Kiyomizu Temple (Japan)
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This is Higashiyama-ku's most famous temple, known throughout Japan for the grand views afforded from its main hall. Founded in 798 and rebuilt in 1633 by the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu, the temple occupies an exalted spot on Mount Otowa, with its main hall constructed over a cliff and featuring a large wooden veranda supported by 139 pillars, each 15m ( ft). high. The main hall is dedicated to the goddess of mercy and compassion, but most visitors come for the magnificence of its height and view, which are so well known to Japanese that the idiom "jumping from the veranda of Kiyomizu Temple" means that they're about to undertake some particularly bold or daring adventure. Kiyomizu's grounds are particularly spectacular (and crowded) in spring during cherry-blossom season and in fall during the turning of the maple leaves. lso worth checking out are the three-story pagoda and Otowa Falls (known for the purity of its water, kiyomizu translates as "pure water"), but be sure not to spite the gods by neglecting to visit Jishu Shrine (tel. 075/541-2097), a vermilion-colored Shinto shrine behind Kiyomizu's main hall that has long been considered the dwelling place of the god of love and matchmaking. Ask for the English-language pamphlet and be sure to take the ultimate test: On the shrine's grounds are two "love-fortune telling" stones placed 9m (30 ft). apart, if you're able to walk from one to the other with your eyes closed, your desires for love will be granted.
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Address: Eastern Kyoto
City: Kyoto
Country: Japan
Phone 1: +81 75 551-1234
Opening hours: Daily 6am-6pm (until 6:30pm in summer)
Entrance fee: Admission ¥300 ($2.50/£1.25) adults, ¥200 ($1.65/85p) children 7-15
Access by bus: Bus 100, 202, 206, 207 to Gojo-zaka
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Kiyomizu Temple , {CATEGORY}
This is Higashiyama-ku's most famous temple, known throughout Japan for the grand views afforded from its main hall. Founded in 798 and rebuilt in 1633 by the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu, the temple occupies an exalted spot on Mount Otowa, with its main hall constructed over a cliff and featuring a large wooden veranda supported by 139 pillars, each 15m ( ft). high. The main hall is dedicated to the goddess of mercy and compassion, but most visitors come for the magnificence of its height and view, which are so well known to Japanese that the idiom "jumping from the veranda of Kiyomizu Temple" means that they're about to undertake some particularly bold or daring adventure. Kiyomizu's grounds are particularly spectacular (and crowded) in spring during cherry-blossom season and in fall during the turning of the maple leaves. lso worth checking out are the three-story pagoda and Otowa Falls (known for the purity of its water, kiyomizu translates as "pure water"), but be sure not to spite the gods by neglecting to visit Jishu Shrine (tel. 075/541-2097), a vermilion-colored Shinto shrine behind Kiyomizu's main hall that has long been considered the dwelling place of the god of love and matchmaking. Ask for the English-language pamphlet and be sure to take the ultimate test: On the shrine's grounds are two "love-fortune telling" stones placed 9m (30 ft). apart, if you're able to walk from one to the other with your eyes closed, your desires for love will be granted.
Kiyomizu Temple , {CATEGORY}
This is Higashiyama-ku's most famous temple, known throughout Japan for the grand views afforded from its main hall. Founded in 798 and rebuilt in 1633 by the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu, the temple occupies an exalted spot on Mount Otowa, with its main hall constructed over a cliff and featuring a large wooden veranda supported by 139 pillars, each 15m ( ft). high. The main hall is dedicated to the goddess of mercy and compassion, but most visitors come for the magnificence of its height and view, which are so well known to Japanese that the idiom "jumping from the veranda of Kiyomizu Temple" means that they're about to undertake some particularly bold or daring adventure. Kiyomizu's grounds are particularly spectacular (and crowded) in spring during cherry-blossom season and in fall during the turning of the maple leaves. lso worth checking out are the three-story pagoda and Otowa Falls (known for the purity of its water, kiyomizu translates as "pure water"), but be sure not to spite the gods by neglecting to visit Jishu Shrine (tel. 075/541-2097), a vermilion-colored Shinto shrine behind Kiyomizu's main hall that has long been considered the dwelling place of the god of love and matchmaking. Ask for the English-language pamphlet and be sure to take the ultimate test: On the shrine's grounds are two "love-fortune telling" stones placed 9m (30 ft). apart, if you're able to walk from one to the other with your eyes closed, your desires for love will be granted.
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