Kiyomizu with Tim

I'd been to Kiyomizudera a couple of times before, once shortly after we arrived, in Spring (cherry blossom season), and another time in Summer with Mum and Dave. Tim's arrival here neatly coincided with Autumn, and the beginning of the Autumn leaf season, so I'm on track for getting photos of "4 Seasons of Kiyomizu".

Below are a few photos, more of leaves than of the temple to be honest.

 

Kiyomizudera - unfortunately, not much red to be seen

Yummy! Cucumber on a stick!

On the way back down, we also visited Ryozen Kannon Temple, which I'd previously thought of as "The Big Buddha near Kiyomizu". We'd seen it before (you really can't miss the giant Buddha head), but not thought it worth the entry fee. Anyway the statue is 24 meters high and made of concrete, and was built in memory of the unknown soldier(s) who died in WWII. The "s" is in brackets above, because Japanese doesn't usually bother to state plurals explicitly, and it has been translated into singular form, though I expect it should be plural. Anyway, we got to see the statue up close, and actually walked through the base of it, where clouds of incense set my coughing off, but basically, it was nice to see, but not all that special. I got a pretty photo though.