Lake Chuzenji

About 2 hours from Tokyo. We spent 2 days there this time, but by the evening of the first day, the snow was melting and mosquitoes were coming out. Then it started raining hard. It always happens when I go somewhere. That is one of the biggest reasons that I am considering buying a Nikon D300---it is "weather proofed." Well, at least weather resistant. Lens aren't though.

Last of the fall

Kosagi---little egrets

Salad Included

Grilled meat and pork cutlet restaurant in Okusawa, Tokyo Japan

Kosagi

Little egret before Typhoon 9.

I'm outta here

Little egret (kosagi in Japanese) on the Tama River

Hard Right

About 2 weeks ago there was a very strong typhoon in the Tokyo area. The Tama river area was heavily affected with high water and flooding. The water is still a muddy brown, and the plants near the river have been damaged or destroyed. However, the waterfowl is back....

In the Long Grass

On the Tama River. As soon as I saw this scene, it reminded me of when I was a kid in West Virginia, as well as of the title of a book (Death in the Long Grass---a book about Africa) that I read years ago.

Little egret on the Tama River

kosagi in Japanese

Take off

Daisagi (Great Egret---egretta alba) on the Tamagawa

Red & Yellow

Tama River near Tamagawadai Park, Tokyo

Rainy Season Blues

Japan's rainy season is in full swing now.