The sky was slightly cloudy, but the weather was set to turn from tomorrow.
I felt this was the only day, so I went to Daigoji Temple.
There, I found Daigoji in perfect full bloom.

On March 30, 2026, I photographed Daigoji Temple in Kyoto and shaped 171 images into a visual poem lasting more than 11 minutes.
The music begins with Fauré’s Pavane and moves into the second movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23.
Stillness, grace, and the fullness of spring.
All of it was truly there at Daigoji on that day.

Even the clouded sky seemed right for these blossoms.
The decision to go, believing that this was the only day, was fully vindicated by the perfection of the bloom.