TV Osaka’s August 13 Broadcast Showed People Catching Water Striders Under Kitashukugawa Bridge

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TV Osaka’s “Odekake Hakken Variety Kagaku de Muchamitas!” aired on August 13, and it showed the area under Kitashukugawa Bridge.

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What is “Odekake Hakken Variety Kagaku de Muchamitas!”?

“Odekake Hakken Variety Kagaku de Muchamitas!” is a variety program aired every Sunday at 11:00 a.m. on TV Osaka. Each episode explores everyday science based on a single theme. The show is hosted by Yasushi Ishida, and members of Takoyaki Rainbow visit various places around the Kinki region to report on them.

They were catching water striders under Kitashukugawa Bridge

The August 13 broadcast at 11:00 had the theme “Observing Insects in the City.”

At the start, Sakura and Karen from Takoyaki Rainbow appeared near the pedestrian bridge by Green Town in Shukugawa.

Together with Professor Hiroshi Watanabe, known as the Praying Mantis Doctor, they were catching water striders under Kitashukugawa Bridge (Shukugawa River Green Space).

Probably around here↓

This area really has a strong “nature!!” feel to it, doesn’t it?

It’s a peaceful-looking spot.

It looks like it would feel nice around this time of year.

You can watch it until August 18

This episode is available on TVer until August 18. Hana Tako let us know about it!

If you’re interested, check it out.

 

Here it is on the map↓

Finally

Apparently, water striders are relatives of stink bugs. The program said that’s why they give off a smell when you touch them.

The smell is said to be a sweet “candy” scent. And since they look a bit like sticks, they’re called amenbo. There also seems to be a theory that the name comes from “boya-bo.”