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Japan: Autumn Foliage Blooms Across Country After Scorching Summer

After an exceptionally hot summer, Japan is now entering its long-awaited autumn foliage season. Across the country, mountains and parks are transforming into vivid shades of red, orange, and yellow. The cooler temperatures are drawing locals and tourists alike to scenic spots, marking a colorful and refreshing shift from the intense summer heat.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

Photo taken March 27, 2025, shows a "snow corridor" created every spring to reopen an eight-kilometer section of Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, after its wintertime closure.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

Photo taken March 27, 2025, shows a "snow corridor" created every spring to reopen an eight-kilometer section of Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, after its wintertime closure.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

Photo taken March 27, 2025, shows a "snow corridor" created every spring to reopen an eight-kilometer section of Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, after its wintertime closure.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

The Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a "snow corridor" connecting the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, reopens on March 28, 2024, after closing during winter, ushering in spring. Driving on the eight-kilometer road, which has a snow wall of up to 7 meters high, will be permitted from April 1.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

The Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a "snow corridor" connecting the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, reopens on March 28, 2024, after closing during winter, ushering in spring. Driving on the eight-kilometer road, which has a snow wall of up to 7 meters high, will be permitted from April 1.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

The Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, known as a "snow corridor" connecting the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, reopens after wintertime closure on March 29, 2023, ushering in spring. Driving the eight-kilometer road with a snow wall up to 6.5 meters high will be permitted from April 1.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

Photo taken March 29, 2023, shows a "snow corridor," or walls of snow created every spring to reopen the eight-kilometer section of the Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, after its wintertime closure.

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Photo of soldiers injured in 1902 Hakkoda incident exhibited

TOKYO, Japan - A photo of Imperial Japanese Army soldiers hospitalized for injuries sustained during training in a blizzard on the Hakkoda Mountains, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 23, 1902, is exhibited in Tokyo on July 3, 2014, along with 63 other photos of the same incident.

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Snow on Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line cleared

AOMORI, Japan - A snowplow clears a path at Kasamatsutoge in Aomori Prefecture, midpoint of the Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line (National Highway Route 103), on March 27, 2014. The route linking the city of Aomori in northeastern Japan and areas around Lake Towada, with walls of snow accumulating as high as 8 meters on its sides, will be reopened to ordinary traffic from April 1 after being closed for winter.

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Japan honors Aussie avalanche heroes

SYDNEY, Australia - Seven Australians who saved the lives of several Japanese skiers during a tragic avalanche in the Hakkoda mountain range of Aomori Prefecture in February pose for a photo with Japanese Consul General Tsukasa Kawada at his official residence in Sydney on March 26 after being honored with a joint letter of appreciation from the governments of Aomori Prefecture and Aomori City.

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Japan honors Aussie avalanche heroes

SYDNEY, Australia - Jonathan Disher (L), one of seven Australians who saved the lives of several Japanese skiers during a tragic avalanche in the Hakkoda mountain range of Aomori Prefecture in February, is officially honored by Japanese Consul General Tsukasa Kawada at his official residence in Sydney on March 26. Kawada delivered a joint letter of appreciation from the governments of Aomori Prefecture and Aomori City.

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Avalanche kills 2 skiers, injures 7 in Aomori

AOMORI, Japan - A person who was injured in an avalanche near a mountaintop ropeway station on the Hakkoda mountain range in Aomori Prefecture is carried into an ambulance on Feb. 14.

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British group climbs 98 mountains in anti-land mine campaign

AOMORI, Japan - Tom Fearnehough is seen at Mt. Hakkoda in Aomori Prefecture on Dec. 13 after he and two other British men completed a journey during which they had aimed to climb Japan's 100 most famous mountains, but missed two, to raise money and awareness for anti-land mine campaigns in Afghanistan and other war-torn countries. The 10-month effort ended on Dec. 4 when Fearnehough, 26, scaled Mt. Rausu in western Hokkaido. Paul Briffa, 24, and Ben Davies, 23, both sustained injuries and had to give up their quest in the final stages, while bad weather forced Fearnehough to forego climbing the final two mountains.

