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里山ビオトープ / Biotope in village
I found the term “Satoyama Biotope” on Google Maps and was curious about it, so I went to Satoyama Biotope Futamatase in Ube City, Yamaguchi prefecture.
The biotope is located in a small valley in a fallow land, and it is much deeper than I expected. Other than me, there was only one group of people with children, and it was a quiet place.
![里山ビオトープ二俣瀬 / Biotope in Futamatase village](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200425-20200425-750_6092.jpg)
Lotus leaves growing in the water. I took this picture from above the water, so it looks like a blurred image, giving it a painting-like atmosphere.
![水中のハスの葉 / A lotus leaf under water](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200425-20200425-DSC_0610.jpg)
![ハスの葉 / Lotus leaves](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200425-20200425-750_6095.jpg)
I found a larva of dragonfly in the water pooled on a lotus leaf.
![水面に浮かぶ小さなハスの葉 / Tiny lotus leaves on the water](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200425-20200425-750_6104.jpg)
The water is clear and the lotus is beautiful.
![水面に浮かぶ小さなハスの葉 / Tiny lotus leaves on the water](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200425-20200425-750_6252.jpg)
The old pile was half decayed, and upon closer inspection, I saw a dense growth of small fungi on the surface.
![朽木に生えた小さな菌類 / Tiny fungi on weathered pile](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200425-20200425-750_6238.jpg)
It is supposed to be a type of mushroom, but I couldn’t find it in my research. When we look up mushrooms, we tend to talk about large edible and poisonous mushrooms, so we can’t help it. This one was only a few millimeters in diameter at most.
![朽木に生えた小さな菌類 / Tiny fungi on weathered pile](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200425-20200425-750_6138.jpg)
The curvy growth and red tips of the plants are poisonous and disgusting.
![小さな赤い菌類 / Tiny red fungi](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200425-20200425-750_6210.jpg)
![小さな赤い菌類 / Tiny red fungi](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200425-750_6215.jpg)
Of course, there are killifish.
![ハスの葉とメダカ / Japanese rice fish under a lotus](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200425-20200425-DSC_0672-2.jpg)
It was a peaceful day.
![逆光と青空と新緑 Backlighting, blue sky and fresh greenery](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200425-20200425-750_6263.jpg)