Kyouto Ao-Momiji / SUIKO BOOKS 156 [Photo Book]

[Machine Translation] There is nothing more beautiful than the color of budding young leaves and green leaves. The freshness of new leaves shimmering in the early summer sunlight, and even the gentle rains of Kyoto giving the leaves a faint, shaky appearance. This is the season when those young leaves grow day by day and become lush and green. The beauty of fresh green maple leaves is called "ao-momiji. Maple trees provide us with two different beauties, fresh green and autumn leaves, and at the same time, they tell us how beautiful the change of season is from early summer to late autumn. The blue maple landscape of Kyoto reveals new beauty. Enjoy the changing seasons and find supreme beauty in this elegant world.

若葉、青葉の萌えたつ色彩ほど美しいものはない。初夏の陽光に煌めく新葉の瑞々しさ、京都の優しい雨に打たれてさえ、かすかに葉を揺らす頼りなげな風情。その若葉が日を追って成長し、青葉を茂らせる季節。楓の新緑の美しさを「青もみじ」と呼んでいる。楓は、新緑と紅葉と二度の美しさを提供してくれると同時に、初夏から晩秋へ季節の移ろいの見事さを告げてくれる。新しい美しさを発見する京都の青もみじ風景。巡る季節を楽しみ、そこに至上の美を見いだす風雅な世界。