{"id":2604,"date":"2017-10-15T07:16:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T22:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/koyo_fall_leaves_japan\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T02:35:13","slug":"koyo_fall_leaves_japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/koyo_fall_leaves_japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Koyo, or Fall Colors in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-851\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-851 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/japaninfoswap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/126.jpg\" alt=\"Korankei Gorge Fall Colors\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Korankei Gorge near Toyota City, Aichi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Viewing the changing colors of fall leaves\u00a0or foliage,\u00a0called <em>koyo<\/em>\u00a0in Japanese,\u00a0is autumn&#8217;s answer to spring&#8217;s more\u00a0famous cherry blossom\u00a0viewing; a traditional opportunity to get outdoors to live in the moment of the season and reflect on the impermanence of it all. Appreciation of\u00a0the beauty of the changing seasons has been a Japanese characteristic since\u00a0ancient times, and\u00a0is even\u00a0referenced in the novel &#8220;The Tale of the Genji;&#8221;\u00a0 one of the world&#8217;s first novels, written during the\u00a0Heian Period (794 to 1185).<\/p>\n<p>Starting in mid September the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyuhoshi.com\/japan-autumn-foliage-forecast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">koyo front<\/a>&#8221; slowly moves its bands of color south from Hokkaido to central and southern Japan and the end of November where it turns to winter, and many families will head to local parks, or to the mountains and countryside to enjoy the cooling temperatures and spectacular views of changing leaves.<\/p>\n<p>While some people celebrate the leaves much like they do the flower petals of spring, by spreading out a blanket beneath them for feasting and much drinking, it is more common for koyo to be celebrated by taking a short hike or walk through the mountains, or often in certain areas of the city, where the trees can be found.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, the trees are further beautified by &#8220;illumination,&#8221; or the use of lights to create an even more beautiful and striking scene. \u00a0Every region and location has its share of scenic spots from which to enjoy the explosion of color fall brings to Japan. \u00a0If you are interested in getting out and experiencing this quintessential Japanese tradition we \u00a0have collected some options for you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/japaninfoswap.com\/fall-foliage-in-central-tokyo\/\">Koyo, or Fall Colors in Central Tokyo<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/japaninfoswap.com\/fall-colors-in-nagoya-koyo\/\">Koyo, or Fall Colors in\u00a0Nagoya<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/japaninfoswap.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=33664&amp;action=edit\" aria-label=\"\u201cKoyo, or Fall Colors in Kobe\u201d (Edit)\">Koyo, or Fall Colors in Kobe<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/japaninfoswap.com\/koyo-fall-colors-hiroshima\/\">Koyo, or Fall Colors in Hiroshima<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[spacer height=&#8221;1px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Image:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/elena-v-kuzmina.blogspot.jp\/2011\/11\/korankei-in-asuke.html\">Korankei in Asuke<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/elena-v-kuzmina.blogspot.jp\/\">LENKA LESOLEIL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Viewing the changing colors of fall leaves\u00a0or foliage,\u00a0called koyo\u00a0in Japanese,\u00a0is autumn&#8217;s answe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,63,82],"tags":[151,239,240,92,96],"class_list":["post-2604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-festivals","category-outdoors","category-travel","tag-december","tag-fall","tag-fall-colors","tag-november","tag-october"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50876,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604\/revisions\/50876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}