Insect Sounds, Arakawa River, Kofu, Yamanashi, 9/23/2024
Some Plants in Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
It was another crazy hot day. The highest temperature in Shinjuku, Tokyo was exceeded 35℃. Yet, I was in in Shinjuku and visited at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden.
Some plants in the greenhouse and a pond of Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden (https://fng.or.jp/shinjuku/en/; https://www.env.go.jp/garden/shinjukugyoen/english/index.html).
Flame violet (Episcia cupreata), Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 9/18/2024
Elkhorn fern (Platycerium bifurcatum), Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 9/18/2024
Water canna (Thalia dealbata), Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 9/18/2024
Godzilla Head and Shinjuku Scenes
Godzilla head in Shinjuku Toho Building (https://shinjuku-toho-bldg.toho.co.jp/#; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuku_Toho_Building).
Godzilla Head, 8th Floor, Shinjuku Toho Bldg, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 9/18/2024
Godzilla Head-Manhole Covers, Shinjuku Toho Bldg, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 9/18/2024
A karaoke building and Tokyu Kabukicho Tower, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 9/18/2024
Shinjuku West-exit Omoide Yokocho alley, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 9/18/2024
Shinjuku East-exit Golden-town alley, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 9/18/2024
Migratory locust and Birds in The Arakawa River, Kofu
A migratory locust (Locusta migratoria)♀, Arakawa River, Kofu, Yamanashi, 9/16/2024
Birds in the Arakawa River, Kofu, Yamanashi, 9/16/2024
Early Autumn Color
Vaccinium oldhamii is a species of Vaccinium native to China, South Korea, and Japan. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinium_oldhamii)
Vaccinium oldhamii, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, 9/11/2024
One Afternoon in Shosenkyo Gorge
Kakuenpo Rock, Senga Falls and other rocky scenes of Shosen Gorge, Kofu, Yamanashi, 9/10/2024
Top views from Mount Rakanji, after a Shosenkyo Aerial Tramway ride, Kofu, Yamanashi, 9/10/2024
A Fine Day in Shimizu
A cruise ship departing from the Shimizu Port, Shimizu-ward, Shizuoka-city, Shizuoka, 9/05/2024
Views from the top of a Ferris wheel in the S-Pulse Dream Plaza, which is 52 meters high from the ground, the Shimizu Port, and a view of Mount Fuji far back, Shimizu-ward, Shizuoka-city, Shizuoka, 9/05/2024
Pictures from a short trip to Shizuoka
Offered Straw-Covered Sake Barrels, Shizuoka Sengen Shrine in the city of Shizuoka in Shizuoka Prefecture, 9/03/2024
Bulrush (Typha latifolia), Maple Tree-Mountain Garden in Sunpu Castle Park, Shizuoka-city, Shizuoka, 9/03/2024
Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica), Sunpu Castle Park, Shizuoka-city, Shizuoka, 9/03/2024
Chirping Insects of Autumn
Autumn is just around the corner. Most insect sounds we hear at night are crickets (Grylloidea) and katydids (Tettigoniidae).
(https://drkilligans.com/blogs/insects/what-insects-make-noise-at-night)
(https://www.reconnectwithnature.org/news-events/the-buzz/sounds-of-the-night-nocturnal-chorus/)
Insect Sounds, Kofu, Yamanashi, 9/01/2024
Cumulonimbus Clouds: Thunderstorms
https://whatsthiscloud.com/cloud-types/cumulonimbus
Cumulonimbus Clouds appeared in the city of Kai, Yamanashi Prefecture, 8/23/2024