On my second report to Kyoto this year, I visited a number of autumn color spots along the city’s eastern hills, as well as Byodoin Temple in Uji, a 20 minute train ride south of Kyoto.Because the temperatures...

This is a first, early report from Tokyo, where the autumn colors usually peak in late November and early December. Temperatures have been above-average this autumn so far, but are forecast to dip into single digits...

Just an hour by Hokuriku Shinkansen from Tokyo, Karuizawa is a popular mountain resort in Nagano Prefecture. Its elevation of 1000 meters above sea level make it a favorite destination to escape the heat in summer;...

The temperatures in Kyoto have been far above average over the past weeks and months, discouraging trees from starting their coloring process. But even in the average year, a visit to Kyoto around this time of the...

Today I travelled to Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture, two hours by train from Tokyo. The area’s altitude differential of around 2000 meters (from the highest point of Okunikko to the town down at the bottom) allows for...

Today I headed to Hakuba in Nagano Prefecture. Known as one of Japan’s leading winter sport destinations, the town offers tourists also the possibility to see autumn colors early in the season thanks to the fact that...

On my second day in Daisetsuzan National Park, I went onto a considerably longer hiking excursion than yesterday, walking from the Ginsendai trailhead via Mount Akadake and through Daisetsuzan’s interior to Mount...

Welcome to the 2024 autumn color reporting on japan-guide.com! As usual (we have been reporting annually since 2008, except in 2021 and 2022), we start off with a visit to Hokkaido’s Daisetsuzan National Park, where...