Description:
Kiyomizu-dera (Clear Water Temple) was established in the year 778 AD (Nara Period). After a vision, Zen priest Enchin, went in search the origins of the Yodo river. He came to a waterfall at the base of Mount Otowa where mist hovered like clouds. Here he received a log holding the spirit of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva from the hermit Gyoei. Enchin had the log carved in the shape of Kannon and created a shrine for it there, the beginnings of Kiyomizu-dera.
The sub-temple Joju-in‘s garden is known as the Moon Garden. Its beautiful pond relays a feeling of mystery with the shores obscured by stones and plants, then revealing a dark opening where one might expect a dragon or boat to emerge.
Kiyomizu-dera is known for its Hondo with the Eleven Headed and Thousand Armed Kannon Bodhisattva and Kiyomizu Stage, standing 12 meters high on huge Zelkova posts.
Kiyomizudera Outer Pond (Larger)
Kiyomizu-dera (Clear Water Temple) was established in the year 778 AD (Nara Period). After a vision, Zen priest Enchin, went in search the origins of the Yodo river. He came to a waterfall at the base of Mount Otowa where mist hovered like clouds. Here he received a log holding the spirit of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva from the hermit Gyoei. Enchin had the log carved in the shape of Kannon and created a shrine for it there, the beginnings of Kiyomizu-dera.
The sub-temple Joju-in‘s garden is known as the Moon Garden. Its beautiful pond relays a feeling of mystery with the shores obscured by stones and plants, then revealing a dark opening where one might expect a dragon or boat to emerge.
Kiyomizu-dera is known for its Hondo with the Eleven Headed and Thousand Armed Kannon Bodhisattva and Kiyomizu Stage, standing 12 meters high on huge Zelkova posts.