Category: Animals
Man and Dog
Man and dog by the seawall at Kadena in Okinawa. _ Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in...
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Eating Takako
A month or so ago, I received some Matsuzaka beef as a present, and was surprised to get this...
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Dog and Boy
Cute statue outside shop in Kyoto. _ Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...
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Space Dolphins
Space dolphins! This is at once the best and worst painting I have ever seen in my life....
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Stag Beetle
This stag beetle imported from Vietnam costs around $2,500 dollars U.S. Beetle collecting is a...
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Cicada Skins
Cicada skin. Editor’s note: this post was originally published in March 2008 and has been...
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Japanese Bobtail
A Japanese bobtail cat. The short tail is natural, by the way. Editor’s note: this post was...
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Tanuki Statues
A tanuki is a raccoon dog, an Asian animal that, although it looks like a raccoon, is actually a...
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Beetle Lady
A 10,000 yen kuwagata (stag beetle) at a shop near Mino park in Osaka. The shop owner refers to...
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Japanese pigs say “buu buu.” I guess someone thinks that English ones say, “Groin, groin.” Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click...
Read MoreKasai Rinkai Park
There’s a lot more to Tokyo parks than just Yoyogi and Shinjuku-gyoen. Kasai Rinkai Koen is a seaside park on the edge of Tokyo Bay between Odaiba and Tokyo Disneyland. It’s the largest park in central Tokyo, and is...
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