Time for something else
I love this tree. From a distance it looked like any cherry blossom, but it is a Gyoiko. ギョイコウ, flowering on April 17th
From Hirado island, where we spent a few days mid April. Below some new flowers for me, seen in a broad-leaved forest at a small mountain. Google lens came up with this name, but I don't know...
バイカイカリソウ Baika Ikariso ???
The delicate white flowers looked fragile and pure in the dark forest.
One of the many kinds of Japanese wild Violets: Some kind of Sumire, スミレ
Silver Dragons, ギンリョウソウ
Asian Swallowtails, ナミアゲハ
Toadflax, ウンラン
Scarab Beetle spec. コアオハナグリ
Despite the loud night chorus of paddyfield frogs and the sheer number of fields I could not find any other frog than this Bullfrog, ウシガエル
Blue Pimpernel, ルリハコベ
Five-leaf akebia or Chocolate vine (Akebi) アケビ
Net-winged beetle spec. カクムネベニボタル male
Kind of Spurge, maybe Natsutodai, ナツトウダイ
There were very few birds. Lots of Black Kites and Sparrows, but little else. No Barn Swallows, no Rock Thrushes. Below the only one worth a picture: Zitting Cisticola, セッカ
We visited the Amidaji temple in Nokocho
And had a peek inside the small Shinto shrine at Okinoshima and outside a Catholic church in Ozashicho
The more interesting part of our sightseeing trip was at the Happy Crane Sake factory
Jaap from the top of Mt Shijiki.
Greetings from Hirado Island
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