Kiyomizu-dera renovation finished in 2020

2017

February

The renovation will start in March.

March

The construction of the scaffolds started.

Now we can be in the restricted area on the stage.

April

Nearly half of the main hall was covered.

June

The main hall was covered with scaffolds and nets completely. The small room at the center of the stage is left for us. The roof is under renovation in the way as I indicated before.

November

Kiyomizudera welcomes the autumn leaves in the cage.

At night, the main hall is illuminated. I can see some part of the roof was taken off.

2018

March

Kiyomizudera is illuminated again. All I can say is the renovation is still going on there. Peeling off the roof, putting the new sheets of Hiwada.

2019

 December

In December 2019, the change has come. The main hall is covered with a huge cage with net to fix the roof. Now we cannot see the iconic Kiyomizu-stage belongs to the main hall.

Fortunately, the net of the cage is on removing. It tells us the renovation is nearly ending. Kiyomizu-dera temple announced the reconstruction will end in the next spring.

The roof of the cage, the top layer of the shading sheet is removed and we can see the second layer of the sheet.

This fall, the main hall is illuminated. The renovation is to be finished in the next spring. This year is the last opportunity to see it illuminated in the cage.

In early-December, we admired tiny flower called Manju Shage (曼珠沙華) under the stage.

Now in November, but we are able to admire SAKURA!

Behind Kiyomizu-dera, there is Jishu Shrine. We can see Cherry blossom there. Cherry blossoms usually are in bloom in spring but some of them blooms in fall and winter.

In Jishu Shrine, there is a statue of bunny. Turn left in front of it. You’ll see the Sakura.

Now (24th Nov.), the autumn leaves are in full bloom.

Usually, we don’t have night illumination in Kiyomizu-dera. The next one is the night illumination in Autumn leaves season. The renovation will be finished in the next spring. I suppose the night illumination is the last one under reconstruction.