It is said that on Shiraishi Island we don't have much "koyo," or autumn colors. But this is always said by people who don't know the island very well, and who only see the pine trees and evergreens that make up 98 percent of the vegetation on the island.
But if you look deeper, you'll find a spectacular change of colors unique to our island.
Nov. 15 of every year is an auspicious day for our island, when the landscape changes its colors in a ceremony for a Thai-style temple called Bussharito that sits in the side of the mountain. The Bussharito is said to hold some of the ashes of Buddha and is opened just once a year for people to go inside.