Here is a live pupu harakeke lurking under plants in the shade.
Locally common - these specimens (dead) retrieved from where they had washed into pools of water within the numerous ephemeral stream courses lining the cliffs
Japanese name: カワラヒワ, 河原鶸, Kawarahiwa.
A couple: female and male.
Japanese name: ハシブトガラス,嘴太烏, hashibuto-garasu.
A pair feeding on dandelion flowers on the levee.
Holy Sugi tree on the grounds of Katori Shrine 香取神宮.
A board indicates that It is said to be over 1000 years old and has a circumference of approximately 7.4 mt.