The dawn over Kyoto broke in a luminous cascade of rose and powdered gold. Outside the private guest quarters of the historic Lin estate in Higashiyama, the ancient garden was alive with the gentle chatter of spring birds and the soft rustle of weeping cherry branches swaying in the mountain breeze. A delicate carpet of pale pink petals coated the stone paths, while the distant temple bells of Nanzen-ji tolled…
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