I don't know whether you can bring insects to Germany, I recommend you to check the custom and bio-security regulation of Germany first. I don't recommend you to put banana trap directly on trees unless it is your own property. You can be seen some picture of sweeten trap bait here. The sunrise in Tokyo and Osaka in summer season is around 4:30. Put the banana in the net or insect net, tight or hang the net to tree around 22:00. Put one banana in a plastic bag with sake, leave the bag for one or two nights. I recommend you to buy some banana(you can buy at some 100 Yen shops) and sake(Shochu clear liquor is the best). The most important thing to catch insects is the trap bait. You also need to buy torch batteries at 100 Yen shop.

All can be purchased at 100 Yen shops in summer. You need to bring, a torch, insect nets, insect cage and trap(baits). This is because there are lots of trees in cemeteries. Therefore, I recommend you to visit some large cemeteries in Tokyo such as Aoyama and Zoshigaya.

The most national and regional parks are prohibited to catch insects there. I also doubt you can take them home, but you can watch them and take care of them for a while during your stay, unless there are special regulations at your hunting spot. All you need to know is the right tree, and you need to get up very early to see them coming for your bate.Īs suggested, rhinoceros beetles are commonly sold and exhibited all throughout Japan in summer. You may want to consider booking accomodation in a mountain resort and ask details to the owner while you're at it. Wild rhinoceros beetle, on the other hand, are hardly seen in the cities, but can easily be hunted if you go to mountain resorts. The thing is that people in the cities normally don't grow big trees at their homes (I'm the neighborhood weirdo), and it's not every day that public servants cut branches in the parks. I encounter at least two live ones each summer, usually when I cut off the big branches from the red-robin tree in my yard in an ordinary residential area in Yokohama. Stag beetles (kuwagata) can be spotted in the city a lot easier than people normally think.

Kabutomushi larvae