2013年9月26日木曜日

Biological monitoring in Kyoto (September 26, 2013)

Biological monitoring at KYOTO AQUARIUM

 I visited KYOTO AQUARIUM to see biological impacts of Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant accident. Though I have visited various places in Japan to see the health consequence of the accident, I have never found any effect against creatures in Japan.
 Kyoto Prefecture is a sightseeing center where people worldwide return time and time again. From the end of the Nara Period (794), Kyoto has functioned as the crossroads of Japanese history. From its beginnings as the Kunikyo and Nagaokakyo settlements until the Emperor moved to Tokyo, it was the capital of Japan for over 1000 years. Even today, Kyoto is the cultural center of Japan, and continues to be loved by Japanese and people of the world alike.
 KYOTO AQUARIUM is an entirely new kind of aquarium, where visitors can have fun while developing a new appreciation for the profound connection between water and life.
 So I visited KYOTO AQUARIUM to see effects of the accident against marine creatures which are grown up by Japanese food and water.
 Fortunately, I could see them grown up safely and I couldn't find any impact of the accident. It seems that there is no problem for childbirth and child-rearing in Kyoto Japan.
Posted by Yoshitaka Kiriake from Japan on September 26, 2013.


2012年3月にオープンした京都水族館では京都府山科区で発見された青いアマガエルや鴨川のオオサンショウウオなど貴重な生物が展示されている。イルカパフォーマンスも最高に素晴らしい。


 
Japanese Tree Frog
(color variation)
Japanese Tree Frog
Japanese Tree Frog normally has a green skin. This frog seems to lack of yellow pigments so it has blue skin.
 
 
 
 
 
Google map
KYOTO AQUARIUM
KYOTO AQUARIUM
 
 
 Giant salamanders in Kyoto, Kamogawa River
Giant salamanders
 
Japanese river fish
 Masu salmon
Masu salmon
Pale chub 
Pale chub
Blackstripe shiner
Blackstripe shiner
Rainbow trout
Rainbow trout
 
Marine fish surrounding Japan
Brown-banded butterflyfish
Brown-banded butterflyfish
Porcupinefish
Porcupinefish
Serpentine goby
Serpentine goby
Okhotsk atka mackerel
Okhotsk atka mackerel
Banded jacopever
Banded jacopever
Spottedtail morwong
Spottedtail morwong
Fourstriped grunter
Fourstriped grunter 
Nautilus
Nautilus
Yellow tang
Yellow tang
Orbicular batfish
Orbicular batfish
Orangespot surgeonfish
Orangespot surgeonfish
White-banded triggerfish
White-banded triggerfish
Pennant coralfish
Pennant coralfish
Silver monny
Silver monny
Moon jellyfish
Moon jellyfish
 
Endangered species
Amur stickleback
Amur stickleback
Three-spined stickleback
Three-spined stickleback
Biwa oily gudgeon
Biwa oily gudgeon
 
Giant water bug
Giant water bug
 
 
Dolphin performances
 
Dolphin is intelligent and friendly animal.
You will be surprised to see their performances.
Dolphin
Dolphin
A beautiful girl rides on the dolphin as if she is a mermaid.
 
 
 
Welcome to KYOTO
 
The 17 properties of the World Heritage Sites
 
The 17 properties of the World Heritage Sites are located in Kyoto Prefecture. These heritage sites are attracting many people since each embodies a respective era in which it was constructed.
 
 

 2 and half years have passed since Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. I have visited various places of Japan to see the health consequence of the accident.
 
Fortunately I have never found any impacts by the accident among Japanese creatures. As far as I know, nobody has health problem which is caused by the accident in Japan.
 
 Our Prime Minister Abe assures that "the situation is under control" and "there will never be health problems." 
 
 As Kyoto is very far away from Fukushima nuclear power plant, people in Kyoto have no concern about the nuclear power plant accident. People in Kyoto have already forgotten the accident, because it is very far away from the site and radioactive materials cannot reach there.
 
 We know there is no problem for child birth and child rearing in Kyoto. So people in Kyoto are living without any concern about the accident.
 
 I continue to visit various places in Japan to see the effects of the accident, because I can meet various creatures which are more sensitive to radioactive materials from the environment. It is important to see their health for our safety.
 
 
 
 
Public Health Network in Japan




 
 

2013年9月19日木曜日

Biological monitoring in Tokyo (September 19, 2013)

Biological monitoring at Tokyo Metropolitan Park

I visited Tokyo Metropolitan Park to see biological impacts of Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant accident. Though I have visited various places in Japan to see the health consequence of the accident, I have never found any effect against creatures in Japan.

Our prime minister said that Tokyo is 250 kilometers away from Fukushima, and the kind of danger that you imagine does not exist in Tokyo. The government has announced that it takes responsibility in addressing water, food and air. A project has been launched and there are no concerns. Exactly Tokyo is a very safe city.

This summer we could see various insects at Tokyo Metropolitan Park. As Japanese boys like bug hunting, we often see them collecting various bugs at every park. Especially they want to hunt beetles or stag beetles. Generally speaking, bug's growth is so fast than human beings that they are more sensitive to radioactive materials of the environment than us.

So I visited a park to see effects of the accident against bugs which are grown up in Japan.
Fortunately, I could see them grown up safely and I couldn't find any impact of the accident. It seems that there is no problem for childbirth and child-rearing in Tokyo Japan.
Posted by Yoshitaka Kiriake from Japan on September 19, 2013.




