Lake Kinrin, a tourist attraction in Yufuin

In the evening, we walked around the Lake Kinrin (金鱗湖 kinrin-ko) in Yufuin. Yufuin is a tourist town in Oita Prefecture and a popular destination for bus tours. There is a picturesque lake in the town center, and the Oita River flows down and across the valley. 

The lake is always crowded; when I look around I saw lots of international tourists from Taiwan. And some Yoshimoto entertainers coming to Yufuin shooting a TV show on tourism.

After that we had a stroll around the pond.

Maple trees in front of Yufuin Kirin-ko Museum. It seems like the autumn leaves are falling a little.

Autumn colors getting started in the forest around the lake.