Outdoor Photography of Alaska and Japan by Daniel Wieczorek & Kazuya Numazawa.

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The intent of this page is to give you a single place where nearly everything is so that you can use the "find" function of your browser to search for something and be able to "find" all of the months, or how many times some specific thing was done and photos can be viewed. For example, if you are asking yourself "How many times have they climbed Mt. Kumotori?" or "What month do they usually find Cymbidium goeringii?" this is the place to find the answer.

2024 Photo Pages

September 2024 Photos: Two Pages - Morning Colors at Home * A Drive up the Elliott Highway * Autumn Colors * Wickersham Dome * Mushrooms * Flowers from Our Garden * A Trip to the Mountains for Lingonberry Harvesting * A Plethora of Berry Types * The Harvest Reward * Our Woodshed * Our Mountain Ash Tree * The First Frost at Home * A Drive up the Steese Highway in search of Caribou * Interesting Autumn Colors * Frost Crystals * Caribou on the Mountainside * Caribou in the Valleys * Caribou Sleeping * Caribou Virtually Everywhere * More

August 2024 Photos: One Page - A Trip to the Grapefruit Complex Wildfire Location at Grapefruit Rocks * Wildfire Damage * Amazing Lilies in our Garden * Our Silvery Fir Tomato Plant with Ripening Tomatoes * Firewood Stacked for Wheelbarrowing * Firewood Stacked for Splitting * Our Eggplant * Steese Highway Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Nesting Platform * Club Moss (Lycopodium sp.) and Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) * Blueberries (Vaccinium alaskaense) * Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) * Bearberry (Arctostaphylos alpina) * Daniel at our Farmers Market Canopy * Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) at the Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge Sandhill Crane Festival * Daniel and his Birthday Cake * More

July 2024 Photos: One Page - A Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) and a Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) * An American Robin (Turdus migratorius) and Two of its Young * An Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum) in Our Yard * Kazuya in His Garden * An Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) in a Tree * Twelvemile Summit - Diversity Gulch * Alpine Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis asiatica) * Some Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) on the Ridge Near Eagle Summit * Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) * Sunrise at Eagle Summit Wayside * Nearby Caribou * Caribou on a Ridge Six-Miles Away * Kazuya's Garden and Lilies * More

June 2024 Photos: Three Pages - Spotted Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium guttatum) in our Yard * Hiking the Mt. Prindle Trail * Our Garden * Scenery Along the Highway - Fairbanks to Taylor Highway * Westfork BLM Campground - Taylor Highway * Northern Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium passerinum) * Free Ferry Across Yukon River, Dawson City, YT * Driving the Dempster Highway * Tombstone Territorial Park * Tombstone Mountain Viewpoint * Tombstone Mountain Campground * Nagoon Berries (Rubus arcticus) * Moon Over the Mountain * Hiking the Goldensides Trail * Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata) * Amazing Clouds * Pallas' Wallflower (Erysimum redowskii aka E. pallasii) * Pink Plumes (Bistorta plumosa) * Dwarf Fireweed (Chamerion latifolium) * Rake Mountain Map * Ptarmigan Adults and Chicks * Hiking to & Climbing on Rake Mountain * Sudetic Lousewort (Pedicularis sudetica) * Alaskan Phlox (Phlox alaskensis) * Pygmy Gentian (Gentiana prostrata) * Hiking on the Grizzly Lake Trail * Alpine Forget-me-not (Myosotis asiatica) * Mt. Monolith from Grizzly Lake Trail Viewpoint * Moss Campion (Silene acaulis) * Grouse Mother Teaching Chicks to Dust Bathe * Reindeer Moss * Canada Goose Family on Pond * Downtown Chicken Alaska * Arriving Back at Home * More

May 2024 Photos: ONE Page - May - and New Snow at Home * Preparing the Home Garden * A Trip to the Mountains * Twelvemile Summit Spring Flowers * Woolly Lousewort (Pedicularis lanata) * Alaska Kittentails (Synthyris borealis) * The Rare Alaska Blue Anemone (Anemone multiceps) * Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) * Purple Oxytrope (Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens) * Snowy Scenery Near Eagle Summit * Eagle Summit Wayside * Hiking Around the Underwear Turnout Area * Home Garden Finished Planting * More

April 2024 Photos: ONE Page - Eight photos taken of the same area on April 30/May 1, 2017 - 2024 * A Trip to Castner Glacier/Ice Cave * A Small Herd of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) along the Richardson Highway * April 14th Photos at Home * Migratory Waterfowl at Creamer's Field Refuge * April 22nd Photos at Home * Birch Tree Tapping for Birch Water/Syrup * Another visit to Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge * A trip up the Elliott Highway in Search of our Earliest Spring Flower - the Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla patens) * More

Winter 2023 - 2024 Photos: TWO Pages - Stollen Loaves * Farmers Market Holiday Bazaar * Snow at Home * Christmas Treats * Christmas Ornaments * Christmas Dinner at Home * New Year's Eve Fireworks at UAF * New Year's Day Foods * Kazuya's "Cakes & Cream Puffs 2023" * Kazuya's "Daniel Collage 2023" * King's Cake for Epiphany * Sun From South Window * More Snow at Home * -40F° at Home * -51F° Weather Report * Ice Fog in Downtown Fairbanks * A Most Amazing Trip to Chena Hot Springs * A Walk From Home - Gettinger's Field * Common Redpoll Birds (Acanthis flammea) * Moose (Alces alces) at Home * A Trip to Twelvemile Summit & Eagle Summit * Photos Taken at Fairbanks "World Ice Art Championships" * A Trip up the Elliott Highway to Wickersham Dome * More

2023 Photo Pages

2023 Annual Newsletter and Photos: ONE Page - The 2023 Annual Newsletter * Plus Larger Size Versions of All 42 Photos That Are Included in it

October & November 2023 Photos: ONE Page - A Cake For Us * A Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) on the Peanut Butter Stick * Our Christmas Cactus in Bloom * Photos From Our West Window * An Amazing Trip to Twelvemile and Eagle Summits * Snow and Blowing Snow * A Small Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) Herd on the Move * Frost in the Trees at Home * Aurora Borealis at Home * More

September 2023 Photos: ONE Page - "Kissing Behind A Salmon" * Autumn Colors in the Birch/Aspen Forest Understory * Our Side Yard * A Big Cabbage * Gray Jays (Perisoreus canadensis) on our new Peanut-Butter Stick * Our House and Autumn Colors * Rose Hips * A Walk up The Road * Gettinger's Field * A Trip to US Creek Road * The Snowy White Mountains * Lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) * A North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) * The Fairbanks, Alaska Harvest Moon * An Abundance of Yellow Leaves in Our Yard * A Sunflower Bouquet * An Aurora Borealis shot * A Birthday Cake and A Cake for Us * More

July & August 2023 Photos: THREE Pages - A Trip to Twelvemile and Eagle Summits for the 4th of July * Frigid Shooting Star (Dodecatheon frigidum) * Alpine Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis asiatica) * A Scud Cloud * Pink Plumes (Bistorta plumosa) * Scamman's Springbeauty (Claytonia scammaniana) * Alaska Springbeauty (Claytonia sarmentosa) * Alaska Harebell (Campanula lasiocarpa) * Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) * Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium) * Arctic Forget-Me-Not (Eritrichium nanum) * A Moss * In The Clouds at Eagle Summit * Yellow Flowers Beside Steele Creek Road * The Best Photos from our 2023 Vacation * Smoke in the Sky * Gerstle River * Kazuya at the US/Canada Border * Congdon Creek Campground - Destruction Bay Kluane Lake * Sheep Mountain Area - Yukon Territory * Kathleen Lake - Yukon Territory * Scenery Along the Haines Highway * Million Dollar Falls - Yukon Territory * Three Guardsmen Lake and Mountain * Chilkat River and Mountains Near Haines, Alaska * Chilkat State Park, Haines - Lutak Inlet * Haines Fairgrounds - Farmers Market * Driving North on the Haines Highway * Kathleen Lake (again) * Descending Into Haines Junction, Y.T. * Fox Lake Campground - Klondike Highway * Klondike Highway, Carmacks, Y.T. * Five Finger Rapids - Yukon River - Klondike Highway * Pelly Crossing Area - Klondike Highway * Dempster Highway Junction on the Klondike Highway * Dempster Highway - Tombstone Territorial Park * Tombstone Park - Hiking Map * Scenery Shots Along Dempster Highway in Tombstone Territorial Park * Dempster Highway - Tombstone Range Viewpoint * A Single Caribou * Dawson City Y.T. Viewpoint * Dawson City Farmers Market * Dawson City Free Yukon River Ferry Crossing * Driving The Top of the World Highway * More

June 2023 Photos: TWO Pages - A Trip to Denali National Park * Lapland Rosebay (Rhododendron lapponicum) * Lehmann's rock-jasmine (Androsace chamaejasme ssp. lehmanniana) * Ferns * Savage Alpine Trail Scenery * Parry's Wallflower (Parrya nudicaulis) * Purple Mountain Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) * Pincushion plant (Diapensia lapponica var. obovata) * Purple Bittercress (Cardamine purpurea) * Few-flowered Corydalis (Corydalis pauciflora) * Narcissus-Flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora) * Savage River Loop Trail Scenery * Bison Gulch Trail to Mt. Healy * Moss Campion (Silene acaulis) * Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala) * Arctic-bell Heather (Cassiope tetragona) * Seams of Coal in the Distance * Common Alplily (Lloydia serotina) * Muskroot (Adoxa moschatellina) * Arctic Yellow Violet (Viola biflora) * Geyer's Twinpod (Physaria geyeri) * Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) * Hairy Woodpeckers (Leuconotopicus villosus) * Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) * The Peat Ponds * Roundleaf Orchid (Galearis rotundifolia) * Upper Grapefruit Rocks * Twinflower (Linnaea borealis) * Northern Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium passerinum) * Small-Flower Columbine (Aquilegia brevistyla) * Spotted Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium guttatum) * More

May 2023 Photos: TWO Pages - Several Photos at Home as Snow Melts * A Trip to Mile 57 on the Elliott Highway * Scenery * Pasque Flowers (Pulsatilla patens) * Icy Tatalina River * Icy Chatanika River * A Trip up the Steese Highway to Twelvemile and Eagle Summits * Woolly Lousewort (Pedicularis lanata) * Alpine Bearberry (Arctous alpina) * Polar Willow (Salix polaris) * Alaska Blue Anemone (Anemone multiceps) * Overflow Ice at Willow Creek * Eagle Summit Wayside * A Red Fox * CrowBerry (Empetrum nigrum) * Snow Buttercup (Ranunculus nivalis) * Unknown Cocoon Attached To Rock * Deep Snow Along the Highway * Alaska Kittentails (Synthyris borealis) * Diversity Gulch Snow * US Creek Road * Pincushion plant (Diapensia lapponica var. obovata) * Mountain Azalea (Kalmia procumbens) * University of Alaska - West Ridge - Calypso Orchid (Calypso bulbosa var. americana) * More

April 2023 Photos: ONE Page - Sunrise Time Colors at Home * Snow Buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis) at Chena Hot Springs * Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches (Leucosticte tephrocotis) at Chena Hot Springs * Snowy Photos at Home * Bohemian Waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus) * A Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus) Rests in our Woodshed * Waterfowl at Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge * Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) * Greater White-fronted Geese (Anser albifrons) * Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) * 2017 through 2023 Comparison Photos Looking Up Our Driveway * More

March 2023 Photos: TWO Pages - A Christmas Cactus With Two Flowers on One Leaf * Snow and Snowstorms At Home * A Yardstick In the Snow * A Trip South on the Richardson Highway to Castner Glacier and Rainbow Ridge * Amazing Photos of the Eastern Part of the Alaska Range * Blowing Snow * Donnelly Dome * Cross-Country Skiing to Castner Glacier and Ice Cave * Inside the Castner Glacier ice Cave * Rainbow Ridge * Jewel Orchid (Ludisia discolor) Plant and Flowers at Home * Amazing Aurora Borealis Display at Home * A Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus) on Our Porch * More

February 2023 Photos: ONE Page - Several Shots of Snow At Home * Several Shots of the Aurora Borealis * Christmas Cactus * Homemade Falafel * Homemade Chocolate-Covred Strawberries * A Blackcod Dinner * An Amazing Sandwich for Lunch * More

January 2023 Photos: TWO Pages - A Red-backed Vole (Myodes rutilus) Eating Rice * A Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) * A Drive to the Mountains * Twelvemile Summit * Snow * Blowing Snow * Outhouse at Twelvemile Summit * The Alaska Blue Anemone Place Winter Scenery * Rock-hard Drifted Snow * Eagle Summit & Whiteout Conditions * Icy Steese Highway * Steele Creek Road - Gettinger's Field * A Cat that Comes to Visit * Sunrise Photos & High Dynamic Range Versions of Them * A Passion Fruit Chocolate Mousse Cake * Amazing Aurora Borealis at Home * An Aurora Borealis Animated GIF * A Trip to Olnes, Alaska (Population: 1) * Some 2024 Calendar Page Samples * From Our West Window * More

2022 Photo Pages

December 2022 Photos: ONE Page - The first eight rows show only the 24 photos which are part of the 2022 Anual Newsletter * Rows 9 and 10 show outdoor photos taken at home during November and December * Rows 11 and 12 show photos of two wedding cakes which Kazuya made for a close friend * Rows 13 - 16 show Aurora Borealis photos which were taken from our driveway around the Christmas season * Row 17, the final row, shows two collages created by Kazuya, one collage of me (Daniel) through the year, and one collage that includes several beautiful photos of Kazuya's Baked Delights during the year. If you have not yet downloaded the Annual Newsletter, there are links to do so at the bottom of the page.

September 2022 Photos: TWO Pages - A Visit to Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge * Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) * Driving Up The Steese Highway * Autumn Colors * Harvesting Lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) * And The Lingonberry Harvest * A Cup Fungi (Peziza varia) * The Moon Through the Trees At Home * An Autumn Drive up the Elliott Highway * More Amazing Autumn Colors * Romanesco Broccoli * Another Drive up the Elliott Highway (to Compare to the Earlier Drive up there) * Snow in the Mountains * Back Home - Bare Trees and Raking Leaves * More

August 2022 Photos: ONE Page - A Drive Across the Denali Highway from West to East * Scenery * First Snow on the High Peaks (Termination Dust) * Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) Leaves * Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) * Bearberry (Arctostaphylos alpina) * Partial Rainbow * A Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) Family * Common Loons (Gavia immer) * Blueberry Jam For Sale * Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) * Rainbow Ridge * Kazuya's Garden Flowers * Gettinger's Field * Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) * More

July 2022 Photos: ONE Page - Hairy Woodpeckers (Leuconotopicus villosus) * Red Squirrel * Splitting Wood * A Flower Collage * Daniel at Farmer's Market * Kazuya's Amazing and Beautiful Nerikiri * A Drive Up the Elliott Highway * Nagoon Berries (Rubus arcticus) * Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium aka Chamerion angustifolium) * Daniel Standing Beside a Garden Delphinium Plant * Gettinger's Field and Beautiful Fireweed * Working on Firewood and Our Woodshed * More Nerikiri * Daniel and Garden Flowers * More

June 2022 Photos: TWO Pages - A Trip to Twelvemile and Eagle Summits * The Alaska Blue Anemone (Anemone multiceps) * Parry's Wallflower (Parrya nudicaulis) * Snow Buttercup (Ranunculus nivalis) * Woolly Lousewort (Pedicularis lanata) * Arctic Lupine (Lupinus arcticus ssp. arcticus) * A Visit to "The Peat Ponds" on the West Side of Fairbanks * Bog Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos) * Roundleaf Orchid (Galearis rotundifolia) * Upper Grapefruit Rocks * Twinflower (Linnaea borealis) * Spotted Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium guttatum) * Dwarf Mountain Fleabane (Erigeron compositus) * A Thunderstorm at Gettinger's Field * Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) * American Robin (Turdus migratorius) and a Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) Staring Each Other Down * Another trip to Twelvemile and Eagle Summits * Oeder's Lousewort (Pedicularis oederi) * Frigid Shooting-star (Dodecatheon frigidum) * Alpine Forget-me-not (Myosotis asiatica) * Scamman's Springbeauty (Claytonia scammaniana) * Moss Campion (Silene acaulis) * Wolf Scat and Caribou Remains * Snow Arnica (Arnica griscomii ssp. frigida) * Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala) and Caribou Remains * Twice-hairy Butterweed (Tephroseris lindstroemii) * Macoun's Poppy (Papaver macounii) * Yukon Grounsel (Tephroseris yukonensis) * Eagle Summit Wayside - Smoky Skies * Apetalous Catchfly (Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis) * Arctic Forget-me-not (Eritrichium nanum) * Purple Bittercress (Cardamine purpurea) * Lapland Rosebay (Rhododendron lapponicum) * Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) * Long-pod Stitchwort (Minuartia macrocarpa) * Forest Fire Smoke near Chatanika * More

May 2022 Photos: TWO Pages - Kazuya's Sakura Mochi * Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) and Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) at Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge * Kazuya's Uiro Kabuto Kakitsubata * Remaining Snow at Home on May 5 and 6 * A Trip up the Eliott Highway for Pasque Flowers (Pulsatilla patens) * The Tatalina River * An Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) on its Nesting Platform * Olnes Pond * A Spring Greenup Series At Home * Removing an Old Woodstove and Installing a New One * Calypso Orchids (Calypso bulbosa var. americana) * A Large Beaver Chiselled Tree * First Prickly Wild Rose (Rosa acicularis) of the Season * More

April 2022 Photos: TWO Pages - A Trip to Castner Glacier and the Ice Cave Inside of it * Amazing Eastern Alaska Range Mountain Photos * Inside an Ice Cave * Kazuya's Amazing Nerikiri * Our Driveway * Snow Buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis) and/or McKay's Buntings (P. hyperboreus) at Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge * Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) * Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) * Kazuya's "Choux A La Cr me Sakura" * Six Photos - Six Years of the Same Spot * More

March 2022 Photos: ONE Page - A Drive Up to the Twelvemile and Eagle Summit Area * Magnificent Scenery * Snow * Clouds * Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) * The World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks, Alaska * Snow Photos at Home * A Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) * More

January and February 2022 Photos: ONE Page - The Alaska Range from Steele Creek Road * Moose in the Woods * Snow Settling Around the Trees * Sunrise Colors * The Aurora Borealis * Moose in the Yard * A Hairy Woodpecker * Our House Plants * More

2021 Photo Pages

December 2021 Photos: TWO Pages - Photos which are included in the Annual Newsletter for 2021, plus the best of December. Page 1 includes photos from Pages 1 - 8 of the Annual Newsletter, January through about one-half of October. Page 2 includes photos from Pages 9 - 11, the final three images of October through the end of the year. The final five rows on Page 2 are not Annual Newsletter photos, but are some of the best which were taken during the month of December and not included in the Annual Newsletter due to space considerations. If you have not yet downloaded the Annual Newsletter, there are links to do so at the bottom of each page.

