Greetings from Sunny and warm weather from Kyoto, Japan! This year it has been very nice weather. We have had only one rainy day out of 11 days our trip. We are very lucky!
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| In front of Kyoto Tower |
Kyomizu Temple is located halfway up Otowa Mountain in the eastern part of Kyoto City, Kiyomizu-dera is a historic temple that was established in 778, even before Kyoto became the capital of Japan. In 1994, it was registered on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List as one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto.
In a Kyoto temple there is one called "Enmusubi no Kami". This is a shrine dedicated to the deity of love and matchmaking. We prayed for meeting a wonderful person someday in our life.
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A great view of Kyoto City in the background
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This is called "love stones" if you can make it one stone to other one, you will find a partner in your life. Will Leah find a significant person in her life? Well, let's walk between stones and find out!
The Otowa Waterfall is located at the base of Kiyomizudera's main hall. Its waters are divided into three separate streams, and visitors use cups attached to long poles to drink from them. Each stream's water is said to have a different benefit, namely to cause longevity, success at school and a fortunate love life.
Fushimi-Inari shrine: The second most popular place to visit in Japan according to <www.tripadvisor.jp>.
The shrine sits at the base of a mountain also named Inari (the Shinto god of rice) which is 233 meters above sea level, and includes trails up the mountain to many smaller shrines which span 4 kilometers and takes approximately 2 hours to walk up.
We tried to walk up. And up! And up!!
Meditation at Manpuku-ji (temple)
Kyoto station is huge, and the big stairs are lit up at night with a moving light display.
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