Autumn Color Blog 2008 by japan-guide.com
This is the official japan-guide.com autumn color blog for 2008 about our reporting trips to various autumn leaf spots across Japan. Check our page on Autumn Leaves for general information.
Kamakura Report On a ten kilometer walk through Kamakura, we visited most of the city's best known autumn leaf spots.
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Tokyo Report Reporting about the autumn colors from several gardens and parks of Tokyo.
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Kyoto Report (4/4) Reporting from the Philosopher's Path, Tofukuji, Kiyomizudera and Kotoin.
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Kyoto Report (3/4) Reporting from Arashiyama and the Shugakuin Area.
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Miyajima This year's western most autum leaf report brought me to Miyajima, the scenic island off Hiroshima.
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Kyoto Report (2/4) Reporting from Daigoji and Yoshiminedera Temples and Arashiyama.
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Kyoto Report (1/4) On our first autum color reporting day in Kyoto, we visited three areas in the north of central Kyoto: Ohara, Hieizan and Takao.
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Mino Park Autumn colors have finally descended into lower elevations and southern latitudes of Japan. Today, I visited Mino Park, one of Osaka's most popular koyo spots.
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Fuji Five Lakes Great autumn colors but no weather luck on this report trip to Fujigoko (Fuji Five Lakes).
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Nikko (2) Nikko is a popular sightseeing destination year round, but it is especially busy during the autumn leaf season.
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Lake Towada A visit to Lake Towada and Oirase Stream in Towada-Hachimantai National Park.
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Shirakami Sanchi (2) Second day of our visit to Shirakami Sanchi, site of Japan's last virgin beech forests.
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Shirakami Sanchi Autumn visit to one of Japan's least known world heritage sites, Shirakami Sanchi in the northern Tohoku region.
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Nishizawa Valley An autumn colors hike through Nishizawa Valley in Yamanashi Prefecture. This trail runs along a stream filled with ponds and waterfalls.
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Nikko Observing autumn colors along the hiking trails of Oku-Nikko.
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Akagiyama On my first autumn leaf trip to a destination in the Kanto Region this, I visited Akagiyama in Gunma Prefecture.
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Shiretoko Peninsula Viewing autumn colors on the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Natural Heritage Site and one of Japan's wildest and most beautiful national parks.
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Lake Mashu and Kussharo In search of better shades and brighter hues, we headed northeast to Akan National Park's two other famous lakes, Mashuko and Kussharoko.
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Lake Akan The first day of our 2008 Autumn Color Report Trip for Eastern Hokkaido takes us from Kushiro Airport to Akan National Park
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Tateyama Alpen Route The peaks of the Tateyama mountain range are among the tallest in the Japan Alps, and their slopes among the first places on Honshu to see autumn colors.
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Sounkyo Onsen Today I went to check out autumn colors in Sounkyo Onsen and Mount Kurodake above it.
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Daisetsu Kogen Onsen Kogen Onsen's most popular attraction is a circular hiking course through the area's pond dotted highlands.
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Mount Asahidake Mount Asahidake in Daisetsuzan National Park is Hokkaido's highest mountain and the first spot in Japan to see autumn colors (and snow).
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