I was told we were about two weeks too early to see the maple leaves changing colour in Mount Koya. Here's a shot of some changing sooner rather than later. Hope you like it.
"I never looked for it, gave it no name; yet I knew it always, when the gift of peace came. I stood quite still for the moment that it lasted...Then the light shifted slightly and the moment passed, leaving me...with the lasting echo of its presence.." Diana Gabaldon