Sunday. I don´t know yet what I can see today. Well, I´ll improvise.
Near Gojo GH is the Kiyomizu-dera temple. I'm going there.
Kiyomizu-dera (Pure Water Temple).
The main building of Kiyomizu-dera is notable for its huge balcony, supported by hundreds of wooden pillars, linked together without using a single nail sticking out of the hill and offers breathtaking views of the city.
Hundreds of school children eager to learn ...
Balcony from where once people jumping. If they survived, granted you a wish ...
These wooden slats are "letters" sent to the gods where requested by the love of a person ...
Beneath the main hall is the waterfall Otowa-no-taki, where three channels of water drop into a pond. According to legend, each of the three jets of water to drink it provides health, longevity and economic and social success. You can only drink one, then the ambition involved, according to legend, failures and misfortunes.
I have no picture, but I could drink from the fountain after a long queue of people
In another area of the temple is a long hallway with two stones in the ground. Legend tails that if you can get from one rock to another with your eyes closed, quickly find the love of your life. I did not try in case I got ...
Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavillion).
Kyoto Buddhist Temple known as Silver Pavillion, although officially it´s called (Resplendent Mercy´s Temple). It was built in 1474 by the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, who tried to emulate the Kinkaku-ji or "Golden Pavilion" built by his grandfather, but couldn´t completely cover the building with silver as he had planned.
Silver Pavillion.
Sand and rock garden near the temple.
After the silver temple, I went by bus to Heia Jinju shrine, which was free. It was Sunday, people dressed charm, and there were many little geishas spread through the area.
Heian jinju shrine
Little geisha.
At the exit, I met a lively street market of handicrafts, ceramics, food, pictures ... and next to the flea market, a group of people practicing Tai-chi in the middle of the street. Basically, Tai Chi is known for sequences of moves that made its practitioners, where you can notice the union of consciousness and body movement, slowness, flexibility, circularity, continuity, smoothness and firmness; features that convey a sense of harmony and serenity. Curious. Maybe one day I try it ...
Tai chi.
Sanjusangendo.
Its name means "enclosure with 33 spaces between columns". That is, underpinning the entire building (which is huge) on 34 columns. Inside are 1001 statues of Kannon, in front of them and 28 images of guardian deities who protect the Buddhist goddess Kannon.
1001 statues in the front row and the 28 guards.
Kannon.
As it was rainning hard, after get out of there I went to the hotel. I fell exhausted on the futon after having meal, and about 18 I woke up by Yun Young. We stayed all afternoon talking in the hotel, drinking beer, and in the night we started with sake. We were also joined by Robert, a Frenchman who was traveling alone too, and a pair of newlyweds Koreans.
Robert, Yun and me.
Everybody togetheeeer! Party partyyyy!
Near Gojo GH is the Kiyomizu-dera temple. I'm going there.
Kiyomizu-dera (Pure Water Temple).
The main building of Kiyomizu-dera is notable for its huge balcony, supported by hundreds of wooden pillars, linked together without using a single nail sticking out of the hill and offers breathtaking views of the city.
Hundreds of school children eager to learn ...
Balcony from where once people jumping. If they survived, granted you a wish ...
These wooden slats are "letters" sent to the gods where requested by the love of a person ...
Beneath the main hall is the waterfall Otowa-no-taki, where three channels of water drop into a pond. According to legend, each of the three jets of water to drink it provides health, longevity and economic and social success. You can only drink one, then the ambition involved, according to legend, failures and misfortunes.
I have no picture, but I could drink from the fountain after a long queue of people
In another area of the temple is a long hallway with two stones in the ground. Legend tails that if you can get from one rock to another with your eyes closed, quickly find the love of your life. I did not try in case I got ...
Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavillion).
Kyoto Buddhist Temple known as Silver Pavillion, although officially it´s called (Resplendent Mercy´s Temple). It was built in 1474 by the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, who tried to emulate the Kinkaku-ji or "Golden Pavilion" built by his grandfather, but couldn´t completely cover the building with silver as he had planned.
Silver Pavillion.
Sand and rock garden near the temple.
After the silver temple, I went by bus to Heia Jinju shrine, which was free. It was Sunday, people dressed charm, and there were many little geishas spread through the area.
Heian jinju shrine
Little geisha.
At the exit, I met a lively street market of handicrafts, ceramics, food, pictures ... and next to the flea market, a group of people practicing Tai-chi in the middle of the street. Basically, Tai Chi is known for sequences of moves that made its practitioners, where you can notice the union of consciousness and body movement, slowness, flexibility, circularity, continuity, smoothness and firmness; features that convey a sense of harmony and serenity. Curious. Maybe one day I try it ...
Tai chi.
It starts to rain, and I still have a couple of interesting things to see. But, because of the rain, I decide by the temple Sanjusangendo.
Sanjusangendo.
Its name means "enclosure with 33 spaces between columns". That is, underpinning the entire building (which is huge) on 34 columns. Inside are 1001 statues of Kannon, in front of them and 28 images of guardian deities who protect the Buddhist goddess Kannon.
1001 statues in the front row and the 28 guards.
Kannon.
As it was rainning hard, after get out of there I went to the hotel. I fell exhausted on the futon after having meal, and about 18 I woke up by Yun Young. We stayed all afternoon talking in the hotel, drinking beer, and in the night we started with sake. We were also joined by Robert, a Frenchman who was traveling alone too, and a pair of newlyweds Koreans.
Robert, Yun and me.
Everybody togetheeeer! Party partyyyy!
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