Our last stop in Kyoto before gettin dinner at a department store and driving back to Osaka was Kiyomizu temple. The trees in this picture are all sakura cherry blossoms in the early spring, and brilliantly orange and red and yellow in the fall. In early summer, as pictured here, they are very green and only minorly impressive. The building itself is gigantic, and is built without any nails (The japanese are incredible when it comes to joinery). There were just too many people at this shrine to take in the atmosphere of the place. After our trip to Kyoto, our consensus was that Kyoto is best visited in the off season.