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 Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation announced on Dec. 12 that the kanji character for 2024, which expresses the state ...

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

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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.

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

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

Wooden votive plaques called ema with hand-written messages of hope and wishes for the coming Year of the Snake are seen at Kiyomizu-dera temple in Kyoto on Monday. Year of the Snake - Japan Today Get ...

KYOTO -- The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation ... 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 ...