Kiyomizu-Dera, Kodai-Ji and Entouku-In
There are so many extraordinary temples to visit in Kyoto. Today I visited three more in the Southern Higashiyama area of the city- Kiyomizu-Dera, Entouku-in and Kodai-Ji, with a side-trip to a little ceramics shop in between.
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- Ceramic Shop Interior, Higashiyama
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- Ceramic shop interior
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- Door Stop, Ceramics Shop
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- Wall in Higashiyama
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- Courtyard at Entoku-In
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- Courtyard at Entoku-In 2
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- At Entoku-In
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- Interior, Entoku-In
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- Caligrapher at Kiyomizu-Dera
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- At Kiyomizu-Dera
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- Pond Reflection at Kiyomizu-Dera
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- Interior, Kodai-Ji
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- Zen Garden at Kodai-Ji
On the way home it began to rain heavily, and peddling slowly along on my bicycle in this downpour, I was soon thoroughly drenched. On returning home, after drying off and whilst drinking some hot tea, I came across this haiku by Matsuo Basho (1644-1694):
A traveler-
Let my name be thus known-
This autumnal shower.