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Schauwecker's Japan Travel Blog by Stefan Schauwecker, webmaster of japan-guide.com This blog is intended to record some of my travel activities in Japan. previous post index next post 2009/11/18 - Autumn Color Report: Tokyo Tokyo may not be known as an autumn color destination like Kyoto, but the city does offer quite a few nice spots for fall foliage in its parks and gardens. Today we went to check out three of them. We started the day at the Former Furukawa Garden (Kyu-Furukawa Teien), which combines a Western style building with a rose garden and a traditional Japanese landscape garden. Some trees there were already quite colorful, but the majority of maple trees have only just started to turn colors. Traditional Japanese garden at the Kyu-Furukawa Teien Only a 15 minute walk away is Rikugien, one of the most beautiful of Tokyo's many traditional Japanese landscape gardens that have their origin as a former feudal lord's residence. The trees at Rikugien have only just started to change colors and are unlikely to peak for at least another week. From November 27 to December 13, the garden will be illuminated from sunset until 9pm. Rikugien Tokyo's official tree is the ginkgo tree, known as icho in Japanese. Its leaf, which is also used as the symbol of Tokyo, turns a brilliant gold in autumn. The most famous of the many ginkgo lined streets in Tokyo is the Icho-namiki or "Ginkgo Avenue" in Meiji-jingu Gaien, a park with various sports facilities dating from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The trees along the street have started turning yellow, but still retain a greenish tint. They should peak towards the end of the month. Ginkgo trees along Icho-namiki in Meiji-jingu Gaien Ginkgo trees along Icho-namiki in Meiji-jingu Gaien previous post index next post List of Posts: 2012/05/11 - Sneak Peek from Tokyo Skytree 2012/05/09 - Rainy visit to the Ise Shrines 2012/04/28 - Cherry Blossom Report: Aizu 2012/04/28 - Cherry Blossom Report: Takizakura 2012/04/17 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2012/04/16 - Cherry Blossom Report: Yoshino 2012/04/15 - Cherry Blossom Report: Tottori 2012/04/14 - Cherry Blossom Report: Osaka 2012/04/14 - Cherry Blossom Report: Himeji 2012/04/06 - Cherry Blossom Report: Nagoya 2012/04/01 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2012/03/31 - Cherry Blossom Report: Tokyo 2012/03/15 - Tokyo Plum Blossom Report 2012/03/15 - Cherry Blossom Report: Tokyo 2012/02/28 - Kumano half a year after Typhoon #12 2011/12/31 - Travel Highlights 2011 2011/12/13 - Autumn Color Report: Tokyo 2011/12/02 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto 2011/12/01 - Autumn Color Report: Nara 2011/11/30 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto 2011/11/27 - 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