Release of 2024 Autumn Foliage Forecast (4th forecast)

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Release of 2024 Autumn Foliage Forecast (4th forecast)
November 26, 2024
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On November 26, 2024, JMC released its 4th forecast for the start of autumn foliage. JMC has estimated the best viewing dates of red leaves (maple trees) and yellow leaves (ginkgo trees) for approximately 700 viewing locations around the country, spanning from Hokkaido to Kagoshima. Furthermore, information on the anticipated autumn foliage at approximately 2,700 mountains across Japan will also be offered per altitude. (This will be the last autumn foliage forecast for this season.)
Forecasts for autumn foliage viewing locations and mountains can also be found at the weather/disaster information site “Otenki Navigator,” with information in four languages including Japanese and English.
Forecasted autumn foliage viewing for approximately 700 locations across Japan “Otenki Navigator/Autumn Foliage Navigator”
2024 forecast of autumn foliage viewing dates
Forecast map for viewing red leaves
Forecast map for viewing yellow leaves

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2024 forecast of autumn foliage for each areas
[Released November 26, 2024]
Forecast for red leaves viewing dates
LocationForecast for
red leaves
Average date for
red leaves
Sapporo11/1110/28
Aomori11/1511/13
Sendai11/2211/21
Tokyo12/311/28
Kanazawa12/311/24
Nagano12/211/12
Nagoya12/511/28
Kyoto12/1812/5
Osaka12/1012/1
Wakayama12/1812/6
Hiroshima12/211/22
Kochi12/1212/2
Fukuoka12/612/1
Kagoshima12/1012/15
Forecast for yellow leaves viewing dates
LocationForecast for
yellow leaves
Average date for
yellow leaves
Sapporo11/1211/4
Aomori11/811/2
Sendai11/2811/23
Tokyo12/311/23
Kanazawa11/1011/10
Nagano11/2511/10
Nagoya11/1611/18
Kyoto12/211/24
Osaka11/2711/22
Wakayama11/2711/23
Hiroshima12/211/15
Kochi11/2511/15
Fukuoka12/1111/20
Kagoshima12/511/25
 
Actual status (locations in which red/yellow leaves have been announced by Japan Meteorological Agency)
The JMC forecast for autumn foliage
JMC uses original forecasting calculations developed on past research on periods that maple and gingko leaves change color. The forecast of autumn foliage dates is based on observation standards of Japan Meteorological Agency sample trees, and estimates the “first day in which most parts of the tree’s leaves turn red (yellow).”
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