#Kamakura Environment NPO

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Damselfly sp.

A dragonfly nymph

A tad pole with legs of Japanese wrinkled frog which are getting rare and can be found only here in this region according to the member of our Environmental NPO group.

A mature broad-winged damselfly

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2022 Environmental education class at Sekiya elementary school

The level of the awareness seems to have risen. Awesome presentation!

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At the living animal survey by Environment NPO, we found no larvae of dragon fly but many gobies and Japanese mitten crab rare here this time in the stream near Kamakura station. Some of the gobies had swollen bellies filled with eggs which looked bluish from outside. We even found their eggs laid on the bottom of a stone.

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A praying mantis looks like trying to catch something floating on water surface. A strange behaviour. Maybe, it is infected by a parasite? (I have heard about it on TV before.)

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Kamakura Environment NPO held a stream (water quality and live animal) survey near Sekiya Elementary School today. This seems like guppy in wild?

Guppy(?) from the top.

Blackish shrimp

Japanese mitten crab

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1. Kamakura Environment NPO hold a survey in a stream near the city center.

2.  Japanese freshwater crab

3.  Black snail with stripes which are unique in those snails in the Kamakura stream

4.  A tadpole of Japanese wrinkled frog with legs which overwinters

5.  Stream creature so tiny

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Today, we had a Kamakura Environment NPO’s stream survey:

we release the creatures to where originally found after survey.

Japanese mitten crab: having a lunch?

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Regular stream water survey by Kamakura Environment NPO

Amur gobies’ eggs:

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The never-ending steps of the Spring, 2022

At the survey by Kamakura Environment NPO.

Just hatched? Witnessed it flew up the stream to there.

Small stream fish in Kamakura.

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An animal and water quality survey by environment NPO in Kamakura

Medaka in a wild stream:

Unknown kind of goby:

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Kamakura Environment NPO Beach Survey 2022

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Environmental Class at Sekiya Elementary School on Oct. 24th

Our environmental NPO, the City of Kamakura, and the school jointly held an environmental class for the 6th graders. We studied the nearby stream, especially stream creatures and water quality. The school children were so active and talkative that I didn’t think they were listening, but very surprizingly they presented their findings in well-organized manner at the end. I was also impressed because not only they included many technical knowledge but also they expressed their will not to throw away their trash to the river and to protect our environment. 

Some stream creatures:

The red swamp crayfish I caught: