While wending our way ever higher into the mountains in Brian's rugged Pajero, getting closer to a possible camping destination, we came around a corner to spot a kamoshika. The kamoshika is frequently described as being a deer-goat; some say it is more of a goat-antelope sort of animal. Whatever it was, we were fortunate enough to spot a few. These mammals only live at higher altitudes, and though we saw many of them when we camped in Ishikawa-ken a few years ago in spring, we hadn't seen any since. Now in the mountains of Tokyo-to, we managed two more sightings.
Here's a shot that I got as we rounded a bend in the road (it's not very clear, but you maybe get the idea):
After a few days of camping, at our second site, we decided to go for a hike in the early afternoon. As we rounded a bend, on foot, we caught site of another Japanese deer. Though the animal bolted and took cover in the woods, Brian got a decent shot with his D40X:
Other than deer sightings, we also took simple camping shots, such as this one of Brian:
And one of us together, 1718.3 meters above sea level, at the peak of Toritani (酉谷山）:
And, of course, since we'd brought along our Gorillapod, we had to get creative with the camera setup:
2 comments:
Well, you have certainly seen animals in the wild that I never even knew existed. In Tokyo, yet!Well, Tokyo-to, but it still sounds good...
Glad you had such a glorious time -enjoy your next vaction, too!
Look sort of like tazmanian devels. I like that hectic looking sqid holding your camera to the tree's.
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