Kouyou (紅葉 こうよう) could be translated as “the colours of the leafs in autumn”. During the months of October and November, the green forests turn yellow, orange an vermillion until winter arrives and snow covers Japanese mountains with a white. The ginkgoes bring the yellow, the momiji and kaede (Maple trees) add the rest of the tones to the Japanese autumn.
It is celebrated all around Japan, and many places become touristic attractions just because they are specially beautiful during the kouyou. This is a list of the best locations to enjoy kouyou by Nihon Kankou:
- 1.- Ryūzu falls at Nikko (This is the location on Google Maps)
- 2.- Arashiyama , Kyoto
- 3.- Kumobaike en Karuizawa (This is the location on Google Maps)
- 4.- The Gingko avenue in Tokyo (Next to Aoyama Itchome station)
- 5.-Kiyomizu-dera at Kyoto (This is the en Google Maps)
- 6.- Oirasekeiryu at Aomori (This is the location on Google Maps )
- 7.- Metasequoia Namiki at Shiga (This is the location on Google Maps
- 8.- Hakkoda mountains in Aomori (This is the location on Google Maps )
If you want to enjoy it without going far away from Tokyo I recommend Mount Takao and also the Rikugi-en gardens which are very easy to access from Komagome station near central Tokyo.
