I went to Kiyomizu Temple yesterday!

Autumn has gone like a flash; the season is changing into winter.
But this week is the best time to go out to watch colored leaves in Kyoto.
Then yesterday, I went to Kiyomizu Temple for the first time in my life.

There were people, people, people, a crowd of people who came from all over the world.
“A tourist site is really amazing!” I thought.
When I was climbing the slope to Kiyomizu Temple, three Chinese people passed me, singing a Chinese cheerful song in loud voices, beating rhythm on the earth with sticks.
“W, What is that!?” I was surprised at first, but I got more and more excited too!

...And “here I am in Kiyomizu Temple.”
Most maples turned into red, orange and yellow beautifully.
“Oh, it's beautiful...” I sighed unconsciously.
Just only red has a variety of reds, such as burned-red, bright-red, aflame-red etc.
So do orange and yellow, so the gradation was very gorgeous.
But it didn't seem to be enough...

Because I arrived at that veranda as is well known for the expression “to jump off the stage at Kiyomizu.”
The view from that famous point was so wonderful and magnificent that I took a breath.
Leaning over the railing to look down, I felt like nature sucked me up.
The view looked as if a painter scattered colors of red, orange, yellow, brown and green in all direction, or if you let me express in a Japanese way, it was look like HARIE.
I wanted to gaze at the wonderful view forever.

I took a lot of pictures.
Mitarashi dango I ate there was delicious.
I admired ancients' skill to make the frame made of hundreds of big trees,
which is supporting under that veranda, without one nail.
I could glimpse at a MAIKO-san with an elderly man and a woman carrying a makeup box.
I bought souvenirs.
The time of joy flashed by, and it was time to go home.
I left with my back to Kiyomizu Temple reluctantly.

Climbing down the steep slope again, on the way to the parking, I passed a group of foreign people.
I could hear a man saying the word 'geisha'.
I'm glad as Japanese that foreign people are interested in Japanese traditional.

Next time I would rather go there at night, because Kiyomizu Temple is lighted up with many many lights and must be more beautiful in a different way.