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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

Now is a good time to see the autumn colors of summer cypress (Bassia scoparia or Kochia scoparia) plants in Oishi Park in the town of Kawaguchiko in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

Summer cypress, Oishi Park, Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi, 10/11/2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassia_scoparia; https://www.fujioishihanaterasu.com/en/

Cosmos flowers, Oishi Park, Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi, 10/11/2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos_(plant)

Woolly lavender (Lavandula lanata), Oishi Park, Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi, 10/11/2025

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

Black bent (Agrostis gigantea), Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi, 10/11/2025

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

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

Also, please refer to the article on August 19, 2025: Notorious Invasive Alien Plant Species in Yamanashi: https://yamanashietsuo.net/notorious-plant-invasive-alien-species-in-yamanashi/

Red spider lily (Lycoris radiata), Arakawa River, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/08/2025

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

Red morning glory (Ipomoea coccinea), Arakawa River, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/08/2025

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

Littlebell (Ipomoea triloba), Arakawa River, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/08/2025

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

Cobbler’s pegs (Bidens pilosa var. pilosa), Arakawa River, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/08/2025

https://www.nies.go.jp/biodiversity/invasive/DB/detail/80460e.html; https://weeds.brisbane.qld.gov.au/weeds/cobblers-pegs

Common evening-primrose (Oenothera biennis), Arakawa River, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/08/2025

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

Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus), Arakawa River, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/08/2025

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

Yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila), Arakawa River, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/08/2025

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

Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense), Arakawa River, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/08/2025

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

Japanese hop (Humulus japonicus), Arakawa River, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/08/2025

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

Kudzu vine (Pueraria montana var. lobata), Arakawa River, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/08/2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueraria_montana_var._lobata

Japanese jacinth (Barnardia japonica), Arakawa River, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/08/2025

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

Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil), Arakawa River, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/08/2025

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

Common eveningprimrose (Oenothera biennis), Arakawa River, Kofu, Yamanashi, 10/08/2025

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