An accidental trip to Kiyomizu Temple

On a recent trip to a market on Matsubara Dori that ended up a total bust, we stumbled upon Kiyomizu Temple (Kiyomizu-Ji). If you know anything about Kyoto temples, this is one of the most famous.  The fact that we came by it by mistake is a little ironic. Sadly, a main portion of the temple is closed for restoration, so most of our pictures are of the crazy view from the walking path of Kiyomizu Temple.

We managed to time it just right so that we hit a rainstorm in the streets of Kyoto as we tried to make it up to Kiyomizu Temple. If you are unfamiliar with Kyoto terrain, the trek to Kiyomizu is uphill (keep this in mind if you are biking). There is bike parking for 200yen (about $2.00 USD) about ¼ mile from the temple entrance, look for the tour bus parking and you have found the bike parking.

There isn’t much to say about these photos, but here is a little taste of Kiyomizu Temple:

Rainstorm walk up to the temple

Kiyomizu Temple

We are not sure if the wooden markers are grave sites or for the trees, but the whole area was blocked off. 

Kiyomizu Temple balcony

Kyoto Tower from Kiyomizu Temple

There was a whole area dedicated to "luck" at the temple, with this tree and two rocks that walking in a straight line between would bring you good luck in love. 

It was really rainy the day we went...

photo bomb...