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HIKING TANZAWA'S RIVERS & LAKE
 
V shaped river valley that Japan is famous for
 
Frog prince no. 1
 
Frog prince no. 2
 
River is clear to the bottom
 
Lethal briar
 
Berries growing wild
 
Tanzawa Lake or reservoir. Waterlevel is low in high summer. Most beautiful in the fall
 
Driftwood on dry riverbed
 
Misty Tanzawa Lake
 
2,000 year old sacred tree 中川の箒杉（ほうきすぎ）Nakagawa's broom cryptomeria
 
Clematis sprawling down riverbank
 
Drepana curvatula Dusty Hook-tip moth
 
Syasui-taki (Shasui Waterfall)

Getting to Nakagawanohoukisugi なかがわのほうきすぎ: 　

Take the Odakyu line train to Shin-matsuda station,  from there take the Fujikyu bus bound for East Tanzawa and get off at the Houkizawa stop.

小田急線新松田駅から富士急バス西丹沢行きで「箒沢」下車。車では国道２４６号線を酒匂川の支流沿いに北上し丹沢湖

From the same bus-stop it's just a short flight of steps down to the river. (See the Nakagawahoukisugi website) There is also a nearby river campsite.
COMMENTS
Hhwind said at 7:15 a.m. on Sep 11, 2008:
A beautiful set of pictures, is that an atlas moth?
Heritageofjapan said at 8:31 p.m. on Sep 11, 2008:
I think it's one of the Drepaninaeカギバガ亜科 species see Moths of Japan's gallery, it's probably the Drepana curvatula オビカギバ http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/72_Drepanidae/70.3_Drepaninae/framepage%20drepaninae.htm I love how it's perfectly camouflaged against the rusty iron pipe.
It can also be found commonly in Europe and the UK. It's called the Dusky Hook-tip
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