A Japanese pheasant is a national bird in Japan.

A Japanese pheasant appears in ancient literature or a folktale well. Moreover, since the pheasant is very beautiful, it is often drawn in ukiyoe or a Japanese painting. 

Even now, a Japanese pheasant is a bird very familiar for a Japanese. Since especially a female pheasant brings up babies carefully, a female pheasant is also a motherly symbol in Japan. 

If you take a walk the hills and fields in Japan in spring, you can hear the loud voice of a Japanese pheasant. And if you look at that circumference thoroughly, you will surely be able to find this beautiful and graceful pheasant.