Information on the above website says the temple is a 10-minute walk from the JR Futsukaichi Station. As it was raining, we took a cab from the station to the temple. It cost about 890 yen. We were there on Tuesday 25 April 2023, too early for the Futsukaichi Onsen Wisteria Festival on Saturday 29 April 2023. The tentage for the festival was already up. Judging by the size of the tentage, the festival should be rather small in scale.

There were two separate trellises for the wisterias. A smaller one was near the entrance to the temple. Once you enter the temple, from the entrance, you can’t possibly miss the wisteria trellis on your right. This was our first wisteria sighting, and we were a little disappointed. The trellis was small, and the wisterias were the short purple variety. Although small in scale, it was photogenic, with the pond and red bridge to provide the backdrop. This trellis was not blocked up, so we could stand under the wisterias, but the wisterias were too short and high up for us to take any nice photos with it.

The second trellis was right inside the temple, just in front of the temple office. Here, the trellis was much bigger than the first trellis by the entrance. However, there were chains along the perimeter to the wisterias, so we were not allowed to stand under them. Here, the wisterias seemed a little longer than the first trellis. The colour was also the deep purple. They were already in full bloom, and some were already dried up.

We stayed less than 30 minutes as there was really nothing much to do. We asked the temple staff to help us call for a cab. We’d expected a booking fee but the ride to the station cost the same as the ride to the temple from the station. This means there was no booking fee!