{"id":19,"date":"2007-10-19T13:54:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-19T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/?p=19"},"modified":"2014-08-18T17:17:17","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T22:17:17","slug":"ugly-american-blames-it-on-the-raaaain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/?p=19","title":{"rendered":"Putting the Mizu in Kiyomizudera, or Blame It On the Raaaaain"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I made it to Kyoto, and guess what? It’s raining like crazy. And guess what I left behind in Okazaki? Yes, my rain gear, what there was of it, anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n

I managed to make it to Kiyomizudera<\/strong> (emphasis on the mizu<\/em> today, I guess), and I took a bunch of pictures there.<\/p>\n

Like any famous tourist spot, even in rain, it’s crowded.<\/p>\n

\"Entering<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Gate\"<\/a><\/p>\n

These are ema<\/em>, wooden plaques you write wishes on.<\/p>\n

\"Ema\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s the Stage of Kiyomizudera:<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

A view of the Otowa Waterfall from the Stage: (you drink from one of the three streams for luck with health, love, or money.)<\/p>\n

\"Otowa<\/a><\/p>\n

Love Alley, so you can get divine help in finding Mr.\/Ms. Right, or Good Enough-san:<\/p>\n

\"Love<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Love\/Marriage<\/a><\/p>\n

As you can see, this is a pretty busy part of the temple.<\/p>\n

\"Love\/Marriage<\/a><\/p>\n

All of these ema<\/em> are filled with specific prayers for love\/marriage.<\/p>\n

\"Love<\/a><\/p>\n

I wandered around a bit, left Love Alley, and found this view of the Stage from across the way:<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

Then I headed down to the Otowa Waterfall area. Looking up, I could see the Stage supports:<\/p>\n

\"Kiyomizu<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s the Otowa Waterfall:<\/p>\n

\"Otowa<\/a><\/p>\n

Then I was pretty much done. Here’s the tea shop:<\/p>\n

\"Kiyomizudera<\/a><\/p>\n

And the row of souvenir shops on the way out:<\/p>\n

\"Souvenir<\/a><\/p>\n

Wet Enough For Ya?<\/h3>\n

Now I’m trying to figure out what to do next, because trying to see any shrines\/temples is madness in this weather. I may end up bagging it today, because it’s a wet nasty mess out there. I’ll try to hit a place or two tomorrow before I head back to Okazaki, and I’ll try to come back here later on in my trip.<\/p>\n

So far, Kyoto isn’t one of my favorite places, but it will probably improve with some sunshine.<\/p>\n

Getting around here is kind of a pain, but I can safely blame it on the rain.<\/p>\n

Most importantly, I enjoyed my soft, fluffy bed.<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m definitely going to head to Beppu at some point. Even though the shinkansen<\/em> makes me a little queasy, I think it’s probably worth it to go someplace warm<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I’m still having fun, and taking a lot of photos. Things don’t always go as planned. That’s travel. <\/span><\/p>\n

The really weird thing… I’m watching “Inside the Actor’s Studio” right now, because it’s in English, and not dubbed. What can I say. Sometimes I really<\/em> miss English. I’d never watch this if I was back in the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So I made it to Kyoto, and guess what? It’s raining like crazy. And guess what I left behind in Okazaki? Yes, my rain gear, what there was of it, anyway. I managed to make it to Kiyomizudera (emphasis on the mizu today, I guess), and I took a bunch of pictures there. Like any […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,823,5],"tags":[894,827,171,167,170,895],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japan-trip","category-photos","category-travel","tag-japan-trip","tag-japan2007","tag-kiyomizudera","tag-kyoto","tag-rain","tag-travel","category-3-id","category-823-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1436,"href":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions\/1436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stupidamericantourist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}