Autumn Ignites

Autumn is by far the best season in Japan. Each day is full of sunshine and bright blue skies. The trees bust into an explosion of color. Although it starts to get cool, it can stay nice until well into December,giving the trees a chance to exhibit their firey brilliance. Here is one photo from last week when we fisited the Daibutsu (giant bronze Buddha statue) and the accompanying garden in Kamakura. Walking through the dark afternoon shadows, this tree appeared like the light at the end of a dark tunnel as we turned the corner and it greeted us with it's yellowy fire.