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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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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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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