Biological monitoring at Inokashira Park Zoo.
I visited Inokashira Park Zoo to see biological impacts of Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant accident. Though I have visited various places in Japan to see the health consequences of the accident, I have never found any effect against creatures in Japan.
Inokashira Park Zoo is located in a quiet and distinctive suburb of Tokyo. It exhibits a variety of Japanese species and contributes to the conservation and breeding of Japanese squirrels, mandarin ducks and Tokyo bitterlings. The park also comprises a pond, a botanical garden and Seibo Kitamura (Japanese sculptor) Museum. The park’s lush verdure offers a relaxing atmosphere for any visitors.
So I visited Inokashira Park Zoo to see effects of the accident against creatures which are grown up by Japanese food and water.
Fortunately, I can see them grown up safely and I cannot 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 February 24, 2015.
東京都武蔵野市の井の頭恩賜公園内にある井の頭自然文化園は動物園と水生物園から成り、日本の固有種を中心に貴重な小動物や淡水生物を観察出来る。広大な公園は梅や桜の名所であり、バードウォッチングにも最適だ。吉祥寺駅から徒歩10分。2015年1月撮影
Crested Kingfisher
Ceryle lugubris
ヤマセミ
Rhesus Macaque
Macaca mulatta
アカゲザル
Scaly Thrush
Zoothera dauma
トラツグミ
Meadow Bunting
Emberiza cioides
ホオジロ
Japanese Bush Warbler
Cettia diphone
ウグイス
Inokashira Park Zoo
井の頭自然文化園
The park consists of Zoo Area and Aquatic Life Park.
Zoo Area
(Main Park)
Aquatic Life Park
(Lakeside Park)
It is 10 minutes' walk from Kichijoji St.
Google map
About Inokashira Park Zoo
Zoo map
Cattle Egret
Egretta ibis
アマサギ
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Anser erythropus
カリガネ
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
ツクシガモ
Black-faced Ibis
Threskiornis melanocephalus
クロトキ
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
シジュウカラガン
Rhacophorus arboreus
モリアオガエル
Bufo japonicus formosus
アズマヒキガエル
Carp
Cyprinus carpio
コイ
White Spotted Char
Salvelinus leucomaenis pluvius
ニッコウイワナ
Masu Salmon
Oncorhynchus masou masou
ヤマメ
Dace
Tribolodon hakonesis
ウグイ
Pungtungia herzi
Oriental Loach Minnow
ムギツク
Dark Chub
Candidia sieboldii
ヌマムツ
Stickleback
Pungitius sp
ムサシトミヨ
Ayu
Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis
アユ
Japanese Redear Bass
Coreoperca kawamebari
オヤニラミ
Bitterling
Tanakia lanceolata
ヤリタナゴ
Topmouth Gudgeon
Pseudorasbora parva
モツゴ
Tokyo Butterfly Bitterling
Tanakia tanago
ミヤコタナゴ
Minnow
Gnathopogon elongatus elongatus
タモロコ
Blue Gill
Lepomis macrochirus macrochirus
ブルーギル
Largemouth Bass
Micropterus salmoides
オオクチバス
Japanese Newt
Cynops pyrrhogaster
アカハライモリ
Predaceous diving beetle
Cybister japonicus
ゲンゴロウ
Argyroneta aquatica japonica
ミズグモ
Japanese Serow
Capricornis crispus
ニホンカモシカ
Eurasian Badger
Meles meles anakuma
アナグマ（ニホンアナグマ）
Raccoon dog
Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus
タヌキ（ホンドタヌキ）
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes japonica
アカギツネ（ホンドキツネ）
Sika Deer
Cervus nippon yakushimae
ニホンジカ（ヤクシカ）
Japanese foods are good and safe.
Because of stricter food safety law by Japanese government, we have no worry about foods.
Yakitori ; grilled, skewered chicken pieces
焼き鳥
Oyakodon ; a bowl of rice topped with chicken and eggs.
親子丼
Cake
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. The influence of the contaminated water is completely blocked within Fukushima. There are no health-related problems until now and there will never be health problems." He also said that "Tokyo is 250 kilometers away from Fukushima, and the kind of danger that you imagine does not exist in Tokyo. Tokyo is a very safe city."
As PM Abe said, Tokyo is very far away from Fukushima, people in Tokyo have no concern about the nuclear power plant accident. People in Tokyo have already forgotten the accident, because they think 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.
公衆衛生ネットワーク
Public Health Network in Japan
