January 2012 Photos: THREE Pages - New Year's Trip to Tsuru-No-Yu (Hot Spring of the Crane) - Akita Prefecture * Trip to the Bousou Peninsula for Daffodil Viewing * Crossing Tokyo Bay by Ferry * Mt. Takao and Frost Flowers * Icy Hyakuhiro Waterfall in Western Tokyo * More

December 2011 Photos: THREE Pages - Autumn Colors at Mt. Takao * Tokyo Sky Tree * Autumn Colors at Jindai Botanical Garden * Strange Cloud - possibly either a "Fallstreak" or a "Vertebratus" Cloud * December 10th Total Lunar Eclipse Series * Frost Flowers at Mt. Takao * Sunset Over Mt. Fuji - From Mt. Takao * List of Mountains Climbed in 2011 * 2012 Calendars * Annual Christmas Letter * More

November 2011 Photos: FOUR Pages - Fall Colors at Mt. Mitake & Mt. Hinode * Fall Colors along Upper Tama River * Fall Colors at Okutama Lake * Okutama Old Road (Mukashi-Michi) Hike * Jindai Botanical Garden - Pampas Grass (Cortaderia selloana) & Chrysanthemum Waterfall * The Famous Ginkgo Tree at Mitake in Full Fall Color * Beautiful Fall Colors in Red Maple Trees * Autumn Colors at Tonogayato Gardens - Kokubunji * Fuchu-no-Mori Park Fall Colors * Seibu Chichibu Area (Nagatoro) Autumn Colors - Arakawa River * Tsuki-no-ishi Momiji (Maple Tree) Park * Mitsumine-Guchi Area Fall Colors * More

October 2011 Photos: ONE Page - A Trip to and Climb of Mt. Takao and Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro * Some Stone Gods * A Thistle Flower * Miscanthus sinensis * Some Early Fall Colors * Youngia denticulata * Adenocaulon himalaicum * Food Stand at Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro * Swertia japonica * Blowdown near Hikage Creek * Cimicifuga simplex * More

September 2011 Photos: TWO Pages - Only Flowers this Month * Anemonopsis macrophylla (Rengeshouma in Japanese), Arisaema sp., Ainsliaea acerifolia var. subapoda, Tricyrtis sp. and Aconitum japonicum var. montanum at Mt. Mitake * Commelina communis, Codonopsis lanceolata, Chelonopsis moschata, Sanguisorba officinalis and Tripterospermum japonicum at Mt. Hinode * Impatiens textorii and Impatiens noli-tangere on the Trail * Begonia grandis, Lycoris radiata and Keiskea japonica at Nogawa Park * Lycoris radiata (Cluster Amaryllis) at Kinchakuda * More

August 2011 Photos: FOUR Pages - Our 2011 Summer Vacation * Vespa mandarinia japonica - the "Yak Killer" Hornet - A Nest * Climb of Mt. Gassan - in Yamagata Prefecture * Mountain Flowers * Mountain Scenery * Edelweiss - Leontopodium fauriei * Mt. Gassan Summit Sunset * A Rare Gentiana algida Flower * Hagurosan Shrine * Kisakata - Akita Prefecture * Kisakata Beach * Climb of Mt. Chokai * Amazing Mountain Scenery and Mountain Flowers * The Rare Arenaria merckioides var. chokaiensis Flower * Sunset & Twin Sun Dogs From the Summit of Mt. Chokai * Sunrise on Mt. Chokai * Anti-crepuscular Rays * Mt Chokai Mountain Shadow on the Sea of Japan * Funagata, Yamagata Hot Spring Scenery * Kaneyama Hot Spring - Akita Prefecture * Yamadera (= Mountain Shrine) * Mt. Zao - Kawara Hot Spring * More

July 2011 Photos: FIVE Pages (for the third time) - A Trip to Takahatafudo for Hydrangea Blossom Viewing * Hydrangea Flowers * Trip to Mt. Mitake * Saxifraga stolonifera * Mt. Mitake Cable-car * Day Lilies Along the Tama River * Trip to Niigata Prefecture and Climb of Mt. Sumondake * Drosera rotundifolia - Sundew * Lilium rubellum - A Delicately Colored Pink Lily * Hemerocallis dumortieri var. esculenta - A Lily * An Orchid - Orchis fauriei * A New Violet - Viola brevistipulata var. kishidai * The Beautiful Tadami River * The Sparkling Water Well at Aizu-Yokota * Oshio Hot Spring * Trip to Oze National Park and Climb of Mt. Shibutsu and Mt. Koshibutsu * Pogonia japonica & Eleorchis japonica - Orchids * Iris laevigata * Mt. Hiuchigatake * Oze Marsh Scenery * 2 Types of Edelweiss - Leontopodium sp. * More Flowers * The Moon at Sunrise * Jindai Botanical Garden * Sparkling Water Well Movie (on Misc. Page) * More

June 2011 Photos: FOUR Pages - A Trip to Mt. Takao and photos of Dendrobium moniliforme - an Orchid * Pseudopyxis depressa and Pseudopyxis depressa f. angustiloba * A Trip to Mt. Akita-Komagatake * Scenery * Viola selkirkii * Viola brevistipulata * Mt. Katakuradake * Viola blandaeformis * Oxalis acetosella * Primula nipponica * Glaucidium palmatum * Viola crassa * Mt. Yakemori * Amidaike (Amida Pond) * Potentilla matsumurae * Moomin Valley * Dicentra peregrina * Geum pentapetalum * Mt. Onamedake * Mt. Odake * Mt. Kotake * Schizocodon soldanelloides * Viola faurieana * Clintonia udensis * Viola selkirkii f. variegata * Chamaepericlymenum canadense * Dactylostalix ringens - the One-Leaf Orchid * Kunimi Green Water Hot Spring * Mt. Mizugaki (2,230.2 m = 7,317 ft) * Primula japonica * Amazing Rocky Scenery * Trientalis europaea - a Starflower * Rhododendron degronianum * Schizocodon ilicifolius var. australis * Cephalanthera longibracteata - A Silver Orchid * Beautiful Clouds * More

May 2011 Photos: THREE Pages - A Trip to Oguni Town, Yamagata Prefecture * Climb of Mt. Kurate * Shortia uniflora * Mountain Scenery Around Kairagi-sou Inn * Spring Colors * Dinner at Kairagi-sou Inn * Snow at Kairagi-sou * Two Kinds of Skunk Cabbage - Lysichiton camtschatcense and Symplocarpus foetidus * Blue and also Pink Anemone pseudoaltaica * Dichocarpum nipponicum * Kazuya's Hometown - Funagata * Viola vaginata * Trout Lily (Erythronium japonicum) * Viola rostrata var. japonica * A Bluebird (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) * Various colors of Heloniopsis orientalis Flowers * Viola kusanoana x V. rostrata * Trillium smallii * Epigaea asiatica * Viburnum sp. Flowers * A Trip to Hijiori Onsen * Viola brevistipulata * Huge Magnolia sp. Flowers * Iris Flowers * A Trip to Mt. Mitake and Mt. Ohtake * Rhododendron quinquefolium Flowers * Viola sieboldi f. variegata * More

April 2011 Photos: THREE Pages - Two Trips to Mt. Takao * Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana * Omphalodes japonica * Viola bissetii * Viola japonica * Chrysosplenium macrostemon var. atrandrum * Anemone raddeana * Corydalis lineariloba * Oxalis griffithii var. kantoensis * Gagea lutea * Viola yezoensis f. discolor * Lunch at Mt. Kagenobu * Imperial Palace - Chidorigafuchi - Cherry Blossom Viewing * Koishikawa Botanical Garden * Viola diffusa * Viola yedoensis * Viola confusa ssp. nagasakiensis * Rhododendron Blossoms * Camellia Blossoms * Magnolia stellata Blossoms * Chaenomeles sinensis (Quince) Blossoms * Fritillaria verticillata * A Trip to Niigata and Mt. Kakuda * Viola vaginata * Erythronium japonicum * Trillium smallii * Hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica f. magna) Blossoms * Scenery * Trip to the Mitake Area * Shortia uniflora * Viola rossii (rossi) * Link to: 2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japan Earthquake Book * An April 29th Trip to Nogawa, Musashino & Sengen-yama Parks * Primula sieboldii * Amsonia ellipitica * Calanthea discolor (an Orchid) * Lithospermum zollingeri * Chelidonium japonicum * Lamium album var. barbatum * Pink Dogwood (Benthamidia florida) * Hemerocallis middendorffii var. musashiensis * Cephalanthera falcata (Golden Orchid) & Cephalanthera erecta (Silver Orchid) * More

