Wednesday, April 27, 2011

鯉 - Koi

This absolutely beautiful fish was swimming in the local stream; likely it has escaped from someone's pond.

Another interesting thing that I have noticed after seeing a few of these colourful koi in the stream is that the fish are somewhat territorial or at least stay in the same area for some time. It's not something that you would notice with the regularly coloured koi as they are a uniform black with a silvery underside.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

亀 - Turtle

This rather large turtle wasn't going any where, even though it's riding the bicycle.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Sakura

Spring has brought warmer temperatures;
the cherry trees have started to blossom.