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Snow removed from road in northeastern Japan

Snow is removed on the Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, on March 29, 2022. The road that has been closed during winter due to accumulated snow will reopen for vehicles on April 1.

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Snow removed from road in northeastern Japan

Snow is removed on the Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, on March 29, 2022. The road that has been closed during winter due to accumulated snow will reopen for vehicles on April 1.

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Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line road in northeastern Japan

Photo taken March 29, 2022, shows the Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada. The road that has been closed during winter due to accumulated snow will reopen for vehicles on April 1.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

Photo taken March 29, 2022, shows a "snow corridor," or walls of snow created every spring to reopen the eight-kilometer section of the Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, after its wintertime closure.

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Japan honors Aussie avalanche heroes

SYDNEY, Australia - Seven Australians who saved the lives of several Japanese skiers during a tragic avalanche in the Hakkoda mountain range of Aomori Prefecture in February pose for a photo with Japanese Consul General Tsukasa Kawada at his official residence in Sydney on March 26 after being honored with a joint letter of appreciation from the governments of Aomori Prefecture and Aomori City. (Kyodo)

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Japan honors Aussie avalanche heroes

SYDNEY, Australia - Jonathan Disher (L), one of seven Australians who saved the lives of several Japanese skiers during a tragic avalanche in the Hakkoda mountain range of Aomori Prefecture in February, is officially honored by Japanese Consul General Tsukasa Kawada at his official residence in Sydney on March 26. Kawada delivered a joint letter of appreciation from the governments of Aomori Prefecture and Aomori City. (Kyodo)

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Avalanche kills 2 skiers, injures 7 in Aomori

AOMORI, Japan - A person who was injured in an avalanche near a mountaintop ropeway station on the Hakkoda mountain range in Aomori Prefecture is carried into an ambulance on Feb. 14. (Kyodo)

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Snow removed from road in northeastern Japan

Photo taken March 27, 2020, shows the Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, after the completion of snow removal work. The road that has been closed partly during winter will reopen for cars on April 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Snow removed from road in northeastern Japan

Photo taken March 27, 2020, shows the Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, after the completion of snow removal work. The road that has been closed partly during winter will reopen for cars on April 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Snow removed from road in northeastern Japan

Snowplows clear snow from the Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, on March 27, 2020. The road that has been closed partly during winter will reopen for cars on April 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mountain ski drill in memory of 1902 disaster

A Ground Self-Defense Force unit conducts an annual skiing drill at the Hakkoda Mountains in Aomori in northeastern Japan on Feb. 14, 2018, to maintain the unit's readiness in an area of heavy snowfall as well as consoling the souls of 199 soldiers killed in a 1902 blizzard. A local unit of the former Imperial Japanese Army had marched in the snow in a drill to prepare for a possible Russian invasion of Aomori, resulting in one of the world's deadliest mountaineering disasters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mountain ski drill in memory of 1902 disaster

A Ground Self-Defense Force unit conducts an annual skiing drill at the Hakkoda Mountains in Aomori in northeastern Japan on Feb. 14, 2018, to maintain the unit's readiness in an area of heavy snowfall as well as consoling the souls of 199 soldiers killed in a 1902 blizzard. A local unit of the former Imperial Japanese Army had marched in the snow in a drill to prepare for a possible Russian invasion of Aomori, resulting in one of the world's deadliest mountaineering disasters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese troops conduct mountain ski drill in memory of 1902 disaster

A Ground Self-Defense Force unit conducts an annual skiing drill at the foot of the Hakkoda Mountains in Aomori in northeastern Japan on Feb. 7, 2017. The drill is aimed at maintaining the unit's readiness in an area of heavy snowfall as well as consoling the souls of 199 soldiers killed in a 1902 blizzard on the mountains. A local unit of the former Imperial Japanese Army conducted a drill to march in snow on the mountains to prepare for a possible Russian invasion of Aomori, resulting in one of the world's deadliest mountaineering disasters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo