Fall foliage in Kyoto: Ginkgo glowing in golden yellow.



Here are some photos I took this autumn.



#fallcolors #ginkgo #trees #autumn #fallfoliage #landscape #kyoto #japan

Fall foliage in Kyoto: Ginkgo glowing in golden yellow.



Here are some photos I took this autumn.



#fallcolors #ginkgo #trees #autumn #fallfoliage #landscape #kyoto #japan

Ekoji Temple rests quietly in Kyoto’s Nishijin district, nestled within Kamigyo Ward.



In its grounds rises a majestic ginkgo tree, more than four centuries old.

Each year, from mid-November to early December, its leaves burn with a radiant golden glow, illuminating the temple with the light of autumn.



#photography #ginkgo #tree #japan #kyoto #autumn

Ekoji Temple rests quietly in Kyoto’s Nishijin district, nestled within Kamigyo Ward.



In its grounds rises a majestic ginkgo tree, more than four centuries old.

Each year, from mid-November to early December, its leaves burn with a radiant golden glow, illuminating the temple with the light of autumn.



#photography #ginkgo #tree #japan #kyoto #autumn

🦕🦖GINKGO🌿🍂

“The ginkgo tree is from the era of dinosaurs, but while the dinosaur has been extinguished, the modern ginkgo has not changed.
After the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the ginkgo was the first tree that came up. It’s amazing.”

-Nakanishi Kōji (中西香爾 1925-2019).
#ginkgo #イチョウ #銀杏

In the past women considered the tree symbol of fertility and breast-feeding as aerial-roots that developed in older ginkgo were known as 'chichi' (乳 - breasts).

These unique structures grow down to the ground to form roots or up to sprout leaves.
#ginkgo #godoffertility

Ginkgo (銀杏 'ichō') are rather amazing trees.
They are surprisingly resilient to insects, disease, air pollution, fire and even radiation: a tree 1.1km from the epicentre of the atomic blast in Hiroshima in 1945 shocked scientists by recovering without any deformations.
#Kyoto #ginkgo

🦕🦖GINKGO🌿🍂

“The ginkgo tree is from the era of dinosaurs, but while the dinosaur has been extinguished, the modern ginkgo has not changed.
After the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the ginkgo was the first tree that came up. It’s amazing.”

-Nakanishi Kōji (中西香爾 1925-2019).
#ginkgo #イチョウ #銀杏