March 2011 Photos: TWO Pages - A Trip to Mt. Takao * Chrysosplenium album var. stamineum * Mt. Fuji With Umbrella Cloud * Cedar Pollen * "Great Eastern Japan Earthquake" Story & Tsunami Warning Map * Early Cherry Blossoms * Late Plum Blossoms * Hamamelis sp. * Cymbidium goeringii * Violets (Viola sp.) and Anemone sp. * More "Great Eastern Japan Earthquake" Stuff * More

February 2011 Photos: TWO Pages - Shibateranthis pinnatifida (Setsubunsou in Japanese) * Plum Blossoms in Nogawa Park * River Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) * Egret * Adonis amurensis * "The Tempest" - A Stage Play * Mountain or Crested Kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris) (Yama-semi in Japanese) Borrowed Photos * Very Early Cherry Blossoms * Plum Blossoms at Bubaigawara * 2012 Calendars Preview * More

January 2011 Photos: TWO Pages - A New Year's Trip to Akita Prefecture and a Stay at Tsuru-no-yu (The Hot Spring of the Crane) * Beautiful Snow Scenery * Photos of the Hot Spring * Photos of our Room * A Trip to Naruko Hot Spring Town * Photos from the Train * Ice on the Pond at Jindai Botanical Garden * Tree Peony Photos * The First Plum Blossoms * Calliandra haematocephala * Victoria cruziana * Shibateranthis pinnatifida (Setsubunsou in Japanese) at Nogawa Park * Turdus naumanni - Dusky Thrush at Nogawa Park * More

December 2010 Photos: THREE Pages - Christmas Illumination at Roppongi Midtown * Dec. 4th Fall Colors at Koishikawa Botanical Garden * Dec. 11th Climb of Mt. Takao & Scenery * Dec. 19th Trip to Jindai Botanical Garden * Chimonanthus praecox * Strelitzia reginae * Camellia amplexicaulis (Pitard) Cohen Stuart * Victoria cruziana * Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) * Dec. 20th Sunset at Mt. Takao * Dec. 23rd "Diamond Fuji" From Mt. Takao * Dec. 25th Frost Flowers at Mt. Takao & "Diamond Fuji" * List of Mountains Climbed in 2010 * Links to Kazuya's 2010 Christmas Letter, My 2010 Christmas Letter and the 2011 Calendars * More

November 2010 Photos: FOUR Pages - A Trip to Mt. Mitake - Fall Colors & Senburi (Swertia japonica) * Jindai Botanical Garden - Chrysanthemum Display, Rose Garden & Pampas Grass (Cortaderia selloana) * Jindaiji Shrine & Fall Colors * Hiking the Okutama Old Road (Mukashi Michi) & Fall Colors * Mitake and the Famous Yellow Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba) * Mitake Area Fall Colors * Mt. Takao and Fall Colors * Musashi-Itsukaichi and Fall Colors * Nogawa Park and Fall Colors * Jindai Botanical Garden Again and Fall Colors at the Maple Garden * Praying Mantis Laying Eggs * Beautiful Brick Red Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) * Tonogayato Garden and Fall Colors * More

October 2010 Photos: THREE Pages - A Trip to Jindai Botanical Garden * Amazon Water Lily (Victoria cruziana) * Cymbidium nipponicum * Hummingbird Hawk Moth * Cortaderia selloana - Pampas Grass * A Trip to Showa-Kinen Park * Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus * Cosmos Flowers * Cleome hassleriana Flowers * Ginkgo biloba fruits * Mt. Takao Climb * Mushrooms, Flowers and Berries of Mt. Takao * Trip to the Hakone Area * Sengoku-Kogen Susuki Grass Field (Miscanthus sinensis) * Owakudani - Cable-car * Mt. Fuji From Owakudani * Lake Ashi (Ashinoko) * More

September 2010 Photos: THREE Pages - A Climb of and 2 Day Stay at Mt. Kumotori (2,017.7 m = 6,620 ft) * Lychnis miquelina * Toad Lily (Tricyrtis sp.) * Mt. Nanatsuishi (1,757 meters = 5,765 feet) * Ligularia dentata (Marubadakebuki in Japanese) * Deer * Sunrise & Sunset at Mt. Kumotori * A Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes) * Star Photos (Astrophotography) - The Big Dipper * A Trip to Nogawa Park * A Trip to Jindai Botanical Garden * Pampas Grass * Cymbidium nipponicum * Another trip to Nogawa Park * A Trip to Hidaka City and the Annual Higanbana Festival (Lycoris radiata or Cluster Amaryllis) * More

August 2010 Photos: FOUR Pages - Mt. Mitake and Rengeshouma (Anemonopsis macrophylla) Flowers * Aomori's Nebuta Festival * Vacation on Hokkaido - The Alaska of Japan * Daisetsuzan National Park * Climbs of Mt. Kuro (Kurodake) (1,984 meters), Mt. Hokkai (Hokkaidake) (2,149 meters), Mt. Hakuun (Hakuundake) (2,229.5 meters), Mt. Hokuchin (Hokuchindake) (2,244 meters), Mt. Naka (Nakadake) (2,113 meters), Mt. Asahi (Asahidake) (2,291 meters), Mt. Arai (Araidake) (2,183 meters) and Mt. Mamiya (Mamiyadake) (2,185 meters) * Phyllodoce caerulea * Geum pentapetalum * Mt. Kuro Hut * Snowfields * Gentiana algida f. igarasii * A Fox * Nakadake Onsen (Hot Spring) * Caltha fistulosa * Primula cuneifolia * A Bear * The Asahidake Youth Hostel * Deer * List of Mountains Climbed on Hokkaido and Elevations * Map of Asahidake Area * Tokyo's Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade & Festival * Fujino Hot Spring * More

July 2010 Photos: FIVE Pages (for the second time) - A Mt. Takao Trip & Some Plants * Jindai Botanical Garden & Some Plants * A Trip to Oze National Park & Several Plants * Iris setosa & I. laevigata * Beautiful Lilies * Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) * Two Orchid Collages * Two Kinds of Sundew Plants * Cranberry * Caltha palustris var. nipponica * Two Types of Edelweiss * Mt. Shibutsu Climb (2,228 m. = 7,310 ft.) * A Pink Daisy * Japonolirion osense * A New Violet For Us * Pedicularis verticillata * Another Orchid * Canadian Dogwood * Starflower * Mt. Koshibutsu (2,162 m. = 7,093 ft.) * Sunrise at Oze * Two Edelweiss Collages * Monotropa sp. - A Beautiful Shot * A Trip to Hakuba and Climb of Norikuradake (2,437 m. = 7,994 ft.), Mt. Korenge (2,766 m. = 9,075 ft.), Shiroumadake (2,932 m. = 9,620 ft.), Shakushidake (2,812 m. = 9,226 ft.) and Yarigatake (2,903 m. = 9,525 ft.) * Several New Flowers & Plants * Hakuba Ooike (Pond) * Dicentra peregrina * Twinflower * Another Lily * Another New Violet For Us * Lagotis glauca * "Brocken Spectre" Collage * Sunset At Shiroumadake Sansou * Tsurugidake (Mt. Tsurugi) From Shiroumadake Sansou * Cloud Iridescence * Yari Onsen (Hot Spring) * Sunrise at Yari Onsen * Lots of Amazing Mountain Scenery Photos * More

