Japan’s nature is so abundant and beautiful! Nothing could go wrong, right? In the spring and summer you’ll be in for a treat as all the deadly beasts and creepy crawlies come back out to play. What are the most dangerous creatures in Japan? Let’s find out!!

Words mentioned/useful words

スズメバチ suzumebachi - hornet/wasp (same word)

熊 kuma - bear

いのしし inoshishi - boar

蛇 hebi - snake

ハブ habu - yellow-spotted pit viper

ハブ酒 - liquor made with habu snakes

マムシに注意 mamushi ni chui - beware of vipers

スズメバチに注意 - suzumebachi ni chui - beware of hornets

ムカデ mukade - centipede

玄関 genkan - entrance. you will usually put shoes here

ヤマビル/ヒル yamabiru/ yamahiru - mountain leech

ダニ dani - tick

ゲジゲジ geji geji - house centipede

足高蜘蛛 (あしだかぐも) ashidaka gumo - huntsman spider

クモ kumo - spider

フグ fugu - puffer fish, blowfish

鍋 nabe - hotpot (or just a pot)

クラゲ kurage - jellyfish

ハブクラゲ - viper box jellyfish

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Lists

 https://animalvivid.com/dangerous-animals-in-japan/

https://blog.gaijinpot.com/8-deadly-animals-living-in-japan/#:~:text=6.,stung%2C%20clean%20the%20wound%20immediately

Wasps in Japan Deadlier to Humans than Bears or Poisonous Snakes

https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h00766/

Ticks

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20191120/p2a/00m/0na/006000c

Death of man attacked by bear sparks conversation about what to do when facing one

https://japantoday.com/category/national/death-of-a-japanese-man-attacked-by-bear-sparks-conversation-about-what-to-do-when-facing-off-with-one

“The Sankebetsu brown bear incident of 1915 was the worst bear attack in Japanese history”

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/08/03/the-sankebetsu-brown-bear-incident-of-1915-was-the-worst-bear-attack-in-japanese-history/

Time stamps

00:00 intro

03:21 Wasps & hornets

15:47 bears

36:48 boars

41:52 snakes/vipers

49:54 centipedes

57:55 huntsman spider

1:02:08 puffer fish

1:04:23 redback spider

1:05:48 viper box jellyfish