This is Oguni-numa pond. Apparently is the remains of a crater.
I’ve heard that Tohoku is known for it’s natural beauty and I’m looking forward to travelling around my new prefecture.
At a nearby area of Fukushima, there are 5 volcanic lakes that were formed after Mount Bandai erupted in the 1880s. They actually are different colors. Some are red, green, blue, purple and the colors change throughout the year.
I’m less than an hours drive away (based on google maps) from them and it’s definitely on my list of places to see.
This seems perfect.
Raccoons
I guess this is good practice for when (if) I move out to the inaka in Japan. A family of raccoons moved under our deck but has since relocated to a den somewhere else on our property but I can hear the babies squeaking at night (even as I type this). I saw them and they’re pretty cute and to be honest their squeaking and foraging for food in our garbage is a lot easier to fall asleep to than the sound of a fox. I live near a state park so I’m used to the sounds of different kinds of wildlife but nothing is worse than the sound of a fox. It’s eerie and if you didn’t recognize it, you’d think someone was being attacked. But, that’s what you get when you live where I do. It’ll be an interesting change to possibly dealing with wild monkeys, deadly centipedes, and massive crows that band together and kill people just like in The Birds (true story) but I’ll take it in stride and pray that my apartment isn’t on the ground floor.
From Krulwich Wonders:
Celebrating Autumn All Year Round…By Becoming a Leaf
The creatures I’m talking about don’t drive to a Vermont hotel for one weekend a year. No, they spend every day of their lives not just liking leaves, but pretending to be leaves, which I think is a much higher…
![koinubooks:
Amazon: 虫と文明: 螢のドレス・王様のハチミツ酒・カイガラムシのレコード [単行本]: ギルバート・ワルドバウアー, 屋代 通子](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9i1sw6Zss1rcdjddo1_500.png)
(fukuku3から)
the side of a moat by sacopelli on Flickr.
