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Showing posts with label Okinawa Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Okinawa Japan. Show all posts
Saturday, February 28, 2026

Bird of the Month Febrary 2026

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 Sashiba The Japanese name (Sashiba) sounds better than Grey-faced Buzzard. Photo taken at 7:58 AM in Kin Town, Okinawa, Japan Pentax K1  F/...
Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Animation: Eurasian Tree Sparrow

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Known as Suzume ( スズメ ) in Japan Hot enough to keep sane persons indoors, I've been taking walks before sunrise lately. Once...
Friday, April 21, 2017

Flower Festival at IeShima Okinawa, Japan: A Million Lilies

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Time for a Lily Festival This post was originally created after visiting the 2011 Yuri Matsuri (Lily Festival) on Ie Island. A quic...
Sunday, November 11, 2012

Travel Photo: Prayer on the Mountain

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This photo was taken during a ritual known as Shinigu in Okinawa, Japan. The women of Gushiken, on Motobu Peninsula conduct this ce...
Monday, September 10, 2012

The Dancing Ladies of Gushiken Okinawa, Japan (Photo)

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It's a rare occasion that a day goes by without me posting something here. Yesterday happened to be one of those days. Up i...
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Friday, August 24, 2012

Typhoon Bolaven Coming to Okinawa, Japan

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Plans for this weekend will be something like: Stay indoors.  Groan. Usually, I like to joke about these tropical storms but this o...
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

A Day Trip to the Capital City of Naha in Okinawa, Japan

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Here's something you don't see me do very often.   Today, Doc Graff and I went to the big city, just in case it decided to rain. ...
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Thursday, August 9, 2012

Travel Photo: Where the Heck is RyukyuRu ?

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We were up half the night, last night watching the Japanese Wrestling gals WHOOP EVERYBODY ! And, maybe having a few beers. Then RyukyuRu...
Sunday, July 1, 2012

Dragonfly Photo: Orthetrum Triangulare or Glaucum

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This dragonfly has me stumped. It was photographed today at Kanna Dam in Okinawa, Japan. It's going on 9PM and I decided it...
Friday, June 29, 2012

Photos: Editor's Picks for the Month of June 2012

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FOR WORLD PEACE ITOMAN OKINAWA: DRAGONBOAT  PARTLY CLOUDY PARTLY SUNNY The Peace Statue of Mabuni Okinawa, Japan was...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

In the Spotlight: Omine Seibin at The Hall of Beauty and Peace

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Here's a photo of artwork done by Omine Seibin. This is one of the masterpeices that stops me in my tracks, everytime I see i...
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Thursday, June 21, 2012

A Bug Called Kuwayamaea sapporensis (Photos)

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Here is another one of those critters that I'm taking off the back burner. One day back in October, last year, I was up in Motobu with...
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

In the Spotlight: Issei Karashima at The Hall of Beauty and Peace

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Today, I visited Peace Memorial Park in Okinawa, Japan. The assignment I was on had nothing to do with horses, or paintings. Bu...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Wildlife Photos: Japanese Tiger Beetle (Cicidela japonica)

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This Japanese Tiger Beetle was spotted along the bank of a stream in Okinawa, Japan. This bug has been sitting in my "things to do...
Monday, June 18, 2012

Tuesday Travel Photo: Okinawa Partly Cloudy Partly Sunny

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This photo was taken a few months ago but, depicts today's weather just fine. Last night, I hung around the office until midnight, wit...

Wildlife Photo: Oriental Pratincole: Bird Found in Okinawa, Japan

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Here is a bird that may be my excuse to visit Tsuken-jima, again The Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarum) is found throughout ...
Sunday, June 17, 2012

Typhoon Guchol Wants to Defy the Weathermen's Predictions

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It'd probably be easier to predict how a third marriage will go than guess what this typhoon will do. Today, Dave Ornauer, the ...

Travel Photo: Sunrise at Hedo Misaki (Cape Hedo) Okinawa

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Cape Hedo, or Hedo Misaki, is the northernmost point on the island of Okinawa, Japan. Photo taken shortly after 6AM with a tripod-m...
Saturday, June 16, 2012

Photo of the Week: The Sacred Site at Kijoka Falls in Okinawa

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This photo of an Utaki, or sacred site, was taken at Kijoka Waterfalls Ogimi Okinawa, Japan. Pentax K5 and 18-250 lens at 21mm f/16   0.8...
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Snap Your Fingers. Soon Okinawa's Rainy Season Will End

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This photo was taken June 20, 2009 at a beach in Okinawa, Japan. It's been raining all week and it looks like we're having a long ...