A day trip to Kamakura to visit a Hitachi environmental strategist turned up many delightful wildlife within Tokyo’s commuter shed. Hasedera Temple has an amazing garden on a steep hillside with views of the ocean. Several types of dragonflies were there, including this amazing red one.
Sunning themselves on lotus leaves were turtles.
Outside the temple, I was startled to see a swallow’s nest above a convenience store entrance. The young birds seemed unperturbed by people or commerce.
Equally ubiquitous were hawks, circling, squawking and apparently endangering beach picnics.
Below is the elegant entrance to Hasedera Temple.
And finally some moss glowing in the summer heat.
Tokyo Green Space 