June 2010 Photos: FOUR Pages - A June 4th and 5th Climb of Mt. Akadake (2,899.2 m), Mt. Sansha (2,828 m), Mt. Yokodake (2,829 m) and Mt. Iodake (2,760 m) - All Part of Mt. Yatsugatake * Viola hirtipes * Incredible Calypso Orchids (Calypso bulbosa var. speciosa) * Viburnum furcatum * A Yellow Violet - Viola biflora * Amazing Mountain Scenery * The Mt. Akadake Mountain Hut * Pulsatilla nipponica * Oxytropis japonica * Viola selkirkii * A June 12th and 13th trip to Oze National Park (Marshland) * Trillium tschonoskii * An Abundance of Lysichiton camtschatcense (Skunk Cabbage) * Scenic Mt. Shibutsu * Caltha palustris var. nipponica * Drosera rotundifolia * Heloniopsis orientalis * Prunus nipponica var. kurilensis * Gentiana thunbergii var. minor * Mt. Hiuchigatake * An Amazing Find - Viola kamtschadalorum * Oxalis acetosella * Clintonia udensis * Ranzania japonica * Sanjou Waterfall * Diphylleia grayi * Viola brevistipulata * Hiraname Waterfall * Eriophorum vaginatum * More

May 2010 Photos: FIVE Pages (for the first time) - A Trip to Kawaguchi Lake - Asagiri Kogen * Several Shots of Mt. Fuji * Viola orientalis * Viola phalacrocarpa * Viola grypoceras * Trillium tschonoskii * HaHaNoShira Waterfall * Mutant Viola eizanensis * Beautiful Viola rossii * Viola mirabilis var. subglabra * Chloranthus japonicus * Trip to Funagata (Kazuya's Hometown) * Asarum sieboldii * Erythronium japonicum * Anemone pseudoaltaica * Trillium smallii * Viola vaginata * Heloniopsis orientalis * Coptis japonica * Viola hondoensis * Viola violacea var. makinoi * Lysichiton camtschatcense (Skunk Cabbage) * Chrysosplenium pilosum var. sphaerospermum * Epigaea asiatica * Ichi-No Taki (Waterfall) * Corydalis ambigua * A Coltsfoot Plant (Petasites palmatus) * Jindai Botanical Garden Rhododendron spp. * Calanthe sp. (Orchid) * Beautiful Wisteria Blooms * Mt. Takao and Viola maximowicziana * Polygala japonica * Cephalanthera falcata or Golden Orchid * Viola phalacrocarpa f. glaberrima * Nogawa Park and Mazus miquelii * Mazus miquelii f. albiflorus * Amsonia elliptica * Climbing in Far Western Tokyo - Viola hirtipes * An Amazing Find - Paeonia japonica * The Moon and Venus * Paris tetraphylla * Rhododendron quinquefolium * Viola sieboldi and V. sieboldi f. variegata * Disporum smilacinum * Schizocodon ilichifolious f. purpureiflorus * Scrophularia musashiensis * Forest Clear-cut at Mitake * More

April 2010 Photos: FOUR Pages - Cherry Blossoms By Night And By Day * Viola grypoceras f. variegata * A 2,000 Year Old Cherry Tree * Peach Blossom Festival - Yamanashi Prefecture * Takamizu 3 Mountains Climb - April 11th * Viola violacea var. makinoi * Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana * Shortia uniflora * Viola sieboldi * Viola X savatieri * Mountain Scenery * Trout Lily (Erythronium japonicum) * Viola rossii * Oxalis griffithii var. kantoensis * Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton camtschatcense) Flowers * Primrose (Primula sieboldii) * Jindai Botanical Garden Rhododendron spp. * Viola confusa ssp. nagasakiensis * Ajuga reptans * Viola verecunda * Lamium galeobdolon * April 18th Trip To Yamanashi Prefecture - Nagasaka to Hinoharu Station Hike * Beautiful Mountain Scenery * Viola keiskei * Viola mirabilis var. subglabra * Viola yezoensis * Viola obtusa * Euphorbia sieboldiana * April 24th Climb of Takamizu 3 Mountains (Again) - Scenery And Violets * More

March 2010 Photos: FOUR Pages - March 6 Trip to Bubaigawara * Early Cherry & Plum Blossoms * Trout Lily (Erythronium japonicum) * Cymbidium Orchid (Cymbidium goeringii) * March 13 - 14 Trip to The Hakuba Area of Nagano Prefecture * Climb of Jiizou-no-Kashira (1,676 meters = 5,499 ft.) * Kamishiro Train Station * A Tsugaike-Kogen Snow Adventure (1,850 meters = 6,070 ft) * Amazingly Beautiful Snow Photos * View from Hakuba Train Station * March 19 Trip to Nogawa Park * Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) * Chloranthus japonicus, Viola japonica & Viola eizanensis At Nogawa Park * March 20 Trip to Hinatawada & Yoshino Baigo for Plum Blossoms * March 21 Trip to Jindai Botanical Garden - Early Cherry Blossoms, Magnolia Blooms * Gagea lutea (Yellow-Star-of-Bethlehem) * Chrysosplenium album var. stamineum * Mitella pauciflora * Anemone raddeana * Viola bissetii * Trillium smallii * Viola grypoceras f. variegata * * Omphalodes japonica * Corydalis lineariloba * Viola yedoensis * Viola diffusa * Taraxacum albidum & Taraxacum officinalis Contrast * Spiraea thunbergii * More

February 2010 Photos: TWO Pages - Shibateranthis pinnatifida & Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) at Nogawa Park * Trip to Aizu-Wakamatsu - A Ride On The Tadami Train Line In Fukushima Prefecture * Hachi-Machi Hot Spring * Tama-Nashi Hot Spring * Yugura Hot Spring * The Awa-Shin-Sui Sparkling Water Well * Beautiful Snow Pictures in Fukushima Prefecture

January 2010 Photos: FOUR Pages - A New Year's Holiday Trip * Tazawako Station And Lake (Tazawa Lake) * Famous Horai Pine * Tsuru-No-Yu (Hot Spring Of The Crane) Road * Tsuru-No-Yu Buildings * Rotenboro * Snow Scenery * Ice-Covered Train * Yonezawa Beef * Yonezawa Station * Uesugi Shrine In Yonezawa * Echigo-Yuzawa At Night * Echigo-Yuzawa Snow * Nogawa Park - Early Shibateranthis pinnatifida Blooms * Asarum sp. Blooms * HDR (High Dynamic Range) Photography Experiments With Photomatix Software * Reflections On Water * January 16th At Katsunuma-Budoukyou * Grape Vineyards * Youth Hostel At Isawa Onsen * Horse Meat Sashimi * January 17th At Yamanashi City * Hotarakashi Hot Spring - A-Chi-Ra Bath * Experiments With "Shadow Illuminator Pro" Photoshop Filter * The First Plum Blossoms * Mt. Kawanori Trail - Waterfalls - "Water in Motion" Photos * Adonis sp. * Hamamelis sp. * Phoenicurus auroreus (Daurian Redstart or Jobitaki in Japanese)

December 2009 Photos: THREE Pages - December 6th Fall Color Tour Of Sourousen-En, Tonogayato Garden And Nogawa Park * December 12th Trip To Nogawa Park * Chimonanthus praecox f. concolor  (Roubai In Japanese, Wintersweet In English) * Pintail Duck (Anas acuta) * December 19th & 20th FROST FLOWERS At Mt. Takao - I-Ccho-Daira * Diamond Mt. Fuji From Mt. Takao * Ayo's 2010 New Year Poster (Year Of The Tiger) * Jindai Botanical Garden Pampas Grass (September vs. December Contrast) * List & Chart Of Mountains Climbed In 2009 * The Annual Christmas Letter * THE FOUR BEST PHOTOS OF 2009

November 2009 Photos: FOUR Pages - October 31st Trip To Showa Kinen Park In Nishi-Tachikawa * Fall Colors * Saffron Flowers (Crocus sativus) * Cosmos Flowers * Four Bonsai Trees * Waterfowl At Inokashira Park * Jindai Botanical Garden Chrysanthemum Display * Chrysanthemum Waterfall * Bonsai Chrysanthemum * Pampas Grass * Fall Cherry Blossoms * Fall Colors At Okutama Lake * The Famous Mitake Ginkgo Tree And Red Maple Trees At The Peak Of Fall Colors * November 20th Trip To Mt. Takao And Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro For Fall Colors * Fall Colors At Jindai Botanical Garden (Maple Trees) And Jindaiji Temple * A Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

