Author: vc-dev

Upon climbing the steep slope, I was greeted by the sight of scarlet Sorbus matsumurana leaves around the point where the incline decreases. Then, coming into the marshland dotted with ponds,
I found the contrast created by the yellowish brown marshland and the blue sky reflected on the water to be most beautiful. It was a scene that can only be enjoyed this time of year.
Photos: Upper woodland on the Numanohara trail (left) and Numanohara Marshland (right) Sep. 3

The Onuma campsite continues to be flooded and there are no places to pitch a tent. Climbers
who will enter the mountains with the intention of camping should be aware of this.
Climbing a short distance up the steep slope from the Goshiki watering place and looking back will
reveal a scene dotted with scarlet Sorbus matsumurana leaves.
Photos: Flooded Onuma (left) and a view down into the Numanohara Marshland (right) Sep. 3

The fall foliage has generally spread throughout the upper to lower areas of Daisan Sekkei.
However, there is considerable variation from place to place, as a relatively large number of leaves of the Sorbus matsumurana and other trees along the trail where the snow melted slowly remain green.
Photos: Views of Daisan Sekkei, Mt. Aka Sep. 2

In the five days since my last report there, the leaves at Daiichi Kaen have changed considerably.
Looking up from the forest road, I could see a broad expanse of leaves that were so deeply colored I thought the best season must have arrived. However, when I climbed up to the middle area, I found that the coloring there has not progressed to the same degree as below.
Nonetheless, more and more leaves are turning, and it appears we will enter the full-scale fall foliage season earlier than usual.
Photos: Sorbus matsumurana in the middle area of Daiichi Kaen, Mt. Aka Sep. 2

Coloring Sorbus commixta leaves are spreading throughout the area around the Mt. Hakuun hut.
Although many brown and withering Sorbus matsumurana leaves are normally seen around this time of year, this year they continue to look like they will change beautifully.
Photo: The Mt. Hakuun hut and Mt. Tomuraushi Sep. 2