Sunday, March 15, 2015

NATURE VIEWING AT ISHIGAKI ISLAND.

                There are many flowers in this sub tropical island even in early spring.


A bloom of a kind of orchid tree. オオバナソシンカです。


A kind of orchid tree.


Flame of the forest. 火炎木です。


Orange blossoms.


Yellow blossoms.


Azalea. ツツジです。


A azalea blossom.


Blossoms of Night Jasmine. 夜香木です。


A golden trumpet bush blossom.アルマンダです。


Throughwort flowers. フジバカマです。


Kidachi benkei by Japanese. キダチベンケイです。


Seiron Benkei by Japanese. セイロンベンケイです。


Sango aburagiri by Japanese.(looks like a coral.)
サンゴアブラギリです。


Hana choji by Japanese. ハナチョウジです。


A blossom of black mangrove. オヒルギの鼻です。


We could find two critters by the mangrove forest.


A fiddler crab. ベニシオマネキです。


A southern Japanese mudskipper. トビハゼです。


A mushroom in a cave.


A mushroom in a cave too.



A fignut palm. トックリヤシです。


An indian laurel. ガジュマルです。


An old house in this island.

Ishigaki means " Stone Fence". Strong winds would blow in this island.

Many houses would make stone fence,so this island is called 
Ishigaki-Jima Island.


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Monday, March 9, 2015

A SUBTROPICAL ISLAND IN OKINAWA.

 We went to Ishigakijima island for 4 days. Ishigakijima island is in the same latitude as Honolulu in Hawaii.


Kabira wan bay.


A viewing point at Tamatorizaki.










We got on a boat at Kabira wan bay to see  to see the seabed.


There are many blue coral forests in the bottom of the sea.


Giant calms.


A fish named Minokasago.


We went to a limestone cave in this island.


A stalactite scene.




There are mangrove forests too.


Mangrove trees.


Closing up.


Black mangrove trees.


Hirakubo lighthouse.


The hotel where we stayed.



The view from the room where we stayed.


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Sunday, March 1, 2015

A METROPOLITAN GARDEN IN OUR CITY.

          There are many metropolitan gardens in Tokyo. We went to a garden in our city.


Koishikawa-Korakuen.



There is a Japanese apricot forest in this garden.



A weeping double flower Japanese apricot tree.

枝垂れ梅(八重)です。


A red flower.


A white flower.


Amur adonis flowers. 福寿草です。


By macro lens.


Sansyuyu. サンシュユです。



By macro lens.


 A Japanese style tavern in old days.



Snow protection for trees.


Engenkyo Bridge. i.e  A full moon Bridge. 円月橋です。

The reflection would make a full moon  on the water.


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