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  1. Alexjh1

    Japan in May 2019

    That's no problem at all, no offense taken - I'm not a hot weather person myself either. I perhaps should have further emphasised the "research enough" bit. Without having some very solid leads on the species you want I'd tend to agree, but it also depends on the OPs preferences - for me for...
  2. Alexjh1

    Japan in May 2019

    Apologies for seeing this late, but I think there are a few other things in Hokkaido that if you could research enough, might well be worth going there for, even without the eagles: Blakiston's Fish Owl would be the obvious headliner But other Hokkaido specialities of note would include: Red...
  3. Alexjh1

    Japan in May 2019

    I'm afraid I can't help with the bluetail/rubythroat question, my book (A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Japan) doesn't really cover specific dates and my trips were in July and November/December respectively so don't really help to know what's about at your dates. If you aren't flying in...
  4. Alexjh1

    Japan in May 2019

    Hi Is this your first trip to Japan? If it were me, I would personally put those extra days into Kyoto, or maybe a daytrip to Kamakura from Tokyo. Kyoto is a really beautiful city, and when we did our trip there a few years back 6 nights wasn't enough. I'm not saying that you necessarily...
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