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Mount Konara is located in the region of Makiokacho in the city of Yamanashi in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. It is a popular hiking destination with well-maintained trails. The name implies and is well-known for the abundance of oak trees. The elevation of Mount Konara is 1,713 meters.

Jolcham oak (Quercus serrata): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_serrata; Japanese oak (Quercus crispula): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_crispula; (In Japanese) https://yamanashi-hiking100.jp/course/detail/58

Top of Mount Konara, Makiokacho, Yamanashi-city, Yamanashi, 11/08/2025

Jizo statues for childbirth, Yakeyama Pass, Yamanashi-city, Yamanashi, 11/08/2025

 Jolcham oak (Quercus serrata) or Japanese oak (Quercus crispula), Mount Konara, Yamanashi-city, Yamanashi, 11/08/2025

 Maple (Acer), Mount Konara, Yamanashi-city, Yamanashi, 11/08/2025

Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi), Mount Konara, Yamanashi-city, Yamanashi, 11/08/2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larix_kaempferi

Tigertail spruce (Picea polita), Mount Konara, Yamanashi-city, Yamanashi, 11/08/2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picea_polita

Turkey tail (Trametes versicolor), Mount Konara, Yamanashi-city, Yamanashi, 11/08/2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trametes_versicolor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_florida

Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Archaeology, Kofu, Yamanashi, 11/02/2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilex_serrata

Japanese winterberry (Ilex serrata), Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Archaeology, Kofu, Yamanashi, 11/02/2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_buergerianum

Trident maple (Acer buergerianum), Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Archaeology, Kofu, Yamanashi, 11/02/2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesculus_turbinata

Japanese horsechestnut (Aesculus turbinata), Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Archaeology, Kofu, Yamanashi, 11/02/2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_glauca

Ring-cupped oak (Quercus glauca), Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Archaeology, Kofu, Yamanashi, 11/02/2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_sieboldianum

Siebold’s maple (Acer sieboldianum), Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi, 11/06/2025

(In Japanese) https://mikawanoyasou.org/data/yamaurusi.htm; https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B7

Yamaurushi (Toxicodendron trichocarpum), Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi, 11/06/2025

Leaves of Siebold’s beech (Fagus crenata), Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi, 11/06/2025

November is an excellent time to view Mount Fuji from the city of Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture, as visibility is almost at its peak due to the dry air and clear skies of the autumn season.

Views of Mount Fuji, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, 11/04/2025

Mount Fuji and Fujinomiya Specialties: https://www.city.fujinomiya.lg.jp/documents/1511/visuf8000000ab7q.pdf; https://fujinomiya.gr.jp/en/autumn/; https://www.city.fujinomiya.lg.jp/foreigner/p001766.html

An exhibition titled “Considering the Mysteries of Jomon Culture: An Ethnography of Papua New Guinea” has been held at The Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Archaeology from September 27 through December 7, 2025.

https://www.pref.yamanashi.jp.e.aao.hp.transer.com/kouko-hak/; https://www.pref.yamanashi.jp.e.aao.hp.transer.com/kouko-hak/exhibit/2025/special.html; (In Japanese) https://www.pref.yamanashi.jp/documents/120685/special-guide.pdf

Ethnography of Papua New Guinea, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Archaeology, Kofu, Yamanashi, 11/02/2025

Considering Jomon pottery and culture, please read the articles on 2022/02/13 and 2022/02/05 https://etsuo.tokyo/2022/02/.

Japanese silver grass (Miscanthus sinensis) and Mount Fuji, Narusawa-village, Yamanashi, 10/29/2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscanthus_sinensis

Early autumn-color views from the rooftop observation deck of Koyadai Resthouse, Narusawa-village, Yamanashi, 10/29/2025

Kurogane holly (Ilex rotunda), Shizuoka Mount Fuji World Heritage Center, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, 10/28/2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilex_rotunda

Fish and dessert dishes, ChrysanThème Shigetomo, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/25/2025

Also, please refer to the article on January 26, 2025. https://yamanashietsuo.net/chrysantheme-shigetomo-kofu/

Japanese maple (Acer palmatum), Koyodai, Narusawa Village, Yamanashi, 10/24/2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_palmatum

Hasa-gake, hanging rice to dry: Hasa-gake is a traditional Japanese method for sun-drying harvested rice, where harvested rice plants are hung up to sun-dry in order to enhance the rice’s flavor and stickiness.

Harvested rice plants hung up to sun-dry, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/21/2025

The Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha, Mount Fuji Head Sengen Shrine, is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujisan_Hong%C5%AB_Sengen_Taisha

Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, 10/17/2025

https://mikawanoyasou.org/kinoko/nikuusubatake.htm; https://gkzplant.sakura.ne.jp/kinrui/syousai/nagyou/nikuusubatake.html

Coriolus brevis, Narusawa-village, Yamanashi, 10/18/2025

Shimizu Port, Shimizu-ward, Shizuoka-city, Shizuoka, 10/16/2025