Autumn at Kyu-Furukawa

The roses were not the only colorful thing at Kyu-Furukawa. 

Because the trees in the Japanese garden were in full autumn color. 

Unlike the rose garden, the Japanese garden had many people enjoying the colorful leaves. Sometimes it was difficult to get photos because of that. Other times, they added nicely to the images. 

The scenery surrounding the Japanese tea house was splendid. Sadly it was closed. It would have been wonderful to sit and sip tea there while admiring the colorful trees. 

Even the waterfall had to take a backseat to the trees. 

It was a lovely day with mostly blue sky and not too cold. I was really glad I decided to revisit Kyu-Furukawa. With this weather, the gardens were beautiful and walking through them was wonderful.

Roses in December

If you have read my blog posts about Japan before, you might know that the path from Hiratsuka-jinja leads to here. Kyu-Furukawa and it's grand house and gardens.

I've been here before and wasn't planning to visit on my trip but then I read that their roses were still blooming. In December.

So of course I wanted to visit their rose garden once again. While there were less roses, there were also less people in the rose garden.

With the beautiful blue sky, it made for lovely photo opportunities.

And just beyond the roses was the color of autumn in Japan. Which I will get to in my next post. But for now I am skipping ahead to the end of my visit here.

Because once again I wanted to treat myself to something nice. And seeing a bit of the inside of this lovely place is very nice.

I was amused that they offered me the same table I sat at the first time I had tea at Kyu-Furukawa. It is a very nice place to sit and relax.

With beautiful views of the garden. I imagine it must have been very comforting to live here and look out at all that greenery and smell the scent of roses in bloom.

This time I was lucky, they had cake. Orange cake with Darjeeling tea. I would have liked Earl Grey tea with this cake but they didn't have it. Still, it was a lovely moment which I very much enjoyed.

Those Trees

Thankfully the weather was beautiful following that tumultuous rainy day. I decided to revisit a place I had not planned on going to again. Because something was happening there. So I said hello again to the Seven Lucky Gods at Kuro Nakazato Shrine.

And I thanked them for the beautiful weather and these glorious trees. 

I'm glad these photos turned out decently to share a bit of the wonderful autumn colors. 

Which I found with my favorite pair of komainu at Hiratsuka-jinja Shrine.

Since I've posted information about Hiratsuka-jinja before, I will just share photos of a few details and these trees.