SEPTEMBER 2015: FOUR Pages This Month FEATURING Our 3rd Annual Trip to Katsunuma Budoukyo for Grape Tasting and Buying * A Mt. Akita-Komagatake Autumn Color Adventure * Hydrangea paniculata * Sanguisorba albiflora * Angelica ursina * Aconitum japonicum ssp. subcuneatum - Monkshood * Annotated Photos Showing Local Mountain Names * Mt. Katakuradake * Amazing Autumn Colors * Schizocodon soldanelloides f. alpinus * Tazawako (Tazawa Lake) * Mt. Onamedake * Geum calthifolium var. nipponicum * Mt. Odake * Amidaike (= Amida Pond) and Hut * Mt. Kotake With Autumn Colors * Mt. Medake with Smoke * Moomin Valley and a Moomin * Gentiana triflora var. montana * Geum pentapetalum * Some Beautiful Panoramic Images * A Mouseover Image Showing Rapid Shadows and Lighting Changes * Komaike (ike = pond) * Katagari Pond * Dicentra peregrina * Several Zoomed-In Shots Showing Amazing Autumn Colors * Viola crassa * Cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) and Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum var. japonicum) * Mt. Yokodake * Mt. Yakemori * Mt. Nyutou (= Mt. Eboshidake) * An Amazingly Red Sunrise * Clouds or Fog on the Mountain * Climbing Mt. Sasamori * Climbing Mt. Yumori * An Annotated Map Showing Mountain Names * Yadoiwa (= Yado Rock) * A LONG Climb of Mt. Zarumori * More Amazing Scenery and Autumn Colors * Climbing Mt. Nyutou (= Mt. Eboshidake) * A Type of Edelweiss - Leontopodium japonicum var. shiroumense * Mt. Nyutou Summit * Tashirotai Hut * More     (Click on the Photo or on this text to go directly to the September photos)