Month: October 2023

Shigen-Ko Festival 2023 has been held in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture during October 27 through 29, 2023 (https://www.yamanashi-kankou.jp/shingen/english/index.html; https://www.yamanashi-kankou.jp/shingen/). The main event of the festival, Koshu Battalion Parade was held on October 28, 2023.

The Koshu Battalion Parade Route Map For Shingen-Ko Festival 2023, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/28/2023

The Second Division of The Wind Corps Yokota Bicchu-no-Kami Takatoshi played by the East Japan Railway Team (https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/index.html), Shingen-Ko Festival 2023, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/28/2023

Shingen-Ko Festival 2023, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/28/2023

The Onshoji Temple was founded by a holy priest, Echigo Ajari Nichiben Shonin, and belongs to the Nichiren sect of Buddhism.  The temple was built in 1294 (http://onsyouji.com/onshoji_E.html; https://onsyoujihogara.sakura.ne.jp/). Located in Sutama-cho, Hokuto, Yamanash Prefecture, the temple is known for its summer cypress around this time of the year.

Onshoji Temple, Sutama, Hokuto, Yamanashi, 10/27/2023

Summer cypress (Bassia scoparia), Sutama, Hokuto, Yamanashi, 10/27/2023

Hair-awn muhly (Muhlenbergia capillaris), Sutama, Hokuto, Yamanashi, 10/27/2023

Sweet osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans) flowers are blooming and spreading sweet scent.

Sweet osmanthus trees, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/25/2023

Nice views in the town of Kawaguchiko and the village of Oshino in Yamanashi Prefecture.

Lake Kawaguchi and Mount Fuji, Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi, 10/20/2023

Green alder (Alnus alnobetula) and Lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), Ochudo Trail, Mount Fuji, Yamanashi, 10/19/2023

Wax tree (Toxicodendron succedaneum) and (Sticta nylanderiana), Ochudo Trail, Mount Fuji, Yamanashi, 10/19/2023

Togakushi Shrine (https://www.togakushi-jinja.jp/english/; https://www.togakushi-jinja.jp/).

Cider trees in the Togakushi Trail, Togakushi, Nagano, 10/17/2023

Roadside Bodhisattva and a Bear bell, Togakushi, Nagano, 10/17/2023

https://www.matsumoto-castle.jp/eng; https://www.matsumoto-castle.jp/

Matsumoto Castle, Matsumoto, Nagano, 10/18/2023

Tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima) and Japanese honeybee (Apis cerana japonica), Nakano, Nagano, 10/16/2023

Curly dock (Rumex crispus), Nakano, Nagano, 10/16/2023

Brachymenium (Brachymenium exile), Nakano, Nagano, 10/16/2023

Autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale), Nakano, Nagano, 10/16/2023

Grape vines (Vitis vinifera), Nakano, Nagano, 10/16/2023

Juneberry (Amelanchier canadensis), Nakano, Nagano, 10/16/2023

Sun Fuji (Malus pumila), Nakano, Nagano, 10/16/2023

Shinano Gold (Malus pumila), Nakano, Nagano, 10/16/2023

True sedge (Carex papulosa) and Argynnis (Argynnis paphia), Nakano, Nagano, 10/16/2023

Zenkoji is a Buddhist temple belonging to none of the Japanese Buddhist sects and located in the city of Nagano, in Nagano Prefecture (https://www.zenkoji.jp/en/).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenk%C5%8D-ji; https://www.go-nagano.net/en/trip-idea/id19889

Zenkoji Temple, Nagano-city, Nagano, 10/13-15/2023

Abelia (Abelia × grandiflora), Zenkoji Temple, Nagano-city, Nagano, 10/13/2023

The exhibition of Hirayama Ikuo, Drawing Ruins From The Near And Middle East To The Mediterranean, Together With Greece And Rome Collections has been held at Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum in Nagasaka, Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture during September 9 through December 27, 2023 (https://www.silkroad-museum.jp/english/).

Caravans travelling the Silk Road, paintings by Ikuo Hirayama, 2005

Dharmacakra and Stupa Relief, Satavahana Dynasty, Amaravati, India, 2-3 Century A.D, Limestone