Visited the Kobe City Arboretum (神戸市立森林植物園) while heading back to Osaka.  Noticed from the local koyo report that it had reached peak while we were in Takamatsu.

As it was on a Friday afternoon, the crowd was not huge though the queue for the free shuttle bus to nearest Kobe-Dentetsu train station was quite long.  Stayed for 1hour+.

• Cross-section of Giant Sequoia in the visitor centre
• Japanese Antelope of 27 years old

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