October 2009 Photos: ONE Page - Three Day Trip To Kusatsu In Gunma Prefecture * Yubatake * Free Hot Baths * Sainokawara Park * Mt. Shirane * Gaultheria miqueliana  Berries * Clouds * Fall Colors On The Mountain * Man-dai-kou Sulfur Mine Area * Bridge Construction

September 2009 Photos: FOUR Pages - September 6th Trip To Okutama And Nippara * Inamura Rock Scenery * Nippara Limestone Cave * An Argyreus hyperbius Butterfly * Pampas Grass, A Double-Petaled Lotus Flower And Cymbidium nipponicum  At Jindai Botanical Garden * September 19 and 20 Climb of Mt. Tate (Tateyama) In Toyama Prefecture * Mt. Oh (Oyama) * Mt. Oonanji * Mt. Masago (Masagodake) * Mt. Tsurugi (Tsurugidake) * Kuranosuke Mountain Hut * Sunset & Sunrise * Tateyama's Jigoku-dani (Mt. Tate's Hell Valley) * Beautiful Fall Mountain Colors * Shirakawa-go - A World Heritage Site * Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan & Lacquerware

August 2009 Photos: FOUR Pages - Twelve Day Trip - Tokyo To Northern Tip Of Hokkaido Island * Sukayu Hot Spring In Aomori Prefecture * Jigokunuma Swamp * "Sundew" Plants (Drosera rotundifolia) * Climb Of Mt. Hakkoda O-Dake-San (1,584.4 m = 5,198 ft) * Dragon-Fly Horror Movie * Mt. Hakkoda Marshlands * Hamanasu Train - Aomori To Sapporo * Sapporo * Asahikawa * Wakkanai * Ferry To Rebun Island * Rishiri Island & Mt. Rishiri * Field Inn - Rebun Island * Hiking On Rebun Island * Cape Sukoton * Cape Gorota * Rebun Island Edelweiss (Leontopodium discolor) * Cape Misaki (Cape Soya) (Soya Misaki) * Daisetsuzan Shirakabaso Youth Hostel * A Climb Of Mt. Asahidake (2,291 m = 7,516 ft) * Amazing Mt. Asahidake Scenery * Mt. Kumagadake * Mt. Mamiyadake * Bleeding Heart (Dicentra peregrina) * Twin-flower (Linnaea borealis) * A Bear * Nakadake Onsen (Hot Spring) * Rikuchu-kaigan National Park - Kitayamazaki Area * Pandion haliaetus (Osprey)

July 2009 Photos: FOUR Pages - A Trip To Jindai Botanical Garden * Mountain Lily * Artichoke Flowers (Cynara scolymus) * White Lotus * Hibiscus (Hibiscus syriacus cv.) * "Screw Flower" (Spiranthes sinensis) * Buddleja avidii  * Beautiful Cultivated Water Lilies * A Natural Water Lily Reflection * The Happy Drink Shop * Tengu God At Takao Station * July 10 - 12 Climb Of Mt. Yatsugatake In Nagano Prefecture * Chocolate Lily (Fritillaria camschatcensis) * Mt. Io-dake (2,760 m = 9,055 ft) * Io-dake Mountain Hut * Yatsugatake Violet (Viola crassa  ssp. yatsugatakeana) * Clouds On The Mountain * Pedicularis apodochila  * Mt. Yokodake Summit (2,829 m = 9,281 ft) * Brocken Spectre * Mt. Sansha (2,825 m = 9,268 ft) * Mt. Akadake (2,899 m = 9,511 ft) * Mt. Yatsugatake Scenery * Lagotis glauca  * White (and Red) Dicentra peregrina  * Neishidake Mountain Hut * Mt. Neishidake (2,603 m = 8,540 ft) * East Mt. Tengudake (2,646 m = 8,681 ft) * West Mt. Tengudake * Monotropa  sp. * One Leaved Orchid (Dactylostalix ringens ) * Mt. Yatsugatake From Train * Climbing Mt. Kita-dake, The 2nd Highest Mountain In Japan (3,193 m = 10,476 ft) on July 17 - 19 * Mt. Mitake - Mountain Lily & Rengeshouma (Anemonopsis macrophylla)

June 2009 Photos: THREE Pages - A June 7th Trip To Mt. Takao * Dendrobium moniliforme  (Orchid) Photos * Helwingia japonica  * Pseudopyxis depressa  * Soba Noodle Lunch * Trip To Hakone * Owakudani * Black Eggs * Steam Vents * Mt. Fuji * Susuki (Pampas) Grass (Miscanthus sinensis) * Pirate Boat * Mt. Komagatake & Mt. Kamiyama Climbs * Visit To Hakone Marshy Plants Botanical Garden * Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum)  * Bleeding Heart (Dicentra peregrina)  * Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia leucophylla)  * A June 19th Trip To Takahata-Fudou Temple To See Hydrangea Flowers * A June 20th Trip To Hon-Do Temple To See Hydrangea Flowers * A Trip To The Plants Area Of Nogawa Park * Albizia julibrissin  Or Persian Silk Tree * "Tiger's Tail" Flowers (Lysimachia clethroides)  * Chenopodium album  var. centrorubrum  * Mountain Lily Buds At Mt. Mitake * Monotropa  sp. * Saxifraga stolonifera  Flowers

May 2009 Photos: THREE Pages - A Golden Week Trip To Kawaguchi Lake, Shinano-Sakai, Fujimi And Yamanashi-shi * Viola variegata  var. nipponica  * Forest Scenery * Viola yazawana  * Mt. Kurotake (1,792.7 m = 5,882 ft) * Viola orientalis  * Hahanoshira Waterfall * Abandoned F.K.K. Railway Line * Mt. Nyukasa (1,955 m = 6,414 ft) Summit Scenery * Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro & Mt. Takao * Viola verecunda  * An Orchid - Cephalanthera falcata  * A Beautiful Butterfly * Aristolochia debilis  * Mt. Mitake * Grass Roof * Ootaru Pass * Waterfall * Viola sieboldi  f. variegata  * Mt. Kumotori Climb * Mt. Nanatsu-Ishi * Japanese Monkey * Japanese Deer * Viburnum furcatum  * Mountain Scenery * Tarsiger cyanurus  * Mt. Kumotori Summit * Viola hirtipes  * Mt. Takamaru Summit * Mt. Hikagenagurihou Summit * Mt. Takanosu Summit * Inamura Rock * Beech-Maple Forest * Warabi Fern * A Trip To Kusatsu In Gunma Prefecture * Sainokawara Park * Mt. Shirane * Epigaea asiatica  * Clouds * Azalea Blossoms * Schizocodon soldanelloides  * Fern Ring * Rhododendron Flowers * Trientalis europaea 

April 2009 Photos: THREE Pages - Viola variegata  var. variegata  * Cherry Blossoms * Gentiana zollingeri  * Viola grypoceras  var. variegata  * Viola keiskei  * Viola betonicifolia  var. albescens  * Flowering Peach * Arisaema  sp. * Viola tokubuchiana  var. takedana  * Viola sieboldi  * Viola grypoceras  f. purpurellocalcarata  * Shortia uniflora  * Viola rossii  * Viola X savatieri  * Viola X taradakensis  var. eizalacea  * Viola violacea  var. makinoi  * Erythronium japonicum  * Japanese Serow (Kamoshika) (Capricornis crispus ) * Disporum smilacinum  * Viola violacea  * Viola obtusa  * Viola verecunda  * Trip To Niigata Prefecture And Two Climbs Of Mt. Kakuda * Heloniopsis orientalis  * Viola vaginata * Mountain Scenery * Ocean Scenery * Lithospermum zollingeri  * Viola brevistipulata  * A Climb Of Mt. Narukami In Gunma Prefecture * Viola eizanensis var. simplicifolia  * Mt. Narukami Scenery * The Watarase Keikoku Railway

