Kiyomizu-dera

Kiyomizu-dera is a Buddhist temple located in eastern , . It belongs to the Kita-Hosso sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a hibutsu statue of Jūichimen Kannon.
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  • Opening hours: 6:00 AM–6:00 PM
  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto
  • Also known as: “Biara Kiyomizu”, “Chùa Kiyomizu”, “Chùa Kiyomizu-dera”, “Kijomidzu-dera”, “Kijomidzudera”, “Kiyomizu”, “Kiyomizu dera”, “Kiyomizu-templet”, “Kiyomizutempelet”, “Otowasan Kiyomizudera”, “Tempio di Kiyomizudera”, “temple de l’eau pure”, “temple Kiyomizu”, “Templo Kiyomizu”, “Кемидзу-дера”, “Кёмидзу-дера”, “Кемидзу-дэра”, “Кёмидзу-дэра”, “Киемидзу-дэра”, “Кійомідзу”, “Кійомідзу-дера”, “Кійомідзудера”, “Кійомізу-дера”, “Храм Киомицу”, “Храм чистої води”, “معبدكيوميزو”, “கியோமிசு கோயில்”, “วัดคิโยมิซุ”, “วัดคิโยมิสุ”, “วัดคิโยะมิซึ”, “วัดคิโอะมิซึ”, “청수사”, “清水観音”, and “清水觀音”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Main Hall and Jishu Shrine.

Shrine
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is a shrine.

Shinto shrine
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is a Shinto shrine.

Museum
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The is one of the major art museums in . is situated 1¼ km southwest of Kiyomizu-dera.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shimogawara-chō and Central Kyoto.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

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encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.

Suburb
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is one of the eleven wards in the city of , in , Japan. is situated 3 km west of Kiyomizu-dera.

Kiyomizu-dera

Latitude
34.99442° or 34° 59′ 40″ north
Longitude
135.78448° or 135° 47′ 4″ east
Elevation
115 metres (377 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8Q6QXQVM+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 336641107
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­religious
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tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7116994
Wiki­data ID
Q221716
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Kiyomizu-dera” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Arabic: “معبد كيوميزو”
  • Assamese: “কিয়োমিজু-ডেৰা”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kiyomidzudera məbədi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kiyomizu məbədi”
  • Basque: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Belarusian: “Кіёмідзу-дэра”
  • Bengali: “কিয়োমিজু-কেরা”
  • Breton: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Bulgarian: “Кийомидзу-дера”
  • Burmese: “ခိယောမိဇုကျောင်းတော်”
  • Catalan: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Cebuano: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Chinese: “清水寺”
  • Czech: “Chrám Kijomizu-dera”
  • Czech: “Kijomizu-dera”
  • Danish: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Dutch: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد كيوميزو”
  • Esperanto: “Kijomizu-dera”
  • Ewe: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Fijian: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Finnish: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • French: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • French: “Temple Kiyomizu”
  • Gan Chinese: “清水寺”
  • Ganda: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Georgian: “კომიძუ-დერა”
  • German: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Greek: “Κιγιομίζου-ντέρα”
  • Hausa: “Kiyomizu Temple”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש קיומיזו”
  • Hindi: “कियोमीजू-डेरा”
  • Hungarian: “Kijomizudera”
  • Icelandic: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Igbo: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Indonesian: “Kiyomizudera”
  • Inupiaq: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Italian: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Japanese: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Japanese: “きよみずでら”
  • Japanese: “清水寺”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Korean: “기요미즈데라”
  • Latin: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Latvian: “Kijomidzu templis”
  • Lithuanian: “Kijomizu šventykla”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Malagasy: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Malay: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Malayalam: “കിയോമിസ് ദേറ”
  • Maori: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Mongolian: “Киёмизү-дэра”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Norwegian: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Nyanja: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Oriya: “କିୟୋମିଜୁ-ଡେରା”
  • Oromo: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Pedi: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Persian: “کیومیزو-درا”
  • Polish: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Portuguese: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Pushto: “کیوومیزو - دیره مندر”
  • Romanian: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Russian: “Киёмидзу-дэра”
  • Sanskrit: “कियोमिजु मन्दिर”
  • Sanskrit: “कियोमिजु मन्दिरम्”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Slovak: “Kijomizu-dera”
  • Slovenian: “tempelj Kijomizu”
  • Slovenian: “Tempelj Kijomizu”
  • Somali: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Southern Sotho: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Spanish: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Swahili: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Swedish: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Tahitian: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Tamil: “கியோமிசு-டேரா”
  • Thai: “คิโยมิซูเดระ”
  • Thai: “วัดน้ำใส”
  • Tibetan: “ཅི་ཡུས་མུའུ་ཙུའུ་ཏེ་ལ་ལྷ་ཁང་།”
  • Tigrinya: “ኪዮሚዙ-ደራ”
  • Tsonga: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Turkish: “Kiyomizu Tapınağı”
  • Turkish: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Uighur: “كىيېمىزۇ-دىرا ئىبادەتخانىسى”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Кійомідзу”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Urdu: “کیومیزو- دیرا”
  • Vietnamese: “Chùa Otowasan Kiyomizu”
  • Vietnamese: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Wu Chinese: “清水寺”
  • Yoruba: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • Yue Chinese: “清水寺”
  • Zulu: “Kiyomizu-dera”
  • “Kiyomizu-dera”

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