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Kiyomizu-dera Temple

"Kiyomizu-dera Temple (Japanese: 清水寺)" is a Buddhist temple and it is told that Kiyomizu-dera Temple was created by Enchin (延鎮, He was Monk) in 778 of the Nara period. Fully name is "Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera". Kiyomizu-dera Temple was registered in World Heritage as "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto" in 1994.
The public transportation facility to Kiyomizu-dera Temple is "Kyoto City bus (京都市バス, Kyoto shi basu)" and Keihan Electric Railway (京阪電車, Keihan Densha). Kiyomizu-dera Temple is from the JR Kyoto Station (No. 206 or 100 bus) to about 10 minutes and 10 minutes on foot, from the Kawara-machi (No. 207 bus) to about 15 minutes and 10 minutes on foot, from the Gojo station, Keihan main line, Keihan Electric Railway to 25 minutes on foot.

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Address: 13, Kiyomizu-dera goryu-no-shita-machi, Ukyo District, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Kiyomizu-dera Temple and peripheral tourist spot and transportation.

Kiyomizu-dera Temple / 清水寺
Gojo-zaka Bus Stop, Kyoto city bus / 京都市バス五条坂バス停
Mausoleum of Shinran / 大谷本廟 (Ōtani Honbyo) : Shinran (親鸞) is the most excellent religionist in Japan of the Middle Ages.

Photograph of Hon-do (Main Hall), Kiyomizu-dera Temple (October 27, 2009)

Access to hotels in Kyoto.

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