March 2009 Photos: THREE Pages - Our Porch Cymbidium goeringii  * Mitella pauciflora  At Hikage Creek * Chrysosplenium album  var. stamineum  * Anemone raddeana  & A. flaccida  * Omphalodes japonica  * Viola hondoensis  * Viola japonica  * Viola grypoceras  * Viola obtusa  * Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro Summit * Cymbidium goeringii  In The Wild * A Trip To Hinatawada And "Yoshino Baigo" (Plum Blossom Park) * Gagea lutea  (Yellow Star of Bethlehem) * Erythronium japonicum  (Trout Lily) * Magnolia kobus  * An Egret * Symplocarpus foetidus  * Arisaema  sp. * Cornus officinalis  * Blue Butterfly * Morel Mushrooms & Steak * Chrysosplenium japonicum  * Corydalis lineariloba  * Astragalus sinicus  * Chloranthus japonicus  * Viola keiskei  * Gentiana zollingeri  * Trigonotis peduncularis  * Viola diffusa  * Viola yedoensis  * Viola confusa  ssp. nagasakiensis  * Cherry Blossoms * White Dandelion (Taraxacum albidum ) * Trillium smallii  * Viola yezoensis  f. discolor

February 2009 Photos: ONE Page - A Trip To The Upper-Tama River * Mitake & Sawai * Soba Restaurant * Pussy Willow * Tama River Photos * Plum Blossoms At Bubaigawara Plum Festival * Shibateranthis pinnatifida  (Setsubun-sou) At Nogawa Park * Very Early Cherry Blossoms * Some New Photos Of DVD Collection

January 2009 Photos: TWO Pages - Funagata, Yamagata Japan Snow Scenes * Jindai Shrine In Chofu City * Ay-o's New Year's Poster - Year Of The Ox * A Kingfisher * Unknown Duck * "Dondo-yaki" Bonfire Event At Oyama Dairi Park In Tamasakai * "Mayudama" Roasting * Shibateranthis pinnatifida (Setsubun-sou) * Daffodils * Roubai (Chimonanthus praecox) * Bonsai Plum Tree * Adonis spp. * Plum (Prunus mume) Flowers * Witch Hazel (Hamamelis mollis) Flowers

December 2008 Photos: TWO Pages - Beautiful Fall Colors At Jindai Botanical Garden * Fall Colors At Sourousenen * Fall Colors At Tonogayato Garden * Late Fall Sky At Okutama Lake * Okutama Lake * Christmas Illumination At Showa Kinen Park An Tachikawa * Our Annual Christmas Hams * Frost Flowers At Mt. Takao * "Diamond Fuji" From Mt. Takao * List Of Mountains Climbed In 2008 * Annual Christmas Letter

November 2008 Photos: THREE Pages - The 2009 Calendars Are Available This Month * A Red Maple * Swertia japonica  Flowers And Buds * Tripterospermum japonicum  * Gentiana scabra  var. buergeri  * Pertya scandens  Flower * Ainsliaea apiculata  Flower * Chrysanthemums And Dahlias At Jindai Botanical Garden * Fall Colors At Mt. Takao * Fall Colors And The Famous Ginkgo Tree At Mitake * Fall Colors At Nogawa Park

October 2008 Photos: TWO Pages - Kusatsu In Gunma Prefecture * Yubatake * Hot Springs * Fall Colors At Sainokawara Park * Mt. Shirane & Caldera * Mt. Moto-Shirane * More Fall Colors * Bunchberry * Mountain Ash * Blueberry * Fall Lindou * Japanese Serow (Capricornis crispus) (Kamoshika In Japanese) * Toad Lily (Tricyrtis sp.) * Anemone hupehensis  var. japonica  * Cosmos Flowers * Colchicum autumnale  * Dahlia sp.

September 2008 Photos: ONE Page - Jindai Botanical Garden * Cat-tails * Lotus Flower Seed-Head * Cymbidium nipponicum  Orchid Flowers * Crape Myrtle Flowers (Lagerstroemia indica)  * Pomegranate Fruits * Pampas Grass * Salvia guarantica  Flowers * Water Lily Flowers * Chestnut Tree * Lycoris radiata  (Cluster Amaryllis) At Hidaka City * More Lotus Flower Seed Heads * Cosmos Flowers

August 2008 Photos: THREE Pages - Mountain Lily Flowers * Rengeshouma (Anemonopsis macrophylla) * Toad Lily (Tricyrtis sp.) * Vacation In Yamagata Prefecture * Tempura Squash Blossoms * Water Lily Flowers * Amanita  Mushroom * Windmills * Climb Of Mt. Chokai (Choukai) (2,236 meters = 7,336 feet) * Cirsium chokaiense  * Beautiful Scenery And Flowers * Mt. Chokai Sunset * Climb Of Mt. Gassan (1,984 meters = 6,509 feet) * Leontopodium fauriei  (Edelweiss) Flowers * Mt. Gassan Summit Hut And Shrine * Mt. Gassan Sunset * Mt. Gassan Sunrise * Mt. Chokai From Mt. Gassan * Viola biflora  * Small Green Frog

July 2008 Photos: ONE Page - An Overnight Camp-out At Mt. Mutsu-Ishi (1,479 meters = 4,852 feet) * Monotropa  sp. * Sunrise At Mt. Mutsu-Ishi * Japanese Serow (Capricornis crispus) (Kamoshika In Japanese) * Day Lilies Along Upper-Tama River * Helwingia japonica  Nearly Mature Fruit * Huge Mountain Lily Flowers * "Tiger's Tail" Flowers * Thunderhead Cloud * TWO Kinds Of Butterflies * Red Pine Trees At Sunset

June 2008 Photos: TWO Pages - Fukiage Iris Garden In Ome * Upper-Tama River At Sawai And Mitake * Cremastra appendiculata  And Dendrobium moniliforme  Orchids Blooming At Mt. Takao * Pseudopyxis depressa  Flowers * Saxifraga stolonifera  Flowers * A Second Visit To Fukiage Iris Garden In Ome

May 2008 Photos: TWO Pages - Parrots Mating Dance At Koishikawa Botanical Garden * Trip To Yamagata Prefecture * "Forget-Me-Not" * Viola rostrata  * Another Asarum  sp. * Viola vaginata  * Blue Anemone  sp. * Trout Lily * Ichi-no Waterfall * Skunk Cabbage * Viola brevistipulata  * Glaucidium palmatum  * Okama Caldera Lake Area On Mt. Zao * Tsuya And Japan's Largest Willow Tree * Mt. Takao - Viola maximowicziana  * Butterflies * Wisteria * Mushrooms * Mountain Azalea & Rhododendron * A Huge Crow * White Rock Waterfall * A Few Iris Flowers At Horikiri Shobuen Iris Garden

April 2008 Photos: THREE Pages - Viola violacea  * Cymbidium Orchid Flowers * Viola phalacrocarpa  * Viola obtusa  * Viola verecunda  * Viola japonica  * Eizan Violet (Viola eizanensis)  * Takao Violet (Viola yezoensis  f. discolor  * Chloranthus japonicus * Corydalis lineariloba  * A Lizard * Oxalis griffithii  var. kantoensis * Chrysosplenium macrostemon  var. atrandrum * Mitella pauciflora  * Hinohara Area - Western Tokyo * Tengu & Aya Waterfalls * Shortia uniflora  * Viola chaerophylloides  f. sieboldiana  * Viola sieboldi  * Viola rossii  * Viola tokubuchiana  var. takedana  * Viola bissetii  * Mountain Azalea * Mountain Cherry (Yama-Zakura) * Red Pine Trees * Moonlight Shot Of Mountain Cherry * Takao Violet (Viola yezoensis  f. discolor) * Yama-buki * Gentiana zollingeri  * Ebine Orchid * Ajuga nipponensis  * Lithospermum zollingeri  * A Korean Pheasant And His Mate * Climb Of Mt. Sougaku And Mt. Gozen * Viola rossii x Viola bissetii  * Pseudostellaria palibiniana  * Viola shikokiana  * Trillium smallii  * Erythronium japonicum

