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Famous spots for autumn leaves in Mie Prefecture
Famous spots for autumn leaves in Mie Prefecture

🍁The fallen leaves look great! Introducing famous spots for viewing autumn leaves with beautiful carpets of fallen leaves 🍂

掲載日:2023.12.01

The ``carpet of fallen leaves'' can only be enjoyed at the end of the season, with bright red maples and golden ginkgo trees. The autumn leaves remaining on the trees and the delicately colored fallen leaves spreading all over the place are a spectacular view that can only be seen at this time of the year.

In this topic, we will introduce some famous autumn foliage spots in Mie Prefecture where you can enjoy a spectacular carpet of fallen leaves.

Leaves fluttering down and a carpet of fallen leaves at your feet. Enjoy the ending season to the fullest!

*Includes photos taken before last year.



The final decoration of the autumn foliage season is a ``carpet of fallen leaves that shines brightly.''

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Tsukuda Shrine

Tsukuda Shrine (NabariCity)

Address: 2162 Natsumi, NabariCity
Highlight: Fallen ginkgo leaves covering the approach to the shrine

The large ginkgo and autumn leaves approach to Shakuda Shrine in NabariCity usually reaches its peak from late November to early December, when the fallen ginkgo leaves cover the area like a yellow carpet. Its beauty has gradually spread through word of mouth, and in recent years it has become a popular spot for couples and families with children!

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A large ginkgo tree at the former Hobara Elementary School (MinamiiseTown)

Address: 1005 Iseji, MinamiiseTown Watarai-gun
Highlight: Ginkgo biloba and fallen leaves carpet illuminated

The large ginkgo tree of the former Hobara Elementary School towers over the schoolyard of a closed school MinamiiseTown. This ginkgo tree is estimated to be about 400 years old, and boasts a tree that is much taller than the three-story school building, and you can't capture the entire view with a camera!
It is illuminated until the leaves finish falling, so you can enjoy the ginkgo carpet even at night.

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Enkoji Temple (TsuCity)

Address: 2861 Ueno, kawage-cho TsuCity
Highlights:Weeping autumn leaves and deep red fallen leaves

Enkoji Temple, located about 300m from Honjoyama Youth Park, is a quiet and atmospheric mountain temple. Surrounded by old trees, it has a solemn atmosphere. When the ``weeping autumn leaves'', where the branches grow downward, come to an end, a carpet of autumn leaves spreads out at your feet.

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Kawachi's large ginkgo tree

Large ginkgo tree in Kawachi (MinamiiseTown)

Address: 490 Kawachi, MinamiiseTown-cho, Watarai-gun
Highlights: Large ginkgo tree and fallen leaves in the garden

A large ginkgo tree stands on the site of a nursery school in Kawachi MinamiiseTown. The best time to see them is usually from late November to early December, after which a carpet of yellow fallen leaves spreads across the garden.
There is an old wooden building right next to the ginkgo trees, and on sunny days the sunlight shining through the ginkgo trees creates a very magical space.

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Song Ying Temple

Songying Temple (KameyamaCity)

Address: 4-8 Minaminocho, KameyamaCity
Highlight: Fallen ginkgo leaves at a temple known only to those in the know

Located about 300m northwest of JR Kameyama Station, this ginkgo tree is said to be over 600 years old and is one of the largest ginkgo trees in the prefecture. You can enjoy it together with the maple leaves next to the ginkgo trees. After the autumn leaves, the leaves that gradually begin to fall will spread out under your feet, making for a great photo opportunity!

Images from Mie Tourism Editorial Department

Tourism Mie Editorial Department

Autumn leaves and ginkgo leaves are still beautiful even after they fall. Why not take a picture-perfect photo while stepping on the carpet of fallen leaves, each with a slightly different hue?

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