The famous spot in Kyoto !!

清水寺(Kiyomizu Temple)
This is Higashiyama-ku's most famous temple, known magnificence Japan for the garnd views afforded from its main hall. Founded in 798 and rebuilt in 1633 by the third Tokygawa shogun, Iemitsu. The main hall constructed over a cliff and featuring a large wooden veranda supported by 139 pillars, each 49 feet high. The main hall is dedicated to the goddness of mercy and compassion, but most vistors come for the magnificence of its height and view, which are so well known to the Japanese that the idiom "jumping from the veranda of Kiyomizu Temple" means that they're about to undertake some particularly bold or daring adventure.

 
金閣寺-鹿苑寺(Temple of the Golden Pavilion、Rokuon Temple)
Its famous Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku)—actually a pagoda made to house the sacred relics of the Buddha—has given this temple the popular name of Kinkaku-ji ("Temple of the Golden Pavilion"), however the official name of this branch temple of the Rinzai-sect Zen temple of Shôkoku-ji is Rokuon-ji. The temple was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.
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清水寺周辺


清水寺の洗い場

清水の舞台

金閣寺(鹿苑寺)

金閣寺(鹿苑寺)


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