Japanese name: Kiji, キジ, 雉. Male. It's the national bird of Japan.
Japanese name: kiji, キジ, 雉. Male.
This pheasant popped out on the road from the fields and seemed quite accustomed to human presence, almost like a domestic chicken.
Japanese name: kiji, キジ, 雉子.
Female.
Rolling silently on the bicycle, I surprised a female pheasant who was peacefully strolling on the road. She squatted, but there was no place to hide, then tried to escape desperately looking for a hole along the fence at the road edge.