March 2008 Photos: THREE Pages Plum Blossoms At Bubaigawara * Mejiro (Zosterops japonicus) Or Japanese White-eye * Kingfisher At Jindai Botanical Garden * Cornus officinalis  In Bloom * Prunus kawazuzakura Cherry Blossoms * Turtles * Viola sororia, Viola hondoensis  & Cymbidium goeringii On Mt. Kagenobu Trail * Viola grypoceras  & Viola japonica  At Hikage Creek * Anemone raddeana  & Anemone flaccida  Along Hikage Creek * Incredible Plum Blossoms At Yoshino Baigo * Erythronium japonicum (Trout Lily) * Porch Cymbidium goeringii  * Chrysosplenium album var. stamineum  * Viola bissetii  * Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana  * Viola eizanensis  * Omphalodes japonica  * Viola diffusa  At Koishikawa Botanical Garden * Cherry Blossom Viewing At Koishikawa * Purple Azalea * Cercis chinensis  Flower Buds * Viola grypoceras  Flowers * Viola keiskei  Flowers * Fritillaria verticillata  (Baimo) Flowers * Amana edulis  Flowers * Magnolia Flowers * White Dandelion (Taraxacum albidum)  Flowers * Cherry Blossom Viewing At ICU (International Christian University) * Viola japonica  At Nogawa Park * Greenup At Nogawa Park

February 2008 Photos: TWO Pages - Jindai Botanical Garden * Plum Blossoms * Hamamelis spp. Flowers * Shibateranthis pinnatifida (Setsubunsou) Flowers * Cactus * Begonia * Japanese Green Woodpecker (Picus awokera) * Jindai Botanical Garden Under Snow * Upper-Tama River With Snow * Pussy Willow * A Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis) * A Male Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus) * A Female Red-flanked Bluetail * Long-tailed Rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus) * Koishikawa Botanical Garden Of Tokyo University * Early Cherry Blossoms * Cinnamomum camphora (Camphor Tree) * Japanese Garden * More Plum Blossoms * Nogawa Park * Some Kind Of Sparrows * Mejiro (Zosterops japonicus) or Japanese White-eye

January 2008 Photos: THREE Pages - Funagata (Yamagata Prefecture) Snow * Daruma Dolls * Sabane-Yama Shrine * Mt. Takao Shrine * I-Ccho-Daira Frost Flowers & Candle Ice * Tsuru-Tsuru Hot Spring * White Rock Waterfall * Winterberries * Visit To Kawagoe And Temples Of The 7 Gods Of Good Luck * Sunset At Haneda Airport * Strange Sunset Phenomena * Oyama Dairi Park * Dondo Yaki Ceremony * Coccothraustes coccothraustes  (Hawfinch) * Mt. Kawanori Trail With Snow * Icy Hyakuhiro Waterfall * First Flowers Of 2008 - Shibateranthis pinnatifida

December 2007 Photos: TWO Pages - Incredible Red Maples At Jindai Botanical Garden * Brick Red Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) * Jindai Botanical Garden Pampas Grass * Fall Colors At Nogawa Park * Cornus officinalis  Mature Fruits * Old Post Box * Fall Colors At Tonogayato Gardens (Kokubunji) * Mallard Ducks * Pintail Duck * Common Teal * Egret * Ground Colors * Trail To I-Ccho-Daira * Tengu Masks * Neighbor's Christmas Decorations * Full Moon Photo * Ay-O's Chinese Zodiac Poster - Year Of The Rat * Annual Christmas Letter

November 2007 Photos: THREE Pages - 2008 Refrigerator Door Calendars * Mitake Fall Colors * Mt. Kawanori Trail Fall Colors * Hyakuhiro Waterfall * Jindai Botanical Garden Chrysanthemum Waterfall & Fall Colors * Sunset From Haneda Airport * ICU November 14th Fall Color * Okutama And Okutama Mukashi Michi (Old Road) Fall Colors * November 19th Fall Colors At Mt. Takao * November 23rd Fall Colors At Mt. Takao And Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro * November 24th Fall Colors At Mt. Mitake And The Tama River At Mitake (The Famous Ginkgo Tree) * Four Picture Collage Of The Best Fall Color Shots

October 2007 Photos: THREE Pages - Chofu Fireworks * Jindaiji Waterwheel * Trip To Hakone * Hakone-Yumoto * Gora * Sounzan * Owakudani * Black Eggs * Steam Vents * Mountain Ash Tree * Susuki (Pampas) Grass (Miscanthus sinensis) * Pirate Boat * Mt. Fuji Sunset * Mt. Komagatake & Mt. Kamiyama Climbs * Monkshood (Aconitum sp.) * Swertia japonica * Volcanic Gas Warning Sign * Cosmos Flowers At Peak - Showa-Kinen Park * Fall Color At Mt. Takao * Snow Covered Mt. Fuji Sunset From Mt. Takao

September 2007 Photos: THREE Pages - West Shinjuku Skyscrapers * Sweets Shop Goods * Zanthoxylum piperitum  (Prickly Ash) (Mountain Pepper) (San Shou) * Upper-Tama River Flood * Sawanoi Sake Brewery * Haneda Airport Sunset * Showa Kinen Park * Lotus Seed Head * Lotus Flower * Water Lily * Horse Chestnuts * Cosmos Flowers * Bonsai Trees * Pampas Grass * Sunflowers * Red Dragonfly * Mt. Fuji From Takao-san At Sunset * Helicopter Logging At Mt. Takao * Kaman K-1200 K-Max Intermeshing Rotor Helicopter * Butterfly * Moon Through Trees * Cluster Amaryllis (Lycoris radiata) At Hidaka City - Koma Station

August 2007 Photos: TWO Pages - Tokyo Pride Parade * Rengeshouma (False Anemone) (Anemonopsis macrophylla)  At Mt. Mitake * Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema  sp.) Seed-head At Mt. Mitake * Ainsliaea acerifolia  var. subapoda  * Plant-in-a-Milk-Bottle At Mt. Mitake * Adenophora remotiflora  At Mt. Mitake * Yama Ajisai At Mt. Mitake * Bamboo Stand * Conandron ramondioides  (Iwa Tabako) * A visit To Mt. Takao Shrine * Nippara Scenery * Nippara Limestone Caves * Star Flyer Fleet Aircraft * Sunset At Haneda Airport * A 100 Yen Coin Macro-photo * An ANA Pokemon B747 * My Birthday Cake * A "Universal Studios Japan" ANA aircraft * Shin Maywa US-1A Amphibious STOL Aircraft

July 2007 Photos: ONE Page - Nogawa Park * Albizia julibrissin  * Orange Day Lily * Large Spider * White Splotched Leaf Plant * "Ouchi" Sign * Lotus Buds & Flowers * Suntory Musashino Brewery Tasting Room * Cymbidium nipponicum

June 2007 Photos: TWO Pages - Mt. Takao * Dendrobium moniliforme  Orchids * Jindai Botanical Garden Iris Garden * Lower Part Of Mt. Gozen Trail * Salmonberries (Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus) * Mountain Scenery * Veronica miqueliana  * Morus bombycis  * Aquilegia sp. * Benthamidia japonica  * Mt. Mitake & Mt. Hinode Climb And Camp-out At Mt. Hinode * Sunset & Amazing Sunrise Photos * Saxifraga stolonifera * White Rock Waterfall - Upper Falls

May 2007 Photos: TWO Pages - Climb Of Mt. Jinba * Disporum smilacinum  * Viola phalacrocarpa  * Cymbidium goeringii  * Tea Plantation * Tiny Beer Cans * Climb Of Mt. Otsuka * Wild Wisteria Vine/Flowers * Viola sieboldi  * Viola keiskei  * Climb Of Mt. Takao * Viola maximowicziana  * Paeonia japonica  * Meehania urticofolia  * Polygala japonica  * Huge Fern * Tama River Walk * Sisyrinchium atlanticum  * Oenothera rosea  * Butterfly * Two species Of Asarum  * Brown & Purple Iris Flowers * Saxifraga stolonifera  Flowers

