After returning to Kyoto Station we continued the day at Nanzen-ji, 'stately Buddhist temple complex with a Zen garden, forested grounds & walking paths'
On our travels there were occasionally some apparently incongruous elements such as this table and chairs...
The moss varieties were carefully labelled!
Relying on the contemporary diary that Juliette wrote up every day on the 2007 trip we know that we did take a short walk up the Philosopher's Walk to admire the cherry blossom!