Lunch Aug 3 - 7

Karaage (fried chicken) bento

Chicken and vegetables over rice

Chicken cutlet bento

Karaage bento

Miso mackerel, chicken, clams tsukudani (cooked with soy sauce and mirin), some vegetables, tarako (cod roe)

Kabutomushi

One of the tiniest male ever born at my place. It's tiny but in very good shape.

Monzen-ichi at Gesso-ji Temple

Came across a monzenichi (lit. temple front market) while having a walk.

Random hula dance

Bugs at night

Bugs I found on the ground while walking at night in July.

Shiokara tonbo

Nokogiri kuwagata

Kabutomushi - Rhinoceros beetle (female)

Molting cicada

Aodougane

Abura zemi

Ni-ni zemi

Shirahoshi hnamuguri - Flower Chafer

Ageha chou - Swallowtail

Biroudo kogane?

Hasami-mushi (lit. scissors bug) - Earwig

aka "dick cutter"

Kmadouma - Cave cricket

I hate this guy. People call them "lavatory cricket".

Semadara kogane - Oriental beetle

Tree climbing toad

Kabutomushi - Rhinoceros beetle (Male)

Someone stomped on him :(

Hmm, I just realized I have no knowledge about moths.

Kofuki kogane - June beetle

Cicada nymph

Gecko

Poor cicada nymph I found on the ground

So many cicada nymphs are dead on the ground this way or stomped :(

Gokiburi - Cockroach

Kometsuki mushi - Click beetle

Ni-ni zemi shells

Ni-ni zemi finished molting

Minmin zemi

There are at least five kinds of cicadas in Inokashira park and this is the most annoying one. They sing during the hottest hours of the day and they are very loud. One kind (Higurashi) starts singing in the evening when the temperature gets lower and they are very pleasing to my ears.

Smallest ni-ni zemi I've ever seen

Suji kogane

New hat

It was really hot so I stopped by a hat shop and got a new hat.

Burgundy flat cap

Hemp 60% Cotton 40%

This is obviously nylon

Made in Korea!? Fxxk. Didn't notice it when I bought it :(

Much better

Still looking for a burgundy bucket hat...