I took the above picture on March 29, 2007. As you can see, that’s just a little too early in the year for the cherry blossoms to be going nuts from this angle. On the same day, looking the other way, I also took this picture so it’s not like you won’t see any blossoms late in March in Kyoto. If you plan to visit Kyoto, Arashiyama (嵐山) is not to be missed.

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