 Frozen landscape somewhere in Eastern Siberia |
 First view on Honshu island, Japan |
 Approaching Narita Airport |
 My first Japanese meal, minshuku style |
 Our room at the minshuku |
 A bit of overnight snow at the Snow Monkeys site |
 Our minshuku hotel was just up at the top of the road but our car could not get there ! |
 The path through the forest to the Snow Monkeys site |
 Birding in the woods at Karuizawa, Honshu, Japan |
 Birding in the woods at Karuizawa, Honshu, Japan |
 Birding in the woods at Karuizawa, Honshu, Japan |
 Ice crusted seed head, Karuizawa, Honshu, Japan |
 Mount Asama, an active volcano, Karuizawa, Honshu, Japan |
 Birding in the woods at Karuizawa, Honshu, Japan |
 Birding in the woods at Karuizawa, Honshu, Japan |
 A tranquil duck pond in Karuizawa, Honshu, Japan |
 Birding in the woods at Karuizawa, Honshu, Japan |
 Lake Miike and Mount Takachiho, Kyushu, Japan |
 Lake Miike, Kyushu, Japan |
 Sunrise at Lake Miike and Mount Takachiho, Kyushu, Japan |
 Birding at Lake Miike, Kyushu, Japan |
 Restaurant at Kadogawa, Keith explaining the menu |
 Restaurant at Kadogawa, food successfully ordered |
 Restaurant at Kadogawa, waitress explaining how to use the barbecue |
 Restaurant at Kadogawa, Mark and Keith ready with the barbecue tongs |
 Restaurant at Kadogawa, lots of food ! |
 Miyazaki airport on Kyushu |
 Miyazaki airport on Kyushu |
 Tokyo Haneda airport with Mount Fuij, Honshu Japan |
 Distant view of Mount Fuji from Tokyo Haneda airport, Honshu, Japan |
 Akan Crane Centre, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Akan Crane Centre, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Tsurui Hotel near Akan Crane Centre, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Tsurui Hotel near Akan Crane Centre, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Snow sculpture at the Tsurui Hotel, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Akan Crane Centre, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Akan Crane Centre, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Roadside scene, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Mountains between Akan and Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Roadside scene, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Mountains between Akan and Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan |
 A break for photographs, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Mountains between Akan and Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Kuril Islands from the Notsuke peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Kuril Islands from the Notsuke peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Mountains above Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Overnight roosting Steller's Sea Eagles at Minshuku Washi-no-yado, Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Sunset at the Minshuku Washi-no-yado, Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Sunset at the Minshuku Washi-no-yado, Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Sunset at the Minshuku Washi-no-yado, Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Rausu town from the sea, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Rausu town from the sea, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Mountains above Rausu town from the sea, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Sea ice forming in Rausu harbour, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Sea ice forming in Rausu harbour, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Sea ice forming in Rausu harbour, Hokkaido, Japan |
 The fishing fleet in Rausu harbour, Hokkaido, Japan |
 The fishing fleet in Rausu harbour, Hokkaido, Japan |
 The fishing fleet in Rausu harbour, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Sea ice off the Notsuke Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Sea ice off the Notsuke Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Birding at the Notsuke Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Someone's garden bird is a Steller's Sea Eagle, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Morning at the Minshuku Washi-no-yado, Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Morning at the Minshuku Washi-no-yado, Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Morning at the Minshuku Washi-no-yado, Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Hanasaki lighthouse, Nemuro peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Hanasaki lighthouse, Nemuro peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Sea cliffs at the Nemuro peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Hanasaki lighthouse, Nemuro peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Ochiishi harbour, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Ochiishi harbour, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Sunrise at frozen Lake Furen, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Sunrise at frozen Lake Furen, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Sunrise at frozen Lake Furen, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Ochiishi harbour, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Pelagic from Ochiishi harbour, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Pelagic from Ochiishi harbour, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Pelagic from Ochiishi harbour, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Pelagic from Ochiishi harbour, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Pelagic from Ochiishi harbour, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Pelagic from Ochiishi harbour, Hokkaido, Japan |
 Ice bound lagoon, Nemuro peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan |
 The woods near Lake Furen |
 The woods near Lake Furen |
 On the ferry from Hokkaido to Tokyo Bay |
 On the ferry from Hokkaido to Tokyo Bay |
 The east coast of Honshu from the ferry |
 On the ferry from Hokkaido to Tokyo Bay |
 Passing ships from the ferry from Hokkaido to Tokyo Bay |