Avian killing fields of lotus
Avian killing fields of lotus
Earlier this year it was reported that one of the 10 Crested ibises reintroduced to the wild on Sado Island last autumn had turned up in Fukushima Prefecture, in central Honshu. The islanders worried that Nipponia nippon, which had come to represent their Japan Sea home, had abandoned them. Perhaps they should have been worried instead that the treasured, pink-faced bird with a long curved beak, appeared to be heading directly towards Lake Kasumigaura, the system of lakes and wetlands straddling the border of Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures, northeast of Tokyo.
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War over whaling takes to Japan’s airwaves
In early August, director Louis Psihoyos told The Toronto Star that his documentary, “The Cove,” had been submitted to the Tokyo International Film Festival and rejected. In the article he quoted an unnamed TIFF “director” who said that the festival receives funding from the Japanese government, which “doesn’t want this movie out there.” However, in an Aug. 17 report in Variety, a TIFF representative told Japan Times correspondent Mark Schilling that a decision hadn’t been reached yet. The festival lineup will be announced sometime in September. “The Cove” depicts the annual mass killing of dolphins in the coastal town of Taiji in Wakayama Prefecture. The majority of the Japanese press has limited its reporting of the subject to the theatrical release of the movie overseas and passed on…
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Review – Lobros: Jiyugaoka
If you’re having a busy afternoon in Jiyugaoka, perhaps shopping for designer napkin rings and artisanal salt, Lobros is the perfect spot for a refreshing tea break. Located inside Trainchi, the very tasteful housewares shopping complex alongside the Tokyu tracks, Lobros is airy and spacious, with a big outdoor terrace. The music is bouncy vocal jazz, and the decor is California casual, with an open kitchen, candles on the tables and lots of plants.