The Japanese take great pride in their four distinctive seasons and one of the most spectacular times of year is definitely autumn, when trees all over the country explode into a range of brilliant colours. Foliage viewing has actually become quite a large industry, with tens of thousands of people travelling to witness nature's splendor and even whole websites and magazines devoted to the subject! As a southern island Kyushu usually has to wait untill the end of November for any decent foliage, but last weekend we ventured out in search of some good spots anyway. Well worth the effort as we saw some amazing scenery!
On Saturday Yasuko and I enjoyed the crisp, fresh air and gorgeous scenery of Mt Aburayama, a mountain overlooking Fukuoka. It was one of my first trips outside the city and definitely soothed both mind and body :-).
Valley on Mt Aburayama with striking shades of red & orange
After waking up with a hangover on Sunday, Vaughan and I decided to bike to Ohori park in order to recover somewhat... We were met with beautiful views of the surrounding hills and wonderful autumn colours.
Action man Vaughan biking around the park, with behind him once again a variety of colour
4 comments:
WAAW!!! Wat een natuurpracht!
Inge,
Prachtige foto's met unieke kleurenschakeringen. De herfst in Japan is dus ingetreden...Hier is de winterkoude begonnen. groetjes uit Poperinge
Japanese maples are very pretty. Unfortunately your area's probably a little too frostfree to really generate the vivid colours. You did the right thing of getting up into the hills. Rural Japan's quite different isn't it?
From what you say, re hangovers, obviously you guys are aquiring a taste for sake? Or is your poison Shouchu?
-Bretto, cool that you've left a few comments! As far as my 'poisons' go, I can neither stomach sake nor shouchu but have grown to love umechu, the sweet plum wine. Maybe not as potent, but it manages to give me headaches none the less...
-Kelly, thanks for the blog compliment, I will e-mail you very soon :-)
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