April 2007 Photos: THREE Pages - Vacation Month * Cherry Blossom Festival * Viola violacea At Akigawa * Viola yezoensis  f. discolor & Asarum caulescens  At Hikage Creek * Viola chaerophylloides  f. sieboldiana At Akigawa * Mountain Azalea & Arisaema sp. At Takao-san * Viola phalacrocarpa  var. glaberrima, Chrysosplenium macrostemon  var. atrandrum, Viola bissetii, Oxalis griffithii  var. kantoensis, Anemone flaccida & Viola chaerophylloides  f. sieboldiana At Hikage Creek * Hinohara - Tengu & Aya Waterfalls * Hinohara - Viola sororia * TsuTzuRa Rock, Viola sieboldi & Shortia uniflora At Mazukari * Viola rossii, Viola violacea  var. makinoi, Trout Lily (Erythronium japonicum) And Scopalia japonica In the Okutama Area Mt. Sougaku/Mt. Gozen trails * Nogawa Park Flowers * Yamanaka Lake Area (Mt. Mikuni Hiking Course) * Mt. Fuji * Viola tokubuchiana  var. takedana Near Mt. Ohira * Mitake Area Mt. Sougaku, Mt. IwatakeIshi & Mt. Takamizu Hike - Disporum smilacinum And Several Violets * Kawaguchi Lake Area (Asagiri Kogen) - A Yellow Violet (Viola orientalis) *Incredible Views Of Mt. Fuji * Viola collina * Kawaguchi Lake Area - HahaNoShira Waterfall & Viola mirabilis  var. subglabra * List Of Mountains Climbed In April

March 2007 Photos: THREE Pages - Plum, Hamamelis spp., Cherry & Water Lily Flowers At Jindai Botanical Garden * Hinatawada (Yoshino Baigo) Plum Garden and Temples * Chrysosplenium album var. stamineum * Chrysosplenium macrostemon var. atrandrum * First Violet Flowers (Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana f. variegata) * Asarum spp. * Cymbidium goeringii Orchid * Omphalodes japonica * Mitella pauciflora * Chrysosplenium japonicum * Chinese Bamboo Partridge * Anemone flaccida * Corydalis lineariloba * Gagea lutea (Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem) * Takao Violet (Viola yezoensis f. discolor) * Viola grypoceras * Magnolia Blossoms (Magnolia kobus) * Morel Mushrooms (Morchella spp.) * Trout Lily (Erythronium japonicum) * Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema limbatum) * Eizan Violet (Viola eizanensis) * Viola bissetii * Ogesawa (Oge Creek) * And More

February 2007 Photos: TWO Pages - Japanese Serow (Capricornis crispus) (Kamoshika In Japanese) * Waterfalls On Mt. Kawanori Trail * Mt. Kawanori Trail Big Waterfall * Adonis Flowers (Adonis sp.) * Setsubunsou Flowers (Shibateranthis pinnatifida) * Za-Zen-Sou Flowers (Symplocarpus foetidus var. latissimus) * Hino-Hara - Fussawa Waterfall * Plum Blossoms At Bubaigawara * Hamamelis sp. * Cornus officinalis * Yokohama Red Brick Building * Yokohama Chinatown Gate

January 2007 Photos: ONE Page - New Year's Day At Jindaiji Shrine * Mt. Takao Frost Flowers * Trip To Yamanaka Lake * Marimo Pension * Shots Of Mt. Fuji & Collage * First Spring Flower (Shibateranthis pinnatifida) * Sunset Over Mt. Fuji * New Background Images For This Page And "Special Items" Page

December 2006 Photos: TWO Pages - All Of The Pictures Which Can Be Found In The Annual Christmas Letter * For Those People Who Want To Look At The Pictures In Larger Size And For People Who Are Not Close Friends And Therefore Do Not Have The Password * Annual Christmas Letter * 2007 PDF Calendar (Now On The Special Items Page)

November 2006 Photos: TWO Pages - Mt. Kumotori Climb * Fall Colors * Mt. Kumotori Sunrise * Mt. Kumotori Hut * Mt. Fuji * Mt. Nanatsuishi * Sunset From Haneda Airport Office Window * Tama River At Mitake * Mt. Takao * Amazing Fall Colors At Jindai Botanical Garden * Annual Christmas Letter

October 2006 Photos: THREE Pages - The Weekend of October 7th, 8th And 9th - Kazuya's And My Incredible Adventure To The Japanese Central Alps And Climb Of Mt. Kiso-Komagatake (2,956 meters = 9,698 feet) * Nine People Froze To Death This Weekend - Fortunately, We Were Not Included On The List Of Deceased * Fall Colors * Incredible Mountain Scenery * Ice & Snow

September 2006 Photos: TWO Pages - Fall Flowers At Nogawa Park * Sawai Shrine * Mt. Takao * Three Day Weekend At Kusatsu In Gunma Prefecture * Hot Springs * Fall Flowers - Including A Couple Of New Fall Flowers * Beautiful Volcanic Caldera Lake (Mt. Shirane) * Hiking Around The Gunma Mountains * Gondola Ride * Mt. Takao

August 2006 Photos: ONE Page - Photos At Haneda Airport * Several Types Of Flowers (Including The Ever Famous - Rengeshouma) At Mt. Mitake * Mt. Fuji From Our Office Window At Haneda Airport * Photos Of 2006 Tokyo Lesbian And Gay Parade

July 2006 Photos: ONE Page - Fancy Cakes * Photos At The Haneda Airport Office

June 2006 Photos: ONE Page - Cremastra appendiculata ORCHID Photos * Dendrobium moniliforme ORCHID Photos At Mt. Takao

May 2006 Photos: TWO Pages - Mt. Mitsutouge Climb And Camp-out (Alone) * Mt. Fuji - Sunset & Sunrise From Mt. Mitsutouge Summit * A Japanese Mountain Goat (Quite Rare) * Kazuya And I Together At Yamanaka Lake For 2 Days Of Hiking And Climbing * Shots Of Mt. Fuji * Trillium smallii Flowers * Handkerchief Tree, Dragonfly & Blue Poppy Flower At Jindai Botanical Garden * Boeing 777 Cockpit "Jump-seat" Flight From Tokyo To Osaka

April 2006 Photos: TWO Pages - Morel Mushrooms * Nogawa Park Cherry blossoms * Willow Trees Leafing Out * Forsythia And Spiraea Bushes & Flowers * Gentiana zollingeri Flowers * Hikage Creek Violets And Mutant Anemone * Omphalodes japonica * Camellia Blossom * More Violets And Other Spring Flowers * Detail Views Of Viola phalacrocarpa f. chionantha And Viola variegata var. variegata * Three PDF Files Of Beautiful Violet Flowers And One Of A Cherry Blossom

March 2006 Photos: TWO Pages - Mitake Pussy Willow * First Violet Flowers * Porch Mini-Iris Flower * Porch Violet Flowers * Jindai Botanical Garden * White Dandelion * Plum Blossoms At Jindai Botanical Garden * First Cherry Blossoms * Trillium Plant * Chrysosplenium album var. stamineum * Takao Winter Soba Festival Poster * Porch Cymbidium Orchid * Takao Science Garden Violets * Beautiful PDF file Of Viola phalacrocarpa Photo * Trout Lily * Chrysosplenium macrostemon var. atrandrum

February 2006 Photos: TWO Pages - First Spring Flowers * Jindai Botanical Garden * Nogawa Park * Mt. Takao * White Rock Waterfall * Winterberries * First Nice Plum Blossoms * Adonis sp. Flowers (An Endangered Plant) * First Porch Violets Breaking The Soil

January 2006 Photos: THREE Pages - Winter Vacation In Yamagata Prefecture. Heavy Snow In Northern Japan * Ginzan Resort/Historic Area * Mt. Zao Snow Monsters (Ju-Hyo) * Kazuya & Dan'l Photo * A Nice Sunset * Yama-Dera (Mountain Shrine) * Funagata (Kazuya's Hometown) * Taito Ward In Tokyo * Hama Rikyu Gardens * First Plum Buds

