Dragonfly
Originally uploaded by nofrills
We call it イトトンボ, which means "thread dragonfly".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damselfly
a tokyo photolog (my flickr archive, and occasional rant and rave: I have a free flickr acount, and want to keep the pics I have uploaded.)
25 August 2009.
The first dragonfly just outside my window .
If you are interested in Japanese classic literature, you might have heard about the third chapter of the Tale of Genji, "空蝉 Utsusemi ("Cicada Shell")". That's this.
9th August 2007.
Tokyo, Japan.