Autumn Nikko for Bento?
Little Miss Bento travels to Tochigi's most famous sightseeing spot for culinary inspiration.
Little Miss Bento travels to Tochigi's most famous sightseeing spot for culinary inspiration.
The first place where you find leaves turning color in Japan is Hokkaido's Daisetsuzan National Park.
Although the outer space theme may throw you off, this rice field art was not designed by extraterrestrial beings, but by the residents of Gyoda City in Saitama Prefecture.
At Hitachi Seaside Park in Ibaraki, the poofy pink kochia plants of Kochia Hill—all 36,000 of them—look like something from a Dr. Seuss dreamscape in any season.
Late in November, take a trip to the Boso Peninsula in Chiba to enjoy the spectacular colors of Japanese maples and ginkgo trees in an array of vibrant reds and yellows.
Japan's autumnal color change begins up in Hokkaido, so you need to explore the area early if you want to catch the season's best.
There are various walking paths and even a train that goes through the 100-meter-deep (328 ft) gorge, which is covered this with stunning oranges and golds when the temperature begins to drop.
Gifu Prefecture is full of mountains, which means lots of trees—and especially beautiful Japanese maples!