Burning the autumn of Lake Okutama into your eyes

From green to red Changing seasons

Naritasan Park Gradation of shining autumn leaves

Some more photos from Asukayama Park! The first monument is a bit difficult for me to read so I had to do a bit of research, but it seems to be a commemorative monument signifying the planting of various trees throughout the park to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration, and as such, was constructed in 1968, so it's about 50 years old, probably one of the newer monuments of its kind within the park. When I was walking back around the area I saw the dance stage from a different angle and managed to take a photo of the participants through a nice gap in the trees. There were a lot more participants this time so I stopped and watched it for a little while again. At the other end of the park I found this statue of a woman which is actually a statue of the "Goddess of peace" and it was erected in 1974 to wish for world peace and happiness. Even cooler, it was erected by the famous sculptor Seibo Kitamura who erected the "Peace Statue" at Peace Memorial Park in Nagasaki. Really cool to see his works all the way in Tokyo as well!

Mountain~

Autumn leaves ? of Konaka Otaki in Midori City, Gunma Prefecture and Kegon Falls in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture

Some more photos I took at Asukayama Park the other day. I really liked this statue of Avalokitesvara, as I felt like it was really well crafted. I included the description to this monument as it's hard to read what is carved onto the stone and it's written in older Japanese too so my friends couldn't even read it lol. I think it has something to do with a poem about cherry blossoms although I could be wrong about that. It's pretty cool seeing the older Japanese from hundreds of years ago though. Even if I can't read it it's interesting to see how the Japanese language itself has evolved throughout the years. I'll be posting more photos of this place tomorrow as well!

I was able to see it only for about 5 minutes when the sun was shining on the stairs of the shrine in Towada City.

Went to Asukayama Park near Oji Station yesterday. I've passed by the area many times and seen the gondola leading to the top but never knew what was up there until now. It's a really big park dedicated to Shibusawa Eiichi, known as the father of capitalism in Japan. The park has a bunch of monuments and cultural properties to check out so I managed to take a lot of photos and I'll be uploading them over the next few days. I chose a good day to go it seems too, as there was an event going on. It involved some traditional dances (I think from the Oji area), and it involved some sort of sash that kind of reminded me of a kimono obi, but I'm not sure exactly what it is. They had a taiko drum as well but it seems I didn't make it in time to watch them playing, I only heard it in the distance when I was walking to the park. I thought it was really cool seeing all the different monuments though. Many of them were several hundred years old and the Japanese on them was also and older form, so it was hard for me to read a lot of them lol. It was a really enjoyable experience though, so I'll upload some more photos tomorrow!

Hydrangeas that have passed the summer and welcomed autumn Turning into an antique color over time It became autumn color hydrangea

Autumn roses are in full bloom

Narukozan Toshoji Sogo Reido An ancient temple in Narita dedicated to the righteous man Sakura Sogo It is the season of autumn leaves again this year.

Saga, Edo, Ise, Oshu, Higo, Choko At the Botanical Garden of Living in the History Exhibition, "Traditional Classical Chrysanthemums" have started again this year. It is a tradition from autumn to winter

Autumn has arrived at the shrine In Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi Prefecture I am always indebted to you I will visit you again, thank you

Sogo Reido is an ancient temple in Narita that enshrines the righteous man Sakura Sogo. The gradation of autumn leaves has begun again this year

Some photos I took while passing through the area. Lit up trees ready for Christmas near Toyocho Station! I also spotted these pandas around a Christmas tree at Ueno Station as well and thought it was cute. It's funny how fast Halloween ends and almost immediately we start to see Christmas decorations lol. It's not dissimilar with the US though. Every time Halloween ends it's like someone flips a switch and suddenly all of the Halloween decorations become Christmas decorations. Speaking of Halloween though, I actually saw children trick or treating in the streets this year which was really nice considering all the restrictions over the past 2 years. It also seems like the culture of Halloween has started to become a bigger part of Japanese culture over the last 5 years or so. I still love that Christmas is a dating holiday in Japan though. It feels like a romantic holiday anyways, I think it's better this way personally.

Gradation of ginkgo trees

Silhouette of a Yamagoze shining against the blue sky

Sunset~(* ́ω'*)

Little Jizo (* ́ω'*)

Handa City Gongitsune no Sato cosmos

Autumn deer

Autumn Jizo

Rows of autumn leaves

Autumn leaves like Canada

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Autumn in Tokyo German Village, There are colorful mums. Hemispherical chrysanthemums are blooming. I felt a different atmosphere.

I think it is the fruit of a mountain lily. There were a lot of them in the mountains in the neighborhood. In this way, it is the work of properly decorating it, taking a commemorative photo, and leaving it. I like it.