Sunrise in Hirafu October 20 2011, 9:30am via thespudgun.com

From 4am I watched the sky turn purple as the sun rose over Youtei, every 2 minutes seemed to bring a completely different hue of purple, blue and orange.  The day slowly turned from a morning of mist and sun into a warm day of Autumn colours. I went for a 20min drive to take a couple of photos and came home 5 hours later…

Sunrise from Hirafu.

First Rays.

Twin peaks.

First light hitting Hirafu.

Sekka and autumn valleys.

Autumn in Hirafu.

Mist droplets.

Niseko farm.

Annupuri autumn.