Kiyomizudera is best known for its wooden stage that juts out from its main hall, 13 meters above the hillside below. The stage affords visitors a nice view of the numerous cherry and maple trees below that erupt in a sea of color in spring and fall, as well as of the city of Kyoto in the distance. The main hall, which together with the stage was built without the use of nails, houses the temple's primary object of worship, a small statue of the eleven faced, thousand armed Kannon.
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"Kiyomizu" by Jordy Meow - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kiyomizu.jpg#/media/File:Kiyomizu.jpg
"Kyoto-Kiyomizu Temple-2" by Christopher Mann McKay at English Wikipedia. Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kyoto-Kiyomizu_Temple-2.JPG#/media/File:Kyoto-Kiyomizu_Temple-2.JPG
"Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto-r" by Oilstreet - Oilstreet. Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kiyomizu-dera_in_Kyoto-r.jpg#/media/File:Kiyomizu-dera_in_Kyoto-r.jpg
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