Kiyomizudera

Arashiyama Heian Jingu Higashi Hongan-Ji Imperial Palace Kinkaku-ji Kiyomizudera Nijŏ-Jŏ Nishi Hongan-Ji Okazaki Shrine Sanjusangendo Tŏ-Ji Kyoto 1966

Kiyomizu-dera Temple

 

long climb to the temple

 

but first some green tea ice cream, and an umbrella

 

dates from 1633, as an affiliate of the
Hossŏ school of Buddhism
which originated in Nara

 

 

guardian lion

 

 

a popular pilgrimage site

 

 

 

 

 

Shinto priest

 

 

 


 

the pagoda as seen from the garden on a rainy day


the Shrine

 

 

 

 

 

ring the bell and worship

 

water of purification

 

thank you for your offering


Otawa-no-taki

 

waterfall, where visitors drink sacred water
believed to have therapeutic powers

 

students catching the water

 

and drinking for good health

 

 

for healing

 

 


 

nodding geisha
"Please come back again!"


Arashiyama Heian Jingu Higashi Hongan-Ji Imperial Palace Kinkaku-ji Kiyomizudera Nijŏ-Jŏ Nishi Hongan-Ji Okazaki Shrine Sanjusangendo Tŏ-Ji Kyoto 1966

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