[4K] WALKING IN KIYOMIZU-DERA TEMPLE - THE FAMOUS AND BEAUTIFUL TEMPLES IN KYOTO - JAPAN

Founded in 778 in the early Heian period by the sacred Otowa Waterfall before Kyoto became the capital, the temple was originally affiliated with the Hossō sect of Buddhism and considered a branch temple of the Kōfuku-ji in Nara. The Hossō sect is one of Japan's oldest sects that flourished when Nara was the nation's capital, and survives in Japan today, despite having died out in China and Korea.
The temple's founding abbot was the esoteric monk Enchin (formerly known as Kenshin), who in 778 dreamed that a deity instructed him to ascend the Kizugawa River to find a source of purer water. He arrived at a waterfall at the foot of Mount Otowa, where he met a Buddhist ascetic named Gyōei Koji. The hermit gave him a piece of sacred wood, from which Enchin carved a statue of Kannon Bosatsu before enshrining it in Gyōei Koji's simple hut.
A few years later, the famous general Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758 - 811) went to the Higashiyama Mountains to hunt deer in order to pray for the recovery of his sick wife. After killing a deer, he met Enchin, receiving a lecture from the monk on the sanctity of all life and the mercy of the compassionate Kannon. So moved and filled with guilt over killing the deer, Tamuramaro became a devout follower of Kannon and thereafter erected a hall to keep the statue inside; this hall is what would grow to become Kiyomizu-dera.
Over the centuries, the temple buildings were destroyed by fire several times, and the current complex consists mainly of reconstructions carried out between 1631 and 1633 on the orders of the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu.
In 1965, Kiyomizu-dera separated from the Hossō sect, under the leadership of Onishi Ryōkei, who established independence from Kōfuku-ji and founded the independent Kita-Hossō (Northern Hossō) sect.
In 1994, Kiyomizu-dera was officially declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Historical Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (cities of Kyoto, Uji and Otsu).

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Wonderful filming my friend! I enjoyed walking in Kyoto with you and visiting Kiyomizu-Dera Temple with you :) Thank you for the peaceful experience! L2 🙏🇯🇵❤️👘🌿⛰️💦🌳👍