November 2021 Photos: ONE Page - A Sunrise Photo * November 3rd Aurora Storm * Photos by Moonlight * Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) Enjoying the 'peanut butter stick' * A November 18 - 19 Lunar Eclipse Collage * Sun and Snow Dust * More

October 2021 Photos: ONE Page - October 2 Snow * October 6 Snow * Fallen Leaves on the Snow * Kazuya's Steamed Buns (Niku-Man in Japanese) * October 10 Snow * October 11 Aurora * October 18 Full Moon * October 21 Sunrise Time * Kazuya's Amazing and also Beautiful Nerikiri (Japanese Sweets) * October 24 Sunrise Time * Clam Sauce Linguine Dinner * More

September 2021 Photos: THREE Pages - A September 1st Trip to Denali National Park * Denali, The Mountain * An Abundance of Autumn Colors and Mountains * Whitish Gentian (Gentiana algida) * The Savage River Trail * Tourists Going Nuts for a Cow Moose * The Monderosa Restaurant - A Mondy Burger * A Walk From Home to Gettinger's Field * Flower Arrangements From Our Garden Flowers * Highbush Cranberry (Viburnum trilobum) * Eastern Portion of the Alaska Range * A Drive Up the Steese Highway * Autumn Colors * Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) * Blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum) * Lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) * Bearberry (Arctostaphylos alpina) * Kazuya's Meringue Chantilly * Kazuya's Chestnut Cream Cake * The First Snow * The Final 2021 Farmer's Market * Our Garden With Snow * More

August 2021 Photos: ONE Page - A Sales Pitch for our two 2022 Calendars * A Trip to Twelvemile and Eagle Summits * Scenery at Eagle Summit * Mountain Harebell (Campanula lasiocarpa) * The Pinnell Mountain Trail * Sunset and Sunrise * Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) * A Field of Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium aka Chamerion angustifolium) * Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge - Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) * Red-breasted Nuthatches (Sitta canadensis) * Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) * More

July 2021 Photos: FIVE Pages (for the tenth time) - A July 6, 7 trip to Twelvemile and Eagle Summits * Monkshood (Aconitum delphinifolium) * Arctic Harebell (Campanula uniflora) * Pink Plumes (Bistorta plumosa) * Scamman's Springbeauty (Claytonia scammaniana) * Northern Larkspur (Delphinium brachycentrum) * Frigid Shooting-star (Dodecatheon frigidum) * Little Weaselsnout (Lagotis minor) * Alpine Forget-me-not (Myosotis asiatica) * Yukon Saw-wort (Saussurea angustifolia var. yukonensis) * Oeder's Lousewort (Pedicularis oederi) * Marsh Saxifrage (Saxifraga hirculus) * Moss Campion (Silene acaulis) * Black-tipped Groundsel (Senecio lugens) * Northern Marsh Violet (Viola biflora) * Twelvemile and Eagle Summits Scenery * Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) * More

Our Driving and Hiking Vacation around the State of Alaska * Fairbanks to Delta Junction - The Tanana River * Delta Junction to Tok - The Gerstle River * Yellow Mountain-Avens (Dryas drummondii) * A Mirage * The Taylor Highway to Chicken - Sand Dunes * Mount Fairplay Panorama * Mount Fairplay Wayside * Alpine Knotweed (Polygonum alpinum) * Windmill Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis detonsa) * Chicken, Alaska * Northern Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium passerinum) * Foxtail Grass (Hordeum jubatum) * Taylor Highway Scenery * Top Of The World Highway - Alaska/Canada Border * A Short Hike * Alaska Harebell (Campanula lasiocarpa) * Tok Cutoff Highway - Slana River Area * An Immature Eagle * The Richardson Highway - Glennallen Area * Copper River * Thompson Pass * Woolly Geranium (Geranium erianthum) * Thompson Pass - White Marsh Marigold (Caltha leptosepala) * Fireleaf Leptarrhena (Leptarrhena pyrolifolia) * Nootka Lupine (Lupinus nootkatensis) * Pixie Eye Primrose (Primula cuneifolia ssp. saxifragifolia) * Inky (Pale) Gentian (Gentiana glauca) * Langsdorf's lousewort (Pedicularis langsdorfii) * Aleutian Mountainheath (Phyllodoce aleutica) * Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus parryii) * Wandering Fleabane (Erigeron peregrinus) * Ledge Stonecrop (Rhodiola integrifolia ssp. integrifolia) * Capitate Lousewort (Pedicularis capitata) * Alaska Violet (Viola langsdorffii) * Valdez - Valdez Glacier Campground * Valdez Glacier Lake and Icebergs * Common Self-Heal (Prunella vulgaris) * Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis) * Fringecup (Tellima grandiflora) * Valdez Small Boat Harbor * Keystone Canyon * Thompson Pass Again - Amazing Glacier Scenery * Ponds and Lakes * White Bog Orchid (Platanthera dilatata) * Western Columbine (Aquilegia formosa) * Worthington Glacier * Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) and Three Cygnets * Glenn Highway - Glennallen to Palmer * Wrangell-St. Elias Mountains * Thompson Pass Area - Craigie Creek Area * Star Gentian (Swertia perennis) * Broad-petaled Gentian (Gentiana platypetala) * Whorled Lousewort (Pedicularis verticillata) * Chocolate Lily (Fritillaria camschatcensis) * Scenery * Climb To A Pond in the Hatcher Pass Area * Coming Home From Vacation - a Night at Moon Lake Campground * More

June 2021 Photos: FOUR Pages - Several Photos of Hairy Woodpeckers (Leuconotopicus villosus) and Downy Woodpeckers (Picoides pubescens) * American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bathing * Our Garden * White Cottongrass (Eriophorum scheuchzeri) * Spotted Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium guttatum) * Arctic Bramble or Arctic Raspberry (Rubus arcticus) * Hare Bells (Campanula lasiocarpa) * Grapefruit Rocks * Small-Flower Columbine (Aquilegia brevistyla) * Arctic Lupine (Lupinus arcticus ssp. arcticus) * Three-Toothed Saxifrage (Saxifraga tricuspidata) * Narrowleaf Arnica (Arnica angustifolia) * Death Camas (Anticlea elegans) * Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla patens) Seedheads * Common Juniper (Juniperus communis var. depressa) * Calypso Orchid (Calypso bulbosa var. americana) * Raven (Corvus corax) in Nest * Prickly Wild Rose (Rosa acicularis) * Elliott Highway Scenery * Snow Arnica (Arnica griscomii ssp. frigida) * Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala) * A Form of Narcissus-Flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora f. viridis) * Fragrant Woodfern (Dryopteris fragrans) * A Sundog * Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) * Minto Flats * Minto Village * Arctic Wintergreen (Pyrola grandiflora) * A Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis) * Manley Hot Springs * Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) * The Tanana River at Manley * The Manley Roadhouse * Water Arum (Calla palustris) * Gmelin's Buttercup (Ranunculus gmelinii) * A Trip to Murphy Dome * Langsdorf's lousewort (Pedicularis langsdorfii) * Narcissus-Flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora) * Mountain Azalea (Kalmia procumbens) * Fries' Pussytoes (Antennaria friesiana) * Tall Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium acutiflorum) * Long-pod Stitchwort (Minuartia macrocarpa) * Longstalk Starwort (Stellaria longipes ssp. longipes * Pink Plumes (Bistorta plumosa) * Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) * A Most Amazing Sun Halo * Grapefruit Rocks - Again * Spotted Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium guttatum) * Dwarf Mountain Fleabane (Erigeron compositus) * Lehmann s rock-jasmine (Androsace chamaejasme ssp. lehmanniana) * The Haystack Forest Fire * A Trip to Angel Rocks * Angel Rocks Scenery * Macoun's Poppy (Papaver macounii) * Showy Jacob's-ladder (Polemonium pulcherrimum) * Northern Marsh Violet (Viola biflora) * More

May 2021 Photos: THREE Pages - Weird Evening Lighting at Home * A Hunt for Pasque Flowers (Pulsatilla patens) * Grapefruit Rocks Area * Ice on the Tatalina River * Some Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens) at Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge * Calypso Orchid (Calypso bulbosa var. americana) Flower Buds and then Flowers at University of Alaska - Fairbanks, West Ridge * a Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) * An Albino Form of Calypso Orchid * An Osprey or Fish Hawk (Pandion haliaetus) * Twelvemile Summit Scenery * Alaska Kittentails (Synthyris borealis) * Narcissus-Flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora) * Woolly Lousewort (Pedicularis lanata) * The Rare Alaska Blue Anemone (Anemone multiceps aka A. drummondii) * Purple Oxytrope (Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens) * Snow Buttercup (Ranunculus nivalis) * Sunset and the Moon at Eagle Summit * A Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) * An Interesting Moss * Ice on the North Fork of Twelvemile Creek * The Lunar Eclipse of May 26th * Granite Tors Trail * Dwarf Marsh Violet (Viola epipsila ssp. repens) * More Calypso Orchids * False Morel Mushrooms at Twin Bears Camp * A West Window Photo Comparison April 26 and May 31 * More

April 2021 Photos: TWO Pages - A 10 Photo Series of Snow Accumulation During the Winter of 2020-21 * An Animated GIF of Snow Accumulation During the Winter * Snowstorm of April 4 * Some Snowy Photos of our Land * Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge * Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) * Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) * A Walk Up the Road to Gettinger's Field * A Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) * Another Trip to Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge * White-fronted Geese (Anser albifrons) * Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) * Snow Melt in Gettinger's Field * The First American Robin (Turdus migratorius) of 2021 * The Full "Pink Moon" * A 10 Photo Series of Snow Disappearance During April 2021 * April 30 Snowstorm * A Five-Year History of Snow Melt on our Land * More

February and March 2021 Photos: FOUR Pages - Crocheted Bags and Other Things by Kazuya * Snow At Home * Our Houseplants * Clearing Snow From The Roof * A Circumzenithal Arc * The Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights * A Drive to the Mountains * Moose (Alces alces) * Twelvemile Summit * Water Overflow On Ice * Eagle Summit * A Herd of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) * Caribou Hunters * Patterns In The Snow * Scenery * Another Herd of Caribou, and Another * Scenery * Caribou Crossing the Road in Front of Us (and Behind us) * Snow Drifts * More Snow at Home * More

January 2021 Photos: ONE Page - New Year's Eve Fireworks * New Year's Eve Moon * New Year's Eve and New Year's Day Food * House Plants * A Special Order Cake * Kazuya's Crochet Work * More

2020 Photo Pages

December 2020 Photos: TWO Pages - Photos which are included in the Annual Newsletter for 2020, plus the best of December. Page 1 includes photos from Pages 1 - 12 of the Annual Newsletter, January through nearly the end of July. Page 2 includes photos from Pages 12 - 19, the final July image through the end of the year. The final six rows on Page 2 are not Annual Newsletter photos, but are some of the best which were taken during the month of December and not included in the Annual Newsletter due to space considerations. If you have not yet downloaded the Annual Newsletter, there are links to do so at the bottom of each page. More

November 2020 Photos: ONE Page - A Sales Pitch For Our Newest Two Books * Photos During A Heavy Snowstorm * Snow Work After Heavy Snowstorm * A Walk Up The Road * Gettinger's Field Photos * The Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights * Kazuya's Thanksgiving Flower Arrangements * Our Thanksgiving Dinner of a COVID-19 Year * The Original of this Cover Page Photo is in Row #14 (This Photo has Colors Inverted and Also Has an Artistic Filter Applied to it) * More

October 2020 Photos: ONE Page - A Sales Pitch for our 2021 Print Edition Calendars * Our Siberian Larch (Larix sibirica) Changes to Yellow * An Incredibly Bright Sun-Dog * Our Garden and Yard as the Snow Accumulates During the Month * More

September 2020 Photos: ONE Page - Daniel Holding a Farmer's Market Cabbage * Our Garden Harvest of Japanese Perilla * Autumn Leaves in Our Yard * A Drive Up the Steese Highway * Moose Cow and Calf * Snow in the Mountains * Beautiful Red Leaves of the Blueberry Plants * Lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) and the Harvest Reward * Table Top Mountain * US Creek Road * Ravens Enjoy the Air Currents * Raking Leaves at Home * A Drive Out the Chena Hot Springs Road * More

August 2020 Photos: TWO Pages - Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) and Nest * Bearberry (Arctostaphylos alpina) Dressed for Autumn * Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) * Alaska Harebell (Campanula lasiocarpa) * Twelvemile Summit Area Scenery * Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) * 4-Wheeler Damage to Arctic Tundra * People Caribou Hunting * Some July Photos of Areas that are now Destroyed by 4-Wheelers * A Hike into an Eagle Summit Area Valley * Monkshood (Aconitum delphinifolium) * Lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) * Tundra tumbleweed (Masonhalea richardsonii) * Ledge Stonecrop (Rhodiola integrifolia ssp. integrifolia) * Blueberries (Vaccinium uliginosum) * An Abandoned 4-Wheeler * Yukon Saw-wort (Saussurea angustifolia var. yukonensis) * Signs at Eagle Summit Wayside * Cloud Scenery and Shadows * More

