Last week was spent going around to different places to conduct my interviews: Suita, Wadayama, Tanba, and Nagoya (2nd time).  I only have 2 more interviews scheduled, one in Gotemba (near Mt. Fuji) and one in Niimi in Okayama prefecture.  I'm wondering if this is actually going to give me enough data to write a master's thesis?!?!  Lets hope so...

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I survived my first interview session with the Hime-firefly groups! Actually, it was super fun, the group members were awesome, eager to talk to me, and showed me the firefly habitats around Nagoya Castle. The castle is in the middle of the city, and its extremely rare for there to be fireflies in a place like that. Hime-fireflies are especially ( Read more... )