Kyoto does not ease you into autumn. One week the hillsides above Arashiyama are a uniform dark green, and the next they are burning — crimson momiji pressing against the grey wood of temple gates, orange canopies spilling over stone lanterns still damp from the morning drizzle. The Japanese call it koyo, the turning of the leaves, and they plan around it with the same … [Read more...] about Kyoto in Autumn: What the City Looks Like When the Maples Turn