@japanwanderee: A whole valley of grass taller than you. 🌾🏮🇯🇵 Soni Kogen in Nara is 40 hectares of susuki pampas grass covering a bowl-shaped plateau. It's silver at midday and turns gold when the low sun hits it from behind. Then after sunset they light about 200 paper lanterns around the pond at the bottom, and the whole valley goes dark except for one curving line of orange. 📍 Soni Village, Nara 🗓️ Grass: late Sept–late Nov. Lanterns: Sept 19–Nov 23, sunset to 9pm, free 💡 Go late afternoon and stay — you get both in one visit #JapanTravel #Nara #SoniKogen #Susuki #AutumnInJapan #VisitJapan #JapanTrip #HiddenJapan #JapanLanterns #PampasGrass