For the past eight years I have devoted myself to photographing the rare and remarkable wildlife of the Yambaru jungles in northern Okinawa. Each encounter has deepened my appreciation of their fragile world and sharpened my awareness of just how precarious their survival is.
Tracking the elusive Habu Snakes of Okinawa through Yambaru’s jungles, from native legends to rare encounters with the mysterious Silver Habu.
Photographing the Okinawa Rail has been one of the more rewarding and equally humbling challenges of my time on the island. The species—shy, elusive, and never in any rush to pose.
Hidden within the subtropical forests of northern Okinawa Island, the Ishikawa’s Frog (Odorrana ishikawae) is often hailed as Japan’s most beautiful amphibian
Wild weekends in Okinawa, “Yes, there will be snakes”. To answer the first question that invariably gets asked when discussing the wildlife of Okinawa.
Ishikawa’s Frog had evaded me since my arrival in Okinawa just over four years ago. IVe constantly had this critter in my mind, hoping, waiting for the day I would get to photograph it. But it’s not just Ishikawa’s Frog but more so the blue morph of this ridiculously scarce amphibian.