Popular Post Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 20, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2014 With a lot of budding amateur and not-so-amateur photographers on here, perhaps we could have a thread for the autumnal colors as people snap away over the coming weeks. Yesterday was gorgeous in Sapporo so mid morning, me and the Mrs got out n about and walked the 9k's or so down to Makomanai Park in the south of the city, enjoying the autumnal scenes from Maruyama, Asahiyama, Moiwayama and into the park itself, I snapped a few shots with my iPhone as I went…. Makomanai Park Toyohira River It was gorgeous….not a cloud in the sky and since we were out all day, I even managed to pick up a wee bit of sunburn on my baldy bonce!! Sunburn, in October…..in Hokkaido……its no mean feat to achieve!! 3 Link to post Share on other sites
foreversnow 5 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Thanks for sharing TB Great photo's Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Lovely pics TB. Your autumn leaves look much better than this area. A few trees look nice otherwise a lot of them have just gone brown and lost all there leaves. Really not looking promising for nice autumn leaves this year. Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Great pics TB and great resalution for Iphone . :thumbsup: I have to bring my wife over in Autumn - simply stunning. Link to post Share on other sites
kkk 7 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 But wouldnt trees in Yamanashi be at their peak later than those in Hokkaido? Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Nice TB Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 But wouldnt trees in Yamanashi be at their peak later than those in Hokkaido? Later than some parts of Hokkaido yes, but earlier than for example Sapporo. It is not so much the timing and as this is my first full autumn here I dont know the exact timing, although every year varies in all areas anyway. What we are not seeing here are lots of nice colourful trees, just a few. The leaves have simply or are turning brown and dropping off, not really going different colours. I think it has been the lack of sunshine and turning cold too quickly. The higher parts of the mountains are just bare, we had no colour, just went from green to bare. The lower areas have turned, but not looking colourful at all. May be another week or two and we migjt see a bit more colour around the mountains I hope, but I do not think it will be anything special. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 That must be it then! Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Not all trees have colourful leaves in autumn. Some just turn brown and die. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Indeed that is true BM, but really just not looking nice this year. Too much brown and not enough colour. Another week or two will make a difference, but still not looking good this year. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 The peak hasn't been reached here yet either…….there are still the really bright reds to come Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Here at 350m in southern Niigata, we don't have full on autumn yet. Link to post Share on other sites
ethanbaggett 2 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Beautiful Photos TB! Thanks for sharing! Japan is truly an Epic place! Any kind of season is truly magical! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Especially rainy season and summer! Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Especially rainy season and summer! Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 177 Posted October 21, 2014 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted October 21, 2014 Ethanbagget I have now deleted your "Ski and Snowboard Tour Packages" commercial link at least 10 times - three times just today, and I've had enough of it. Each time you have obviously intentionally added the link manually to the post. If you want to try and sell tours, try it somewhere else. Any further posts you make here will need to be approved. If you continue to do this any more, your account will be locked. Link to post Share on other sites
yoroshiku onegai shimasu 2 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 ethan is perhaps the only person in the world who loves rainy season. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Ok I took a few autumn pics from my area, unfortunately the nice leaves are very patchy this year, so not easy to find any decent trees, but anyway just a few pics, and I will add more if I see anything worth taking pics of. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 Nice Snowdude! Not brown at all Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Yes these ones were nice, but really limited actually. Plenty of brown or half dead looking trees though. When you look at those pics you probably think nah Snowdude is talking shit, but they were all taken in the same spot, because not many nice looking groups of trees this year, well at the moment anyway. So I picked those on purpose for photos. Link to post Share on other sites
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