The best autumn hikes near Tokyo

Autumn is the most popular time for hiking in Japan - and it's easy to see why. The hot summer temperatures have finally cooled down, making for the most comfortable season for hiking, and the multicoloured autumn foliage is always a stunning sight to behold. Somehow I always find it a bit hard to time the autumn leaves - although the autumn season feels quite long, the peak or "best time" to view them always seems to be over before I know it. Even if you are a little late or early, though, there tends to be some autumn foliage to see, as the difference in elevation between the bottom and the peak means the timings for the peak foliage differ quite drastically at different locations along the same mountain. When do the autumn colours peak near Tokyo? Depending on how far you are willing to travel from Tokyo, autumn leaves peak at different times: mid-September to early October: for 3000m elevation mountains like Mt Tate in Toyama/Nagano mid to late October: for the 2000m elevation…

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