This year's crop of Japanese Maple seedlings.

I've done this multiple years in a row now, and have only managed to keep a single maple alive for multiple years in a row, it's still doing well afaik, it hasn't leafed out yet, will find out in a month or so.

I think I'm starting to get the hang of it though...

Rule 1: never let the soil get dry even on the surface, always moist.
Rule 2: no mid-day sun over the summer, it's too hot here. Indirect or filtered sunlight only.

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Maples in Otsu  

After visiting Kinkaku-ji, we took the train to Otsu, at the south end of Lake Biwa, only 10 minutes away. It was cool and grey by that point, and an extremely quiet residential area compared to the packed tourist spots of Kyoto.

2025-11-27

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Maples and buildings at Heirin-ji Temple  

2025-11-24

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Last hues of autumn leaves in early winter at Gion Shirakawa🍁

📍Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto

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👀↪️THE LOOKING BACK AMIDA↩️🤨

Much like Christmas, it always feels as if the autumn colours will never arrive...

...but just like that they're gone and it doesn't feel like there was enough time to enjoy them🥹

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