Aflo / N-13802 River and waterfall in woodland, Aomori, Japan.

Aflo / N-13804 River and waterfall in woodland, Aomori, Japan.

Nature Production / Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) mother and young foraging, Naka Tsugaru County, Shirakami Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Nature Production / Autumn trees and mountains in Tengu Pass, Nishi Tsugaru County, Shirakami Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. October 2012.

Nature Production / Mother Tree, a giant beech (Fagus crenata) Shirakami Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site, Naka Tsugaru County, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Nature Production / Kurokuma Falls in autumn, Nishi Tsugaru County, Shirakami Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Nature Production / Small stream in Shirakami Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nishi Tsugaru County, Aomori Prefecture Japan.

Nature Production / Shortia uniflora flower, Shirakami Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Nature Production / Asian fawnlily (Erythronium japonicum) Shirakami Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site, Naka Tsugaru County, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Nature Production / Flowers (Weigela hortensis) Shirakami Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site, Naka Tsugaru County, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Nature Production / Sunrays over autumnal forests in Shirakami Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site. Shirakami Rindo, Nishi Tsugaru County, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. October 2011.

Nature Production / Japanese beech (Fagus crenata) forest in autumn, Mukai Shirakami Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nishi Tsugaru County, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. October 2012.

Nature Production / Japanese beech (Fagus crenata) forest in autumn, Shirakami Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site. Nishi Tsugaru County, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. October 2011.

Nature Production / Autumn tree reflected in lake, Shirakami Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nishi Tsugaru County, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. October 2014.

Nature Production / Mother Tree, a giant Japanese beech (Fagus crenata) with sun shining past tunk, Shirakami Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site, Naka Tsugaru County, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Nature Production / Glaucidium palmatum in flower, Shirakami Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site, Naka Tsugaru County, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Aflo / Horse foals in field in front of lighthouse, Aomori, Hokkaido, Japan, June.

Nature Production / Kelp (Laminaria sp) laid out to dry, Shimokita Peninsula, Aomori, Japan

Nature Production / Three Japanese Serow (Capricornis crispus) in woodland, Shimokita Peninsula, Aomori, Japan

Nature Production / Japanese Serow (Capricornis crispus) feeding in the woods, Shimokita Peninsula, Aomori, Japan

Nature Production / Marsh Grassbird / Japanese Grass Warbler (Megalurus pryeri) perched on grass with legs stretched out, singing, Hotokenuma Marsh, Aomori, Japan, June

Nature Production / Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) portrait in snow, Shimokita Peninsula, Aomori, Japan, January

Aflo / N-3304 up trunk of Beech tree {Fagus sp}, Aomori, Japan.

Aflo / N-15001 River flowing through woodland, Aomori, Japan.

Aflo / N-13703 River flowing through woodland with fallen trunk over river, Aomori, Japan.

Aflo / N-13602 River flowing rapidly through woodland, Aomori, Japan.

Aflo / N-13601 River flowing through woodland with Azalea trees in flower, Aomori, Japan.

Aflo / N-14004 River with rapids flowing through woodland, Aomori, Japan.

Aflo / N-14001 River with rapids flowing through woodland, Aomori, Japan.

Nature Production / Mandarin duck {Aix galericulata} female incubating eggs on nest in tree, Aomori, Japan, June

Nature Production / Japanese Macaques {Macaca fuscata) feeding in trees on coastal hillside, Shimokita, Aomori, Japan

Nature Production / Japanese Macaque {Macaca fuscata} in snow, Shimokita, Aomori, Japan

Nature Production / Forest undergrowth, Towada, Aomori, Japan

Nature Production / Japanese Macaque {Macaca fuscata} parent and young, Shimokita, Aomori, Japan

Nature Production / Japanese Serow {Capricornis crispus} adult and young resting on mountain slope in snow, Shimokita Peninsula, Aomori, Japan

Nature Production / Japanese Serow {Capricornis crispus} on mountain slope in autumn, Shimokita Peninsula, Aomori, Japan

Rob Tilley / Mizubasho / Skunk Cabbage {Symplocarpus foetidus} Mt. Hakkoda, Aomori, Japan

Rob Tilley / Mt Hakkoda, Aomori, Japan

Hiroya Minakuchi / Flowing water, Oirase River, Aomori, Japan

Nature Production / Black-tailed / Japanese Gull {Larus crassirostris} adult with chick under its wing, Kabushima, Aomori, Japan, June

Nature Production / Black-tailed / Japanese Gull {Larus crassirostris} flying, Kabushima, Aomori, Japan, May

Nature Production / Japanese / Black-tailed Gull {Larus crassirostris} Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan, June

Nature Production / Japanese / Black-tailed Gulls {Larus crassirostris} Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan, June

Nature Production / Anmon Falls and autumnal trees, Akashikeiryu Anmonnotaki Nature Park, Shirakami Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site, Naka Tsugaru County, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. November 2012.

Nature Production / Forest in autumn, Shirakami Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site Aomori Prefecture, Japan.