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Time over - dear autumn colors. See you again next year.  The last few days for the brilliant red. Especially beautiful if combined with a blue sky. These photos were taken in the park of the (closed) Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art.

Finally! The red is here. Not yet in every corner of the museum park - but this will happen soon. The autumn colors only come out when the temperature drops. And the temperature dropped a lot in the last few days. YES. Well done You too, well done. No, no, no, you need to show more efforts!

  Gotham City ? Relax - it is Narita City.

Soon after the heavy rains of an autumn typhoon, i t becomes the season of the red higanbana (彼岸花,  red spider lily, Lycoris radiata )  Caution: All parts of the plant, from the flower to the stem to the root, contain toxic alkaloids, with the bulbs being especially abundant in these compounds. Ingestion can cause symptoms like nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and convulsions, and in severe cases, even death. This toxicity is why higanbana has traditionally been planted around rice fields to deter pests like mice and moles, and also in cemeteries to prevent animals from disturbing graves. Other colors: Lycoris aurea (Golden Spider Lily) are known for their bright yellow to golden-orange flowers Lycoris albiflora (White Spider Lily) Lycoris squamigera (Resurrection Lily or Naked Lady) pink Lycoris incarnata (Peppermint Spider Lily) pink Lycoris sanguinea is an orange spider lily Lycoris sprengeri is sometimes referred to as the "electric blue spider lily" because its pink flo...

 It all starts with the cherry trees. They are the front runners.

  The sky was burning this evening. I never saw so many people taking pictures of the sky.

Autumn is coming with its beautiful colors. I have seen the first red leaf. You can see it? Just in front of your nose. If you still can't see it, check out the next picture.

It is time for the rainy season - and beautiful hydrangeas are popping up everywhere in Japan. These beauties live in the park of the Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art in Sakura, Chiba.

Rainy season doesn't mean it rains 24/24. Sometimes the sun replaces the clouds for a while and creates some beautiful spots. The forest walk of the Kawamura Memorial Museum in Sakura, Chiba starts here.

Is this the place where worms are hatching?

Lady Banks would be happy to see this 20-year-old bush  of yellow fire. Lady Banks Rose

  Simply beautiful.

The azaleas of the Central Research Center of the chemical company DIC in Sakura, Chiba, Japan are in full bloom at the moment. The area could be accessed from the Kawamura museum.  Update: From 2026, it is uncertain if people can visit as the museum has been closed.

 The season of snow in Kanto is in March/April. Soon, it is over. The snow season has already started.

  The weeping cherries were in full bloom today. They looked much healthier than last year.  Unfortunately, no blue skies today.  Fortunately, I could take photos without visitors to the garden. They always need to take selfies with the trees as if they would improve with their ... faces.