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This autumn’s Japan Enchantment was certainly one that provided my group with natural enchantment. As a Tour Leader, I am often barking instructions, explanations, giving meeting times and imparting the nitty-gritty in order to get the job done. However, I do still get the opportunity to step back and acknowledge life’s sublime moments, even at work. Haiku and photos should more than capture those moments, so here goes – an Autumn tour of Japan…
Day 1 Tokyo
The Tangerine Dawn
Punctured by Tokyo’s Needle
Promise of color
Day 2 Nikko
Clouds settle and rest
As dying flames lick rockface
Autumn Zen Landscapes
Day 3 Nikko
Majestic Kegon
Her Hair of Silken Water
Nikko’s Hyrdro Queen
Day 4 Karuizawa
Reflective Maples
Tearful ripples sketch the pond
Soon to fade away
Day 5 Karuizawa
Wet Ancient Timepiece
Witness to history’s course
Records nature’s death
Day 6 Nagano
The elderly Man
Life patterns scarred on calm face
We have felt his pain
Day 7 Kanazawa
Beady eyed heron
Focus fixed in driving rain
Meal time swims closeby
Day 8 Kanazawa
Lacquered Storehouse woos
Simplicity wrapped in gold
Nature Holds its own
Day 9 Kyoto
Entrancing beauty
An autumn bird in full flight
The Maiko holds Court
Day 10 Kyoto
The mountain beckons
Spirituality rays
Zen in the morning
Day 11 Kyoto
Rain meets old bamboo
Sepia Kaleidoscope
A trick of nature
Day 12 Hakone
She teases keen eyes
Her leafy veil drip-blood red
Mt Fuji on fire
Day 13 Hakone
Sculpture meets nature
Spiritual awakening
Saturates the mind