.C.ZIEGLER 1955 TRANSCRIBED) JOURNAL APR30 (CONT) ONE; SOME OF THE OTHERS AT THE HOUSE WERE LARGER I WAS TOLD. THEY SAID MANY OLD JAPANESE HOUSES HAD THESE GECKOS OR "YA-MURI." THE JAPANESE MADE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE GECKOS, WHICH CAN WALK ON GLASS, & THE LIZARDS OR "TOE-KAGE" WHICH CANNOT. 178 GECKO + TIP OF TAIL. GREYISH-TAN WITH DARKER SPOTCHES, IN 1/10 FORMAKIN. INJECTED. MAY 1 YAWATA (SHRINE), KYOTO-FU, HONSHU, JAPAN. RAINY, CLEARING LATER IN A.M., WARM. TOOK A STREETCAR TO YODO WITH MR. SHINZO WATANABE TO FIND THE WATER PIPE WITH BATS IN IT. IT HAD BEEN PUT UNDER THE RIVER LEVEL ALREADY + AS I HAD NO FLASHLIGHT I COULDN'T LOOK FOR BATS IN THERE, BUT ONE OF SHINZO'S FRIENDS WHO LIVES NEARBY SAID HE WOULD LOOK IN THERE OCCASIONALLY & LET US KNOW IF BATS WERE ROOSTING THERE. THEN WE WENT TO YAWATA, A MOUNTAIN WITH A LARGE SHRINE ATOP IT. THERE IS ALSO A MONUMENT TO T.A. EDISON WHO I WAS TOLD FOUND SOME SPECIAL KIND OF BAMBOO THERE TO USE IN HIS LIGHT BULBS OR SOMETHING. COLLECTED TWO SNAKES ON A SHROD