Out of her shell (Tatsujin)
(For correspondence and updates, please go to : https://ricebowl70.blogspot.com/2025/08/updates.html ) Despite the rather bumpy flight and the absolute nightmare that was getting through customs, you had to admit that you were currently loving Japan, especially the wildlife that you had gone all this way to take photos of. The Japanese national parks always had a more quiet vibe to them then anything in your local area, the loud and furious screeching of sea gulls being replaced with the calmer, quieter tweet of the Wagtail although their smaller size meant they were much harder to take photos off then your average gull. Their insect population was also a lot more varied then where you had come from with you mostly seeing spiders and mollusks with the occasional dragonfly if the weather was particularly warm. Here there were all sorts of unique insects to look at, from much more unique spiders to the massive range of beetles that you had taken pictures of over the course of your time...