The knowledge I gained from playing in the mountains and fields has become useful. Tokyo Community Forest, located in the western part of Tokyo, at an elevation ranging from 1000m to 1500 meters, is surrounded by the natural beauty of the mountains. We interviewed Morio Urano, who has been on the staff of Tokyo Community Forest from its opening ten years ago. When I was a kid, I always loved watching wild birds. My strong point is that I have good ears.
Birds really emit many different sounds.
When I was a kid, I always loved watching wild birds. Yes, I grew up in the Tokura, a little town tucked in the mountains next Akiruno, not far from Tokyo Community Forest. When I was in elementary school, I got a permit and kept birds such as the varied tit and the Japanese white-eye at home, but basically I really liked birdwatching. I remember climbing trees and watching birds for hours on end. I also remember seeing long-tailed tit, varied tit, and willow tit flocks fly right in front of my eyes, and once a wild boar walk under a tree I had climbed.