I & wife visited to our son and daughter by my own car (Diamante Wgn).
I planed this trip at an opportunity of M-company OB-meeting which was held
at Okazaki in Aichi prefecture.
Son lives in nearby Nagoya city and daughter lives in surburbs of Tokyo, then
we made up our mind to visit Nagoya and Tokyo by Diamante Wgn.
Why could it be a car? Because, daughter asked us to send winter goods (swea-
ters, coats and brancket etc) and some of foods. Then, we used a car.
Last time, in this April, we made round trip from my hometown to Tokyo direct-
ly. However, we stop over at Nagoya, my son's accomodation at this time when
going and returnning.
At this opportunity, we visited a few historical places. One is the place of the
Father of Shogun Tokugawa family (the last Samurai era), it's called "Matsudai
ra-go Villedge. There is a small villedge being surrounded the mountains in the
east of 10km away from the central part of Toyota city.
The other is one of the old-fighting-remains (Kosenjo in Japanese) at where
Hideyoshi Toyotomi had fought with Ieyasu Tokugawa at the end of 16 century.
It is called "Nagakute no Kassen". Ieyasu Tokugawa won this fight.
I herein introduce the pictures of colored trees of these places as a repre-
sentative scene of autumn in Japan. I could still see natures of being covered
with many dark greens though some of trees have turned the color into yellow,
orange and red when I visited.
However, it is also fantastic that the yellow and orange and red stand out
against the background of the dark greens!
Generally, in this time, alomost of deciduous trees fall the leaves down or turn
the color.
1. Matsudaira-go villedge
There are a statue of the Father of Tokugawa family at the entrnacre and
a shrine of Matsudaira Toshogu and a temple of Kogetsuin.
(1) Statue of Matsudaira Tarozaemon Chikauji : Father of Tokugawa family
(2) Shrine of Matsudaira Toshogu
(3) Approach to Temple of Kogetsuin
(4) Guide-Stone of Kogetsuin
(5) Kogetsuin : Enshrine Matsudaira family
(6) Graves of Matsudaira Tarozaemon Chikauji
(7) Colored leaves on a small bridge
(8) Gradation of colored leaves from green to red (Maple tree)
(9) Contrast of the dark green and colored leaves
(10) "Atte~~~ntion !" Beautiful carps line-up in the pond
in front of Matsudaira Toshogu.
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(10) 2. Nagakute old fighting remain
This is one of the famous historical fighting-remains which is located at a
suburbs of Nagoya city. There are two memorial monuments of which Samurai
generals had been killed in this battle.
(1) Stone monument of "Nagakute Fighting-Remain"
(3) Small grove : Lots of acorns and leaves covered the ground.
of Hideyoshi Toyotomi and had been killed in the battle at this place.
at a place of the fighting remains in Japan.
who had also been a retainer of Hideyoshi Toyotomi and had been killed
in the battle at this place.
(8) Tree of gingo : The color of leaves turned from green to yellow and
some of them covered on the ground as if yellow carpet.
(9) A lady who is looking for something
(10) Maple leaves have turned the color into red
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(10)Thank you very much for reading my mini memory........... Arigato gozaimasu dan
Terima kasioh.
