Flora and fauna -July-

The Japanese cicadas have started singing for the first time in this season near my office.
This was a bit strange to me because it has been a little cold these days.
It seems that they know the time to sing.

After strong typhoon raged over Japan, another big earthquake hit Niigata Prefecture Chuetsu Offshore on Monday.
There is a nuclear power plant where a radiation leak and transformer fire occurred that day.
All of the plant's seven reactors have been suspended under the order based on the Fire Service Law.

Well this is the Japanese summer where we are in now.
Cicadas are singing peacefully.

The plant of the month:
A green soybean (Japanese name is Edamame) is very popular vegetables in Japan.
People eat it especially in summer with a glass of beer.
This goes very well with beer.
A lot of protein is included in a young Edamame. Besides not expensive.
Healthy thing (Edamame) goes with Non-healthy (Beer).
This is the matter of balance ;)

The bird of the month:
Ficedula narcissina (Japanese name is "Kibitaki")
It is one of the best singing birds in Japan.
Though they are rarely spotted in due to many leaves on a tree, high tone of singing is heard in a forest.

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