December 2005 Photos: ONE Page - Winter Colors * Amazing Frost Flowers At Mt. Takao And Link To current knowledge Of Frost Flower Formation * New Year's (Dog Year) Poster * Annual Christmas Letter (Password Protected)

November 2005 Photos: TWO Pages - Mt. Takao And Okutama Fall Colors * Very Late Fall Flowers At Okutama * Upper-Tama River Fall Colors - The Amazingly Yellow Ginkgo Tree With Red Maple leaves In The Foreground * Musashi-Itsukaichi Fall Colors * Annual Christmas Letter (Password Protected)

October 2005 Photos: ONE Page - Very Late Fall Flowers At Mt. Mitake * Beautiful Upper-Tama River * Porch Violets

September 2005 Photos: TWO Pages - Fall Flowers At Mt. Takao * Climb Of Mt. Nanatsuishi And Mt. Kumotori And An AMAZING Sunset And Good Sunrise * Trip To Yamanaka Lake And Camp-out At Mt. Myoujin with Sunset * Moonlight Pictures And Sunrise Of Mt. Fuji

August 2005 Photos: TWO Pages - Rengeshouma (Anemonopsis macrophylla) At Mt. Mitake - Some Excellent Flower Photos * Taiko Drum Exhibition * Summer Vacation To Yamagata Prefecture * Mountain Lily * Fireworks Festival * Mogami River Boat Trip * Mt Gassan Partial Climb & Flowers There * Sakata (City) * Mt Choukai Amazing Mountain Climb * Flowers * Rain * Sunset & Sunrise On The Summit (Great Kazuya & Dan'l photo) * Ends With Camp-out at I-Ccho-Daira (Mt. Takao) - Good Moon Photo * Upper Tama-River Day-trip * Collage of Different Stages Of Helwingia japonica  Fruiting Body

July 2005 Photos: TWO Pages - Some Nogawa Park Summer Flowers * Chinese Lantern Festival At Asakusa Shrine * Cymbidium nipponicum (An Endangered Orchid) * Strange SMALL Insect * Helwingia japonica * Summer Flowers At Mt. Hinode * Chofu Fireworks Movie

June 2005 Photos: TWO Pages - Domestic Orchid * Lots Of Nice Dendrobium moniliforme Orchids At Mt. Takao (Taken Through Binoculars) * KitaYama Iris Garden * Hydrangea Bushes * Nice Butterflies * Spiranthes sinensis (Spiral Orchid) * Special Takao Violet (Viola yezoensis f. discolor) Photos * Time Lapse Photography Slide Show Of Takao Violet Cleistogamous Flower Opening

May 2005 Photos: TWO Pages - Morel Mushrooms * Mt. Sougaku Climb & Flowers There (Violets And Trout Lily) * Helwingia japonica * Two Or Three Species Of Asarum * Rikugien Gardens * Nogawa Park Summer Flowers * Domestic And Also Wild Wisteria * Okutama Old Road Hike * Dendrobium moniliforme Orchid At Mt. Takao

April 2005 Photos: THREE Pages - Vacation * Hiking Around Yamanaka Lake (Mt. Mikuni * Panorama Point * Mt. Fuji) * Spring Violets * Jack-in-the-Pulpit * Cymbidium Orchids * Chrysosplenium album * Chloranthus japonicus * Cherry Blossoms * Trigonotis peduncularis * Other Flowers * Kusatsu & Hot Springs And Mt. Shirane Hike * White Dandelion * Mt. Takao Area Violets * Asarum sp. And Dogwood

March 2005 Photos: ONE Page - Huge Strawberries * Upper Tama River & Pussy Willows * Nogawa Park Veronica & Other Flowers * Mt. Takao Chrysosplenium sp., Cymbidium Orchids And Anemone sp. Flowers * First Spring Violets

February 2005 Photos: ONE Page - Omotesando - Aqua Illusion * Mt Takao Winter Soba Festival Poster * Japanese Grosbeak * Kamakura - Inamuragasaki Park * Hawk & Monticola solitarius (Bird) * Woodpecker * Takahatafudo Shrine * More Plum Blossoms * Candle Ice * ShowaKinen Park Bonsai Trees

January 2005 Photos: ONE Page - The Final Fall Color Photos - Shin-Koganei Old House & Persimmon Tree * Christmas Tree & Presents * Christmas Day Outing - 2004 * New Year's Midnight At Mt. Takao * White Rock Waterfall * Mt. Takao Sunset * First Plum Blossoms & Other Early Spring Flowers

December 2004 Photos: TWO Pages - The 2004 Christmas Letter - The Best Photos Of 2004 - All Of The Photos Here Are Included In The Annual Christmas Letter (Xmas Letter Is Password Protected) * Photos In Chronological Order From January Through December 2004

November 2004 Photos: ONE Page - Very Late Fall Flowers (Cosmos) * Fall Berries * Fall Colors At Mt. Iwadano * Mitake Fabulous Ginkgo with Red Maple Leaves In Foreground * Okutama Lake Spring vs. Fall Panorama * Okutama Area With Fall Colors

October 2004 Photos: ONE Page - Monkeys On Mt. Kumotori Trail * Fall Flowers * Berries And Colors At Mt. Mitake * Two Different Fall Flower Collages

September 2004 Photos: ONE Page - Fall Flowers At Mt. Takao * Camp-out at I-Ccho-Daira * Tama Zoological Park * Lots Of Butterflies And Other Zoo Animals

August 2004 Photos: ONE Page - Rengeshouma (Anemonopsis macrophylla) At Mt. Mitake * Other Fall Flowers * Mt. Hinode Sunset And Morning * Mt. Kumotori Climb * Marubadakebuki (Ligularia dentata) * Mt. Nanatsuishi Summit * Mt. Kumotori Summit * Deer Around The Tent At Night * Sunrise At Mt. Kumotori * More Fall Flowers * Sanjou Hot Spring

July 2004 Photos: ONE Page - Mt. Kawanori Big Waterfall * Mt. Kawanori Summit And Camp-out * Morning At Mt. Kawanori (Sea-of-Fog) * Indian Pipe (Monotropa sp.) * Mt. Honita * Huge Mountain Lily * Mt. Ohtake Camp-out (Afternoon * Evening * Night * Morning) * Beautiful Panorama With Mt. Fuji * Ohtaki Waterfall And Ohtake Limestone Cave

June 2004 Photos: ONE Page - HoriKiri Iris Garden * Mt. Takao Summer Flowers * Camping At I-Ccho-Daira Again * A Lizard And A Swallow (Bird)

May 2004 Photos: ONE Page - Clematis And Roses At Jindai Botanical Garden * Swallowtail Butterfly On Iris * Camping At I-Ccho-Daira * Camping At Mt. Hinode * Mt. Hinode Summit Shelter At Night * Flowers * Movie of Cuckoo Bird Song

April 2004 Photos: ONE Page - Mt. Kagenobu * Mt. Sougaku * Okutama Lake * Mt. Gozen Summit * Spring Flowers * Mt. Nanatsuishi * Mt. Kumotori * Camping At Mt. Kumotori * Morning Fog On Mt. Kumotori * Mt. TakaNoSu

March 2004 Photos: ONE Page - This Page Includes 2004's Spring Vacation * The Hakone Area * Manazaru * Cymbidium Orchids * Mt. Mitsutouge Climb With Kazuya * Kazuya On 5 Mountain Tops * Musashino Park Spiraea * Gentiana zollingeri * Trout Lily * Jack-in-the-Pulpit * Yoseki (Wood) * The First Cherry Blossoms

February 2004 Photos: ONE Page - Early Spring Flowers * Plum Blossoms * Mizu-Moto Park - Birds Nesting * Mt. Takao Moon * Chrysosplenium sp. Collage

January 2004 Photos: ONE Page - First Flowers Of The New Year * Plum Blossoms * Candle Ice * Mt. Takao Sunset Showing Mt. Fuji

December 2003 Photos: ONE Page - Tokyo Around Christmas Time * Trip To Kamakura & Shrines * Ocean At Kamakura * Sunset At Inamuragasaki Park * Trip To Enoshima (Island) * New Years At Jindai Temple * The Annual Christmas Letter