Kiyomizu Magaibutsu
Hundreds of five-ringed pagodas and Sanskrit characters are carved into the cliff along the Manose river.
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Hundreds of five-ringed pagodas and Sanskrit characters are carved into the cliff along the Manose river.
Known for the waterwheel karakuri offered at Rokugatsudo, a nationally selected Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
Worshippers walk the approach with a pot lid balanced on their heads. A faith for fortune in war and in contests.
The little Kyoto of Satsuma. Seven of its gardens are Places of Scenic Beauty.
Seven of its samurai gardens are designated scenic, their clipped hedges borrowing the mountain behind.
On the airfield they flew from, holding the letters teenage pilots left - the handwriting itself part of the record.
Satsuma banned Buddhism outright for a time; altars were made in secret, and when the ban lifted that skill became an industry.