Tag Archives: snakes

Hell Hath No Wrath

Posted on Friday, August 4, 2023 by wildinjapan

Hi blog. I am now officially taking some well(?) deserved holidays. The English Summer Camp was a success – thanks to all the ALTs, Board of Education staff, volunteers, and, of course, kids – who came together and made it … Continue reading →

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Between Two and Three

Posted on Friday, June 9, 2023 by wildinjapan

Hi, blog. This will be another short post. We have officially entered the rainy season, and it has certainly rained. Typhoon Mawar (or, as the Japanese like to call it, Typhoon number 2) passed over parts of Japan last week … Continue reading →

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Poison Holidays

Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 by wildinjapan

I got the poison, I got the poison I got the poison, I got the poison The Prodigy   Hi blog. As summer draws to a close, I’d just like to take a moment to reflect over the summer holidays. … Continue reading →

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The Little Prince and the Big Snake

Posted on Saturday, July 2, 2016 by wildinjapan

Hi blog. Snakes top Wild in Japan’s search item hits, so it stands to reason that the more posts about snakes I write, the more hits I get. However, one does not simply walk into material for writing serpentine-themed posts.  Well, … Continue reading →

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Swallowed

Posted on Friday, May 22, 2015 by wildinjapan

Hi blog. Looking through my stats, I have found that search terms for snakes top the list of views for this site. Clearly, it is time for another serpentine-themed post!   I was going to do something about the cryptozoological … Continue reading →

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Hibakari

Posted on Monday, December 1, 2014 by wildinjapan

Hi blog. The weather has been erratic lately – we’ve had glorious days with the maximum in the mid- to high- teens, and cold, wet and miserable days.  The ground is covered with fallen leaves, only a few persimmons remain … Continue reading →

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Leaping Lizards! (and Springing Snakes)

Posted on Saturday, June 29, 2013 by wildinjapan

I decided to take the kids for a walk and a little exploration.  I chose the area near Seibu Dome for its easy access and the Sayama Fudoson and Yamaguchi Senshu Kannon temple complexes – located in the foothills near … Continue reading →

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To get to the other side

Posted on Thursday, June 20, 2013 by wildinjapan

You don’t see this every day.     I stumbled upon this on June 13th near the border between Saitama and Tokyo.   The snake in question is almost certainly the Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora), locally known as the … Continue reading →

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The things you see when you don’t have a camera

Posted on Saturday, July 21, 2012 by wildinjapan

Just a brief collection of assorted pics hastily taken with my mobile phone.  These are ones that actually turned out – my attempts to photograph herons, kingfishers, lizards and tree frogs with  my mobile inevitably end up as tiny blurs – … Continue reading →

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WANTED

Posted on Friday, June 22, 2012 by wildinjapan

The Japanese news (which is notorious for frequently being bereft of actual news content) has been having a field day with the recent apprehension of Tatsuya Takahashi, the last of a trio of Aum Shinrikyo members wanted for the 1995 … Continue reading →

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