{"id":12128,"date":"2010-12-25T20:55:43","date_gmt":"2010-12-25T12:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=12128"},"modified":"2011-01-05T11:43:44","modified_gmt":"2011-01-05T03:43:44","slug":"day-4-kyoto-kiyomizu-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2010\/12\/25\/day-4-kyoto-kiyomizu-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 4: Kyoto \u2013 Kiyomizu Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"

The road up to Kiyomizu Temple is stone-paved and is, accordingly to our guide books, regarded as a preservation district. There are numerous pottery shops, many of them offering similar types of wares and across the price range with many coming as a set of two are going for between 1,000 to 1,800\u5186. I was actually quite interested to pick up a set there and then, but Ling stopped me and said there are better bargains to be had elsewhere.<\/p>\n

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Ling displayed an unusual inclination this time to not buy the first cute thing she sees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lots of shops that thankfully still maintained a high degree of respectability and bore little resemblance to those tourist traps common in Asia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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By the time we got to main lane \u2013 Kiyomizuzaka – that directly leads up temple, it was getting real crowded with both local visitors and also Chinese national tour groups all going up.<\/p>\n

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Sai-Mon, or the West Gate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nio-Mon, or Gate of the Deva Kings. There was a sign at the front saying "No Photography" - but no one paid any attention to it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sanjo-no-To, or the Three Storey Pagoda. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A view of Kiyomizu Temple. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The picture below is the main highlight of the compound: the main hall\u2019s veranda, and admission into this part of the temple requires a small 300\u5186 fee.<\/p>\n

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The Hon-Do, or Main Hall. From pictures elsewhere, this place looks absolutely spectacular in summer, spring and autumn. In winter, it looks just gray and drab.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Otowa-no-Taki (Otowa Falls). I wonder what rite this was, but there was a queue forming up for it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ling against red, green and orange.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Miniature cherries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To be honest, I felt the temple rather underwhelming, and that it was so crowded didn\u2019t help things. Still, we both liked the journey to the temple itself, especially the walk through the rustic and peaceful Higashiyama area in the earlier morning before the tourist hordes descended on it.<\/p>\n

By the time we\u2019d returned to Higashoji Street, it was coming to noon. We decided to head back in the general direction of Mitsui Garden Hotel for a lunch at our favorite lunch place, Nishinotoin<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The road up to Kiyomizu Temple is stone-paved and is, accordingly to our guide books, regarded as a preservation district. There are numerous pottery shops, many of them offering similar types of wares and across the price range with many<\/p>\n

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