The main building of Kiyomizu-dera, filled with tourists. It is elevated off the mountainside by a number of wooden pillars, which can be seen among the trees. Another building is on the right, also filled with tourists taking a picture of the main building, since that is the viewpoint that is commonly used to photograph the main building.

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   Day 2 is when the trip starts for real. Our goal for this day is to visit a bunch of landmarks, and since it was my first time going to Kyoto, I unfortunately picked a bunch of tourist-y spots.

   We started by squeezing onto a bus to get to Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺). Interestingly, in Kyoto, passengers are supposed to board from the back door and alight from the front door.

   After a somewhat long trek up a slope, filled with cars and tourists, we made it to the temple grounds proper. We paid for a ticket to get to the main building, but it wasn't until we left that I realised the main building was the elevated one that you always see in photos lol