今年も東京都内の公園でカブトムシやクワガタを観察している。ノコギリクワガタや小型のカブトムシもいた。東京には多様な昆虫が数多く生息している。




Beetle
I found it coming from the earth.
beetle
July 15, 2013
 
 male
Beetle
July 21, 2013

female
Beetle
July 15, 2013
 
 
Stag beetle
(Dorcus rectus)
Stag beetle
September 11, 2013
 
Stag beetle
(Prosopocoilus inclinatus)
Stag beetle
July 21, 2013
 
 
I could see small beetle this year too.
Beetle
July 21, 2013
I found this small beetle last year too.
Beetle
I think this beetle belongs to another species.
 
Beetle
This beetle is familiar to us.
 
Beetle
I compered the small beetle with large one.
They have no deformity. They may be different species.
 
Sometimes we can find small beetle in Japan.
I have heard about such small beetles even before nuclear power plant accident.
So I think this small beetle has no relation to the accident.


 
This cicada is casting off the shell.
I could not find any deformity and abnormality caused by the accident.
 
 
 
 
 2 and half years have passed since Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. I have visited various places of Japan to see the health consequence of the accident.
 
Fortunately I have never found any impacts by the accident among Japanese creatures. As far as I know, nobody has health problem which is caused by the accident in Japan.
 
 As Tokyo is very far away from Fukushima nuclear power plant, people in Tokyo have no concern about the nuclear power plant accident. People in Tokyo have already forgotten the accident, because it is very far away from the site and radioactive materials cannot reach there.
 
 We know there is no problem for child birth and child rearing in Tokyo. So people in Tokyo are living without any concern about the accident.
 
 I continue to visit various places in Japan to see the effects of the accident, because I can meet various creatures which are more sensitive to radioactive materials from the environment. It is important to see their health for our safety.
 
 
 
 
Public Health Network in Japan


 



2013年9月11日水曜日

Biological monitoring in Kumamoto (September 11, 2013)

Biological monitoring in Kumamoto (September 3, 2013)


  I visited Kumamoto prefecture to see effects of Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant accident. Though I have visited various places in Japan to see the health consequence of the accident, I have never found any effect against creatures in Japan.
 Kumamoto prefecture is located in "Kyushu" which is southernmost of the four main islands of Japan. Kumamoto is very away from Fukushima, and the kind of danger that you imagine does not exist in Kumamoto.

 Japanese think that foods of Kyushu have never contaminated by radioactive materials by the accident. So Kyushu grown foods such as, vegetables, fruits, meets, fish and so on are widely consumed by Japanese.
 So I think it is important to see creatures of Kyushu for the food safety.
Posted by Yoshitaka Kiriake from Japan on September 11, 2013.




九州の熊本県天草市を訪れた。天草市の干潟ではタイラギという美味しい貝が採れた。海で釣りを始めると直ぐに大物が釣れた。自然に恵まれた熊本県にはたくさんの生物が生息している。



"Mezina"
Girella punctata
Girella punctata
I caught it at Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture on August 21, 2013
 
 
 
 
About Kumamoto prefecture

Google map

 
 
Kyushu grown foods are good!
If you visit Kyushu or Kumamoto, you can try them.
 
 
Koikoku : Carp cooked in miso soup
koikoku
 
Unaginoseiromushi
: Japanese traditional eel dish
Unaginoseiromushi
 
Sashimi : raw sliced fish.
We eat them with soy sauce and wasabi.
sashimi
 
Nizakana : Boiled fish
nizakana
 
Wagyu : Japanese beef
Wagyu
 
Basashi  : horse-meat sashimi
Basashi
 
 
Many creatures are living in tideland.
(Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture)
 
Tairagi : Fan mussel
Japanese love this shell. I ate it. It was good.
Tairagi
 
I could find many creatures here.
Papuan jellyfish
 
I tried fishing at Amakusa's sea on August 21, 2013
 
Oh! How lucky I am!
But it is too big to eat!
This is "Mezina".
(Girella punctata)
mezina
I could caught "Hira" too.
(Ilisha elongata)
hira
 
 
 
I could catch many fish for about 2 hours.
 
This is 50 cm long.
mezina
 
This is 47 cm long.
hira
 
I caught some small fish too.
 
I cocked and ate them.
It was very good!
 
"Saahimi"
sashimi
"Yakizakana"
hira
"Misoshiru"
misoshiru
 
 Kyushu is very far from the Fukushima Daiiti nuclear power plant, and Japanese believe that foods of Kyushu are safe. Its products are so widely consumed in Japan that it is very important to observe creatures of non-contaminated area such as Kyushu.

 2 years have passed since Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. I have visited various places of Japan to see the health consequence of the accident. Fortunately I have never found any impacts by the accident among Japanese creatures. As far as I know, nobody has health problem which is caused by the accident in Japan.
 
 As Kumamoto prefecture is very far away from Fukushima nuclear power plant, people in Kumamoto have no concern about the nuclear power plant accident. People in Kumamoto have already forgotten the accident, because it is very far away from the site and radioactive materials cannot reach there.
 
 We know there is no problem for child birth and child rearing in Kumamoto. So people in Kumamoto are living without any concern about the accident.
 
 I continue to visit various places in Japan to see the effects of the accident, because I can meet various creatures which are more sensitive to radioactive materials from the environment. It is important to see their health for our safety.

 
 
Public Health Network in Japan