Kiyomizu
"Kiyomizu-dera Temple is perhaps the most beloved of Kyoto's temples, and is a fixture in the minds of the Japanese people. The temple's platform juts out of the side of a mountain supported by 13-meter-high wooden columns. The main hall with its distinctive hip-shaped roof of cypress bark rests on the platform, and houses within it a priceless statue of Kannon Bodhisattva, the goddess of mercy. From the platform, one can appreciate fine views facing west over the city of Kyoto." - Kyoto.Travel
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"Burning incenses not only for the sweet smell it produces, also a sign of bleessing by washing the smoke over you to cleanse your spirit before enter the temple" - redbubble.com
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I think they were inviting me to join in.
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"Singing bowls (also known as 'Himalayan bowls' or 'rin' or suzu gongs in Japan) are a type of bell, specifically classified as a standing bell. Rather than hanging inverted or attached to a handle, standing bells sit with the bottom surface resting. The sides and rim of singing bowls vibrate to produce sound. Singing bowls were traditionally used throughout Asia as part of Bön and Tantric Buddhist sadhana. Today they are employed worldwide both within and without these spiritual traditions, for meditation, trance-induction, relaxation, healthcare, personal well-being and religious practice." - wikipedia
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"Below the terrace, you can taste the spring water, which gives the temple its name and which is said to have healing power. " - Japan-Guide
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Otowa-no-Taki Waterfall
"Thus people come to the temple to drink water from the falls by collecting it in tin cups; the water is said to have therapeutic properties, and drinking from the three different streams is said to confer health, longevity and success in studies." - Kyoto.Travel
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"The temple precincts contain fifteen buildings designated as Important Cultural Properties, including the inner Temple (Okunoin), Amida Buddha Hall (Amidado), and the three-tiered pagoda." - http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/visitkyoto/
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Tainai-meguri
"... by entering the hall, you are figuratively entering the womb of Daizuigu Bosatsu, a female Bodhisattva who has the power to grant any human wish. Once you get to the inner sanctum, you are meant to turn the large stone found there in a clockwise direction and make your wish. Be warned, there are several 90-degree turns to navigate in the darkness - walk slowly and keep a hand in front of you." - lonelyplanet.com
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Coming down from the temple towards the shopping area.
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"After visiting the temple, wander around Sannenzaka, a small shopping street lined with traditional shops and wooden houses. You can follow this road as it winds its way down past Nene no Michi, Kodaiji to Gion - the traditional pleasure and geisha quarter of the city. " - Japanvisitor.com
DSC_0930.JPG"It is also as the souvenir shop who gives the air of Kyoto in the Ninenzaka Sannenzaka neighborhood which is also as going to Kodai-ji following a Kyoto Kiyomizu way very much, a restaurant, etc. standing in a row. It is said that this neighborhood specified also as the Historic Preservation District of the country is the reason there are a traditional town house and shrines and temples, and the place which forms the traditional scene of Kyoto is specified. " - http://k-kabegami.sakura.ne.jp/ninenzaka/e.html
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On the street from Kiyomizu-dera to Kodai-ji. Getting a Maiko (apprentice Geisha) makeover, and stolling through the Eastern temple region of Kyoto is a popluar activity for Japanese women.
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