Is Kiyomizu-Dera free?
Once you walk past the pagoda and climb a few stairs, you’ll reach the ticket gate. This is the entrance to the main part of Kiyomizu-dera Temple. The entrance costs 300 yen for high school students and adults; middle school students and under have to pay only 200 yen.
How do I get to Kiyomizu-Dera?
Kiyomizudera can be reached from Kyoto Station by bus number 100 or 206 (15 minutes, 230 yen). Get off at Gojo-zaka or Kiyomizu-michi bus stop, from where it is a ten minute uphill walk to the temple. Alternatively, Kiyomizudera is about a 20 minute walk from Kiyomizu-Gojo Station along the Keihan Railway Line.
Why is the Kiyomizu-Dera famous?
Kiyomizu-dera, otherwise known as the ‘Temple of the Pure Water Spring’, is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. The site is famous for its impressive viewing platform, three-storey Koyasu pagoda and the medicinal pure waters of the Otowa Spring.
Is Kiyomizu Dera open?
The Kiyomizu-dera Temple is open daily from 6 am to 6 pm; closing time is extended to 6:30 pm on certain days during the summer, and until 9 pm during the night illumination.
How tall is Kiyomizu?
14 meters tall
When approaching Kiyomizu-dera Temple, the first building you will notice is the impressively large and bright red two-story entrance gate. It is massive – 10 meters wide, 5 meters long, and 14 meters tall! The original main gate burnt down during the civil war in 1467 – 1477.
Why do people jump off Kiyomizu-Dera?
The reason was that it had been believed people who jump off from the stage of Kiyomizu will be able to make their wishes come true. And even if they die, they can go to heaven. Because of these beliefs, many people jumped off from the stage, especially during the Edo era(1603 -1868).
How many people jumped off Kiyomizu Dera?
In desperate pursuit of a wish, this must be how those 234 people felt when they jumped off and plummeted thirteen meters (43 feet) from the veranda of Kiyomizu-dera’s main hall. Of those 234 recorded jumpers, 34 died. The surviving 200, if legend were to keep good on its promise, would see their wishes granted.
Who built the Kiyomizu Dera?
Enchin
According to tradition, it was founded in the late 8th century by a Hosso Buddhist monk named Enchin, and completed under the patronage of a noble warrior, Sakanoue no Tamuramaro. All of the original structures have since burned down. The current buildings were commissioned by Tokugawa Iemitsu, and completed in 1633.