If you enjoy like me the festive nighttime illuminations, there are three periods around the year when you can experience them in Japan: during Hanami, during the winter holidays, and on late autumn, when Japan celebrates the autumn red leaves.

The late autumn celebration is called in Japanese kōyō or momijigari (紅葉狩), which means “hunting the red leaves", and one of the best places to enjoy it is in Higashiyama, Kyoto. Here’s a photo taken in Eikando, with a wonderful grove of maple trees… Simply beautiful!

Eikando, Higashiyama, Kyoto

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Yesterday’s Japan Photo: Matsue Castle