Situated on Otowa Mountain in eastern Kyoto, Kiyomizu-dera Temple wows travelers with its stunning natural scenery, which visitors say is best viewed from the verandah off the temple's main building.

The illumination event began on Nov. 18, with the main hall, known as the “stage of Kiyomizu,” and around 1,000 maple trees in the temple grounds stunningly lit up by approximately 500 lights.

Seihan Mori, chief Buddhist priest of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, writes the kanji character "kin," meaning gold or money, with ...

As in the past, Seihan Mori, chief priest of Kyoto's iconic Kiyomizu-dera Temple, wrote the character of the year on a large board at the temple in the city's Higashiyama Ward the same day.

In Kyoto, chief Buddhist priest Seihan Mori of Kiyomizu temple drew the character with a giant calligraphy brush on washi, or ...

NNN Reporter / He’s starting with the center stroke. And the Kanji is…Gold. Kiyomizu-dera Temple’s Chief Priest Mori ...

People in Japan have chosen the Chinese character meaning "gold" or "money" as the kanji that best symbolizes this year. An ...

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People in Japan have chosen the Chinese character meaning "gold" or "money" as the kanji that best symbolizes this year.