Sai-mon (West Gate) Kiyomizu-dera temple, Kyoto |
Kiyomizu-dera - Higashiyama-ku (Eastern Mountain district) Kyoto |
Kiyomizu-dera - also called Ro-Mon (Tower or Red Gate) |
The temple was founded in 798AD but most buildings date from 1633 |
West Gate at the top of Kyoto's Teapot Lake (Chawan-zaka) |
Detail of the Sai-mon/Ro-mon gate, Kiyomizu-dera |
West Gate/Tower Gate, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto |
Sanjunoto, Three-tier pagoda, and Kyodo (sutra hall) Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto |
One of the minor temples at Kiyomizu-dera (Tamurado?) |
Most of the present structures were built in 1633 under Tokugawa Shogun Iemitsu |
Kiyomizu-dera, a UNESCO World Heritage Site |
Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Kyoto |
Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto |
Kiyomizu-dera temple, Kyoto |
Sanjunoto pagoda, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto |
Detail of the Sanjunoto pagoda, Kiyomizu-dera |
Sanjunoto pagoda contains a statue of Koyasu Kannon, goddess of childbirth |
Shoro Bell Tower, 1596, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto |
Shoro bell tower, cast in 1478, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto |
Fountain, Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Kyoto |
Purification fountain in the form of a dragon, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto |
Corner of the famous terrace (butai) of the main hall, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto |
Amida-do Buddha Hall containing the Eleven-Headed, Thousand-Armed Kannon |
Asakura-do, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto |
Buddha footprints, Asakura-do, Kiyomizu-dera |
Hondo, or Main Hall of Kiyomizu-dera with the famous veranda, or butai |
Hondo, or Main Hall of Kiyomizu-dera |
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Hon-do (Main Hall) Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto |
Amida Nyorai (Buddha of the Western Paradise), Amida-do, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto |
Amida Nyorai (Buddha of the Western Paradise) |
Amida-do, Kiyomizu-dera |
View of Kyoto (Kyoto Tower and JR Station area) from Kiyomizu-dera |
Kiyomizu-dera Temple,Kyoto |
Sunjunoto Pagoda, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto |
Sunjunoto Pagoda, Kiyomizu-dera |
Sunjunoto Pagoda, Kiyomizu-dera |
Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto |
Kiyomizu-dera, Pure Water Temple, Kyoto |
Hondo, or Main Hall of Kiyomizu-dera, supported on wooden pillars |
Koyasu-no To pagoda, Kyoto |
Hondo, or Main Hall of Kiyomizu-dera, with its famous terrace, Kyoto |
Hondo, or Main Hall of Kiyomizu-dera, with its famous terrace, Kyoto |
Stairs to Jishu-jinja, a matchmaking shrine |
Jishu-jinja, a Shino Shrine behind Kiyomizu Temple |
Okuninushino-Mikoto, Japanese god of love and good matches |
Jishu-jinja Shrine, Kyoto |
Okuninushino-Mikoto, Japanese god of love and good matches |
Match-makers Shrine - good luck charms |
Jishu-jinju, Shinto shrine, Kyoto |
Jishu-jinju, Shinto shrine, Kyoto |
Paper lanterns, Jishu-jinju |
Kitsune, the White Fox, messenger of Oinari |
Jishu-jinju - the matchmaker's shrine, Kyoto |
Jishu-jinju - the matchmaker's shrine, Kyoto |
Jishu-jinju Shrine, Kyoto |
Love Stone, Jishu-jinja |
Kiyomizu-dera Temple from Jishu-jinju Shrine, Kyoto |
Otowa-no-taki down below with the sacred waters |