Why Would It Be Nice to Visit Kyoto in Springtime?

One of the interesting things about scanning through your web server logs is that you can see what keywords or search phrases people have used to stumble across your site. I checked my logs earlier today and found a few interesting ones. Pictures of postcards might be redundant, but it didn't stop one Yahoo user (as of press time, my site at #9). Or salaryman photos (this image on the third page of results). Or

My favorite, though, was someone who asked Jeeves the question "Why would it be nice to visit Kyoto in springtime?"

This is why.

Unfortunately I couldn't get this huge weeping cherry tree quite as nicely as I would have liked. No sooner had the shutter closed on this shot when a huge downpour came out of nowhere and it was time to run for cover as fast as possible.

Canon EOS 300D, EF 17-40mm f/4 L @ 17mm, f/8.0, 1.6 sec, ISO 200