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Around the Kiyomizu-dera .

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Travel: 2020


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Beneath the main hall is the famous Otowa-no-Taki, "Otowa Waterfalls," Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.
Visitors catch and drink the water which is believed to have wish-granting powers.
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Young men test the waters, Otowa-no-Taki, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.



Hyakutai Jizo-Do, "Hall of 100 Jizo," Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.
(photo by Lynn Chamberlin)



Interior of Hyakutai Jizo-Do, showing some of the 100 Jizo with their red bibs to ward off evil, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.
Jizo statues represent Jizo Bosatsu, a divinity in Japanese Buddhism who protects children who have died before their parents.



Ema, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, Japan, 2020.
Ema, literally "picture-horse," are small wooden plaques onto which Shinto worshippers write prayers.
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