Maintenance hole covers, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, 11/07/2023
Cool drum-body shaped tassels on a sacred rope, Arakura Sengen Shrine and cool sake logo signs, Fujiyoshida, Yamananshi, 11/07/2023
Cool Maintenance Hole Covers and More
Autumn Color and Mont Fuji
Shimoyoshida, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, 11/06/2023
Mount Fuji from the backstreet of Nishiura District, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, 11/06/2023
Fuji Fugaku Wind Cave
The Fuji Fugaku Wind Cave is a lateral type cave. The cave served as a storage place for cocoons and seeds until around 1955. The cocoons and seeds were kept in cold storage to keep them from growing and to preserve good quality.
Silkworm Cocoons, acorns and grains, Fugaku Wind Cave, Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi, 11/06/2023
Some mosses were growing near the entrance of the cave.
Fugaku Wind Cave, Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi, 11/06/2023
Mount Fuji Subaru Line Fifth Way-point
Nice views in the village of Narusawa in Yamanashi Prefecture.
Mount Fuji 5th Way-point, Narusawa-village, Yamanashi, 11/05/2023
Mount Fuji Komitake Shrine, Mount Fuji 5th Way-point, Narusawa-village, Yamanashi, 11/05/2023
Horse Riding, Mount Fuji 5th Way-point, Narusawa-village, Yamanashi, 11/05/2023
Shingen-Ko Festival 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
Preparing for the Battalion Parade, 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
Sutama Onsho Temple
Onshoji (Onsho 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.
The statue of Nichiben in the Onsho Temple
Sutama, Hokuto, Yamanashi, 10/27/2023
Onsho Temple, Sutama, Hokuto, Yamanashi, 10/27/2023
Summer cypress (Bassia scoparia), Sutama, Hokuto, Yamanashi, 10/27/2023
Hairawn muhly (Muhlenbergia capillaris), Sutama, Hokuto, Yamanashi, 10/27/2023
Sweet Osmanthus Trees
Sweet osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans) flowers are blooming and spreading sweet scent.
Sweet osmanthus trees, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/25/2023
Lake Kawaguchi And Mount Fuji
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
Mount Fuji from one of the Oshino Eight Springs (Oshino Hakkai), Oshino-village, Yamanashi, 10/20/2023
Mount Fuji Ochudo Trail
Ochudo Trail, Mount Fuji, Yamanashi, 10/19/2023
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
Larch (Larix kaempferi), Ochudo Trail, Mount Fuji, Yamanashi, 10/19/2023
Togakushi Trail
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
A buckwheat ball hung from the eaves of a buckwheat noodle restaurant indicating that newly harvested buckwheat is ready to be served.
Togakushi, Nagano, 10/17/2023