July 2020 Photos: FIVE Pages (for the ninth time) - A Trip to Wickersham Dome * Labrador Lousewort (Pedicularis labradorica) * Canadian Dogwood (Cornus canadensis) * Elegant Paintbrush (Castilleja elegans) * Alaska Harebell (Campanula lasiocarpa) * Bearberry (Arctous alpina) * Scenery from Wickersham Dome * Reindeer Moss (Cladina stellaris) * Pale Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja caudata) * Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) and Fledgling - Suet Training Day * Twelvemile Summit Area * Alpine Forget-me-not (Myosotis asiatica) * Northern Marsh Violet (Viola biflora) * Macoun's Poppy (Papaver macounii) * Mountain Valerian (Valeriana capitata) * Miniature Willow Species (Salix sp.) * Longstalk Starwort (Stellaria longipes ssp. longipes) * Yukon Saw-wort (Saussurea angustifolia var. yukonensis) * Tall Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium acutiflorum) * Narrowleaf Saw-wort (Saussurea angustifolia var. angustifolia) * Monkshood (Aconitum delphinifolium) * A Bird's Nest with Eggs * Black-tipped Groundsel (Senecio lugens) * Scamman's Springbeauty (Claytonia scammaniana) * Alaska Springbeauty (Claytonia sarmentosa) * Bog Rosemary (Andromeda polifolia var. polifolia) * Twelvemile Summit Scenery * Dwarf Marsh Violet (Viola epipsila ssp. repens) * Dwarf Hawksbeard (Crepis nana) * Yellow Thimbleweed (Anemone richardsonii) * Beauverd Spirea (Spiraea stevenii) * Sudetic Lousewort (Pedicularis sudetica) * Eagle Summit Area Sunset and Then Sunrise * Climbing Mastodon Dome * Northern Larkspur (Delphinium brachycentrum) * Snow Arnica (Arnica frigida) * Little Weaselsnout (Lagotis minor) * Dwarf Arctic Ragwort (Packera cymbalaria) * Apetalous Catchfly (Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis) * Rain Squall Scenery * Pink Plumes (Plumosa bistorta) * Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium) * Arctic Harebell (Campanula uniflora) * Vacation * South of Delta Junction * Great Burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis) * Moose and Calf * Windmill Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis detonsa) * Fourpart Dwarf Gentian (Gentianella propinqua) * Richardson Highway Rainbow Ridge * Summit Lake - Paxson Area * Woolly Geranium (Geranium erianthum) * Glacier Scenery * Denali Highway - American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica) * Copper River Near Glenallen * Liberty Creek Falls - On the Road to Chitina * The Mighty Copper River at Chitina * Dip-netting for Salmon in the Copper River at Chitina * Worthington Glacier - 1975/2020 Comparison * Thompson Pass Area Hiking * Partridgefoot (Luetkea pectinata) * American Alpine Speedwell (Veronica wormskjoldii) * Nootka Lupine (Lupinus nootkatensis) * Aleutian Mountainheath (Phyllodoce aleutica) * Pixie Eye Primrose (Primula cuneifolia ssp. saxifragifolia) * Alaska Bellheather (Cassiope stelleriana) * Scenery * White Marsh Marigold (Caltha leptosepala) * Driving to Valdez * Western Columbine (Aquilegia formosa) * Keystone Canyon - Bridal Veil Falls & Horsetail Falls * Cow Parsnip (Heracleum maximum) * Lady's Thimble (Campanula rotundifolia) * Sitka Burnet (Sanguisorba canadensis) * Yellow Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus) * Keystone Canyon - Fog on the River * Valdez * Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) * Small Boat Harbor * Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea) * Return to Thompson Pass * Broadleaf Arnica (Arnica latifolia) * Fireleaf Leptarrhena (Leptarrhena pyrolifolia) * Sitka Valerian (Valeriana sitchensis) * Alaska Violet (Viola langsdorffii) * White Bog Orchid (Platanthera dilatata) * Hiking at Worthington Glacier * Driving to Palmer * Matanuska Glacier * Hatcher Pass and Hiking There * Northern Green Orchid (Platanthera hyperborea) * Green False Hellebore (Veratrum viride var. eschscholzianum) * Hatcher Pass Scenery Photos * Craigie Creek Trail Hike * Whorled Lousewort (Pedicularis verticillata) * Snowline Wintergreen (Pyrola minor) * Star Gentian (Swertia perennis) * Albino Form of Woolly Geranium (Geranium erianthum) * Chocolate Lily (Fritillaria camschatcensis) * Broad Petaled Gentian (Gentiana platypetala) * Alaska Iris (Iris setosa) * Craigie Creek Canyon Scenery * Independence Mine State Historical Park * Driving Home * More

June 2020 Photos: FOUR Pages - A Pair of Horned Grebes (Podiceps auritus) * Eagle Summit * Woolly Lousewort (Pedicularis lanata) * Blackish Oxytrope (Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens) * Alaska Blue Anemone (Anemone multiceps aka A. drummondii) * Snowy Scenery * Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala) * Parry's Wallflower (Parrya nudicaulis) * Snow Buttercup (Ranunculus nivalis) * Lapland Rosebay (Rhododendron lapponicum) * A Nice Circle Lichen * A Male Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) Collage * Narcissus-flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora) * Kjellman's Groundsel (Tephroseris kjellmanii) * Denali National Park - Climbing the Savage Alpine Trail * Lehmann s rock-jasmine (Androsace chamaejasme ssp. lehmanniana) * Frigid Shooting-star (Dodecatheon frigidum) * An Interesting Small Fern * One-flower Cinquefoil (Potentilla uniflora) * Ciliate Saxifrage (Saxifraga eschscholtzii) * Sandwort (Arenaria chamissonis) * Ledge Stonecrop (Rhodiola integrifolia ssp. integrifolia) * Few-flowered Corydalis (Corydalis pauciflora) * Alaska Spring-beauty (Claytonia sarmentosa) * Pincushion plant (Diapensia lapponica var. obovata) * Northern Anemone (Anemone parviflora) * Moss Campion (Silene acaulis) * Mountain Death-camas (Anticlea elegans) * Three-toothed Saxifrage (Saxifraga tricuspidata) * Two-flowered Violet (Viola biflora) * What Animal Made This Pile of Scat? * Flowery Scenery * Flower Fields * Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus parryii) * Arctic-bell Heather (Cassiope tetragona) * Climbing the Bison Gulch Trail * Alpine Milkvetch (Astragalus alpinus var. alpinus) * Mt. Healy * Long-pod Stitchwort (Minuartia macrocarpa) * Capitate Lousewort (Pedicularis capitata) * Snow Arnica (Arnica frigida) * Arctic Lupine (Lupinus arcticus) * Purple Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) * Denali - The Great One - in all its Splendor * Moose and New-born Calf * Caribou (Rangifer tarandus * Great Yellow Pond-lily (Nuphar polysepala) * Alaska Iris (Iris setosa) * A Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Comes to Visit us at Home * A Trip to Grapefruit Rocks * Smallflower Columbine (Aquilegia brevistyla) * Labrador Tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum) * Spotted Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium guttatum) * Dwarf Mountain Fleabane (Erigeron compositus) * A Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) Takes a Bath * A Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) Stops by for Suet * Another Trip to Eagle Summit * Oeder's Lousewort (Pedicularis oederi) * Arctic Forget-me-not (Eritrichium nanum) * Little Weaselsnout (Lagotis minor) * Northern Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium passerinum) * Northern Green Orchid (Platanthera aquilonis) * Arctic Bellflower (Campanula uniflora) * Eagle Summit Area - Evening Sun & Flowers * Inky (Pale) Gentian (Gentiana glauca) * Incredible Frigid Shooting Star (Dodecatheon frigidum) Shots * Tall Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium caeruleum ssp. villosum) * Macoun's Poppy (Papaver macounii) * Pink Plumes (Bistorta plumosa) * Yukon Grounsel (Tephroseris yukonensis) * Albino Tall Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium caeruleum ssp. villosum) * Gravity Wave Clouds * Twice-hairy Butterweed (Tephroseris lindstroemii) * More

May 2020 Photos: FIVE Pages (for the eighth time) - A Grapefruit Rocks Trip * Wickersham Dome * White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) * Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) * Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) * Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) * Moose (Alces alces) * Grapefruit Rocks Again * Pasque Flowers (Pulsatilla patens) * Common Mergansers (Mergus merganser) * A Visit to Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge * Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) * Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) * Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens) * A Ross's Goose (Chen rossii) * Spring Green-up at Home * A Trip to Denali National Park * More Moose * Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) * Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) * Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus parryii) * Grizzly Bears (Ursus arctos) * Harlequin Ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus) * Dall Sheep (Ovis dalli) * Savage River Ice * Climbing Mt. Healy from Bison Gulch * Arctic-sweet Coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus) * Arctic Wind-flower (Anemone parviflora) * A Rare Double-petaled Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla patens) * Gorman's Dwarf Primrose (Douglasia gormanii) * Purple Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) * A Lichenized Yellow Fungi (Vulpicida tilesii) * A Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) * Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) * Minto Flats * More Spring Green-up at Home * Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) * A Drive Out the Chena Hot Springs Road * Pond Scenery * American Wigeon (Mareca americana) * Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca carolinensis) * A Pair of White-winged Crossbills (Loxia leucoptera) * Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) * A Woodchuck (Marmota monax) * A Third Trip to Grapefruit Rocks * Mountain Avens (Dryas integrifolia) * Scenery * Common Alplily (Lloydia serotina) * Snow Cinquefoil (Potentilla nivea) * Three-toothed Saxifrage (Saxifraga tricuspidata) * Reflexed Saxifrage (Micranthes reflexa) * Sweet-flower Rock Jasmine (Androsace chamaejasme ssp. lehmanniana) * An Ice Bridge at Globe Creek * Looking Back at Grapefruit Rocks from Globe Creek * Kidney-leaf Violet (Viola renifolia) * Amazing Pollen in the Air * Calypso Orchid (Calypso bulbosa var. americana) * A Trip to Twelvemile Summit and Eagle Summit * Alaska Kittentails (Synthyris borealis) * Alaska Blue Anemone (Anemone drummondii aka A. multiceps) * Woolly Lousewort (Pedicularis lanata) * Interesting Moss * Mountain azalea (Kalmia procumbens) * Purple oxytrope (Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens) * Interesting Lichens on Rocks * Snowy Scenery at Underwear Turnout * More

April 2020 Photos: TWO Pages - A "Wintry Mix" Storm at Home * Shrew and Northern Red-backed Vole Eating * The First Pussy Willows * Snow & Hardpack on Steele Creek Road * Snow Shadows (Barcode on the Snow) * The First Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) at Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge * A Series Showing Trumpeter Swans Mating * Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) * Spring Thaw at Home and Close to Home * Comparison Shots of Spring Breakup - 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 * More

March 2020 Photos: TWO Pages - Shadows on the Snow * The Moose Come to Visit * Peanut Butter Loving Black-capped Chickadees * A Special Order "Girl's Day" Cake * Kazuya's Latest Needlework * Sheltering-At-Home Entertainment - Watching the Northern Red-backed Voles * Two More Snowstorms * More

February 2020 Photos: THREE Pages - A Shot of Our Platform Bird Feeder * Moose on the Drive to Murphy Dome * Surprisingly Beautiful Hoarfrost at the Summit of Murphy Dome * Rabbit Tracks in the Snow * A Beautiful Sunrise Sky at Home * Going Crazy over Bohemian Waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus) * Momma Moose and Two Yearling Calves in our Yard * Diamond Dust Snow * A Few Photos at The 2020 World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks * More

January 2020 Photos: TWO Pages - Some Snowy Photos at Home * New Year's Eve Fireworks at University of Alaska Fairbanks * Some Traditional Japanese New Year's Meals * Snow Gauge * Snow at Edge of Driveway * Sunset on January 4th from Hagelbarger Overlook * Moonset on January 10th * Some Interesting Snow Close-up Shots * A Common Raven With a White Wing Feather * Daniel at Fairbanks Rings and Things on January 3rd (First Friday Gig) * Photos of Kazuya's Needlework - A Book, Pin Cushions & Coasters * More

2019 Photo Pages

December 2019 Photos: THREE Pages - Only those photos which are included in the Annual Christmas Letter for 2019. Page 1 includes photos from Pages 1 - 9 of the Christmas Letter, January through the first part of June. Page 2 includes photos from Pages 10 - 17, June 19th through September 10th. Page 3 includes photos from Pages 18 - 23, October 3rd through December 21st. If you have not yet downloaded the Christmas Letter, you can do so at the bottom of Page 1.

October 2019 Photos: THREE Pages - Preview of Our Only 2020 Print Edition Calendar * Home After Surgery * The First and Second Snows * Black-Billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) * Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) * Our Christmas Cactus in Bloom * Larch Tree (Larix sibirica) in Our Yard * Gettinger's Field * Snow atop Murphy Dome * Denali * Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) * Frost Crystals * Frozen Dew Drops * Frozen Puddles * Male & Female Pine Grosbeaks (Pinicola enucleator) * Northern Raven (Corvus corax) * Orange Sunset * Orange Sunrise & Some HDR Toned Images of it * Kazuya's Baked Delights Creations * More

September 2019 Photos: THREE Pages - Autumn Colors in Our Yard * Our Garden & Harvest * Autumn Colors While Taking a Walk Up the Road * Autumn Colors in the Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium aka Chamerion angustifolium) * Autumn Colors in the Highbush Cranberry (Viburnum trilobum) * Autumn Colors at Gettinger's Field * The Alaska Range from Steele Creek Road * Autumn Colors While Driving Out the Chena Hot Springs Road * A Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis) * Angel Rocks Trail and Autumn Colors * Angel Rocks and Kazuya * Harvesting Lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) * More

August 2019 Photos: ONE Page - My Anniversary Present to Kazuya * Blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum) Picking Along Nordale Road * Western Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Nesting Platform with Three Young Ospreys * Berry Picking Along US Creek Road * Bearberry (Arctostaphylos alpina) * Canadian Dogwood (Cornus canadensis) * Lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) * Autumn Colors * Table Top Mountain * Mt. Prindle Campground * More

July 2019 Photos: FOUR Pages - Sunrise Farm - a Peony Farm * Red Sun Due to Forest Fires * A 3-day Driving Adventure - Richardson, Denali and Parks Highways * The Alaska Range * Great Burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis) * Soapberry (Shepherdia canadensis) * Scenery * Glaciers * Rainbow Ridge * Summit Lake (Lake and Town) * Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium aka Epilobium angustifolium) * Moose and Calf * Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) * Sitka burnet (Sanguisorba stipulata) * White Bog Orchid (Platanthera dilatata) * Monkshood (Aconitum delphinifolium) * Western roseroot (Rhodiola integrifolia) * Maclaren Summit (Elevation 4,086 feet) on the Denali Highway * More Glaciers * Rainbow * Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris) * Swimming Moose * Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) and Cygnets * Rabbit * Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus parryii) * Climbing the Trail at Bison Gulch, on Parks Highway * A Cow Moose and Twin Calves * Kazuya's Baked Delights * More

June 2019 Photos: FOUR Pages - Highbush Cranberry (Viburnum trilobum) in our Yard * Davidson Ditch Rest Area, Steese Highway * Snow Buttercup (Ranunculus nivalis) * Twelvemile Summit Scenery * Woolly Lousewort (Pedicularis lanata) and an Albino Form * Kjellman's Groundsel (Tephroseris kjellmanii) * Bearberry (Arctostaphylos alpina) * Alpine Azalea (Kalmia procumbens) * Parry's Wallflower (Parrya nudicaulis) * Alaska Kittentails (Synthyris borealis) and an Albino Form * Alaska Blue Anemone (Anemone drummondii aka A. multiceps) * A Beautiful 3:00 AM Sunrise * Eagle Summit Area Scenery * Pincushion Plant (Diapensia lapponica ssp. obovata) * Purple Oxytrope (Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens) * A Hail Storm at Home * Upper Grapefruit Rocks * Massing Butterflies at a Mud Puddle * Smallflower Columbine (Aquilegia brevistyla) * Shrubby Cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa) * Labrador Tea (Rhododendron tomentosum aka Ledum groenlandicum) * Spotted Lady's Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium guttatum) * Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla patens) Seedhead * Showy Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. lindleyi) * An Old Burn near Upper Grapefruit Rocks * Narcissus-Flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora) * Canadian Dogwood (Cornus canadensis) * A Tour of Fairbanks' Gold Dredge #8 * Creamer's Field - Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) * A Field of Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) * Moss Campion (Silene acaulis) * Arctic Forget-Me-Not (Eritrichium nanum) * Watching the Sun-Not-Set * The Knotty Shop * An Arctic Circle Driving Adventure * The Yukon River & Bridge * Finger Mountain * The Arctic Circle * Kazuya's Baked Delights * More

May 2019 Photos: FOUR Pages - A Visit to Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge * Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) * American Robin (Tardus migratorius) * Road Construction on Elliott Highway * Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) * Wickersham Dome * Upper Grapefruit Rocks * Pasque Flowers (Pulsatilla patens) * Lower Grapefruit Rocks * Olnes Pond * At Home - Tree Felling & Cleanup * A Road Trip to Denali National Park * A Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus) * Moose (Alces alces) Crossing Highway * Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) In Denali National Park * Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) * Dall Sheep (Ovis dalli) * Savage River * Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) * Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus parryii) * Denali - the mountain (20,310 ft = 6,190 m) * Calypso Orchids (Calypso bulbosa var. americana) * Kazuya's Baked Delights * More

April 2019 Photos: TWO Pages - A Reminder About Our Newest Book * A Trip to Murphy Dome * Snowy Scenery * Three-toothed Saxifrage (Saxifraga tricuspidata) * Incredibly Colored Lichen (Xanthoria elegans) * Forming Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) Buds * Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge * Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) * Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) * Mallard Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) * Hiking the Borealis Trail at Creamer's Field * Spring Thaw/Breakup Near our House * Snow and Thaw, Snow and Thaw * A Sun Dog * Kazuya's Baked Delights * More

March 2019 Photos: THREE Pages - Twenty-nine Images From our New Book * March 3rd, March 9th and March 23rd Photos Which Were Taken at the Ice Park * Comparison Shots of Our Front Yard Area - April 30, 2017, April 30, 2018 and March 29, 2019 * Some of Kazuya's Baked Delights for March * More

February 2019 Photos: FOUR Pages - A Drive up to Murphy Dome * Some Food Shots at Home * A Snowstorm at Home * A Partial Sun Halo * Kazuya, myself and our friends Tom and Carol at the Fairbanks Ice Park on February 19th - 24th * An Abundance of Ice Sculpture Photos * Ice Carvings in Process and also Finished * Ice Decorations in the Ice Park * A Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) at Home * Kazuya's Baked Delights * More

January 2019 Photos: TWO Pages - A Traditional Japanese New Year's Eve Meal * The New Year's Eve Fireworks Display at University of Alaska - Fairbanks * A Traditional Japanese New Year's Breakfast * Costco Ramen * Several Common Redpolls (Acanthis flammea) and Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) at our Feeders * A Caramel Pear Cake Test * An Ahi Tuna Medallions Dinner * A Sweet-and-Sour Pacific Cod Dinner * Double Sun Dogs * Sunrise Time from Our Front Yard * Denali at Sunrise Time * Some Amazing Kazuya's Baked Delights * More

