信州の紅葉は面白いです。最少は千畳敷カールや志賀高原の様な標高の高い所から始まって、段々と下がってきます。蓼科や戸隠（鏡池！）に移ってからやっと戸倉上山田温泉（標高３７０ｍ）の周辺の木の葉っぱの色が変わってきます。
温泉の裏にある冠着山でその紅葉の前線の日々の変化が見れる。３日前ぐらいは頂上の色が変わって、少しずつ下がってきました。今日あたりは温泉街の中でも葉っぱは綺麗な色に変わってきました。
写真は温泉街の中心にある水と緑と潤いのある公園。
It's fun to see how the fall foliage show plays out here in Nagano Prefecture. First, the leaves start to change color at Senjojiki Kaar and the top of Shiga Kogen, and other high altitude areas. Then the fall colors slowly progress to lower elevations, like Togakushi (with Kagami Ike = 'Mirror Pond' being the best spot). Finally it reaches down to our level here at onsen town Togura-Kamiyamada (elevation 370 meters).
The mountain behind our onsen town, 1252-meter Kamuriki-yama, is perfect for seeing the daily progress of the fall-leaves 'line'. Just a few days ago, the peak of the mountain had started to change colors, then the middle, now the trees down here at the base have turned yellow and red and orange.
Pictured is the 'Mizu-to-Midori-to-Uruoi' Park, in the central of Togura-Kamiyamada Onsen
