Bird watching in Tokyo, Japan

 Tokyo has good places for birdwatching. Machida is accessible by the Odakyu Line from Shinjuku, and the JR Yokohama Line between Yokohama and Hachioji.
 Machida is a good place for birdwatching too. Machida city is the western part of the metropolitan area of Tokyo, Japan.  The city was founded on February 1, 1958. The population of the at that time was 60,000. Now it grows in a city with colorful charm naturally, and the population also keeps developing beyond 420,000 people on today.

人口が多い東京にもバードウオッチングのポイントがいくつもあります。今回は町田駅の側を流れる境川で撮影しました。電車を降りて少し歩くとカワセミが飛んでいます。

These pictures were taken on April 2016.

Google map

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カワセミ

Common Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis

ダイサギ

Great Egret

Ardea alba

コサギ

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

アオサギ

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

ジョウビタキ

Daurian Redstart(male)

Phoenicurus auroreus

Daurian Redstart (female)

ハクセキレイ

Japanese Pied Wagtail

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba lugens

キセキレイ

Grey Wagtail

Motacilla cinerea

セグロセキレイ

Japanese Wagtail

Motacilla grandis

シジュウカラ

Japanese Tit

Parus minor

カワウ

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

コガモ

Common Teal

Anas crecca

カルガモ

Grey duck

Spotbill duck

Anas poecilorhyncha

オナガガモ

Northern Pintail

Anas acuta

ツグミ

Dusky thrush

Turdus eunomus

カワラヒワ

Oriental Greenfinch

Carduelis sinica

スズメ

Tree Sparrow

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

アオジ

Black-faced Bunting

Emberiza spodocephala

セグロカモメ

Herring gull

Larus argentatus

ムクドリ

White-cheeked Starling

Sturnus cineraceus

シロハラ

Pale Thrush

Turdus pallidus

ロマンスカー

Romancecar

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Japanese foods are good and safe.

Because of stricter food safety law by Japanese government, we have no worry about foods.

Hakone Hachirigoe Cake

箱根八里越え饅頭

 5 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 nuclear power plant 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 childbirth and child rearing in Tokyo. So people in Tokyo are living without any concern about the nuclear power plant 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

http://plaza.umin.ac.jp/phnet/

Great Barrier Reef, Cairns

 Cairns, considered the gateway to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, which is selected as a World Heritage Site, is a city in tropical North Queensland. Once a sleepy sugar-milling town, it's now a destination for sailing, diving and snorkelling. The majestic coral structures that make up the Great Barrier Reef extend over 1,500 kilometres, and are home to the greatest variety of flora and fauna species found in any one location in the world. 

 The scope of the reef is magnificent, encompassing some 21,900 individual reefs and an area of 348,000 square kilometres larger than the combined total area of Ireland and the United Kingdom! 

 The Great Barrier Reef, now a national marine park, provides superb recreational activities such as snorkelling, diving, swimming, semi-submersibles, coral viewing and fishing, and offers a unique environment for scientific research.

グレートバリアリーフは、オーストラリア北東岸に広がる世界最大のサンゴ礁地帯でケアンズはその入り口です。スキューバやスノーケリングで海洋生物の観察が出来ます。泳げない方にはグラスボートがあります。

These pictures were taken on March, 2016.

Great Barrier Reef

Cairns

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I joined Sunlover Reef Cruises for Snorkelling and to see the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef. Sunlover Reef Cruises operates a fast, air-conditioned catamaran to a large pontoon (floating platform) located at pristine Moore Reef on the outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef, approximately 40km from Cairns.

Sunlover Reef Cruises

http://www.sunlover.com.au/

pontoon (floating platform)

Snorkelling

Coral

underwater observatory

Australia

Australian food is safe and good.

Lobster

Crocodile, Kangaroo, Beef

Fruits

Breakfast

 About 5 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. 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, Australia is very far away from Fukushima too, Aussie have no concern about the nuclear power plant accident in Japan. Aussie have already forgotten the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, because they think radioactive materials cannot reach there.

 We know there is no problem for childbirth and child rearing in Australia. So Aussie are living without any concern about the accident. I continue to visit various places in the world 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

http://plaza.umin.ac.jp/phnet/