Kase Lab Party (ca. 2007)

National Museum of Nature and Science

I did my molecular and taxonomic work at Prof. Kase's laboratory during my graduate study.

Yamamuro Lab Party (ca. 2010)

The University of Tokyo

My stable isotope and water quality analyses for my dissertation were conducted at Prof. Yamamuro's laboratory.

Front gate of the NMNS Research Facility in Tsukuba, molecular lab and my work station, and the guest house where I stayed.

Inside the NMNS botanical garden during my lab break, one of the representative biomes inside the NMNS botanical garden, petrified wood exhibit and my simple meal.

This museum looks like a huge rock outcrop from afar, really amazing architecture.

My work station at the Systematics and Ecology Laboratory during my second visit (2012).

Just outside the NUS guest house where I stayed, this oriental garden lizard, Calotes versicolor, posed for a photograph.

This four lined tree frog, Polypedates leucomystax, took up a position for a shot with its acrobatic pose on the restroom mirror.

Top photo, Dr. Tohru Naruse of the University of the Ryukyus and me (young, long hair and haggard) outside the Systematics and Ecology Laboratory during my first visit (2007) at the NUS. Below, the fellowship of the ring, Dr. Arthur Anker (NUS, fellow), Dr. Joelle Lai (NUS), myself, Dr. Peter Ng (the boss and world renown scientist, my host), Dr. Bertrand de Forges of Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris and Dr. JC Mendoza (NUS) during my second visit (2012).

Delectable lunch at the Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, courtesy of the boss, Prof. Peter Ng, my host.

We used to catch swiftlets from their nest underneath this bridge and walk on the railings from one end to the other when we were young.