Monday, November 9, 2009

Fall turning the leaves

In recent days an autumn wind has quite blown and we are feeling rather cold in the morning and evening. As you may know, the four seasons are clearly defined in Japan, and now it is the autumn season that we live comfortably. This season is well-known for playing sports, eating, and reading books in Japan. In addition, there is one more thing I would like to mention. That is about the beautiful colored leaves. Shiga is a prefecture surrounded with a large number of mountains, such as Mt. Hiei, Mt. Ibuki, and Mt. Kira. Therefore, there are many places we can see such wonderful colored leaves around Shiga, and thousands of people go there in order to go hiking and viewing them. Here are two places that I recommend:
1. “Hiei-zan-Momiji-Matsuri (Ko-fu-kai)”, which means the festival of maple trees.
There are no less than two thousand maple trees or cherry trees with beautiful colored leaves all along the driveway from Hiei-zan to Okubie.

Date: Oct. 31 (Sat.) - Nov. 23 (Mon.) in 2009
Place: Yokokawa, Enryakuji, Hiei-zan, Moto-machi, Sakamoto, Ohtsu-shi, Shiga
Map: http://www.mapfan.com/m.cgi?MAP=E135.50.9.6N35.4.6.2&ZM=9
Further information: http://www.biwako-visitors.jp/search/event_3158.html

2. “Momiji-Matsuri”, which means the festival of maple trees.
Some traditional events will take place in Hiyoshi shrine, where there are around three thousand maple trees.

Date: Nov. 1 (Sun.) – Nov. 30 (Mon.) in 2009
Place: Hiyoshi shrine, 5-1-1, Sakamoto, Ohtsu-shi, Shiga
Map: http://www.mapfan.com/m.cgi?MAP=E135.52.0.8N35.04.8.9&ZM=7&
Further information: http://www.biwako-visitors.jp/search/event_11385.html

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me.

6 comments:

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  2. i would like to see colored trees. its beautiful! hiei mountain is famous.

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  3. I'd like to see the maple trees. It should be reminded of my Canadian life:))

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  4. Yeah this season is good for playing sports, eating, and reading books!! I think so^^
    I want to see two thousand maple trees or cherry trees!

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  5. Mt. Ibuki is part of my home town, so I know how beautiful it is in autumn. There is no reason no to see them.

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  6. Yes, it's nice now, but it will sure be cold soon at Mt Ibuki, won't it?

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