2018 Photo Pages

December 2018 Photos: FOUR Pages - Only those photos which are included in the Annual Christmas Letter for 2018. Page 1 includes photos from Pages 1 - 7 of the Christmas Letter, January through April. Page 2 includes photos from Pages 7 - 13, April through July. Page 3 includes photos from Pages 14 - 20, July through October. Page 4 includes photos from Pages 20 - 23, October through the end of the year * More

November 2018 Photos: TWO Pages - Several Photos of November 4th Aurora Borealis * Kazuya's Baked Delights November Gigs * Black-capped Chickadee on our Suet Feeder * Eating Ice Cream in the Snow * Our Annual Thanksgiving Party at Twin Bears Camp * Individual Snowflakes * Scenery at Twin Bears Camp * Driving From Twin Bears Camp to Chena Hot Springs * Angel Rocks Parking Lot Photos * Rock Lake at Chena Hot Springs * More

October 2018 Photos: ONE Page - Our Only 2019 Print Calendar * Assembling a "Shed-in-a-Box" * October 20 - First Snow * Sunset Time Colors in the Trees * Black-Billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) at Suet Feeder * October 29 - Second Snow * A Walk Out in the New Snow * Two Woodworking Projects * Kazuya's Baked Delights * More

September 2018 Photos: THREE Pages - Early Autumn Colors at Sunrise Time * Our Woodshed, Filled with Firewood * Our House * September 11th Gettinger's Field * September 17th Gettinger's Field * Magenta-Leaved Fireweed * An Autumn Color Drive out the Chena Hot Springs Road * An Unknown Hawk * Harvesting our Peppermint for Drying * Farmers Market Vegetables * Farmers Market Vendors * Perilla (Shiso) from our Garden for Drying * Kale from our Garden, for Drying * Silver Salmon Roe * Kazuya's Baked Delights "Kitten" Dinner Rolls * More

August 2018 Photos: ONE Page - Kazuya and I at home on my 71st Birthday * Creamers Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge * Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) * Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) * Using Our Log Splitter * "Kazuya's Baked Delights" Product Photos * "Kazuya's Baked Delights" at the Tanana Valley Farmer's Market * More

July 2018 Photos: FOUR Pages - A July 3rd Trip to Upper Grapefruit Rocks and the Wickersham Dome Area * Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) * Smallflower Columbine (Aquilegia brevistyla) * Northern Groundcone (Boschniakia rossica) * Death Camas (Anticlea elegans) * Spotted Lady s Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium guttatum) * Scenery from Upper Grapefruit Rocks * Canadian Dogwood (Cornus canadensis) * Tufted Fleabane (Erigeron caespitosus) * Northern Green Orchid (Platanthera hyperborea var. hyperborea) * Pale Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja caudata) * Tall Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium caeruleum ssp. villosum) * Elegant Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja elegans) * Long-Pod Stitchwort (Minuartia macrocarpa) * Lessing's Arnica (Arnica lessingii) * Pink Plumes (Bistorta plumosa) * A July 17th and 18th Trip to Twelvemile Summit and Eagle Summit * Western Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) - Young and Adult * Twelvemile Summit Scenery * Small Blacktip Ragwort (Senecio lugens) * Monkshood (Aconitum delphiniifolium) * Blunt Leaved Bog Orchid (Platanthera obtusata) * Sudetic Lousewort (Pedicularis sudetica) * Mountain Valerian (Valeriana capitata) * Various Lichens at Eagle Summit * Pale Gentian (Gentiana glauca) * Marsh Saxifrage (Saxifraga hirculus) * Whorled Lousewort (Pedicularis verticillata) * An Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon aliaska) * Narcissus-Flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora) * Oeder s Lousewort (Pedicularis oederi) * Parry's Wallflower (Parrya nudicaulis) * Little Weaselsnout (Lagotis glauca ssp. lanceolata aka Lagotis minor) * Ledge Stonecrop (Rhodiola integrifolia ssp. integrifolia) * Alaska Spring Beauty (Claytonia sarmentosa) * Snowline Wintergreen (Pyrola minor) * Tall Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium acutiflorum) * Dwarf Fireweed (Chamerion latifolium) * Tundra Milkvetch (Astragalus umbellatus) * Alpine Azalea (Kalmia procumbens) * Frigid Shooting Star (Dodecatheon frigidum) * Pincushion Plant (Diapensia lapponica var. obovata) * Moss Campion (Silene acaulis) * Arctic Forget-me-not (Eritrichium nanum) * Yukon Saw-Wort (Saussurea angustifolia var. yukonensis) * Ptarmigan * Snow Arnica (Arnica frigida) * Northern Larkspur (Delphinium brachycentrum) * Bellflower (Campanula lasiocarpa) * Spotted Saxifrage (Saxifraga bronchialis ssp. funstonii) * A Sun Pillar at 10:37 PM * Eagle Summit - Morning Scenery * Arctic White Heather (Cassiope tetragona) * Clubmoss (Lycopodium sp.) * Woolly Lousewort (Pedicularis lanata) * Fourpart Dwarf Gentian (Gentianella propinqua) * Nelson's Saxifrage (Micranthes nelsoniana) * Longstalk Starwort (Stellaria longipes ssp. longipes) * Mountain Sorrel (Oxyria digyna) * A Pair of Hoary Marmots (Marmota caligata) * Scenery Near Eagls Summit * Purple Bittercress (Cardamine purpurea) * Few-Flowered Corydalis (Corydalis pauciflora) * Looking Back at Eagle Summit from West of it * Dwarf Hawksbeard (Crepis nana) * Netleaf Willow (Salix reticulata) * Alpine Forget-me-not (Myosotis asiatica) * Arctic Yellow Violet (Viola biflora) * Dwarf Marsh Violet (Viola epipsila ssp. repens) * Bog Rosemary (Andromeda polifolia var. polifolia) * Arctic Lousewort (Pedicularis langsdorffii) * American Alpine Speedwell (Veronica wormskjoldii) * Northern Coralroot Orchid (Corallorhiza trifida) * Tussock Cottonsedge (Eriophorum vaginatum) * More

June 2018 Photos: TWO Pages - Female Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) * Coralroot Orchids (Corallorhiza trifida) * Our Cucumber Plant * Wild Calla Lilies (Calla palustris) * Wild Iris (Iris setosa) * A Mutant Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium aka Chamaenerion angustifolium) * An Aerial Acrobatics Demonstration by a Friend - Fairbanks Midnight Sun Festival * A Young and a Parent American Robin (Turdus migratorius) * Harvesting Rhubarb at a Local Rhubarb Farm * A Mother Grouse Overlooks her Young * Twinflower (Linnaea borealis) * Wild Strawberry Plants * A Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) Mother and Young at our Suet Feeder * Kazuya Selling Goods at the Tanana Valley Farmer's Market as "Kazuya's Baked Delights" * Market * More

May 2018 Photos: TWO Pages - The Cover of, and a Link to our Newest Book * Snow Melting in Yard from April 30 to May 11 * Pussy Willow Close-up Photos * Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) in Flight * The First American Robin (Turdus migratorius) of the Season * Sandhill Cranes at Creamer's Field * A Partial "Sunbow" * Greenup in our West Yard * Driving from Fairbanks to Anchorage * The Alaska Range * Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) * Driving from Anchorage Back to Fairbanks * Denali - Highest Peak in North America (20,310 ft = 6,190.5 m) * Susitna River * Denali South Viewpoint on Parks Highway * Devil's Club (Oplopanax horridus) * Healy, Alaska * Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens) * Calypso Orchids (Calypso bulbosa var. americana * The Kidney-leaved Violet (Viola renifolia) * Tanana Valley Farmer's Market * More

April 2018 Photos: THREE Pages - An April 16th Trip to Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge * Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) * An April 18th Day Trip from Fairbanks to Summit Lake on the Richardson Highway * The Alaska Range of Mountains * Amazing Mountain Scenery * Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) * An April 27th Trip to Creamer's Field * Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) * Mallard Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) * More Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) * A Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) * A Map of Creamer's Field * Our South Yard showing Snow Melt Through the Month * Comparison Shot of South Yard Snow Melt Last Year vs. this Year * Kazuya's Baked Delights * German Chocolate Cake * Hamantaschen * Banana and Chocolate Chip Scones * Brownies * Strawberry Cream Scones * A Review of Kazuya's Baked Delights by a Fairbanks Food Critic * More

March 2018 Photos: THREE Pages - Another Moose (Alces alces) in the Yard * The Aurora Borealis * A Walk Up the Road * A Sudden Snowstorm * Sunset on the Vernal Equinox * More Aurora Borealis * Aurora Borealis Animated GIF Images * An Amazing Trip to Eagle Summit in the Snow * Amazing Snowy Scenery * Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in the Snow at Eagle Summit * Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) in the Snow * A Short Hike in the Snow * Kazuya's Baked Delights * More

February 2018 Photos: TWO Pages - Scenic Photos From the University of Alaska - Fairbanks, West Ridge * The Super Blue Blood Moon Total Eclipse of January 31st * Making Kale Chips * Scenic View from Hagelbarger Drive and Steese Highway Intersection * Start and Finish of the Yukon Quest International Dogsled Race * Moose in our Yard * Views From Our Front Porch * A Trip to Chena Hot Springs - Scenery, Reindeer, Kazuya, Daniel, The Rock Lake * Our Christmas Cactus in Bloom * Honda HSS928AATD Snow Blower we Purchased * Kazuya's Baked Delights * Valentine Icing Cookies & Apple Cinnamon Rolls * More

January 2018 Photos: THREE Pages - Looking South From our Porch * Pine Grosbeaks (Pinicola enucleator) In Our Feeder * An Orange Sunrise * New Year's Eve Fireworks at the University of Alaska - Fairbanks * A Walk In The Snow on January 6th * The Alaska Range Near Delta Junction * A Snowy Field * Another Walk in the Snow On January 27th * An Amazing Amount of Sunshine * Snow In The Trees * Kazuya's Baked Delights - Event for Arctic Market * More

2017 Photo Pages

Christmas Letter and December 2017 Photos: THREE Pages - All of the photos from the 2017 Annual Christmas Letter * Page 1 includes photos from pages 1 - 10 of the Christmas Letter * Page 2 shows those photos from pages 11 - 20 of the Christmas Letter * Page 3 includes photos from pages 20 - 29 of the Christmas Letter * Page 3 also includes 15 new photos, ones taken during December * On Page 3 you can also find the list of mountains we climbed during calendar year 2017 * More

November 2017 Photos: TWO Pages - A Peek at Our Only 2018 Print Calendar * A Snowstorm on November 12th * The Results of the November 12th Snowstorm * A Halloween Present from Northeastern Oregon * Results of a November 24th - 25th Snowstorm * Kazuya's Baked Delights * Pineapple Rum Bundt Cake * Bear Claws * Cinnamon Rolls * Our Table at the Tanana Middle School Sales Event * Nutella Babka * Our Table at the November 11th Ski Swap Event * Our Table at the November 18th Barnette Elementary School Winter Bazaar * A Special Order Birthday Cake * Kazuya's Donation to a Local Business Event * More

October 2017 Photos: TWO Pages - A Peek at Our Only 2018 Print Calendar * Cutting up Our Delivery of 42 Foot Birch Firewood Logs * Our First Snow * Our Second Snow * A Roaring Fire in Our Woodstove * Frost on the Trees at 4 F° (-16° C) * A Stuffed Big Mama Squash * Kazuya's Baked Delights * Business Card * First and Second Sales Events * Products Offered & Packaging * Mini-Bundt Cakes * Hamantaschen * Banana Bread * Cake Aux Fruits * North Pole Grange Hall * A Full-size Bundt Cake Which was Donated for a Silent Auction Fund-Raiser * More

September 2017 Photos: FOUR Pages - An Early September Trip to the Mountains * Twelvemile Summit * Autumn Scenery * Eagle Summit * Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) Herds Migrating * Amazing Scenery * Aurora Borealis * More Caribou * Grizzly (Brown) Bear Sow (Ursus arctos horribilis) With Three Cubs * Driving to Circle, Alaska * Birch Creek * Circle, Alaska * The Yukon River at Circle * Birch Creek One-Lane Bridge * More Autumn Colors * More Caribou * A Covey of Ptarmigan Trying to Stay out of Sight * A Patch of Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) * Lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) * Mt. Prindle BLM Campground * Our Campsite * Hiking a Small Portion of the Mt. Prindle Trail * The View From Our Pickup Canopy * Leaves in our Yard * A Truckload of Log Length Birch Firewood * An Amazing Aurora Display * More

August 2017 Photos: FOUR Pages - Hiking the Pinnell Mountain Trail - 4.5 Miles From The Twelvemile Summit End - Lomatogonium rotatum in Bloom * Different Kinds of Mushrooms * Saxifraga hirculus * Brown Bear Scat * Mile-Markers * Alaska Range Near Delta Junction * Tephroseris yukonensis * Campanula lasiocarpa * Gentiana glauca * Epilobium angustifolium (Fireweed) * Papaver macounii * Amazing Scenery * Marmota caligata (Hoary Marmot) * A Circular Rhizocarpon geographicum Lichen * An Unknown Bird * Table Mountain * Porcupine Dome * Vaccinium vitis-idaea (Lingonberries) * Eagle Summit Wayside and our Camping Setup * Sunset * A Group of Ptarmigan Late at Night * Hiking the Pinnell Mountain Trail - 5 Miles From The Eagle Summit End - Repeats of several items which we saw at the other end * Bistorta plumosa (Pink Plumes) * Delphinium brachycentrum * Falco peregrinus (Peregrine Falcon) * Gentiana algida * Porcupine Dome * The "PORKY" Azimuth Mark * Dryas octopetala * Saussurea angustifolia var. yukonensis * Androsace chamaejasme ssp. lehmanniana * Rainbows * Another Group of Ptarmigan Late at Night * Castilleja hyperborea (Northern Indian Paintbrush * Lenticular Cloud * Pandion haliaetus (Osprey) * Map of Entire Pinnell Mountain Trail * Daniel's 70th Birthday Dinner and Cake * More

July 2017 Photos: FOUR Pages - A Hike of Angel Rocks to Chena Hot Springs Trail (8.7 mi) * Aconitum delphiniifolium (Monkshood) * Castilleja hyperborea (Northern Indian Paintbrush) * Marmota caligata (Hoary Marmot) * Minuartia macrocarpa * Arnica griscomii ssp. frigida * A Copper-Colored Mushroom * The Angel Rocks Shelter * Falco peregrinus (Peregrine Falcon) * A Beaver Dam, Pond & Lodge * A Table Top Mountain Climb * Pandion haliaetus (Osprey) * Table Top Mountain - Lower and Upper * Surnia ulula (Northern Hawk Owl) * Epilobium angustifolium (Fireweed & Albino Fireweed) * Parnassia palustris (Grass of Parnassus) * Rumex arcticus * Bistorta plumosa (Pink Plumes) * Strix nebulosa (Great Grey Owl) * Ophir Creek Campground * Epilobium latifolium (Dwarf Fireweed) * Thymallus arcticus (Arctic Grayling) * Elliott Highway Trip * Lower Grapefruit Rocks * Shepherdia canadensis (Soapberry) * Delphinium glaucum * Tatalina River * Abandoned Bridge * Tolovana River * Dalton Highway Sign * Dalton Highway * Trans-Alaska Pipeline System * Lost Creek (Dalton Highway) * Dalton Highway and Elliott Highway Junction * Our Pickup Truck Showing Canopy Inside * Myodes rutilus (Red-backed Vole) * Our Garden on July 30th * Kazuya's Baked Delights * Our 2018 Print Edition Calendar * More

June 2017 Photos: FIVE Pages (for the seventh time) - Blooming Cottongrass (Eriophorum scheuchzeri) * Vaccinium uliginosum * Dryas integrifolia * Juniperus communis var. depressa * Dasiphora fruticosa * Interesting Spring Greens at Grapefruit Rocks * Viburnum trilobum (Highbush Cranberry) * Polemonium pulcherrimum (Showy Jacob's Ladder) * Anticlea elegans (Mountain Deathcamas) * Pulsatilla patens (Pasque Flower) * Saxifraga tricuspidata * Erigeron purpuratus * Anemone narcissiflora * Lloydia serotina * Erethizon dorsatum (Porcupine) * Potentilla rubricaulis * Saxifraga reflexa * Androsace chamaejasme ssp. lehmanniana * Mertensia paniculata * Granite Tors Short Loop Trail * Zonotrichia leucophrys (White-crowned Sparrow) * Rhododendron tomentosum (Labrador Tea) * Andromeda polifolia var. polifolia * Anemone richardsonii * Viola epipsila ssp. repens (Dwarf Marsh Violet) * Beaver Dam * Calypso bulbosa var. americana (Calypso Orchid) * Papilio canadensis (Canadian Tiger Swallowtail) * Twelvemile Summit & Eagle Summit * Kalmia procumbens * Pedicularis lanata * Cassiope tetragona * Tephroseris kjellmanii * Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens * Diapensia lapponica ssp. obovata * Synthyris borealis * Arctostaphylos alpina * Ranunculus nivalis * Lagotis minor (Weaselsnout) * Cardamine purpurea * Silene acaulis (Moss Campion) * Gagea serotina * Blue Ice at North Fork Twelvemile Creek * Pinnell Mountain Trail - Twelvemile Summit End * Gentiana glauca * Petasites frigidus * Diapensia lapponica ssp. obovata * Ptarmigan * Stellaria longipes ssp. longipes * Angel Rocks Trail * Trientalis europaea * Rubus chamaemorus (Cloudberry) * Cornus canadensis (Bunchberry) * Viola biflora * Campanula lasiocarpa * Arnica griscomii ssp. frigida * Papaver macounii * Pyrola grandiflora * Leuconotopicus villosus (Hairy Woodpecker) and Young * Linnaea borealis (Twinflower) * Cow Moose and Calf in Chatanika River * Bistorta plumosa (Pink Plumes) * Lupinus arcticus ssp. arcticus * Pedicularis oederi * Dodecatheon frigidum (Shooting Star) * Polemonium acutiflorum (Tall Jacob's Ladder) * Eritrichium nanum (Arctic Alpine Forget-Me-Not) * Corydalis pauciflora * Pedicularis langsdorfii * Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis (Mountain Campion) * Calcarius lapponicus (Lapland Longspur) * Pedicularis capitata * Cypripedium passerinum (Northern Lady Slipper Orchid) * Epilobium angustifolium (Fireweed) * Corallorhiza trifida (Yellow Coral Root Orchid) * Eriophorum angustifolium (Tall Cottongrass) * Birch Creek National Wild River * Castilleja elegans (Elegant Paintbrush) * Cypripedium guttatum (Spotted Lady Slipper Orchid) * An Abundance of Scenery Shots * And More

