The autumn breeze gently speaks of its thoughts, as can be seen by Shingo Harano watching the breeze roll up the yellow leaves while waiting for the train on the platform.

As the sound of Didi sounded, the tram slowly approached the platform from far and near.

When you get on the train, it's not as crowded as Tokyo.

Fukuoka is known as the sixth largest city in the island country, but Tokyo is the only city that can be considered a cosmopolitan city.

If nothing else, just because Tokyo accounts for nearly half of the island's GDP!

Kyoto, Yokohama, and Daiban are only second-tier cities in Japan, but Fukuoka is now developing into a tourist city.

In addition, Fukuoka's GDP is now on the verge of falling out of the top 10 from the point where it was still in the top 10, and it has begun to develop tourism and agriculture.

Most of the train was empty, and I don't know if it was because there were few people or because it was too early, but Shingo Harano was already setting off by now.

It doesn't take long to get to Asakura City by train, but it's hard to find the address above.

Even if you know the address, you have navigation, but is it difficult for you to walk? The island country has not yet recommended you to take a few lines and buses, and generally those with this thing are famous locations.

When I got off at the station, I stopped a taxi and reported the location.

The driver also looked suspicious and asked, "Are you sure you want to go to this place?" He looked at the young man sitting next to him, as if he was a little skeptical that the other party would be able to afford the car.

From the city to the countryside, depending on the address at least a dozen kilometers, taking a taxi is not a small expense.

"Yes, I'm sure." Shingo Harano said lightly, and said again, "Please hurry." ”

The driver retracted his gaze and nodded, no longer speaking, anyway, he couldn't afford to pay for the car, he was designated to call the police, the big deal was to let the teenager's parents pay, at least he took a big order.

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Autumn is a harvest season, and at the end of September, when the islanders harvest their grain, Shingo Harano leaned against the car and stared at the ridges of the road that flashed quickly, and he could vaguely see several machines harvesting the golden wheat.

However, it also reminded him of the island country's famous autumn foliage that is not only a cherry blossom, but also a different color but a landscape of its own.

Maple leaves are completely different from cherry blossoms, and they also have a different flavor, and the island country even has a so-called "red leaf line" here.

The "autumn leaf line" is the transition from north to south, and the leaves turn red first in cold places. From the beginning of October, the northernmost part of Hokkaido is already in the autumn foliage season, followed by Aomori and Akita in the Tohoku, Gifu and Tokyo in the central and Kanto regions, Osaka in Kansai, Kagawa in Shikoku, Okayama, Shimane and Yamaguchi in China, and finally Fukuoka and Kumamoto in Kyushu. The autumn foliage season lasts for about two months until mid-December.

The colorful forests of Arashiyama in Kyoto are a sight to behold, and in the island country, there are many other species that change color in autumn, such as ginkgo biloba and white birch, so the "autumn foliage season" is not the same as the "maple season". Different tree species make the mountains appear in a variety of colors, red, orange, golden, and more beautiful.

It is in order to find this beautiful scenery that the people of the island country deliberately go to the mountains and forests to enjoy the red leaves, which is called "red leaf hunting". From the princes and nobles to the common people, they enjoyed it, so a variety of celebrations were born in response to the season.

The Yongmei Temple we often go to has a history of more than 600 years, and the courtyard landscape of the Yongmei Temple is also very good, and it is also a famous place for local maple viewing in Tsuwano since ancient times.

The islanders call autumn the "autumn of harvest". Freshly harvested rice, freshly caught fatty saury, freshly picked matsutake mushrooms, and seasonal ingredients such as persimmons, chestnuts, sweet potatoes, and ginkgo biloba create a unique flavor that can only be found in autumn. The weather is cool, and it is the season for foodies to forage for food, so autumn is also called "autumn of appetite".

Originating in the Kansai region more than 1,000 years ago, maple tempura looks just like any other tempura, but the way it is made is very different. First of all, you need to put the carefully selected maple leaves in a salt shaker to marinate for a year, and then soak the pickled leaves into a batter made of flour, sesame seeds and sugar, and fry them in the pot until they are golden and crispy.

Maple leaf tempura has a sweet but not greasy taste, and the golden skin reveals the red color of the maple leaf itself, which is very crisp and attractive.

Persimmons are hung in a row on the bamboo poles, and the dried persimmons are sweet and delicious, and they are also a must-eat food in autumn.

Persimmon cakes represent good luck and longevity, so they are often used as an ornament for rice cakes during the Japanese New Year, and they are also a good thing to entertain relatives and friends. Japanese persimmons are hung and dried naturally, and the varieties of persimmons used are different from those in China, so the shape is vertical and olive-shaped, which is different from the flat round shape we usually see in Japan.

You can eat this persimmon cake in a tea ceremony class at Fukuda Flower Art, and it feels slightly sweet and greasy when eaten empty, but as a refreshment, it goes well with the slightly bitter taste of matcha.

Autumn is the season of new rice harvest and also the season of chestnut harvest, so the chestnut rice they combine will appear on the table of many families. Okayama, known as the "Land of Sunny Days", is a transit point for our interval tours. In addition to the abundance of white peaches and grapes, this Shinkansen bento box is also a small hit on the Internet because of the chestnut rice served in a chestnut-shaped wooden box.

Speaking of chestnuts, there are also many chestnut trees in the mountains of Tsuwano. There is a soba noodle shop in the town, which not only sells delicious soba noodles and rice balls, but also sells a variety of chestnut desserts made by the owner's grandparents, such as chestnut yokan, chestnuts and fruits.

Is there any misunderstanding about "Koharuhikawa"?

Forty percent of the people of the island country will use the wrong word - Koharuhi and. Literally, "Koharuhyowa" is supposed to describe a sunny day in early spring, when spring returns to the earth, the winter snow gradually melts, and the cherry blossoms may soon bloom, but in fact it is a seasonal phrase for late autumn.

The seasonal phrase for a sunny day in spring is "spring day", and why does the time completely change after adding the word "small"? Because "Xiaochun" is another name for the tenth month of the lunar calendar, it is the period from November to early December of the solar calendar.

It was late autumn to early winter, the weather was sunny but the temperature was slightly cool, and the temperature difference between day and night was very large, and it may have begun to snow in the mountains.

However, this is a plain area, so you don't have to worry about the snow coming down early.

The car had been running for half an hour, and Shingo Harano glanced at the navigation on his phone, as the target location got closer and closer.