Thursday, August 12, 2010

Kiyomizu-dera temple

This is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto. It’s main building is by the hillside, and it has a huge garden attached to it. It is part of the United World Heritage Site. It is on the top of my list of favourite places in Kyoto, but I haven’t got many photos unfortunately.

Kiyomizu-dera temple © Evelyn Howard 2010

It was raining heavily when I was there. Over the green area, you can barely see Kyoto town…

Kiyomizu-dera temple © Evelyn Howard 2010

You can definitely see the rain here!

Kiyomizu-dera garden © Evelyn Howard 2010

A very green area of the garden with stones and lanterns.

By the Canal

A couple more photos but not taken at the temple…

Kyoto canal © Evelyn Howard 2010

Cloudy sky over the canal… The huge balconies belong to restaurants. These are popular places to hang-out to soak in the atmosphere during summer. We were there one evening – unfortunately, it was too touristy for our liking.

Kyoto canal © Evelyn Howard 2010

A guy having a nice quiet time and lots of space to himself in busy Kyoto.

Have a lovely weekend.

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