No one knows how many of these elusive and mysterious creatures are left but time is thought to be running out as artificial barriers fragment their habitat
first began diving in the cool waters of the Hino River in south-western Japan 15 years ago. But it was not until six years later that he was able to capture the extraordinary image of a male Japanese giant salamander guarding hundreds of eggs, which gained him a place in the finals of the
Among those working to secure the salamander’s future is Richard Pearce, an ecotourism consultant from the UK who has lived in Japan for more than a decade. In 2021, he founded the NGO Ramps and ladders have been built in various locations but they cannot compensate for the sheer number of weirs in Japanese rivers. “Many more ramps are needed,” Taguchi says.In September, with permission from the local government, Sustainable Daisen built temporary ramps out of stones and wood across four weirs in the Nawa River basin, Daisen town. “We’ve got [them] to admit the weirs are a problem for Japanese giant salamanders and recognise that ramps are a way of remedying it,” Pearce says.
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