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Tosaken: Kochi’s Mastiff
Fighting dogs are used dog fighting game as one of recreation of people. In Japan, the recreation is held in Kochi and Akita. The dog which is used dog fighting game is mainly Mastiff species. But the past, the dog … Continue reading
Shiemeji: Lyophyllum Shimeji
Shimeji is shaped like mushroom. It has an umbrella and a handle. Shimeji is a general term of mushroom of small to medium size. Mainly, Shimeji is classified. Lyophyllum Shimeji, although it is sometimes classified mushroom of Tricholomataceae. Shimeji are … Continue reading
Amenbo: Gerridae
Gerridae Aquarius paludum paludum, which have long legs for living a life on the water, includes Hemiotera Gerridae. In Japanese, the name is Amenbo but there are many kinds elsewhere, and it is classified in different ways. The appearance is … Continue reading
Tengutake: Amanita pantherina
Tengutake(Scientific name is Amanita pantherina) is a kind of toadstool. Its body is about 20~30 cm and color is white. It has a brown cap and there are many white grains on the surface of cap. Tengutake belongs to the … Continue reading
Mokkoku: Japanese Cleyera
Mokkoku is Japanese name and scientific name is Ternstroemia gymnanthera (Wright et Arn.) Sprague. This tree is evergreen high tree and grows to average of 15 meters height,moreover it becomes max 18 meters.The leaf is thick and smooth,also it blooms … Continue reading
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Nihonkanoshika: Capricornis crispus
Nihonnkamoshika is a kind of kamoshika. It is a endemic species in Japan. The scientific name is Capricornis crispus. Nihonnkamoshika is Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Mammalia Cetartiodactyla Bovidae Caprinae Rupicaprini Capricomis C.crispus. Kamashika are classified in the ten species. It is … Continue reading
Shyazikumo: Chara buraunii
There are very many creatures, amphibians, insects, microbes, water-weed and algae, in the common rice field in Japan. Do you know any other very similar to water-weed? The species name is Chara buraunii, and they are called “Charophyte” in English. … Continue reading
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Nazuna: Shepard’s Purse
As one of the Japanese customs, there is a special rice porridge called “Nanakusagayu”. The reason why it is called “Nanakusagayu” is that the rice porridge includes 7 species of wild grasses. Nazuna is one of the wild grasses. Nazuna’s … Continue reading
Fudaraku: Grateloupia lanceolata (Okamura) Kawaguchi
Grateloupia lanceolata (Okamura) Kawaguchi is a member of the Rhodophyceae, or red algae group. The body is thick and firm. A short stalk appressorium with width is previously attached a little. It is vertical by appressorium. There are a lot … Continue reading
Maitake: Grifola frondosa
There are a lot of mushrooms all over the world and there are a lot of species of Maitake, for example, Shiromaitake, Tonbimaitake, and Choreimaitake. Shiromaitake often live upon a beech tree. Tonbimaitake often live upon beech and mizunara trees. … Continue reading
Inoshishi: Wild Boar
Wild boar’s scientific name is Sus scrofa. The wild boar is an animal classified into the wild boar family wild boar belonging. Wild boar’s nose is a very sensitive, nervous animal.The wild boar has subspecies of about 30 kinds in … Continue reading
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Hirame: Japanese flatfish
The Japanese flatfish, or Olive flounder, is a kind of the fish that belongs to the large tooth flounder suborder of the flatfish family. Its scientific name is Paralichthys olivaceus. The two eyes show it is lying on its right … Continue reading
Hato: Pigeon
The birds have the scientific name Columbidae. Columbidae is called “Pigeon” in English, and it is called “Hato” in Japanese. There are a variety of views about origin of the Japanese name. Many people support the Japanese name origin for … Continue reading
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Shiogiku: Chrysanthemum shiwogiku
Chrysanthemum shiwogiku is an apetalous wild chrysanthemum that grows near the ocean. Its scientific name Chrysanthemum shiwogiku; another name is shiokazegiku. The height of shiogiku is 25~35cm. Shiogiku has a spatulate leaf, the back of which is covered with silver … Continue reading
Himawari: Sun Flower
The Sun flower is a seed plant. There is large yellow bloom on the top, it grows to 2 meters in height and is a annual plant. This flower is ornamental plant and the seeds are flat and oval , … Continue reading
Jimbeizame: Whale Shark
There are so many sea animals on Earth, for example, fishes and mammal. Rhincodon typus is the biggest of fishes on earth. It is called a Whale shark in English. It is a most body length of about 13.7m and … Continue reading
Oniyuri: Tiger Lily
ONIYURI is Japanese name. American name is tiger lily. Because the origin of the name is slightly bigger than Lilium Maximowiczii growing wild in the mountainous districts; a tiger lily. It is said that ONI likened the state that the … Continue reading
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Yairyocho: the Fairy Pitta
The Japanese name is yairotyo, in English it is Fairy Pitta, and scientific name is Pitta nympha. The body length is 18cm,the wing length is 118~227mm. The whole body is covered with feathers which are plural colors, and the many … Continue reading
Kawauso: River Otter
The scientific name of the locally extinct otter is Lutra lutra whiteleyi. Taxonomy is Animalia, Chordata,Vertebrata, Mammalia, Carnivora. It inhabits Australia, waterside and the sea of a whole world except New Zealand. It is good at swimming and adapts myself … Continue reading
Aokabi: Blue Mold
Blue mold is very useful for human life, such as Antibiotic, foodstuffs like a Gorgonzola and Roquefort cheese the composition of citric acid or nucleic acid is utilized widely as useful bacterium. Still, if mold grow on our food, people … Continue reading
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