Travel Review: Luxury Japan Tour, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Cherry Blossoms

There was one site that I didn't remember researching in Kyoto to view the cherry blossoms. I was in the hotel lobby when one of the local tourists over heard our conversation and he recommended that we go visit this private garden to see the cherry blossoms because they were numerous and still in full bloom. The local guide that we had that day should have known about this garden and recommended that we visit because she knew that we were there specifically to view the cherry blossoms. We asked her to change our schedule to go. She mentioned that she had been to this particular garden before. I wonder why she failed to recommend it. I would have planned to go there specifically.  Also, one of the buses assigned to us was huge, and a bit overkill for the six of us traveling. A smaller vehicle would sufficed and probably better to get to the tight areas we were visiting. A vehicle for the private garden would have been nice. We didn't have a vehicle that day and took public transportation.