Overview
Woodland animals, flocks of small birds and coastal seabirds enrich familiar landscapes. Explore woods and shores to spot them, watch their movements and discover different ways to approach them.
Things to enjoy
Meet wildlife on a walk
Meet small animals and birds in woods and by rivers, from flocking birds to those that dive into the water.
Make a closer acquaintance
Offer onigiri to a tanuki or hold an acorn to bring a squirrel closer. Different animals offer different encounters.
Watch coastal birds
Meet gulls and boobies by the sea. Watch them fly along the coast or plunge into the water.
Key features
- TanukiThe satoyama neighbor of the forests.
- Sika DeerThe grazing herd of meadows and woods.
- Japanese BoarA large forest and bamboo neighbor with a deep body and long snout.
- RaccoonA scenery animal with the black mask and ringed tail.
- Japanese WeaselA long, yellow-brown little animal wandering riverbanks and plains alone.
- Japanese SquirrelA tiny woodland neighbor with a white belly and great bushy tail.
- Green PheasantA long-tailed ground bird of grass and woodland that flies in short bursts.
- Great CormorantThe black waterbird of rivers and shores.
- Brown-eared BulbulA gray-brown woodland bird with brown ear patches and an undulating flight.
- Daurian RedstartA solitary winter visitor with an orange tail and white wing patch.
- Oriental Turtle DoveA paired dove with scaled brown wings and striped neck patches.
- Warbling White-eyeA yellow-green little flocking bird with a bold white eye ring.
- White-cheeked StarlingA flocking open-country bird with white cheeks and an orange bill.
- Japanese WagtailA black-and-white river bird walking with its long tail in motion.
- Shima EnagaA round white-faced, long-tailed little bird flocking through northern woods.
- Eurasian Tree SparrowA chestnut-headed little bird hopping over plains in flocks.
- Common GullA white-and-gray winter gull that flies the coast and settles on the water.
- Brown BoobyA warm-island seabird that plunges for fish and resurfaces with its catch.