Pure Water Temple

Kiyomizudera is a temple ensemble, which includes many buildings - a prayer hall, a pagoda, the main temple, where the main deity - the goddess Kannon, a canopy for a bell, rooms where sutras are stored, a stall for horses, etc. The whole complex is a national cultural heritage of Japan.

From Japanese the name of the temple is translated as "Temple of Pure Water".

At the entrance to the temple there are stalls for horses. This building belongs to the XIV-XVI centuries, its architecture reflects the national style, it is one of the few surviving buildings of that time, and therefore is a national relic. Once arrived to worship the goddess Cannon tied horses here and climbed up. Then the road leads through the gate of Niomon, on the sides of which there are four-meter, frightening statues. These are the gate guards, they are also called the Stone Warriors. Behind them is a three-tier pagoda - one of the largest in Japan.