Japan is beautiful when you are out of the cities. This temple is beautiful and the gardens that go with it are immaculate and very well taken care of. Note the cherry trees. They were in full bloom. The week before we got there it was very cold and rainy which stopped the blossoms from blooming that week. They waited to open after we got there. Boy, were we lucky. It was warm the whole week we were there and they sky was very clear.