{"id":144012,"date":"2024-11-19T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T03:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/?p=144012"},"modified":"2025-01-08T20:37:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T11:37:38","slug":"cascading-cloud-falls-a-morning-miracle-at-hiyoriyama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/en\/cascading-cloud-falls-a-morning-miracle-at-hiyoriyama\/","title":{"rendered":"Cascading Cloud Falls, A Morning Miracle at Hiyoriyama"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;5&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;5&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-nhtu&#8221; back_image=&#8221;142437&#8243; back_image_auto=&#8221;yes&#8221; back_position=&#8221;center bottom&#8221; overlay_color=&#8221;color-jevc&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;20&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; 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back_color=&#8221;color-lxmt&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;556363&#8243; back_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;142841&#8243; media_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;101341&#8243;][vc_column_text text_lead=&#8221;yes&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;724976&#8243;]The Hiyoriyama Coast enchants visitors with its extraordinary autumn spectacle known as takigumo (cascading waterfall clouds), a mesmerizing phenomenon occurring from October through November.<\/p>\n<p>These ethereal clouds drift along mountain ridges like celestial waterfalls, often extending their misty reach across the sea to embrace Nochigashima (Nochi-ga-Island).<\/p>\n<p>While nature&#8217;s whims determine each morning&#8217;s display, patient observers are rewarded with spectacular scenes that blur the boundaries between sky and sea.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; 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Views available from the Omachi Misaki Marine Park parking lot along Prefectural Road 11 (Tajima Isaribi Line).<\/p>\n<p>Photographed: Early November 2022, 6:00 AM to 7:00 AM<\/p>\n<p>Temperature: 5\u00b0C (41\u00b0F)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_horizontal=&#8221;left&#8221; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_right&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;949484&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;891060&#8243;]Text\/Kenji Sakamoto<br \/>\nPhoto\/Kenji Sakamoto<br \/>\nTranslation\/Yumiko Sushitani[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hiyoriyama Coast enchants visitors with its extraordinary autumn spectacle known as takigumo (cascading waterfall clouds), a mesmerizing phenomenon occurring from October through November. <\/p>\n<p>These ethereal clouds drift along mountain ridges like celestial waterfalls, often extending their misty reach across the sea to embrace Nochigashima. <\/p>\n<p>While nature&#8217;s whims determine each morning&#8217;s display, patient observers are rewarded with spectacular scenes that blur the boundaries between sky and sea. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_GB","_original_post":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/?p=142460","footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[166],"class_list":["post-144012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nature","tag-28-en-hyogo","en-GB"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144012"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144457,"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144012\/revisions\/144457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}