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Lake Utonai
The first place I visited was Lake Utunai. It is a nationally designated wildlife protection area and is registered as a Ramsar wetland, making it quite a famous lake. It was pretty large, but I heard that its depth is only about knee-high.
As expected from a Ramsar site, there were a ton of birds everywhere. There was even a sign warning people about the swan droppings scattered all around. While staring closely at the droppings, Kato-kun said, “Hmm, for a bird, that’s some pretty decent poop. It looks kind of human-like.” Before long, we actually encountered a swan. It seemed incredibly accustomed to humans, completely ignoring us and just munching away on the clover growing on the grass.
After that, we strolled around the area and chatted about various rumors, like how Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi has a training room in his studio and how Tsuyoshi Domoto reportedly places stones on top of his amplifier, before getting back into the car.
