Autumn Color Reports 2025

Located at the foot of Mount Asama in Nagano Prefecture, the upmarket resort town of Karuizawa takes just an hour to reach from Tokyo by Hokuriku Shinkansen and so becomes a popular getaway every year during the hot...

Yesterday, the color of the maple leaves at Yamadera Temple were just starting to change. Today, I continued with my autumn color reporting in northeastern Japan, and went to Naruko Gorge about 90 minutes from Sendai....

It has been almost ten days since Cassie reported from Nikko, where the fall foliage were at their peak colors, and over a month since the start of our autumn color coverage. Up until now, we have only visited places...

Following on with our 2025 autumn reports, today I was happy to visit my favorite autumn spot, Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture!Although I visited at almost the exact same date as Charly did last year, the state seems...

Continuing with our autumn color reports, I visited Oze National Park today. The national park, which extends into four prefectures: Gunma, Tochigi, Fukushima and Niigata, is a popular hiking destination. Come fall,...

About a week ago, Schauwecker did our first 2025 autumn color report from Daisetsuzan in Hokkaido. Today, I made my way to Murodo, the tallest point along the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route and also one of the first few...

Welcome to the 2025 autumn color reporting on japan-guide.com! As usual we start reporting from Hokkaido’s Daisetsuzan National Park, the first place in Japan to see autumn colors.Today I visited the area around...