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Post by luehdorfia on Apr 5, 2019 10:00:24 GMT
Does anyone know a good store for collectors in tokyo? I’ll be there soon and would love to have a look.
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Post by nomad on Apr 5, 2019 16:40:52 GMT
I hope you find one, or someone here knows the best one to visit. I am sure there are going to be butterfly collectors shops there, as its such a big hobby in Japan. Enjoy your time in Tokyo
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Post by Ed on Apr 6, 2019 23:42:19 GMT
Unfortunately I only know places in south of Japan as I have never visited the northern area. You should be able to find some info on Facebook. There are a few Japanese collectors on it.
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Post by luehdorfia on Apr 13, 2019 3:48:52 GMT
My Japanese friend connected me with Kakizawa Kiyomi in tokyo. Met him in his tiny shop, and it was legendary. Absolutely fantastic! If any of you guys ever go to tokyo I can help you to find him. My aim was to buy some nice Luehdorfia japonica, and he has hundreds of them! Every single locality, every mountain. I bought some wild caught aberrations, some bred aberrations, some very rare localities, and also got his schedule for collecting trips. He organises collecting trips every single weekend of the year. Amazing guy. I’ll post some photos later, you will love it! He also has wild caught aberrations of Limenitis populi from Japan. But you need a translator with you, he doesn’t speak a single word of English.
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Post by Ed on Apr 13, 2019 18:43:19 GMT
My Japanese friend connected me with Kakizawa Kiyomi in tokyo. Met him in his tiny shop, and it was legendary. Absolutely fantastic! If any of you guys ever go to tokyo I can help you to find him. My aim was to buy some nice Luehdorfia japonica, and he has hundreds of them! Every single locality, every mountain. I bought some wild caught aberrations, some bred aberrations, some very rare localities, and also got his schedule for collecting trips. He organises collecting trips every single weekend of the year. Amazing guy. I’ll post some photos later, you will love it! He also has wild caught aberrations of Limenitis populi from Japan. But you need a translator with you, he doesn’t speak a single word of English. Glad you had a good time! Some Japanese collectors are on top of their game!
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Post by wollastoni on Apr 21, 2019 20:28:15 GMT
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Post by Ed on Apr 21, 2019 22:30:57 GMT
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Post by luehdorfia on Apr 23, 2019 16:59:53 GMT
Hey guys, I also managed to use imgur now and write my first post with pictures in the post. It was my aim to buy some nice Luehdorfia japonica from Kakizawa Kiyomi, and the specimens that he offered were really fantastic. This is still not all of them, and he is catching more all the time, adding aberrations, locations and forms.
This is the entrance of Kakizawa's butterfly shop He has all Luehdorfia neatly arranged according to localities More localities and more all in his tiny shop, we didn't even have enough space to properly put it on a table
All really beautiful and in pristine condition
Already extinct subspecies
Here you can see some bred aberrations, and also wild caught. The beautiful aberration with yellow instead of red. Bought some of them, almost impossible to get in Europe.
And some more localities with some aberrations of Japanese parnassius. I bought the melanic pair of parnassius from Hokkaido.
He was especially proud of his wild caught Limenitis populi aberrations from Japan.
Here another detailed view, perhaps nomad knows the English name of these aberrations.
Some more Japanese papilios, he actually had everything, also some beautiful Maculinea from Japan. Everything except the Japanese Colias palaeno ssp. apparently it is protected and so he didn't catch them.
And a quick view into my "catch", a truly remarkable afternoon.
If any of you want to get in contact with him then pm me. But I think what is even better than just buying in his shop must be his butterfly hunting tours that he offers weekly, also got the schedule of them. Still you need someone who speaks Japanese.
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Post by luehdorfia on Apr 23, 2019 17:38:29 GMT
radusho I only saw the aberrations, the melanic and the hybrids and didn't ask for the parnassius drawer. There are also not that many parnassius species in Japan right? I will have a look when I go next time, I can only communicate with him via my Japanese friend who translates everything which is too difficult to organise a shipment and stuff from afar I think.
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Post by nomad on Apr 24, 2019 8:44:44 GMT
I am pleased you enjoyed a wonderful afternoon in Japan That's "a lot" of superb Luehdorfia japonica. What is the current status of Luehdorfia japonica in Japan? I believe it is restricted to one Island. Is he breeding them?
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Post by luehdorfia on Apr 24, 2019 11:27:02 GMT
It occurs on Honshū, the main island of japan, where it is still plentiful. Many different mountains and forests where you can find them. On Hokkaido you have another species Luehdorfia puziloi inexpecta. It seems still much more widely distributed than Luehdorfia chinensis in China. In China the Food plant Asarum sp. has been used in chinese medicines a lot and therefore farmers dug out the food plants in many mountain ranges in China. Kakizawa told me in japan in some of the main localities you could catch about a hundred per day without any difficulties. In China it’s more that you can see perhaps 5-10 flying in the main localities.
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Post by nomad on Apr 24, 2019 12:23:40 GMT
Thank you for the information. Must have been, as I said a very enjoyable visit, both to Japan and the butterfly shop, and nice to have such a choice of fantastic specimens.
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Post by luehdorfia on Apr 24, 2019 21:15:31 GMT
It was truly inspiring. Kakizawa is founder of the " Butterfly Hunting Society Tokyo", not collecting. So he has this crazy hunting newsletter for his members. You will get updates for earliest emergences for all localities of Japan, mass occurences, weather forecasts and hatching forecasts. He is so much more about the hunt than the collecting. It is his dream to catch the "white" Luehdorfia japonica, an albino. So every year since 40 years already he is spending one week in April at one specific mountain where another Tokyo collector caught the only ever recorded albino Luehdorfia japonica. Unfortunately there is no photo of the specimen. He also told me some of his hunting techniques. He uses ripped blue plastic bags, that make a rustling sound when the wind blows into them, and hangs them on trees about 2 metres above the ground. He said Luehdorfia are extremely attracted to it. He doesnt know why, but you just need to wait for half an hour and the Luehdorfia will come and circle around it, and he catches them. Perhaps it is similar to some Parnassius species that are attracted to white nets, and will attack them?
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Post by noushigz on Nov 25, 2022 18:44:41 GMT
Dear all please let me know the address of Kakizawa Kiyomi in Tokyo, I am very interested to visit his shop. Thank you.
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Post by paradesia on Nov 27, 2022 19:04:34 GMT
The butterfly store in Tokyo has been around for decades. I use to go there back in the 60’s and 70’s. I return there in 2006 and it was still up and running. It is located across the street from Aoyama Gakuin University. Omote-Sando subway station is the closest to the shop though you can walk it from Harajuku Station or Shibuya Station. Bought my first O. Priamus and Kallima inachus eucerca there. Lovely shop!
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