July 2015 Japan: Glowing Mushrooms! One of the highlights of our trip to Hachijo-jima, Japan was a nighttime walk to look at the glowing mushrooms. We went to Hachijo, a small island about 180 miles south of Tokyo, to scuba dive (my post about the blennies we saw) but our host, Kotaro Tanaka, graciously took us…
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Joshinetsu Highland National Park
July 2015 ~ We are having a lovely visit in the mountains of central Japan this week. We came to Japan to scuba dive and were fortunate enough to have time for a side trip to the Joshinetsu Highland National Park, located about a half-hour drive from the Kosatsu Onsen (mineral springs) where we are staying….