DATE:		March 11 – May 7, 2006 starting at 5:00 p.m. (last admission at 9:30 p.m.)
PLACE:		Koudai-ji Temple Koudaiji Shimogawara-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto
DIRECTION:		Bus stop at Higashiyama Yasui (city bus #206)
TEL:		81-75-561-9966
ADMISSION:		600 yen and additional 500 yen for green tea
TEXT:		The Koudai-ji Temple, founded by Kitano-mandokoro Nene in dedication to her husband Hideyoshi Toyotomi, is illuminated in the night during this period of time every year. This wonderful garden, which emerges in the dark night, will just astonish you with its natural beauty. A fantastic atmosphere is created among cherry blossoms overhanging in the Houjo Garden and illuminated within the bamboo grove.