Animals

Crested Ibis or Japanese Ibis from museum of Nature and Science, Ueno, Tokyo

Some of the animals become museum collections and it is almost impossible to meet them in their natural habitat. They got extinct and now conservationists make attempts to reintroduce them from the other countries, like this Crested Ibis from China in 2008.

Deers in Nara park

It's amazing how closely the animals and humans can interact in Japan. They seem tame, but not encircled and free in their ways. In urban parks, birds, deer, fish - all are at ease and next to the human.

Grey heron (アオサギ) from Kiosumi garden in Tokyo

In Japan there are many cat cafe, where visitors can pet cats and relax. Sometimes, when you come there, most of cats are sleeping and you are not allowed to disturb them.