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Last weekend, Anthony went on an overnight trip with Fumie's folks to Okunoshima (大久野島), “Rabbit Island”, a small island in the Seto Inland Sea a couple-hour train-ride and a short boat-ride away. The small island has a large population of wild but friendly rabbits that have trained people to visit and feed them.
FinePix F50fd @ 8 mm — 1/950 sec, f/4, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Whoa, Ran Out of Veggies, Sorry!
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Restocked With Bunny Food Pellets
FinePix F50fd @ 8 mm — 1/600 sec, f/4, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
...A Big “Whomp” Sound
of bunnies converging on food
FinePix F50fd @ 24 mm — 1/160 sec, f/5.1, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
later in the day...
Evening Feeding
I didn't know why the island was full of rabbits until I came across its Wikipedia article while trying to figure out how to pronounce its name (大久野島). It's an interesting (and disturbing story), which you can find at that link.
UPDATE: we took Anthony ourselves a few years later.
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Wow, that would be fun to take Josh there. Cute bunnies!
Good thing that Anthony’s grandparents took him there. YOU would have probably been barred from setting foot on the island – especially if you’d had popcorn the night before. I mean, ONE instance in that island’s history is plenty enough.