I was looking through the photos of an old book on Kyoto on the weekend.
I marvelled at how the fundamentals around the streets of Kiyomizudera were still the same!
This was taken looking down the hill, with Kiyomizudera in the background. The little boy is in traditional clothing with geta on his feet. Looks like they are selling earthen ware in the store.
- The picture makes me want to reach out and buy some of their kitchen ware!
- Luckily, these pots are timeless and selling well
Taken looking up the street rather than down, the streets at the bottom of Kiyomizudera are still full of shopkeepers.
There are more people in the photo, modern clothes and power lines, but the shops still provide the same wonderful atmosphere at the foot of Kiyomizudera.
- Taken from the opposite angle
This is one of my favourite places in Japan, Kiyomizudera. It takes its name from the pure waterfall that runs within its grounds and not one nail is supposedly used to build the structure!
Have you visited this temple? It was first built over 1000 years ago.
- The temple as it has stood for generations
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A must-go when in Kyoto. That balcony that looks over the city scares me though.
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These are photos of when you took your vacation,right? I really enjoyed that series of articles. Those sticks in the picture with the tea pots, are those candle snuffers?
You might be right – balconies can be lethal when a lot of weight is on them …..
We are planning a winter trip to Kyoto already – we wanted to go earlier but schedules never quite match up …. so I have been researching the trip and in doing so, I was looking through the material from June/July. I remembered that I had wanted to feature a photo of this little kid in traditional clothing at his family’s store from a couple of generations ago.
I wanted to show that the streets and shops of Kiyomizudera havent changed much since those days – maybe just busier with tourists. But the feeling of the place seems to be the same.
One of the shops we went into was just like the one in the first photo. The grandma and grandad served us whilst the grandson tried to speak to my mum in English – for the practise. There was so much character and history to the streets and the stores. Just lovely to experience a step back in time.