* Japanese name: Daisagi * Scientific name: Egretta alba * Description: The great egret is the largest of the egrets in Japan. It is 80-100 cm tall, with a wingspan of 140-170 cm.

The term ‘White Egret’ or “Shirasagi”, often chosen as a subject for Japanese paintings, poems and haiku, is a generic term for white birds from the family Ardeidae; there is no species called ‘White ...

* Japanese name: Kosagi * Scientific name: Egretta garzetta * Description: The Little Egret is a bird related to the heron, with snow-white plumage, a long, pointed black bill and black legs with ...

Himeji Castle in Himeji, Japan, built in the 1300s, is nicknamed the “White Egret Castle.” ... Our family spent Christmas Eve in a traditional Japanese inn with hot springs, ...

Speaking to Japanese news outlet The Asahi Shimbun, Mr Ohno said he took around 20 shots of the egret and was also confused by the photograph when he first saw it on his computer after returning ...