Autumn is the peak of Japanese tourism when all regions from north to south of the country take turns wearing the red and yellow color of maple trees, big fruit... From Hokkaido in late October to Kyushu in mid-December, the colorful picture of the Japanese autumn makes everyone want to carry their suitcase immediately.
The heat of summer is still threshold, so this year's red and yellow leaf season in Japan is more likely to come later than previous years.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMC) has just released a map predicting the yellow and red leaf season this year. The map has two separate sections detailing the forecast for red maple leaves and yellow fan cheap leaves.
The updated red leaf map on October 2 shows that JMC predicts the Hokkaido red leaf season as the locality that welcomes the first autumn. Accordingly, the leaves change color the earliest this year when the capital Sapporo has bright red maple leaves from around November 9 (half a month later than before). The best time to see red leaves in Nagano is November 24 and in Kanazawa is December 1.
The red leaf season in the capital Tokyo begins on December 1. Similar to Osaka, maple leaves here turn red until early December. The further south, the later it is to see the red leaves like Fukuoka on Kyushu Island on December 9 and Kagoshima on December 13.
Fennel or ngan hang is a type of plant that is covered in yellow every time autumn comes in Japan. Like the red leaf season, JMC predicts that this year's yellow leaf season will also start as early as in Sapporo, Hokkaido on November 7.
In Tokyo, fan-less trees will turn brilliantly colored around November 27. Osaka and Kyoto are on November 24 and 28, respectively.
Southern Japan with Fukuoka and Kagoshima, the time to see yellow leaves is from November 28 and 29.
