Autumn leaves and traditional arch bridges. It doesn't get much better than this.

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The colored autumn leaves are called kouyou (紅葉)(KO-YO, with both vowels held double the normal length.) This is actually the same kanji used for the Japanese Maples, momiji, so you will sometimes see momiji being used to refer to the all autumn leaves in general too. I have had many Japanese people explain the different in these two words to me over the years, but often what one Japanese person tells me contradicts what another tells me. Meaning they are just as confused as I am, I suppose. Oh well. Basically you can use and you will hear both words.

I think this goes to show how important the Japanese maples are. They are without a doubt the king of autumn leaves in Japan.

At any rate, it is difficult to compete with the natural beauty of Japan in autumn. The wonderful traditional foot bridge helps complete the scene. I came to this park expecting to see the bridge covered in bright red leaves. Turned out the momiji near the bridge weren't quite ready to turn. Oh well. The green contrasts well with the red and orange in the background from the ones that had already turned, so it ended up ok.

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