{"id":341,"date":"2013-05-19T15:27:43","date_gmt":"2013-05-19T19:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/?p=341"},"modified":"2013-08-21T12:31:17","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T16:31:17","slug":"kiyomizudera-in-kyoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/19\/kiyomizudera-in-kyoto\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiyomizudera in Kyoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While on location in Japan earlier this month we had the great fortune of visiting this ancient Buddhist temple in the hills above the Gion district in Kyoto. Founded in 798 the present buildings date from 1633,   and amazingly are built entirely without the use of nails.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_349\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-349\" class=\"size-full wp-image-349\" alt=\"Approaching the temple\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera1.jpg\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera1-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Approaching the temple<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_347\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-347\" class=\"size-full wp-image-347\" alt=\"Pagoda\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera2.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera2.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pagoda<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-346\" alt=\"Kiyomizudera3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera3.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera3.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera3-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-345\" alt=\"Kiyomizudera4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera4.jpg\" width=\"864\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera4.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera4-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_344\" style=\"width: 874px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-344\" class=\"size-full wp-image-344\" alt=\"The temple looking out over Kyoto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera5.jpg\" width=\"864\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera5.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera5-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The temple looking out over Kyoto<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_343\" style=\"width: 1307px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-343\" class=\"size-full wp-image-343\" alt=\"The temple with setting sun - not a nail in sight\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera6.jpg\" width=\"1297\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera6.jpg 1297w, https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera6-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera6-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera6-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1297px) 100vw, 1297px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The temple with setting sun &#8211; not a nail in sight<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-342\" alt=\"Kiyomizudera7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera7.jpg\" width=\"864\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera7.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera7-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_348\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-348\" class=\"size-full wp-image-348\" alt=\"View from below\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera8.jpg\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera8.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera8-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera8-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from below<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-350\" alt=\"Kiyomizudera9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera9.jpg\" width=\"1296\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera9.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera9-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera9-1024x440.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kiyomizudera9-624x268.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1296px) 100vw, 1296px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While on location in Japan earlier this month we had the great fortune of visiting this ancient Buddhist temple in the hills above the Gion district in Kyoto. Founded in 798 the present buildings date from 1633, and amazingly are built entirely without the use of nails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,64,65,66,67,68],"class_list":["post-341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo","tag-japan","tag-kiyomizudera","tag-kyoto","tag-otera","tag-temples","tag-68"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adamfriedberg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}