Karine Aigner / Japanese man playing with cats at the Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.

Karine Aigner / Person with lure playing with cats at the Kawaramati Cat Cafe, Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Tabby cat playing with fish toy at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.

Karine Aigner / Woman with cats at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Cats sitting in window at Kawaramati Cat Cafe, Kyoto, Japan

Kevin Schafer / Pine (Pinus sp) and Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) trees in autumn, Ginkakuji Gardens, Kyoto, Japan

Neil Lucas / Giant bamboo (Cathariostachys) view up into canopy from the forest floor, Kyoto, Japan, February 2008

Neil Lucas / Giant bamboo (Cathariostachys) forest, Kyoto, Japan, February 2008

Neil Lucas / Details of cut and stacked Giant bamboo (Cathariostachys) Kyoto, Japan, February 2008

Neil Lucas / Cut and stacked Giant bamboo (Cathariostachys) within forest, Kyoto, Japan, February 2008

Neil Lucas / Giant bamboo (Cathariostachys) leaves, Kyoto, Japan, February 2008

Neil Lucas / Tortoise shell bamboo (Phyllostachys heterocycla)stems, Rakusai Bamboo Park, Kyoto, Japan

Simon Colmer / Looking up the stems of bamboo in a Bamboo grove, Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan

Simon Colmer / Bamboo grove, Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Cat with collar and bell in Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.

Karine Aigner / Japanese people playing with cats at the Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.

Karine Aigner / Cats at the Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.

Karine Aigner / White and ginger cat sitting next to shoe rack, Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.

Karine Aigner / Ginger cat sniffing biscuit, Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.

Karine Aigner / Ginger cat resting at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.

Karine Aigner / Fluffy ginger cat resting at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Fluffy ginger cat resting at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / People playing with cats at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.

Karine Aigner / Woman with cats at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Calico cat at Kawaramati Cat Cafe, Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Woman taking pictures of calico cat at Kawaramati Cat Cafe, Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Woman taking pictures of cats at Kawaramati Cat Cafe, Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Calico cat resting at Kawaramati Cat Cafe, Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Person looking at menu at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Sign outside Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Sign outside Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Sign outside Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Cats resting at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Cats resting at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Cats resting at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Person playing with cats at the Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Names of cats on board at the Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Woman feeding cat at Kawaramati Cat Cafe, Kyoto, Japan.

Karine Aigner / Woman feeding cats at the Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Shane P. White / Kinkaku-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan

Ashley Cooper / Caroline Lucas a Green Party MEP at the I Count climate change rally in London, UK, November 2006.

Ashley Cooper / C02 balloons at the 'I Count climate change' rally in London, England, UK, November 2006.

Shane P. White / Golden pavilion, Ginkaku-ji, Kyoto, Japan

Gavin Hellier / Shot looking up at the canopy of a Tortoiseshell bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) forest, Sagano Bamboo Forest, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, November 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Woman walking along a pathway through a forest of Tortoise shell bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), Sagano Bamboo Forest, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, November 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / People visiting the Kinkaku-ji, otherwise known as the Golden Pavilion, a Zen Buddhist temple, Kyoto, Japan, November 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / View of Kinkaku-ji, otherwise known as the Golden Pavilion, a Zen Buddhist temple, Kyoto, Japan, November 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / People visiting Kiyomizu-dera temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan, November 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / People visiting Kiyomizu-dera temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan, November 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse looking up at the canopy of a Tortoise shell bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) forest, Sagano Bamboo Forest, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, November 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of people visiting the Kinkaku-ji, otherwise known as the Golden Pavilion, a Zen Buddhist temple, Kyoto, Japan, November 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of people visiting the Kinkaku-ji or Golden Pavilion, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, December 2016. Hellier

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) trees in fall, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Persimmon (Diospyros kaki) leaves in fall, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) leaves in fall, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) leaves in fall, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha), Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) trees with conifers in fall, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) trees with conifers in fall, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) trees with conifers in fall, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) tree in fall, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) tree in fall, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) tree in fall at temple, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) trees in fall, Kyoto, Japan

Cyril Ruoso / Professor Matsui's work team studying cases of hybridisation Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) and introduced Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) specimen just caught in the Kamo...

Cyril Ruoso / Member of Professor Matsui's team with possible hybrid between Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) and introduced Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) specimen just caught in the K...

Cyril Ruoso / Professor Matsui's team studying possible case of hybridisation Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) and introduced Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) with specimen just caught in...

Cyril Ruoso / Professor Matsu's team studying cases of hybridisation Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) and introduced Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) with specimen just caught in the Kamo...

Cyril Ruoso / Professor Matsu's team studying cases of hybridisation between Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) and introduced Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) with specimen just caught in t...

Cyril Ruoso / Professor Matsu's work team studying cases of hybridisation between Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) and introduced Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) carrying specimens caugh...

Cyril Ruoso / Professor Matsui looking at Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) at night. This massive specimen measures 1.3m and weighs 11.4kg and is likely to be a hybrid with the Chinese giant salamander...

Cyril Ruoso / Professor Matsui's work team studying cases of hybridisation Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) and introduced Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus). Removing tissue sample from spe...

Kevin Schafer / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) tree in autumn, Kyoto, Japan

Kevin Schafer / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) leaves and roots on forest floor in autumn, Kyoto, Japan

Aflo / Stray cat, ginger tabby, sleeping on post in park. Kyoto, Japan.

Colin Monteath / Bamboo forest, Kyoto, Japan

Colin Monteath / Wide grained wood used in flooring designed to squeak when there is an intruder, Nijo Castle, Kyoto, Japan

Colin Monteath / Man bicycling through bamboo forest, Kyoto, Japan

Colin Monteath / Wood grain, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Bamboo forest at night, Kyoto, Japan

Aflo / Japanese tree frog (Hyla japonica) climbing weeping willow tree out of water. Kyoto, Honshu, Japan. June.

Aflo / Japanese White eye (Zosterops japonicus) in cherry tree, Kyoto, Japan. March.

Aflo / Narcissus flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina) male, Kyoto, Japan, May.

Aflo / Red-flanked bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus) perched on branch with red berries, Kyoto, Japan. March.

Aflo / Yellow throated bunting ( Emberiza elegans) perched on Bittersweet plant (Celastrus) in snow, Kyoto, Japan. March.

Aflo / Japanese flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys) in tree hole, Kyoto, Japan. March.

Aflo / Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) baby staring at feet, Arashiyama Monkey Park, Iwata Mountain, Kyoto. Japan June.

Aflo / Daikaku Ji Temple in snow with Osawa Pond, Kyoto, Japan, January 2011.

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) foliage in autumn colors, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) trees in fall colors, Tenryu-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) forest in fall colors, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) forest in fall colors, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) leaves in fall colors, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) leaves in fall colors, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) trees in fall colors, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) trees in fall colors, Kyoto, Japan