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Stork JAPAN .Meg Oshima. In JAPAN, an Oriental white stork is designated and protected as one of the special national species . Hyo -go Prefecture has contributed to the protection for this kind of stork for many years .Thanks to the effort, the number of

The number of oriental white storks has increased recently. One of them happened to fly all the way from Hyo - go to our town UEDA, NAGANO prefecture about three years ago .

In addition to that, it was the first time in my life that l came across the stork around my neighborhood.

Since then , she has visited and stayed here in UEDA many times .

By the way, it's said that there are more than 100ponds called TAMEIKE in UEDA , especially around the district of SHIODA DAIRA. TAMEIKE means the ponds built for agricultural uses, especially for rice farming . As we've had little precipitation since olden times, most of them had been built by the order of an local FUDAL Lord during the Edo Period about 400years ago .

Each pond has a variety kinds of surroundings with so many different kinds of living things .

Thus she seems to like our town very much , I think.

2015年の上田商工会議所のカレンダー1*2月の写真に、私のコウノトリ写真をと、お話しいただき実現した事も、ほんとに光栄な事でした。ありがとうございます。また県内の新聞のコンテストニュース部門で1席になったことも今となってはいい思い出です。そしてモンチッチドレスデザインコンテスト最優秀賞頂き、北原さんの箱根、河口湖おもちゃの博物館等に飾られたのも素敵な思い出です。誰も知らない土地でよくここまでやって来たなー。たまには、自分を自分で誉めてあげないといけませんね。40代半ばの中年お母さんですが、パワフルに毎日楽しく暮らしています。

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Uploaded on July 27, 2016
Taken on August 15, 2014