Kiyomizudera Temple
Kiyomizudera Temple（清水寺）, a World Heritage Site, is the head temple of the Northern Hōsō Sect, whose principal deity is the eleven-faced thousand-armed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.
The famous “Kiyomizu no Butai” (stage of Kiyomizu) (National Treasure), famous for “jumping off the stage at Kiyomizu,” is made of a 13-meter-high zelkova tree.The ray of blue light emitted from Kiyomizu Temple at night represents the mercy of Kannon, the Goddess of Mercy.
Kiyomizudera Temple is famous not only in Japan but also internationally, and is a popular temple visited by about 20% of all visitors to Kyoto.Special nighttime viewing is held during the cherry blossom season, summer, and the season of autumn leaves.Kiyomizudera Temple is beautiful with cherry blossoms in spring and autumn leaves in fall.
To get to Kiyomizudera Temple from Kyoto Station, it is a 15-minute bus ride and a 13-minute walk from the bus stop.
Kiyomizudera Temple Map
| opening hours | 6:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.※Nighttime viewing in spring, summer, and fall: reception hours 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in fall only) |
| regular closing day | without a holiday |
| entrance fee | Adults 500 yen, Elementary and junior high school students 200 yen※Adults 16 years and older |
| bus stop | City bus Gojozaka bus stop※The nearest bus stop is Kiyomizu-michi bus stop.※13 minutes walk from the nearest bus stop |
| station | Keihan Kiyomizu Gojo Station※Approx. 28 minutes walk from the nearest station |
| parking lot | without※Paid parking available nearby |
| official site | Kiyomizudera Temple |
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