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Japan Tag

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18 January 2020
Oriental
Japan

New book

My new book Finding Mammals in Japan will be available as PDF starting Feb 1. The format is similar to my Peterson’s Guide to Finding Mammals in North America, but with more

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31 August 2019
Oriental
Japan

A few more Japanese islands

Here’s the last part of my “farewell Japan” trip report. Tsushima Island: A gorgeous island (or, rather, two islands connected by a bridge), almost entirely forested, with en

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24 August 2019
Oriental
Japan

Japan farewell tour, part 2

A few records from my ongoing farewell tour of Japan 🙂 Sado Island: I was there for only a few hours. The ferry crossing to the island was a bit rough and I didn’t see anythin

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14 August 2019
Oriental
Japan

Hokkaido trip report

Just spent a few days on Hokkaido. Small mammal and fox numbers are very high; hares are totally missing. 1. Sendai-Tomakomai ferry worked out great: a mixed group of Pacific white

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26 June 2019
Oriental
Japan

Central Honshu, Japan

I just spent a week in central Honshu, mostly in the mountains (Nikko, Oze and Chibusangaki National Parks, Tateshina area, and Mt. Fuji). A cold front passed over during that time

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7 June 2019
Europe and the Palearctic
Japan

Southern Japan

I spent a few days exploring Kagoshima Prefecture of Japan. Started from Yakushima, the most scenic of the Ryukyu Islands, reminiscent of the Pacific Northwest in the US. It took m

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29 April 2019
Europe and the Palearctic
HokkaidoHonshuJapan

Japan February/March 2019

February-15 till March-10, 2019 we visited Japan for 3 weeks, starting at East-Hokkaido (between Kushiro, Nemuro and Rausu) for app. 8 days, did the ferry from Tomakomai to Niigata

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5 April 2019
Oriental
Japan

Pygmy killer whales

There is a herd of pygmy killer whales in Sonai Harbor (24.474501N 122.996141E). They can be seen up close both above and underwater. Locals say they’ve been present since ye

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18 March 2019
Oriental
Japan

Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Last week I spent two nights driving in the area around Mt. Koyasan (34.186176N 135.604409E) and saw lots of smallish, dark sika deer, a charming juvenile serow, over 20 martens (a

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14 February 2019
Europe and the Palearctic
Japan

Central Honshu

I just spent a week in Central Honshu. Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park (the place where you can see Japanese macaques in hot springs) was virtually unknown when I first visited in 2005

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