May 2017 Photos: FOUR Pages - Creamer's Field * Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) * Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) * Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) * Olnes Pond * Common Mergansers (Mergus merganser) * Wickersham Dome Trailhead Parking Lot - A Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus) * A Common Raven (Corvus corax) Nest Near our House * A Common Raven * A Long-Abandoned Emergency Shelter * Green-up Series of Photos * Creamer's Field Again - Unknown Bird * Unknown Swallow * A Pair of Buffleheads (Bucephala albeola) * Willow (Salix sp.) Flowers * The Creamer's Field Large Pond * Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla patens) * Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale) * Calypso Orchid (Calypso bulbosa var. americana) Buds and Flowers * Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)and Young * A Red Squirrel * The White Violet (Viola renifolia) * Our Garden * More

April 2017 Photos: THREE Pages - Driving-Day-Trip from Fairbanks to Delta Junction and Return * The Incredible Alaska Range near Delta Junction * The Tanana River * A Pair of Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) * A Visit to the University of Alaska - Fairbanks "Museum of the North" * Our Driveway and Land as "The Spring Thaw" Begins * A Visit to Creamer's Field as the Waterfowl Begins to Arrive * Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) * Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) * Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos) * Northern Pintail Duck (Anas acuta) * American Wigeon (Anas americana) * White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) * Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) * An Ichneumonid Wasp * Our Front Yard - April 20th and 30th Comparison * Kazuya's Baked Delights * Lavender Macaron * Fruit Éclairs * Fruit Tarts & Tartlets * Rose Macaron * Chick & Bunny Macaron for Easter * Mango-Pineapple Éclairs * Smoked Salmon Éclairs * More

March 2017 Photos: FOUR Pages - A Female Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) on our Suet Feeder * Sunrise * A Walk Up Our Driveway * A Moose (Alces alces) * Tulips * A Drive To Nenana * Denali * The Nenana Bridge * Downtown Nenana, Alaska * The 2017 Nenana Ice Classic Tripod & Observation Tower * Kazuya in his Expedition Parka * Daniel in his Expedition Parka * The Monderosa Bar & Restaurant * A Huge Moose * A Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) * Bird Tracks * Snowy Scenery at Home * Great Shot of a Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) * A Female Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) * "Disco Time" Inside our House * A Summer and Winter Comparison Shot * Trip to and Partial Climb of Wickersham Dome * Hardpack/Snowpack/Icepack on our Road * Kazuya's Baked Delights * Chocolate Mille Cr pe with Caramel Whipped Cream * Quail Eggs * A 4-layer Matcha Cake with Matcha Ganache & Matcha Buttercream * Special Order Birthday Cake * A Matcha Mille Cr pe * Lemon Curd Pies * Shamrock Macaron * Blood Orange & Juice * Orange Mille Cr pe * clairs with Fresh Fruit and Cr me Diplomat * More

February 2017 Photos: TWO Pages - Northern Red-backed Vole (Myodes rutilus) * Sunset Over Birch Hill * Bright Sun on the Snow in our Yard * Moose in our Yard * Sun, Blue Sky and Snow Covered Trees at Home * Sun Dogs and Sun Bow in Downtown Fairbanks * Bright Sunny Scenery along Chena Hot Springs Road * Sunrise Colors * Moose Alongside the Chena Hot Springs Road * A Heavy Snowstorm * Kazuya's Baked Delights * A Baby Shower Cake * A Chocolate-Nutella-Mascarpone Cake * Lime Macarons (Not Macaroons) * Some Conversation Tarts (French: la tarte conversation) * More

January 2017 Photos: TWO Pages - Snow in Our Yard on January 3rd * Common Redpolls (Acanthis flammea) at our Platform Feeder - Some in Flight * Our Yard on January 7th * A Moose (Alces alces) Browsing its way Across the Back Part of our Land * January 9th - Sunrise Time * January 9th - Sunset Time * The Alaska Range, Near Delta Junction * Fata-Morgana Mirage * A Beautiful Snowy Field * Moonrise * Our Weather Station Showing -41° F * January 26th Sunset Time * Kazuya's Baked Delights * A New Year's Traditional Japanese Breakfast * A Purple Sweet Potato Cheesecake * A Delicious Chocolate Fruitcake * More

2016 Photo Pages

December 2016 Photos: THREE Pages - Pine Grosbeaks (Pinicola enucleator) at Our Bird Feeder * December 2nd Snow Storm * Trip to Ski Land at Cleary Summit * Denali (Mt. McKinley - 20,310 Feet) * Alaska Range Near Delta * White Mountains * Kazuya and Daniel in their COLDEST Weather Parkas * Redpolls (Acanthis flammea) at Our Bird Feeder * Daniel & His Pumpernickel Bread * A Sun Pillar * December 17th Eight Inch Snow Storm * Our Snow Covered Yard * Sunrise * A Moose in the Yard * Kazuya and his COLDEST Weather Hat * December 29th Twelve Inch Snow Storm * Kazuya's Baked Delights * Homemade Candied Orange and Lemon Peel * Making Stollen * A Fruitcake * A Chocolate-Cherry Cake * Gingerbread Cookies * A Christmas Present from Oregon * A Pineapple Bundt Cake * A Chocolate Cake * A Christmas Fruitcake * A Schwartzwalder Kirschtorte (Cake) * Mountains Climbed During 2016 * More

November 2016 Photos: FOUR Pages - The Aurora Borealis * Sunrise Colors * Pumpernickel Bread * Morning & Afternoon Sun * Birds Eating From Kazuya's Hand * Pine Grosbeaks (Pinicola enucleator) * Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) * Ice Blobs Floating in the Air * Cross-Country Skiing * A Present From Oregon * Thanksgiving Dinner * Twin Bears Camp * Chena Hot Springs * The Rock Lake * Kazuya's Baked Delights * Cream Puffs * Eclairs * Banana-Lingonberry Tart * Lemon Curd Cakes * Butter-Cream Rose Cake * Pear Tart * Swiss Roll with Raspberry Curd * Swiss Roll with Kirschwasser * Chocolate-Mini Cakes with Grand Marnier * Lotus Root * Yu-Choy Sum * Squash-Curry Croquettes * More

October 2016 Photos: FOUR Pages - Daniel Working in the Snow * Aurora Borealis on September 29th * Climbing Wickersham Dome * The Sawtooth Mountains * The White Mountains * Lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) * Table Top Mountain * Olnes Pond * Aurora Borealis at Olnes Pond * Aurora Borealis from our Home Driveway * An Autumn Clothed Larch Tree (Larix laricina) in Our Yard * Black-Capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) at our Birdfeeder * Aurora Borealis and Full Moon * Our New TV, TV Stand & New DVD Shelves * Yard and House Photos Pre-Snow and Post-Snow * Alaska Range Near Delta Junction, Alaska * Several Photos of Kazuya's Baked Delights * An Ermine (Mustela erminea) in Our Yard * More

September 2016 Photos: FOUR Pages - The Aurora Borealis on August 31st * The Aurora on September 2nd * The Alaska Range (Mountains) From Near Our House - Mt. Hayes, Hess Mountain and Mt. Deborah * Our "Yard" on September 4th * A Trip to Eagle Summit and camp-out * Autumn Colors Along the Steese Highway - Fairbanks to Eagle Summit and to Central, Alaska * Snow in the Eagle Summit Area * "Downtown" Central, Alaska * U.S. Creek Road - Steese Highway * Table Top Mountain * Lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) * September 9th Sunset and Aurora * An Osprey Nesting Platform and 2 Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) * Denali (Mt. McKinley) From the Steese Highway * September 11th Sunrise from our Porch * September 12th and 15th "Yard" Photos * September 18th at Angel Rocks * More Lingonberries - a Gallon of them! * September 20th "Yard" Photos * September 25th Aurora Photos * September 27th - First Snow at our House * More

August 2016 Photos: THREE Pages - Our Woodshed * Our House From Every Side - Outside * Our House From Many Angles - Inside * Our Cawley 800 Woodstove Before and After Cleaning and Polishing * Some iPhone Panoramic Photos Inside the House * Our Property Photos * Beginning of Autumn Colors * More of Our House Interior * A Riker Mount of Chitons (Genus = Chiton) * The Alaska Range (Mountains) From Near our House - Mt. Hayes, Hess Mountain and Mt. Deborah * My Birthday Cake * Aurora Borealis Photos * Trans-Alaska (Oil) Pipeline) * Lomatogonium rotatum * Lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) * Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) * More

June and July 2016 Photos: FIVE Pages (for the sixth time) - A Solstice Trip to Eagle Summit on the Steese Highway * The Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline * Pyrola asarifolia * Cranberry Plants * Chatanika River Scenery * Iris setosa at 31.6 Mile Pond (Steese Highway) * The Davidson Ditch Historical Pipeline * Eriophorum vaginatum (Cottongrass) * Dryas octopetala * Kalmia procumbens * Minuartia macrocarpa * Rhododendron tomentosum * Anemone narcissiflora * Twelvemile Summit Scenery * Arnica lessingii * Castilleja hyperborea * The bright blue Campanula lasiocarpa (Harebell) * Pedicularis labradorica * Parrya nudicaulis * Many shots of Dodecatheon frigidum (Shooting Star) * Bistorta plumosa * Polemonium caeruleum ssp. villosum * Papaver macounii (Macoun's Poppy) * The Eagle Summit Area * Pedicularis oederi * Lagotis minor (Little weaselsnout) * Pedicularis langsdorfii * Astragalus umbellatus * Oxytropis scammaniana * Saxifraga nelsoniana * Salix reticulata * Eritrichium nanum (Alaska's State Flower, the Forget-me-not) * Cassiope tetragona * a Large Snow Drift * Pedicularis capitata * Silene acaulis (Moss Campion or Cushion Pink) * Rhododendron lapponicum * Tephroseris lindstroemii * Tephroseris yukonensis * Lagopus muta (Rock Ptarmigan) * Potentilla rubricaulis * Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis (Mountain Campion) * Aconitum delphiniifolium (Larkspurleaf Monkshood) * Eagle Summit Scenery * Andromeda polifolia var. polifolia * Arnica griscomii ssp. frigida * Porcupine Dome * Pedicularis lanata * 270° iPhone Panoramas * Long Shadows at Midnight * The Sun NOT Setting * The Sun and Moon in the same Panorama * Marmota caligata (Hoary Marmot) * Lupinus arcticus ssp. arcticus * Dasiphora fruticosa * Rubus arcticus (Arctic Raspberry) * Delphinium glaucum * Parnassia palustris (Grass of Parnassus) * Valeriana capitata * Pyrola grandiflora * Chena Hot Springs Area - Linnaea borealis (Twinflower) * Kazuya's Nectarine, Raspberry & Red Currant Tart * Chamerion angustifolium (Fireweed and an Albino Fireweed) * Castor canadensis (Beaver) in a pond at Creamer's Field * Ripening Rose-hips * Vicia cracca * Partial Map of the White Mountains National Recreation Area * Table Top Mountain from Nome Creek Road * Scenery * Surnia ulula (Northern Hawk Owl) * Vaccinium uliginosum (Blueberries) * Table Top Mountain * Spiraea stevenii * Distant Mountain Scenery * Another Marmota caligata (Hoary Marmot) * Chris & Zena the Dog * Chamerion latifolium (Dwarf Fireweed) * More Salix reticulata * Arctostaphylos alpina (Alpine Bearberry) * Climbing Wickersham Dome * Scenery * Rubus chamaemorus (Cloudberry) * Two More Marmots!! * Wickersham Dome Scenery * Castilleja elegans (Elegant Indian Paintbrush) * Moneses uniflora (Single Delight, Shy Maiden or One-flowered Wintergreen) * Olnes Pond - Evening and Morning * The Angel Rocks Trail * Goodyera repens (Dwarf Rattlesnake Plantain or Lesser Rattlesnake Plantain) - an ORCHID * Boschniakia rossica (Northern Groundcone) * Angel Rocks Scenery * Vaccinium vitis-idaea var. minus (Lingonberry) * Geocaulon lividum (Northern Bastard Toadflax or Pumpkin Berry) * Several Panoramic Shots of Angel Rocks * Albino Specimen of Aconitum delphiniifolium (Larkspurleaf Monkshood) * Apocynum androsaemifolium (Fly-trap Dogbane or Spreading Dogbane) * Two Very Short Strange (but true) Stories * More

May and June 2016 Photos: FIVE Pages (for the fifth time) - Kazuya's and my move from Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan to Fairbanks, Akaska, USA * The Toyota Tacoma we Bought * Mt. Ashland in Ashland, Oregon * A Bee Swarm * Dichelostemma congestum * Driving Oregon's North Umpqua Highway * Clintonia uniflora * Rhododendron macrophyllum * Collinsia grandiflora (Giant Blue-Eyed Mary) * Trientalis borealis ssp. latifolia * Toketee Falls * Diamond Lake * Mt. Thielsen * Mt. Bailey * Viola glabella (Smooth Yellow Violet) * Viola orbiculata (Roundleaf Violet) * Anemone oregana * Trillium ovatum * Angry Orchard Hard Cider and Umpqua Chocolate Milk * Diamond Lake USFS Campground * Viola purpurea (Goosefoot Violet) * Lupinus sp. * Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint and the Crooked River along Highway 97 in Oregon * Turkey Buzzard or Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) * Columbia River * Windmills * Stuart Mountains in Washington * The Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility near Ellensburg, Washington * Mt. Rainier * Weird Neon Blue Sky * Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park, Vantage, Washington * Mariposa Lily (Calochortus macrocarpus) * Salvia dorrii (Purple Sage) * Grayia spinosa (Hop sage) * A Petrified Douglas Fir Log * The Olmstead Place Historical State Park, Kittitas, Washington * Hiking the Umtanum Creek Recreation Area Trail * Icterus bullockii (Bullock's oriole) * Philadelphus lewisii * Penstemon speciosus (Showy Penstemon) * Rosa nutkana (Nootka Rose, Bristly Rose or Wild Rose) * Ribes aureum (Golden Currant) * Ribes cereum (Wax Currant or Squaw Currant) * Collomia grandiflora (Large-Flowered Collomia) * Kazuya's 37th Birthday * Into Canada * Driving Along the Fraser River in B.C., Canada * Indian Paintbrush * Unknown Violet * Bear Tracks at our Camp-spot * Heavy Snow North of Fort Nelson, B.C., Canada * Beautiful Snowy Mountain Reflection in a Pond * The Folded Mountains * A Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) * Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) * Ovis canadensis (Bighorn Sheep) * Moose (Alces alces) * Muncho Lake * Mitella caulescens at Liard Hot Springs * Viola nephrophylla (Northern Bog Violet) * Ledum glandulosum (Trapper's Tea) * Pinguicula vulgaris (Common Butterwort) * Viola canadensis (Canada Violet) * Bison bison (American Bison or American Buffalo) * Mountain Scenery * Ursus americanus (Black Bear) * Watson Lake, B.C., Canada Sign Post Forest * Polemonium pulcherrimum (Showy Jacob's-ladder) * Teslin, Y.T., Canada * The Tagish River * Tagish Lake * Bove Island * U.S. Customs at Skagway, Alaska * Alaska Marine Highway System M.V. Matanuska * Ferry Ride from Skagway to Haines * Mt. Ripinski in Haines * Haines Small Boat Harbor * A Stellar's Jay * The Chilkat River, Haines * Pyrola grandiflora (Arctic Wintergreen or Large-flowered Wintergreen) * Chamerion latifolium (formerly Epilobium latifolium, Dwarf Fireweed) * Rock Glacier at Dezadeash Lake * Saxifraga bronchialis (Spotted saxifrage) * Colorful Lichens on the Rocks of Rock Glacier * Kathleen Lake * Tachal Dhal (Sheep Mountain) Visitor Center at Kluane Lake * Dall Sheep * Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) * Our Home in Fairbanks, Alaska * Creamer's Field, Fairbanks * A Linnaea borealis Bouquet * Cleaning House * More

