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Fall Leaves |
| Maples, cherries, larches, and even cryptomeria parade their colours
in November. |
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Cherries |
| In the Spring, mountain cherries, weeping cherries, and several other
species of blooming cherry tree adorn the ancient shrines and temples along
this route. |
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Sunset at Omiwa Shrine |
| The twisted straw rope is a symbol of purity. |
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Cosmos |
| In the Fall, cosmos flowers run rampant along the borders intersticing
fields, and in fields lain fallow during the season. So plentiful are they,
that they are called the "cherries of Fall". |