The birds of Kabu Island
August 21, 2010 by Juergen Specht · Leave a Comment
Kabu Island (Hachinohe City)
Kabu Island is an important breeding ground for the black-tailed gulls which are classified as a National Protected Species. From March to August, the amazing sight of 30 thousand gulls flying around the island wildly can be seen.
This is how the local tourist office describes the little spot named Kabu Island (which is not really an island, more a peninsula) in the harbor of Hachinohe City in Aomori Prefecture. While I was already in this area to explore a few Haikyo and Jesus Christ’s tomb, and being a sucker for cheesy tourist attractions I decided to have a look at this place too.
The Bee Paradise
November 18, 2009 by Juergen Specht · 1 Comment
I just love cheesy tourist attractions, over the years I must have seen and photographed hundreds of them all over Japan.
This particular place is called Bee Paradise and is located near Nagano and shows more than 600 different exhibits…all made out of bee hives.
There is no other place like this on earth and even the Guiness Book of Records acknowledged the uniqueness of a 4 meter tall Mt.Fuji made out of 160 bee hives.
This particular exhibit was also submitted to the Guiness Book of Records, it’s 6.5 meter long, made from 20 individual bee hives.
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