April 2016 Photos: THREE Pages - A Trip to and Climb of Mt. Takao and Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama * Viola bisseti * Arisaema sp. Flower * Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana * Viola eizanensis * Viola grypoceras * Omphalodes japonica * The Viola rossii X Viola bisseti hybrid * Viola japonica * Chrysosplenium macrostemon var. atrandrum * Viola yezoensis f. discolor - the Takao Violet * Viola yezoensis - the Hikage Violet * Oxalis griffithii var. kantoensis * Dichocarpum trachyspermum * Chrysosplenium album var. stamineum * A Trip to and Climb in the Minami-Takao (South Takao) Area * Rape Flower * Cherry Blossoms * Kerria japonica * Viola phalacrocarpa * Arisaema urashima - a Species of Jack-in-the-pulpit * Ajuga decumbens, both Pink and Purple * Scutellaria indica var. parvifolia * Viola phalacrocarpa f. glaberrima * Viola obtusa * Chaenomeles japonica * Cymbidium goeringii - the Spring Orchid * Gentiana zollingeri * Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana * Anemone flaccida * Viola keiskei * Anemone nikoensis * More

March 2016 Photos: TWO Pages - A February 28th Climb of Mt. Takao and Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama * Mt. Fuji * Cedar Pollen Blowing in the Wind * A March 27th trip to Nogawa Park * Viola grypoceras - the First Violets of the Season * Cymbidium goeringii - An Orchid * Anemone flaccida - Just Starting to Bloom * Erythronium japonicum - Trout Lily * Aquilegia buergeriana - Anchor Flower * Young Maple Leaves * Chloranthus japonicus * Viola japonica * Reineckea carnea - Kichijosou in Japanese * Gentiana zollingeri * Euphorbia sieboldiana * Weeping Willow - Beginning to Leaf Out * Dandelion (Taraxacum officinalis) * Some of Our Porch Flowers - Cymbidium goeringii, Viola japonica and Zanthoxylum piperitum - Mountain Pepper * The Finally Finished Heaven and Hell in the Philippines: Journal of a Peace Corps Volunteer Book After Working on it for 259 Days * More

February 2016 Photos: ONE Page - Shibateranthis pinnatifida Flowers (Setsubunsou in Japanese) * A Sneak Peek at a New Book - Two Years in Paradise: A Peace Corps Philippines Journal - Hoping for Release to the World by June or July 2016 - Expected Length Probably About 500 Pages

January 2016 Photos: ONE Page - A New Year's Trip to Jindai Shrine for Prayers * Jindai Botanical Garden * White and Pink Plum Blossoms * Daffodils * Chimonanthus praecox - Roubai in Japanese * The Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki) * Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) Just Emerging From the Soil * Shibateranthis pinnatifida - Setsubunsou in Japanese - The First Flowers * Some Very Photogenic Yuba-Yuri (Old Women's Lily) Seedheads * The Very Red Berries of Reineckea carnea - Kichijosou in Japanese * More

2015 Photo Pages

December 2015 Photos: TWO Pages - A December 19th Climb of Mt. Takao to Witness "Diamond Fuji" - the time of the year when the sun sets directly behind Mt. Fuji * A hike out to I-Ccho-Daira in search of "Frost Flowers" * Susuki Grass (Miscanthus sinensis) * A Few Autumn Colors * The Crowd of People at Mt. Takao to Witness "Diamond Fuji" * The Moon - Photos Taken Through an Oak Tree * Comparison Photos of "Diamond Fuji" in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and - of course the photos taken this year (2015) * List of Mountains Climbed During 2015 & Graph of the Elevations * More

November 2015 Photos: ONE Page - A Bicycle Trip to Musashino and Nogawa Parks as well as Jindai Botanical Garden in Search of Autumn Colors * Fall Susuki Grass (Miscanthus sinensis) * Fall Colors in the Red Maple Trees * An Evolutionary History of the Book Covers of the Climbing a Few of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains Book Series * More

October 2015 Photos: THREE Pages - Covers of Our Newest Book - Japan Outdoors * Nogawa Park * Begonia grandis * Hummingbird Hawk Moth (Macroglossum sp.) * Impatiens textorii - the Impatient Plant * Butterflies * Toad Lily (Tricyrtis sp.) * Jack-In-The-Pulpit (Arisaema sp.) * A Lizard * Lycoris radiata - Cluster Amaryllis * Snake Gourd (Trichosanthes cucumeroides) * Edible Chrysanthemums * Jindai Botanical Garden * Iwa-Hiba (Spike Moss - Selaginella tamariscina) Display * Geastrum triplex - One of the Earth Star Fungi * The Big Lawn and Pampas Grass (Cortaderia selloana) * More Hummingbird Hawk Moth (Macroglossum sp.) Photos * Dahlia Garden * Our Third Annual Adventure to Mt. Fuji's 5th Station Area for Autumn Colors * Mt. Yatsugatake * Mt. Kitadake * Mt. Fuji * Yamanaka Lake * Mt. Myoujin * Mt. Mitsutouge * Colorful Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi) * Lake Motosu * Reindeer Moss/Reindeer Lichen (Cladonia rangiferina) * A Picturesque Old Abandoned Hut * A Large Patch of Green Moss * Oniwa (Okuniwa) Area Scenery * More

September 2015 Photos: FOUR Pages - Our 3rd Annual Trip to Katsunuma Budoukyo for Grape Tasting and Buying * A Mt. Akita-Komagatake Autumn Color Adventure * Hydrangea paniculata * Sanguisorba albiflora * Angelica ursina * Aconitum japonicum ssp. subcuneatum - Monkshood * Annotated Photos Showing Local Mountain Names * Mt. Katakuradake * Amazing Autumn Colors * Schizocodon soldanelloides f. alpinus * Tazawako (Tazawa Lake) * Mt. Onamedake * Geum calthifolium var. nipponicum * Mt. Odake * Amidaike (= Amida Pond) and Hut * Mt. Kotake With Autumn Colors * Mt. Medake with Smoke * Moomin Valley and a Moomin * Gentiana triflora var. montana * Geum pentapetalum * Some Beautiful Panoramic Images * A Mouseover Image Showing Rapid Shadows and Lighting Changes * Komaike (ike = pond) * Katagari Pond * Dicentra peregrina * Several Zoomed-In Shots Showing Amazing Autumn Colors * Viola crassa * Cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) and Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum var. japonicum) * Mt. Yokodake * Mt. Yakemori * Mt. Nyutou (= Mt. Eboshidake) * An Amazingly Red Sunrise * Clouds or Fog on the Mountain * Climbing Mt. Sasamori * Climbing Mt. Yumori * An Annotated Map Showing Mountain Names * Yadoiwa (= Yado Rock) * A LONG Climb of Mt. Zarumori * More Amazing Scenery and Autumn Colors * Climbing Mt. Nyutou (= Mt. Eboshidake) * A Type of Edelweiss - Leontopodium japonicum var. shiroumense * Mt. Nyutou Summit * Tashirotai Hut * More

August 2015 Photos: FOUR Pages - Our Oregon, U.S.A. Vacation * Flight to Vancouver * Sparrow in Vancouver Airport * August 6th Morning Walk * August 7th - Crater Lake National Park * Mt. McLoughlin * Great Meadow - Near Lake of the Woods * Mare's Egg Pond * Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) * Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) * Annie Creek Canyon * Crater Lake Rim Drive * Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrels * Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) * Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) * Wizard Island * Anemone occidentalis * Distant Forest Fire * Pumice Desert * Mt. Thielsen * Mt. Bailey * Diamond Lake * Rogue River Canyon * Sugar Pine Cones (Pinus lambertiana) * August 8th - Oregon Blackberries * Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedorum) * Teasel (Dipsacus sp.) * Pilot Rock Climb * A Deer * Red Baneberry (Actaea rubra) * A Lizard * August 9th - Scenic Airplane Flight of Crater Lake National Park * Western Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma californica) * August 10th - Our (Kazuya and I) Wedding Ceremony * Our Wedding Reception * Our Wedding Cake * August 11th - A Small Forestry Project * August 12th - Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, California * Huge Redwood Trees (Sequoia sempervirens) * Gold Beach, Oregon * A Tidal Pool * Roosevelt Elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti) * August 13th - Another Morning Walk * An Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) * Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) in Lithia Park, Ashland, Oregon * August 14th - Flight Back to Japan * More

July 2015 Photos: ONE Page - A Trip to Jindai Botanical Garden * Erythrina crista-galli * Daisies * Lotus Plants and Flowers * Liatris pycnostachya * Hydrangea * Big Lawn * Pampas Grass * Dragonfly * Helwingia japonica * Cymbidium nipponicum * Unknown Purple Flower * Saururus chinensis * Waterlilies * More

June 2015 Photos: ONE Page - Mt. Takao Area * Cremastra appendiculata * Paeonia obovata * Mt. Fuji * Tokyo Sky Tree * Dendrobium moniliforme * More

May 2015 Photos: FOUR Pages - Viola rossii * Viola phalacrocarpa x Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana & PLANT THIEVES * Viola hirtipes * Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana x Viola eizanensis (MAYBE) * Mt. Kurotake - Soft Spring Green Colors * Gentiana zollingeri * Viola phalacrocarpa * Viola variegata var. nipponica * Viola orientalis * Viola yazawana * Gagea lutea * Mountain Azalea (Rhododendron dilatatum) * Erythronium japonicum - Trout Lily * Mt. Fuji * Mt. Kiritou * Viola acuminata * Viola grypoceras - mutant form (or Green form) * Malus sieboldii * Viola violacea f. versicolor * Viola violacea var. makinoi * Padus grayana * Capricornis crispus - a Japanese Serow (Kamoshika in Japanese) * Viola grypoceras f. purpurellocalcarata * Oxalis obtriangulata - a species of sorrel * Mt. Kiritou Summit Scenery * Yunosawa Pass * Enemion raddeanum * Viola selkirkii * Viburnum furcatum * Nishizawa Keikoku * Beautiful Waterfall Scenery * Primula reinii var. kitadakensis * Oxalis acetosella * Yamanashi & Shizuoka Prefecture Boundary Area * Polygonatum odoratum * Paeonia japonica * Rhododendron molle ssp. japonicum * Mt. Takao * Caesalpinia decapetala var. japonica * Dendrobium moniliforme - The Japanese Stone Orchid (Sekkoku in Japanese) * Helwingia japonica * Pseudopyxis depressa * Pseudopyxis depressa f. angustiloba * Benthamidia japonica * Calanthe discolor - Another Orchid * Paeonia obovata - the rare Japanese Pink Woodland Peony * Cremastra appendiculata - Another Orchid * More

April 2015 Photos: FOUR Pages - Another version of the "Outdoor Photography of Japan: Through the Seasons" book - Hardcover with Dust Jacket * Our Annual Cherry Blossom Viewing Outing (Hanami in Japanese) at Musashino Park * Cherry Blossoms * Spiraea sp. Blossoms * Primrose in Bloom (Primula sp.) * Arisaema ringens (Jack-in-the-Pulpit) * Viola keiskei * Yama-Buki-Sou * Anemone flaccida * A Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) * Chloranthus japonicus * Gentiana zollingeri * Viola betonicifolia var. albescens * Trip to Hikage Creek, Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-Yama & Mt. Kagenobu * Viola yezoensis f. discolor (Takao Violet) * Viola yezoensis (Hikage Violet) * Close-up of Arisaema sp. (Jack-in-the-Pulpit) Flower * Asarum caulescens * Hardcover Version of "A Pocket-Size Version of Some Violets of Eastern Japan - 2nd Edition" book * Viola phalacrocarpa f. glaberrima * Viola obtusa * Mountain Cherry Blossom Scenery * Viola eizanensis * Cymbidium goeringii - an Orchid * A Trip to Yamanashi & Shizuoka Prefectures * Mt. Fuji * Viola orientalis * Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana * Viola x savatieri (Okutama Violet) * Viola tokaiensis * Viola bissetii * Paeonia japonica * Viola shikokiana * Meles anakuma - the Japanese Badger * Kazuya's Trip to Naguriko * Viola violacea var. makinoi * Viola sieboldi * Viola sieboldi f. variegata * Viola x pseudo-makinoi f. concolor * Viola x pseudo-makinoi * More

March 2015 Photos: FOUR Pages - 2016 Print Edition Calendars * Nogawa Park * Primrose (Primula sp.) * Shibateranthis pinnatifida (Setsubunsou in Japanese) Seedheads * Hepatica nobilis var. japonica f. magna Flowers * Cymbidium goeringii - an Orchid (Shun-ran [Spring Orchid] in Japanese) * Erythronium japonicum - Trout Lily (Katakuri in Japanese) * Anemone flaccida * Viola japonica * Cornus officinalis * Stachyurus praecox * Eurya japonica * Pulsatilla cernua * Veronica persica * Morel Mushrooms (Morchella sp.) * 108th Climb of Mt. Takao * Viola bissetii * Viola eizanensis * Omphalodes japonica * Asarum sp. * Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana * Viola grypoceras * Earth Star Fungus, either Geastrum sp. or Astraeus sp. * Oxalis griffithii var. kantoensis * Lindera obtusiloba * Leibnitzia anandria * Viola hondoensis * Mitella pauciflora * Anemone raddeana * Chrysosplenium album var. stamineum * Corydalis lineariloba * Gagea lutea * Chrysosplenium macrostemon var. atrandrum * A Trip to the Minami Takao Area * Arisaema sp. (Jack-in-the-Pulpit) * Viola phalacrocarpa f. glaberrima * Viola obtusa * Viola phalacrocarpa * Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana * Symplocarpus foetidus - Skunk Cabbage * Lysichiton camtschatcense - Skunk Cabbage * More

February 2015 Photos: ONE Page - A Trip to Nogawa Park * Some Birds * Shibateranthis pinnatifida - Setsubun-sou in Japanese * Symplocarpus foetidus - Zazen-sou in Japanese - A Type of Skunk Cabbage * Adonis sp. * Chimonanthus praecox - Roubai in Japanese * Field with a bit of snow * Cymbidium goeringii Seedhead - Shun-ran in Japanese * Sapindus mukurossi Tree & Seeds * A Lily Seedhead - Yuba Yuri (Old Women's Lily) in Japanese * More

January 2015 Photos: ONE Page - Our New Year's Trip to and Stay at Tsuru-No-Yu - The Hot Spring of the Crane - in Akita Prefecture

2014 Photo Pages

December 2014 Photos: THREE Pages - Beautiful Autumn Colors at Jindai Botanical Garden on November 30th * Frost Flowers Extruded From the Stems of Keiskea japonica Plants on Mt. Takao * Sunset over Mt. Fuji, From Mt. Takao - The "Diamond Fuji" Event for 2014 * More

November 2014 Photos: THREE Pages - A Gecko on the Kitchen Window * Autumn Colors at Okutama Lake * Hiking the Okutama Mukashi-Michi (Old Road) * A Beautiful Seedpod of an Unknown Plant * An Abundance of Fall Color Photos * Sawai and Mitake Fall Colors * The Famous Ginkgo Tree at Mitake in Autumn Dress * Bouldering Practice * Kayakers * An Old Wood Piece * Autumn Colors on Mt. Mitake * Autumn Colors on Mt. Hinode * More

October 2014 Photos: THREE Pages - Our Two Outings/Adventures this Month * A Trip to Jindai Botanical Garden * Pampas Grass (Cortaderia selloana) at its Peak of Beauty * Cymbidium nipponicum Flowers * Impatiens textorii - the Impatient Plant * A Trip to the Subaru Line 5th Station of Mt. Fuji * Amazing scenery * Autumn Colors * Mountain Ash (Sorbus commixta) * Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi) * Distance Views of Mt. Yatsugatake * Distance View of Mt. Kai-Komagatake * Horses for Riding * Distance Views of Yamanaka Lake & Mt. Myoujin * Hiking the Ochuudou Trail from the 5th Station to Okuniwa * Cranberries (Vaccinium oxycoccos) * Cover of Climbing a Few of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains - Volume 13: Mt. Yatsugatake (Mt. Akadake) - Our Newest in the "Climbing a Few of Japan's 100 Mountains" series of books * More

September 2014 Photos: TWO Pages - A Trip to Katsunuma Budoukyo for Grapes * A Trip to/Climb of Mt. Takao * Codonopsis lanceolata Flower * Mt. Tanzawa & Mt. Fuji From Mt. Takao * Cimicifuga simplex Flowers * I-Ccho-Daira * Benthamidia japonica (Mountain Dogwood) Fruits * Susuki Grass (Miscanthus sinensis) * Butterflies on Thistle Flowers * Lespedeza bicolor * Far-Away Tokyo from Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama * Chelonopsis moschata Flowers * Polygonum filiforme Flowers * A Trip to Nogawa Park * Impatiens textorii Flowers * Begonia grandis Flowers * Red Lycoris radiata - Cluster Amaryllis Flowers * Liriope muscari Flowers * Impatiens noli-tangere Flowers * Caryopteris divaricata Flowers * Aeginetia indica - a Parasite on Certain Types of Grass * Keiskea japonica Flowers * Geranium thunbergii Flowers * Yellow Lycoris radiata Flowers * More

