Back to School in Kansai
Dressed in light summer uniforms, Japanese students are heading back to school to see friends. Many are laughing and giggling with the schoolmates as they stand lined on platforms waiting for the train to take them to the place they will spend most of their adolescent years before they begin working full-time. It’s exciting now, but in a few days the enjoyment of going to school will be a watward thought of the past. They won’t enjoy going to school again until their next...
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People are gearing up for momiji season this year. It’s the HOT topic around Japan! Pamplets designed to inform people on momiji viewing places are being handed at stations, in neighborhoods and just about anywhere people gather. Anyone who wants to see the beautiful red, yellow and orange Japanese maple leaves before they fall off the trees can pick one or more of them up for free anytime before the trees change colors. [ad#adsense2] In previous articles, I shared places most commonly...
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Momiji Viewing Areas in Kansai
In April, Japanese cherry blossoms bring in spring, while the Japanese momiji, known as the Japanese maple, announces autumn has come. If you are traveling in Japan, make sure you come in autumn at least once in your lifetime to see the Japanese maples in their vibrant yellows, oranges and reds. The best known areas to view maple trees are at shrines, temples and gardens. But Japanese maple trees are so abundant, you can just about see them anywhere you go. They are strewn along mountainsides...
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