Monday, November 11, 2013

Colored Leaves Starts in Japan in 2013

京都のゲストハウス 延暦寺紅葉
I went to the Hieizan Mt.(比叡山), which is famous for one of most great Buddhism mountains. If you know about Buddhism very well, perhaps you remember the famous monks. Almost all monks made their practice in Enryaku-ji temple(えんりゃくじ, 延暦寺) located on the top of the mountain. 



京都のゲストハウス 延暦寺紅葉
The mountain's height is about 1000 meters. So it was cold. And the colored leaves changes into red depending on the cold temperature.


京都のゲストハウス 延暦寺紅葉
The red leaves and blue sky. I like it.


京都のゲストハウス 延暦寺紅葉
When I went in the temple, I found a map. It's useful, yet I might get lost. How huge!!

京都のゲストハウス 延暦寺紅葉
I love the leaves!! It's the most reddest one on 9th of November in the mountain!


京都のゲストハウス 延暦寺紅葉
The path is also nice.


京都のゲストハウス 延暦寺紅葉
Oh, you can ring the big bell in a building. 


京都のゲストハウス 延暦寺紅葉
And also this kind of small sculpture is worth seeing. 


京都のゲストハウス 延暦寺紅葉
Red Buddhism building is vivid in November. 


京都のゲストハウス 延暦寺紅葉
But, the sunset come early. Getting colder!! I wear just a t-shirt and a thin jacket. So I go back to the entrance. Near the entrance you can enjoy the pictures of famous monk's histories.

京都のゲストハウス 延暦寺紅葉
Like this.


京都のゲストハウス 延暦寺紅葉
It's a good combination. Colorful pictures and yellow and red leaves.

November is one of the best season to come to Japan because of the colored leaves. Yeah, streets also have the trees and leaves. We enjoy the scenery in our daily lives. We'd like to show the joy of changing season!!

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