August 2014 Photos: ONE Page - A Climb of and overnight stay at I-Ccho-Daira (Mt. Takao Area) * Conandron ramondioides - (Iwa-Tabako in Japanese) * Mountain Lilies * Giboushi * Sunset Clouds * Beautiful Japanese Red Pine (Pinus densiflora) * Trip to and Partial Climb of Mt. Chokai in Yamagata Prefecture * VERY STRANGE CLOUDS * Deep Valley and Waterfalls Therein * Different Strange Clouds * Chokai Lake * Chokai Lake Water Level Comparison Photos - 2005, 2008, 2011 & 2014 * Cover of Climbing a Few of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains - Volume 12: Mt. Tate (Tateyama) - Our Newest in the "Climbing a Few of Japan's 100 Mountains" series of books * More

July 2014 Photos: THREE Pages - A Trip to Oze National Park * An Oze National Park Annotated Map * Hatomachi Pass * Mt. Shibutsu * Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) * Eleorchis japonica - an Orchid * Andromeda polifolia * Geum pentapetalum * Mt. Hiuchigatake * Hemerocallis dumortieri var. esculenta - a Lily * Iris laevigata * White Water Lily Flower * a Red Dragonfly (Nannophya pygmaea) * Pogonia japonica - another Orchid * Stunningly Beautiful Clouds * Cranberry Flowers (Vaccinium oxycoccos) * Menyanthes trifoliata * Eriophorum gracile - Another species of Cottongrass * Dactylorhiza aristata - a Third Orchid * Drosera rotundifolia - Sundew - an Insectivorous Plant * Viola verecunda f. violacens * Yoania japonica - the Fourth Orchid * Lysichiton camtschatcense - a Species of Skunk Cabbage * Iris setosa * Water Reflections * Cornus canadense - Bunchberry aka Canadian Dogwood * Gentiana thunbergii var. minor * Ozenuma (= Oze Pond) * The 3 Iconic Larch Trees of Ozenuma * Paris japonica * Cover of Climbing a Few of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains - Volume 11: Mt. Shiroumadake (includes Mt. Shakushidake & Mt. Yarigatake) - Our Newest in the "Climbing a Few of Japan's 100 Mountains" series of books * More

June 2014 Photos: THREE Pages - A Trip to and Climb of Mt. Takao * Dendrobium moniliforme - Japanese Stone Orchid (Sekkoku in Japanese) * Cremastra appendiculata - Another Orchid * Pseudopyxis depressa f. angustiloba * Paeonia obovata - An Extremely Rare Japanese Pink Woodland Peony * Calanthe discolor Orchids * Helwingia japonica * "Climbing a Few of Japan's 100 Mountains - Volume 9: Mt. Kitadake" * A Trip to and Climb of Mt. Mitsutouge * Mt. Fuji from Kawaguchi Lake Station * Dichocarpum stoloniferum * Neottia asiatica - Another Orchid * Viola acuminata * Cypripedium macranthum var. speciosum - The Endangered Japanese Pink Lady Slipper Orchid * Vincetoxicum acuminatum * Galearis cyclochila - the Seagull Orchid * Enkianthus campanulatus f. albiflorus * Viola biflora * Iris sanguinea * "Climbing a Few of Japan's 100 Mountains - Volume 10: Mt. Mizugaki" * The Machida Area * Hydrangea sp. * Epipactis thunbergii - The Persimmon Orchid - Seventh Orchid of the Month * Spiraea japonica * Spiranthes sinensis var. amoena - the Screw Orchid - Eighth Orchid of the Month * Thistle Flowers (Cirsium sp.) * Prunella vulgaris subsp. asiatica * Lotus japonicus * Galeola septentrionalis - Ninth Orchid of the Month * Yoania amagiensis - Tenth Orchid of the Month * More

May 2014 Photos: THREE Pages - A Trip North to Miyagi Prefecture * Tarumizu Dam Area * Akebia quinata * Trillium tschonoskii * Trillium smallii * Lithospermum zollingeri * Viola yezoensis f. discolor - the Takao Violet * Viola mirabilis var. subglabra * Viola rostrata var. japonica * In Yamagata Prefecture * Viola kusanoana * Viola violacea f. versicolor * Biwa Pond * Tokyo - Mt. Mitake * Clouds & Fog * Lathraea japonica * Viola shikokiana * Viola phalacrocarpa x Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana - an extremely rare hybrid violet * Viola hirtipes * Mt. Fuji * Padus grayana * Viola eizanensis * Viola grypoceras * Viola violacea var. makinoi * Viola phalacrocarpa * Wisteria floribunda * Sarcochilus japonicus - an Orchid * Calanthe discolor - an Orchid * Asarum spp. * Cephalanthera longibracteata - the Bamboo-Leaved Silver Orchid * Cephalanthera falcata - the Golden Orchid * Magnolia obovata and its huge Flowers * Hemerocallis dumortieri var. esculenta * Pseudopyxis depressa f. angustiloba * Clematis japonica * Oberonia japonica - the 5th Orchid * Viola maximowicziana * More

April 2014 Photos: FOUR Pages - Cherry Blossom Season around Tokyo * Viola yedoensis * Viola mandshurica * Viola diffusa * Enkianthus quinqueflorus * Corylopsis sinensis * Taraxacum albidum - the White Dandelion * Fritillaria verticillata (Baimo in Japanese) * Arisaema sp. * Viola phalacrocarpa f. glaberrima * Viola obtusa * Viola bisseti * Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana * Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana * Viola eizanensis * Viola hondoensis * Omphalodes japonica * Trout Lily (Erythronium japonicum * 2 kinds of Skunk Cabbage - Lysichiton camtschatcense & Symplocarpus foetidus * Viola violacea * Cymbidium goeringii * Viola violacea var. makinoi * Shortia uniflora * Viola rossii * The very rare Viola x taradakensis var. eizalacea * The rare Viola x pseudo-makinoi f. concolor * Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana f. variegata * Takao Violet - Viola yezoensis f. discolor * Viola yezoensis * Oxalis griffithii var. kantoensis * Viola orientalis * Viola x savatieri - The Okutama Violet * Viola tokaiensis - a New Addition to our Life List * Chloranthus japonicus * Disporum smilacinum * Mt. Ougi * Viola rossi x Viola bisseti - a Rare Hybrid * Apodemus argenteus - The Small Japanese Field Mouse * More

March 2014 Photos: THREE Pages - Jindai Botanical Garden * Plum Blossoms * Pampas Grass * Early Cherry Blossoms * Adonis sp. * Cornus officinalis * Hamamelis sp. (Witch Hazel) * Kingfishers (Alcedo atthis) * A Snowy Mt. Takao * Mt. Fuji from Mt. Takao Summit * Hikage Creek Forest Road with Heavy Snow * Climbing Mt. Kagenobu, Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama & Mt. Takao * Euptelea polyandra (Fusa-zakura in Japanese) * Viola grypoceras * Cymbidium goeringii Orchids * Mt. Fuji from Mt. Kagenobu Summit * Mt. Fuji from Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama Summit * Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana * Omphalodes japonica * Viola bissetii * More

February 2014 Photos: TWO Pages - February 8th Porch Snow * Heaviest Snow in Tokyo in 45 Years * Heavy Snow Photos * February 15th - 2nd Snow Storm - Again the Heaviest in 45 Years * Mitake Area Heavy Snow * Okutama Area Heavy Snow * Links to 2014 & 2015 Calendars * More

January 2014 Photos: ONE Page - A Trip to Nogawa Park * Alcedo atthis - River Kingfisher * Yungipicus kizuki - Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker * Common Chickadee * Shibateranthis pinnatifida - Setsubunsou in Japanese * Plum Buds * Chimonanthus praecox f. concolor - Roubai in Japanese * Amazon.com links to most of our publications * More

2013 Photo Pages

December 2013 Photos: THREE Pages - A November 30th Mt. Takao Climb for Autumn Colors and also Sunset * December 1st trip to Nogawa & Musashino Parks for Fall Color Viewing * December 7th trip to Jindai Botanical Garden for Autumn Colors * December 14th Climb of Mt. Takao in search of Frost Flowers & for Pre-"Diamond Fuji" Sunset * A December 21st 100th Climb of Mt. Takao for "Diamond Fuji" Viewing * December 25th Climb of Mt. Takao * Frost Flowers and Mt. Fuji from Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-Yama * More

November 2013 Photos: THREE Pages - A Visit to Jindai Botanical Garden * Chrysanthemums * Chrysanthemum Waterfall * Pampas Grass (Cortaderia selloana) * Trip to & Climb of Mt. Takao * Autumn Colors * Sunset Photos * A Trip to Higashi Nippara for Autumn Colors * Bright Orange Persimmons in the Tree * Inamura Rock (Inamura Iwa in Japanese) * A Wasp Nest * Autumn Colors in the Mitake/Sawai Area * The Famous Ginkgo Tree at the Tama River in Mitake * Amazing Colors in the Red Maple Trees * Yuzu (Citrus junos) Tree & Fruits * Quince Tree (Chaenomeles sinensis) & Fruits * A Trip to Mt. Mitake * More Autumn Colors * More

October 2013 Photos: ONE Page - Two shots of a Double Rainbow * Old Index Page and New Index Page Comparison * Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus Flowers Lying on the Ground (Kinmokusei in Japanese) * First Autumn Colors at Mt. Takao * Sun Rays at Mt. Takao * A Strangely Named Beauty Product * Fukuppy * Our new Steamless Rice Cooker * More

September 2013 Photos: THREE Pages - A Trip to Katsunuma Budoukyo for Grapes * Grape Farms * Several Photos of Different Types of Grapes * Several Special Effects Photos of Grapes * An Interesting Old Piece of Wood * Trip to/Climb of Mt. Takao * Camp-out at I-Ccho-Daira * Mt. Fuji * Sunset * Moonrise * Polygonum filiforme * Susuki Grass (Miscanthus sinensis) * Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama * Mt. Fuji View * Impatiens textorii (Pink Impatiens) * Impatiens noli-tangere (Yellow Impatiens) * Satellite Images of Mt. Takao and I-Ccho-Daira * Trip to Minami (South) Takao * Codonopsis lanceolata * Cluster Amaryllis (Lycoris radiata) * Maturing Rice * Rice Straw * Adenocaulon himalaicum Seed Head * Galeola septentrionalis - A myco-heterotrophic Orchid - Seed Pods * Salvia nipponica * More

August 2013 Photos: TWO Pages - A Trip to and Climb of Mt. Takao * Hydrangea involucrata - (Tama-Ajisai in Japanese) * Cardiocrinum cordatum - (Uba-Yuri in Japanese = Old-Lady Lily) *A Small Thistle * Dicliptera japonica - (Hagurosou in Japanese) * Conandron ramondioides - (Iwa-Tabako in Japanese) * The Beautiful, but Deadly Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric) mushroom * Arisaema sp. (Jack-in-the-pulpit) * Tricyrtis sp. (Toad Lily) * Huge Kakigori (Shaved Ice or Sno Cones) at Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama * Clerodendrum japonicum (Japanese glorybower) * Trip to Mt. Mitake * False Anemone (Rengeshouma in Japanese) (Anemonopsis macrophylla) * A Trip to Jindai Botanical Garden * Lagerstroemia indica - (Crape/Crepe Myrtle) * Water Lily Flowers * In the Orchid Room at Jindai Botanical Garden * More

July 2013 Photos: THREE Pages - A July 5th, 6th and 7th Adventure in Japan's Northern Alps Mountain Range at Hakuba * Hemerocallis middendorffii var. esculenta * Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta japonica) * Cloudy Scenery * The Hakuba Ooike (Big Pond) and Mountain Hut * Dicentra peregrina * Pinguicula vulgaris - The False Violet * Schizocodon soldanelloides f. alpinus * Dactylorhiza aristata - an Orchid * Anemone narcissiflora * Veratrum stamineum * Trollius japonicus * Erigeron thunbergii ssp. glabratus * Phyllodoce aleutica * Mt. Korenge Summit (2,766 m = 9,075 ft) * Oxytropis japonica var. japonica * Rhodiola rosea * Viola crassa ssp. alpicola * Several Shots of Lagotis glauca * Saxifraga bronchialis ssp. funstonii var. rebunshirensis * A Rare Lagotis glauca f. albiflora * Pedicularis verticillata * Pulsatilla nipponica * Anaphalis alpicola * Mt. Shiroumadake (2,932 m = 9,620 ft) Summit Marker * The Hakuba Mountain Hut (Hakuba San Sou) * Viola sacchalinensis - a New Violet for our Life List * A Descent across the Snow-Filled Daisekkei Cairn * A Trip to Nogawa Park * The Leopard Flower (Belamcanda chinensis) * Mountain Lily (Lilium auratum) * Crocosmia X crocosmiiflora * Cardiocrinum cordatum * A Trip to & Climb of Mt. Takao (599 m = 1,965 ft) * More Mountain Lilies * Mt. Takao Scenery * Platycodon grandiflorus * More

June 2013 Photos: THREE Pages - A Trip to Minami Takao * Campanula punctata var. hondoensis * Scutellaria brachyspica * Trail Marker Signs * Rosa luciae - a Type of Wild Rose * Calanthe discolor an Orchid * Rubus hirsutus - an Edible Berry * Cremastra appendiculata - the 2nd Orchid * Dendrobium moniliforme - the Japanese Stone Orchid (Sekkoku in Japanese) - the 3rd Orchid * Clematis japonica * Pseudopyxis depressa * A Trip to the Kawaguchi Lake Area * Aquilegia buergeriana f. flavescens - Anchor Flower * Vincetoxicum acuminatum * Cephalanthera erecta - the 4th Orchid * Rhododendron kaempferi * Maianthemum dilatatum * Cephalanthera longibracteata - the 5th Orchid * Geranium eriostemon var. reinii f. onoei * Smilacina japonica * Galearis cyclochila - the 6th Orchid * Abelia spathulata var. sanguinea * Weigela hortensis * Clematis tosaensis * Viola acuminata - a New Violet for our Life List * Abelia spathulata * Iris setosa - a Small Wild Iris * Rosa hirtula - a Large Flowered Wild Rose * Lithospermum zollingeri * Fried Shrimp Dinner * A Climb of Mt. Mitsutouge (1,786 m = 5,860 ft) * Styrax japonica * Nice View of Mt. Fuji * Neottia asiatica - the 7th Orchid * Malus toringo - the Japanese Crabapple * Cypripedium macranthum var. speciosum - the 8th Orchid, a VERY RARE Species * Nymphalis xanthomelas - a Butterfly * Paris verticillata * Mt. Mitsutouge Summit * Oberonia japonica - the 9th Orchid * Lecanorchis japonica - the 10th Orchid * Orchis graminifolia - the 11th Orchid * Lysimachia clethroides - Tiger's Tail * Epipactis thunbergii - the 12th Orchid, a Rare Find * Prunella vulgaris subsp. asiatica * Lobelia chinensis * The "Spiral Orchid" -Spiranthes sinensis var. amoena - the 13th Orchid * Galeola septentrionalis - the 14th Orchid * Yoania amagiensis - the 15th and Final Orchid Find of the Month * More

May 2013 Photos: THREE Pages - A Trip to Funagata, in Yamagata Prefecture * Viola kusanoana * Viola faurieana * Viola rostrata * Glaucidium palmatum * Asarum megacalyx * Viola vaginata * Anemone pseudoaltaica * Erythronium japonicum (Trout Lily) * Heloniopsis orientalis * A New Plant for us - Omphalodes krameri * Epigaea asiatica * Magnolia kabus * Mt. Mitake - Rhododendron quinquefolium * Viola sieboldi f. variegata * Schizocodon ilicifolius var. australis * Paeonia japonica - The Wild Japanese Peony Buds * Paeonia japonica Wild Peony Flowers on 2 Different Dates * Meehania urticifolia * Scrophularia musashiensis * Beautiful Wisteria Blossoms Against a Blue Sky * Azalea (Rhododendron kaempferi) in Bloom * Silver Orchid (Cephalanthera erecta) * Sedum sp. * Huge Golden Orchid (Cephalanthera falcata) and a Collage * The Tiny Polygala japonica * Jindai Botanical Garden * Water Lilies * A Turtle * Paeonia japonica - The Wild Japanese Peony - Seed Pods * The Rose Garden * Dracula bella Orchid Flowers * Bletilla striata - Orchid Flowers * Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip Tree aka Tulip Poplar) - Flowers * Kniphofia sp. * Cremastra appendiculata Orchid Flowers * Caesalpinia decapetala var. japonica Flowers * Dendrobium moniliforme - Sekkoku in Japanese - The Japanese Stone Orchid * Pseudopyxis depressa f. angustiloba * A Huge "Sno-Cone" at Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-Yama * More

