Kiyomizu-dera

A buddhist temple in East Kyoto, with a large balcony overlooking a valley which is breathtaking in autumn. I was trying to get a shot of a spectator and only realized afterwards that this girl was wearing a kimono. There is a Japanese idiom 'to jump off the balcony at Kiyomizu' (meaning to take the plunge), which I recently realized came into use because people actually used to do this. it's a 15m drop or so...

Bye Barbara