| Scotch thistle | Melbourne, Australia | At first I thought it was a big dandelion. |
| Magpie | Melbourne, Australia | This is a bird pie. |
| Calistemon | Melbourne, Australia | The flowers are red and beautiful. |
| Grevillea | Melbourne, Australia | Wow! We Japanese don't plant trees to attract birds. |
| Tiger Lily | Fuji City, Shizuoka | A tiger lily also goes well with Mt. Fuji. |
| Filefish | Yukino-ura, Owase City | They are very clever. |
| Parakeets in Tasmania | Tasmania, Australia | Their names are rosella in Tasmania |
| Wattle | Tasmania, Australia | National flower. |
| Droppings of Wallaby and Possum | Tasmania, Australia | Excrement, feces, rejection ....... I'm sorry. |
| Masked Lapwing | Tasmania, Australia | His face is funny. |
| Little Pied Cormorant | Tasmania, Australia | We call this bird "wu" in Japan. |
| Kangaroo | Tasmania, Australia | Marsupial animals are interesting to see. |
| Tasmanian Devil | Tasmania, Australia | They survives only in Tasmania. |
| Brown Pelican | Los Angeles, California, USA | I wanna see him getting fish. |
| Lace Flower | Portland, Oregon, USA | I want to know the roots of English names. |
| Blackberry | Portland, Oregon, USA | Natural blackberries! |
| Thistle | Portland, Oregon, USA | Thistle or bull thistle? |
| Sunflowers in Oregon | Gresham, Oregon, USA | Sunflowers are yellow in Japan, but ..... |
| Stag Beetle | Hirao-cho, Toyokawa City | I would often go hunting them when I was a child. |
| A Red Dragonfly | Kozakai-cho | This is not the kind of dragonflies we see in autumn. |
| Antlion larva | Ryusenji temple | When I found it for the first time as a child, I thought it a big tick...... |
| Yukino-ura, Owase City | Natural red sea bream! | |
| September | ||
|
|
|
COMMENT |
| Cluster-amaryllis | Mito-cho | We can see them around the autumn equinox. |
| Goby | Okusa beach, Mito-cho | Cooking class 2. |
| Wasps | Mito-cho | 1.What for? 2.It is dark at the foot of a candle. |
| Larva of an Oniyanma | Nukata-cho | Larva of a large dragonfly. |
| October | ||
|
|
|
COMMENT |
| Apple | Toyooka village, Nagano | There are many kinds of apples. These are "Yoko". |
| Cormorant Fishing | The Nagara River, Gifu City | Why don't you watch this traditional way of fishing? |
| After Rice Reaping | Mito-cho | This is the symbol of the rural landscape of autumn. |
| Akebi | Ichinomiya-cho, Hoi-gun | It is the world of a crop in autumn. |
| Halfbeak | Mito Seawall | Halfbeak's sashimi is very good. |
| Cosmos | Otowa-cho | One lovely day in autumn.... |
| Fusentowata | Mito-cho | Does anybody know the English name? |
| Changing feathers | Mito-cho | Nagoya Cochins at Addition. |
| Rice ears | Mito-cho | We are now in the harvest time. |
| Sweet Osmanthus | Mito-cho | Fragrant and pretty flowers. |
| November | ||
|
|
|
COMMENT |
| Persimmon Series | Mito-cho | Don't miss it! The flower of persimmon. Feature!! |
| Shiitake Mushroom | Mito-cho | I was surprised at the size. |
| 2000 Scarlet Maple Leaves | Toei-cho, Kitashitara-gun | Let's enjoy a lovely day in autumn. |
| Black Sea Bream | Morozaki, Minamichita-cho | I went fishing after a long interval. |
| '99 Scarlet Maple Leaves | Shinshiro Sports Park | Please enjoy the wonder of colorful nature. |
| '98 Maple leaves | Kuragari Keikoku | Autumn leaves are beautiful. |
| Blue Salvia | Mito-cho | Many people know this flower. |
| Eel | Umeyabu-cho, Toyohashi City | The water was very cold. |
| Fudegaki | Koda-cho | Traditional fruit in Japan. |
| December | ||
|
|
|
COMMENT |
| Bat | Mito-cho | He (She?) is very lovely. |
| Mallards | Mishima-ike | Let's preserve this kind of nature. |
