Deepening autumn scenery contrasts with the volcanic mists of Mt. Esan in Hakodate City, Hokkaido. Near the center of the peak, 618 meters above sea level, a forest of redvein enkianthus shrubs ...

This Japanese confectioner Senshūan Sōhonke in the foothills of Mount Hakodate is a venerable establishment ... the shop’s name includes the character for autumn (秋). In 1930, Senshūan ...

Year round, Mt Hakodate’s Kokia Park in Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, offers wonderful views of Lake Biwa, Japan’s largest freshwater lake, from an elevation of 680 meters. Now, in the autumn, that ...

Autumn is the time when people in Japan enjoy ... so the blowfish aren't coming in toward the shore," he says. Kelp farmers in Hakodate City in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido are worried ...