Kiyomizu-dera Temple is ranked #2 out of 15 things to do in Kyoto. See pictures and our review of Kiyomizu-dera Temple. Travel. Home; ... which gave the temple its name (kiyomizu means "pure water").

If you only have time to visit one temple in Kyoto, this is the one that packs the most punch. This temple was built on the site of a waterfall, and the name translates to “Pure Water Temple”.

Ranking of the top 15 things to do in Kyoto. Travelers favorites include #1 Fushimi Inari Shrine, #2 Kiyomizu-dera Temple and more.

Kinkaku-ji:The famed gilded temple, isolated on the water and seen from afar. This one is your postcard from Kyoto (or your most-liked Instagram, aside from the Fushimi Inari shrine).

For more than a millennium, Kyoto flourished as the imperial capital of Japan. ... The water that flows from the temple is considered sacred.

But on a recent weekend night, “for lease” signs hung in darkened shop windows, and many of the terraces looking out on the water sat unused. Hotel The Mitsui Kyoto, a luxury Western-style ...