Autumn in Japan

The red dragonfly (left) and bands of clouds known as urokogumo are common sights in autumn. (© Pixta) 

The colors of autumn. (© Pixta) 

Children playing tamaire at a sports day event. (© Pixta) 

Artist Kusama Yayoi’s autumnal Red Pumpkin can be seen at the port of Miyanoura on the island of Naoshima off Shikoku. (Photo by Aochi Daisuke; courtesy Setouchi Triennale)

A senrin-zaki arrangement of chrysanthemum blossoms branching out from a single stem. (© Miwa Noriaki)

A time-honored way of enjoying saury. (© Pixta) 

Matsutake mushrooms alongside sudachi citrus fruit. (© Pixta) 

Clockwise from left: grapes, various mushrooms, sweet potatoes, an Asian pear, pumpkins, Pacific saury, chestnuts, sudachi, and persimmons. (© Pixta) 

The full moon over Matsumoto Castle in Nagano Prefecture. (© Photo library) 

The famous red spider lilies of Hidaka. (© Pixta) 

Costumes are nothing unusual at Shibuya Station at Halloween. Picture taken on October 31, 2018. (© Jiji)

A three-year-old girl taking part in the Shichi-Go-San festival. (© Pixta) 

Autumn flowers from left of top row: hagi (bush clover), bellflower, nadeshiko (large pink), eupatorium, patrinia, kudzu, and susuki (pampas grass). (© Pixta)