Untitled — 7 months ago
This past year I was an exchange student to Japan, and so I thought I had the whole Japanese temple thing down packed. But after I climbed the slope and reached the deck peering out about the city, I knew I had reached something special. Kiyomizu-dera is and probably will always be my favite place in Kyoto. It is beautiful, and even though there a bit too many tourists, it is spiritual. Try to go at night time in the fall and spring when they light up the whole structure. it was so magical for me, I even cried. It was also nominated to be one of the new world wonders. Alas, it did not win, but it still is a magnificant place
