I lost track of time retro Kyoto to trance (Photos)

Purple - like department "the tale of Genji", Kawabata Yasunari's "capital", Yukio Mishima's "the temple of the Golden Pavilion", Junichi Watanabe's "makeup"...... As a master of the Japanese culture, Kyoto from many men of literature and writing interest, art gene poetry interweave, there are still well preserved this autumn is full of ancient city, please follow us into the Kyoto, multiple charm understand Japanese culture.

The temples of Kyoto article

Kiyomizu Temple next to the landlord shrine for marriage

Kiyomizu Temple is the springhead

Kyoto often give people a sense of fragmentation, quiet city and bustling city and retro, shuttle, have I lost track of time trance. The street side is the two city has a hundred years of history, while the other end is prosperity fashion shopping street. Visitors can be in the shade of a Buddhist temple, also can enjoy shopping in the modern department stores. The era of peace in the year 794, Kyoto as Japan's capital, is the political center, also built many temples and shrines, dedicated to the Buddha worship ancestors, now these across the Millennium Temple for the world heritage, but also one of the visitors will come to the scenic spots.

Visit the day met many students come here to travel, they drink the sweet spring water, make a wish.

Founded in 1200 years is located in the east of Kyoto sound plume mountain water in front of the temple. It is said that in ancient times people dream to find the otowa waterfall, came to the mist-shrouded otowa hill, found a spring green pines and verdant cypresses, and met here, Rui lay. On the basis of the householder's instructions, he made a statue of a Buddism godness Guanyin like, be enshrined in the waterfall above the hermitage, and this is the origin of the Kiyomizu Temple, and "water" in the name of it is so clear spring comes. Kiyomizu Temple is the best attractions Japanese climbing reward maple, every

Year attracts tens of thousands of believers and tourists came to visit pilgrimage. The temple has been built from the burning, but the main wooden structure still fortunately preserved. The mountain can be overlooking the most Kyoto, better in the sunny overlooking Osaka, the four seasons: spring scenery beautiful cherry blossoms in full bloom, summer, autumn maple leaf red expanse of green in winter, snow gleams white.

Kiyomizu Temple

Info Kiyomizu Temple (Kiyomizu-dera Temple)

Address: Kyoto District Dongshan District water 1-294

Transportation: bus ride to the "water" to get off, walk 10 minutes.

Tel: +81-075-551-1234

Opening hours: 6:00am~6:00pm, spring and autumn night 6:30pm~9:30pm

Website: www.kiyomizudera.or.jp

Tickets: 300 yuan / about 25 yuan, the spring and autumn night visits to 400 yen / about 33 yuan.