April 2013 Photos: FOUR Pages - Cherry Blossoms Around Our Local Area * Gentiana zollingeri in Bloom * River Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) * Takao Violet (Viola yezoensis f. discolor) * Viola keiskei * Asarum caulescens * Chrysosplenium macrostemon var. atrandrum * Viola bissetii * Oxalis griffithii var. kantoensis * Viola obtusa * Viola eizanensis * Viola phalacrocarpa f. glaberrima * Cymbidium goeringii - an Orchid * Viola rossii * Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana * Chrysosplenium album var. stamineum * Kogesawa Scenery * Jindai Botanical Garden * Viola sieboldi * Viola violacea var. makinoi * Viola vaginata * Mt. Kakuda * Erythronium japonicum (Trout Lily) * Hepatica nobilis var. japonica f. magna * Heloniopsis orientalis * Sea of Japan Scenery * Viola grayi at Kakizaki Beach * A Grossly Rubbish Strewn Beach * Viola mandshurica var. crassa * Viola grypoceras f. albiflora * Viola grypoceras f. rosipetala * Viola variegata var. nipponica * Viola yazawana * Viola orientalis * Japanese Pheasant (Phasianus versicolor) * Viola grypoceras f. purpurellocalcarata * Mt. Kiritou * Viola violacea f. versicolor * Capricornis crispus - a Japanese Kamoshika or Japanese Serow * Shortia uniflora * Viola mirabilis var. subglauca * Beautiful Wisteria Blossoms * A Huge Mountain Clearcut * More

March 2013 Photos: FIVE Pages (for the fourth time) - A Trip to Jindai Botanical Garden - Anemone pseudoaltaica * Anemone raddeana * Plum Blossoms * Crocus Blossoms * Helleborus sp. (Christmas Rose) * Adonis amurensis * Cornus officinalis * Hybrids and Cultivars of Hamamelis sp.* Daruma Doll Festival * The Rose Garden in Winter * A Tarsiger cyanurus - Ruri-bitaki in Japanese * Shinjuku Gyoen (Park) - Daffodils * Early Cherry Blossoms * The Tama River * A Dust Storm * A Trip to and climb of Mt. Yagura (Yaguradake), Mt. Kintoki and Mt. Myojin (Myojingatake) - Beautiful clear day shots of Mt. Kintoki & Mt. Fuji * An interesting moss - Rhodobryum giganteum * Owakudani * Another interesting moss - Barbella flagellifera * Some Panoramic Shots Showing Mt. Fuji * International Christian University - A Few Normal Cherry Blossom Season Photos * Nogawa Park - A Magnolia stellata Blossom * Hepatica sp. Flowers * Erythronium japonicum (Trout Lily) Blossoms * Chloranthus japonicus Blooms * A White Dandelion (Taraxacum albidum) * Pulsatilla cernua Blooms * Mt. Takao - Viola bissetii in Bloom * Chrysosplenium album var. stamineum in Bloom * A Wren Mating Dance * Omphalodes japonica * Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana * Oxalis griffithii var. kantoensis * Viola grypoceras * Stachyurus praecox or Spike-tail * Mitella pauciflora * South Mt. Takao & Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-Yama - Viola phalacrocarpa f. glaberrima & Viola phalacrocarpa * Blowing Cedar Pollen * Viola obtusa * Cymbidium goeringii - an Orchid * A Rare find - Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana * Two Species of Ajuga * Tsukui Lake - 2012 & 2013 Contrast * Oodarumi Pass * Another Rare find - Viola grypoceras f. purpurellocalcarata * Viola japonica * Viola yezoensis f. discolor - the Takao Violet * Links to 2014 Print Edition Calendars & also PDF Calendars * More

February 2013 Photos: TWO Pages - A February 3rd Climb of Mt. Takao * A February 9th Visit to Nogawa Park for Early Spring Flowers * A Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) * A Japanese Chickadee (Parus minor) * Adonis amurensis Flowers * Shibateranthis pinnatifida Flowers * Chimonanthus praecox Flowers * Symplocarpus foetidus Flowers * A February 23rd Climb of Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-Yama * Snow * Scenery * Chrysosplenium album var. stamineum Buds * Cedar Forest * Two Different Unknown Birds * The First Violets of the Season - Viola grypoceras * A Pile of Black Bear Scat (Probably) * Snow in the Hardwood Forest * The First Cymbidium goeringii Orchid Buds * Links to 2014 Print Edition Calendars & also PDF Calendars * More

January 2013 Photos: ONE Page - A 4th Annual Trip to Tsuru-No-Yu (Hot Spring of the Crane) for New Year's Eve * Frost Flowers at Mt. Takao * Pollen Sacs in the Cedar Trees near Mt. Takao * Snow at our Apartment on January 14th * Trip out to Okutama Lake, Mitake and Sawai on January 20th * Images of 3 different 2014 PRINT EDITION Calendars being worked on * More

2012 Photo Pages

December 2012 Photos: TWO Pages - A Trip to Tonogayato Gardens in Kokubunji on December 2nd for Autumn Color Viewing * A Trip to Jindai Botanical Garden on December 8th for Fall Color Viewing * A Climb of Mt. Takao on December 24th to View "Diamond Fuji" * 3 Shots of a Pyrrhula pyrrhula (the Eurasian Bullfinch) * List of "Mountains Climbed in 2012" * Links to the "Annual Christmas Letter", the "2013 Calendars, the "Christmas Letter Photo Pages" and "The 19 Best Photos of 2012" * Link to "NEW photo of Our DVD Collection" * More

November 2012 Photos: FOUR Pages - A Trip to the Daibosatsurei Area in Yamanashi Prefecture for Fall Colors on November 3rd * Fall Colors at Mt. Takao on November 9th * Fall Colors at Okutama Lake and Mitake on November 10th * Fall Colors at Higashi Nippara, Okutama and Mitake on November 18th * Fall Colors at Nogawa and Musashino Parks on November 24th * More

October 2012 Photos: TWO Pages - The first Fall Colors at Mt. Takao * Cymbidium nipponicum, Polygonum filiforme, Roses, Pampas Grass (Cortaderia selloana) and more at Jindai Botanical Garden * Trip to Mt. Fuji Subaru Line 5th Station (2,305 m = 7,562 ft) * Mt. Fuji Scenery * Mt. Fuji Autumn Colors * Japanese Mountain Ash (Sorbus commixta) and Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi) * More

September 2012 Photos: THREE Pages - Another Mt. Takao Climb - Beautiful Weather with view to Pacific Ocean * Full (Blue) Moon Rising on August 31st from Mt. Takao * Powderhorn Knot - Finished Project * Mt. Takao Again * Susuki Grass (Miscanthus sinensis) * Aconitum loczyanum - A Small Flowered Monkshood * Keiskea japonica Flowers * Cimicifuga simplex Flowers * Pertya scandens Flowers * Salvia nipponica Flowers * Impatiens textorii f. pallescens - A Rare White Flowered Impatiens * Polyganum filiforme Flowers * Impatiens textorii - the Pink Flowered Impatiens * Chelonopsis moschata Flowers * Begonia grandis Flowers * A Trip to Kinchakuda for the Annual Higan-bana (Cluster Amaryllis = Lycoris radiata) Festival * Selaginella uncinata (Peacock Spikemoss)

August 2012 Photos: FOUR Pages - August 3rd and 24th Trips to and Climbs of Mt. Takao * August 9th 12th Trip to Japan s Northern Alps Mountain Range at Hakuba * Climbs of Mt. Norikura (Norikuradake) (2,437 m = 7,994 ft); Mt. Korenge (2,766 m = 9,075 ft); Mt. Shirouma (Shiroumadake) (2,932 m = 9,620 ft); Mt. Shakushi (Shakushidake) (2,812 m = 9,226 ft) and Mt. Yari (Yarigatake) (2,903 m = 9,525 ft) * Hakuba Ooike (Big Pond) * Hakuba Ooike Mountain Scenery * A Hawk or Falcon * Mikuni Pass * Hakuba San-sou (Mountain Hut) Area * Mt. Tsurugi (Tsurugidake) in the Distance * Hakuba Yari Onsen (Hot Spring) Elevation 2,100 m = 6,890 ft. * An Abundance of Mountain Scenery * Sarukura - the Ending Point of this Trip * August 14th & 15th Trip to Oze National Park Ozenuma (Oze Pond) Area * Sanpei Pass (1,762 m = 5,781 ft) * Mt. Hiuchigatake (2,356 m = 7,730 ft) * Three Famous Larch Trees at Ozenuma * Herons (Birds) & Offspring * Sunset at Ozenuma * Soba Lunch at Numata Station * Mt. Takao Scenery * Japanese Red Pine Panorama (Pinus densiflora) * Daniel's New "White's" Original Smoke Jumper Boots * Too Many Flowers to List most impressive are: Kinugasa japonica aka Paris japonica * Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) * Primula cuneifolia var. hakusanensis one of the Primrose species * Dicentra peregrina * Linnaea borealis Twinflower * Lilium medeoloides * The Rare Gentiana algida * Lagotis glauca * Scabiosa japonica f. alpina * Swertia perennis subsp. cuspidata * The Tiny Myrmechis japonica Orchid * Lilium leichtlinii * Waremokou (Sanguisorba officinalis) * Ligularia dentata * Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) * More

July 2012 Photos: TWO Pages - Jindai Botanical Garden * A Lotus Flower * Water Lily * The Rose Garden * Heliconia rostrata Flowers * Theobroma cacao Tree & Fruits * Rose Garden Panorama * Liatris pycnostachya * Cymbidium nipponicum aka C. macrorhizon - an Orchid * Mt. Takao - Lilium auratum (Mountain Lily) * Conandron ramondioides (Iwa Tabako in Japanese) * A Cerambycid Beetle * Powderhorn Knot * July 29th trip to Mt. Mitake * More Mountain Lily * False Anemone (Anemonopsis macrophylla) (Rengeshouma in Japanese) * 2 Butterfly species * Mountain Clothing Styles * More

June 2012 Photos: THREE Pages - A Trip to Nogawa Park * A Trip to and climb of Mt. Takao * Dendrobium moniliforme Orchids (Sekkoku in Japanese) (Japanese Stone Orchid) * Cremastra appendiculata - another Orchid * Helwingia japonica * Pseudopyxis depressa f. angustiloba & Pseudopyxis depressa * Saxifraga stolonifera * A Trip to the Yatsugatake Mountains and climb of Mt. Aka (Akadake), Mt Yoko (Yokodake), Mt. Sansha and Mt. Io (Iodake) * A Mutant Viola hirtipes * Oxalis sp. * Calypso bulbosa var. speciosa - the Calypso Orchid * Dactylostalix ringens - the One-Leaf Orchid * Mt. Amida (Amidadake) * Mt. Naka (Nakadake) * Pulsatilla japonica * immature Lagotis glauca * Schizocodon ilichifolious f. purpureiflorus * Honzawa Onsen (Hot Spring) Rotenboro (Outdoor Bath) - the highest elevation Outdoor Bath in Japan * Spruce Forest * Nobeyama Train Station - the highest elevation Japan Rail (JR) Station in Japan * A Trip to Hon Do Temple for Hydrangea and Iris Flower Viewing * More

May 2012 Photos: FOUR Pages - A trip to Funagata, Yamagata Prefecture - Kazuya's Hometown * Viola rostrata var. japonica * Epigaea asiatica * Viburnum furcatum * Viola fauriaeana * Heloniopsis orientalis * Erythronium japonicum * Anemone pseudoaltaica * Viola vaginata * A Trip to Okutama and Climb of Ogouchi Pass (1,050 m = 3,445 ft) then a climb of Mt. Sougaku (1,341 m = 4,400 ft) and Mt. Gozen (1,405 m = 4,610 ft) * Viola sieboldi * Viola grypoceras f. purpurellocalcarata * Viola violacea var. makinoi * Viola hirtipes * Viola shikokiana * A Trip to FAR WESTERN Tokyo * Viola eizanensis * Viola rossii * A Trip to Mt. Mitake and Mt. Ohtake * Disporum smilacinum * Viola sieboldi f. variegata and Viola sieboldi * Rhododendron quinquefolium * Schizocodon ilichifolious * Polygala japonica * A Trip to Gunma Prefecture and Climb of Mt. Mae-Kesamaru (1,878.2 m = 6,162 ft) and Mt. Ato-Kesamaru (1,908 m = 6,260 ft) * Rhododendron pentaphyllum var. nikoense * A Trip to Oze National Park * Trillium smallii * Lysichiton camtschatcense (Skunk Cabbage) * Caltha palustris var. nipponica * Mt. Shibutsu * Mt. Hiuchigatake * Symplocarpus foetidus (Another Kind of Skunk Cabbage) * Yama-Girl Fashion * More

April 2012 Photos: FOUR Pages - A Trip to Mt. Kagenobu * Cymbidium goeringii * Kogesawa (Small Creek) * Exquisite Examples of Chrysosplenium album var. stamineum * Omphalodes japonica * Moon Through Plum Blossoms * Anemone raddeana * Veronica persica * Gagea lutea * Cherry Blossoms at Chidori-ga-fuchi Moat and Shinjuku Gyoen Park * Viola violacea * Viola obtusa * Viola grypoceras f. variegata * Viola phalacrocarpa and Viola phalacrocarpa f. glaberrima * Anemone flaccida * Viola bissetii * Viola eizanensis * Viola chaerophylloides f. sieboldiana * Lake Tsukui * Oxalis griffithii var. kantoensis * Symplocarpus foetidus * Lysichiton camtschatcense * Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana * Erythronium japonicum * Shortia uniflora * Viola sieboldi * Viola violacea var. makinoi * Viola yezoensis & Viola yezoensis f. discolor * Trillium smallii * Viola keiskei * Asarum caulescens * Mountain Azalea * Viola orientalis * Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana f. variegata * Viola X savatieri (Hybrid of Viola eizanensis and Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana * Hybrid of Viola eizanensis and Viola bissetii * Scenic Mt. Fuji * Viola mirabilis var. subglabra * Trillium tschonoskii * Viola rossii * Chloranthus japonicus * Viola collina * Scopalia japonica * Hahanoshira Waterfall * Mt. Kachi-Kachi * TWO Movies * More

March 2012 Photos: THREE Pages - Jindai Botanical Garden Plum Blossoms, Hamamelis sp. Blossoms and Adonis amurensis Blossoms * Jindaiji Shrine - Daruma Festival * Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) * Mt. Kobotoke-shiro and Mt. Takao * Veronica persica * Chrysosplenium album var. stamineum * Chrysosplenium macrostemon var. atrandrum * Mitella pauciflora * Viola hondoensis * Viola japonica * Mt. Fuji * Mt. Tanzawa * A Trip to Kyodo-No-Mori Park (Bubaigawara) and Plum Blossom Photos * More

February 2012 Photos: ONE Page - Shibateranthis pinnatifida (Setsubunsou in Japanese) * Alcedo atthis (River Kingfisher) (Kawa-semi in Japanese) * A Cormorant * Sasa veitchii var. veitchii (Bamboo Grass) * Cortaderia selloana (Pampas Grass) * Adonis amurensis * Chimonanthus praecox f. concolor (Roubai in Japanese) * Hamamelis sp. * More

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

2011 Photo Pages

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: FOUR 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

2010 Photo Pages

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)

2009 Photo Pages

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

2008 Photo Pages

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

2007 Photo Pages

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

2006 Photo Pages

December 2006 Photos: TWO Pages - Only The Pictures From The Annual Christmas Letter, Including Kazuya's Yule Log * 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

2005 Photo Pages

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

2004 Photo Pages

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

2003 Photo Pages

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

September, October and November 2003 Photos: ONE Page - Pampas Grass at Jindai Botanical Garden * Tokyo Tower Night Panorama * Tama River Flowers * "Basu Ramen Shop" * Cosmos Flowers at Chofu City * FCUK (French Connection - United Kingdom) Store * One Omotesando Plaza * Thistle at Takao Science Garden * A Trip to Nikko - Temples & Shrines * Some Fall Colors * Akechi-daira * Chanoki-daira * Chuzenji Lake * Mt. Nantai * Tama River Ginkgo

January through August 2003 Photos: ONE Page - Higashi Akiru * Inokashira Park in Kichijouji * Plum Blossoms at Bubaigawara Plum Tree Park * Mt. Fuji from Iwadono-yama in Otsuki * Mountain Panorama * Cherry Blossoms at Various Places * Hydrangea Bushes * Monotropa sp. (Indian Pipe) * Huge Cedar Trees at Mt. Mitake * Jindai Botanical Garden * Ueno Park

2002 Photo Pages

January through December 2002 Photos: ONE Page - Kappabashi Sample Foods * Ramen Museum at Shin-Yokohama * Hama-Rikyu Garden * Asakusa * Poppy Flowers * Spotted Campanula Flowers * Iris Collage * Toad Lily Collage * Lotus Flower * Rengeshouma (Anemonopsis macrophylla) * Phoenix Flower at Jindai Botanical Garden * Mt. Kumotori Amazing Sunset Colors * 60 Triangle Ball * Fall Colors at Mitake * Tokyo Tower Panorama * Yamanaka Lake in the Snow * Marimo Lodge * International Christian University Christmas Tree

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