@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social
2026-06-30 04:49 UTC
3) 堂々巡り📿
"Circling the temple hall" is similar to the English phrase "Going around in circles". It is yet another idiom born at Kiyomizu-dera.
Pilgrims would circle the main hall, often many hundreds of times, as an act of faith.
#Kiyomizudera #清水寺 #idioms
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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social 2026-06-30 05:08
On the east side of Kiyomizu-dera's main hall, on a beam below the latticed shutters, is a long, deep scratch (堂々巡り筋痕). It was created by the countless rosary beads rubbed against the wood so that worshippers could feel their way around the hall in the dark. #清水寺 #Kyoto