360° Lives

"360-Degrees Lives" is a series of semispherical, 360-degree panoramic videos taken with a small camera. The shots provide a wide-ranging look at the lives of animals and insects cared for at zoos and other facilities. Users can view images taken from rare angles of prairie dog pups approaching the camera buried in the ground as well as beetles skillfully walk on top of the lenses.

Butterfly larvae that hatch in my garden inspired this video series

November 27, 2020 update!

You can enjoy it on the full screen by clicking the "FULL" button in the upper right.（Depending on the terminal, it may not be displayed correctly. The recommendation browser is "Google Chrome".）

Swallowtail butterflies, including spangles and Asian swallowtails, visit my garden during the summer and autumn months.

Three to four days after they lay their eggs on buds of a tangerine tree, small larvae pop up across the garden.

In summer 2015, while I was digging up weeds under the tangerine tree, I came across several larvae. I felt surrounded by them and came up with the idea of starting this 360-Degree... (By TOSHIYUKI TAKEYA/ Staff Writer )

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Video & Photo by Toshiyuki Takeya
Graphic design by Akinori Yonezawa
Web design by Hideyuki Ota

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