As part of our “Alpine” travel to Mount Tateyama in Japan, we took a cable car from Daikanbo (2316m above sea level) to Kurobeko (1455m above sea level) and descended to somewhere near the Kurobeko reservoir.
We have a good stroll around the reservoir until we approached the dam.
There, we stopped briefly. The views around the reservoir was beautiful and I took a particular liking to the trees.
It was almost winter, the only trees that still have leaves remaining have a striking yellowish golden color. They look great against a dark winter background of hills and rocks.
Don’t think they are ginkgo trees but they look stunning. There was a sharp contrast between the color of the leaves to the melancholy background.
Can’t resist photographing them. Filled with awe, I took some far way views with the snow-capped mountain and the colorful trees.
Also took some close-ups of the trees with the reservoir buildings as the background.
So, it was an odyssey to the mountains of Tateyama that one will never forget.
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