Kakuma Yamamoto

“ It runs down the eastern part of this city through the bridges, Nijio, Sanjio, Shijio and Gojio, and at last Kamogawa flows into Yodogawa west side of Yodo. When it rains for a long time in the Autumn its embankment of the river overflows very soon and breaks the bridges and deserts the fields so that nothing is left for the farmers. ”

“ The preasant tower is very high and handsome as you see on the cut.
It stands on the way to Kiyomizu and is 12 Chios from Sanjio.
寺水清東洛
KIYOMIZU
Kiyomizu which is a most magnificent temple in Kiyoto was founded by Tamuramaro for the faith of the Daihi when Kanmu established the capital.
It stands on a great framework called Butai.
The roads on the hill are very good and paved very conveniently for going up to it. ”

“ Inari the temple of Shinto religion on the way to Fushimi, is a most famous one in this country.
It is the head of Inaris which are worshiped almost every place.
The temple stands on a hill by name Inariyama from which the sight of the river Yodogawa can be seen.
The distance to the temple from Sanjio is 37 Chios.
寺湧泉東洛
SHENNIUJI
Shenniuji was build by Morotsugu, a high officer under the reign of Montoku Tenno about the year 850 after Christ. ”

“ The city of Kiyoto was founded by the Mikado Kanmu, who reigned over this country about one thousand and thirty years ago, as the capital of Japan under the name of Heian. From this period it has remained without particular change, but when a civil war broke out always the battles were fought here at first, because the Emperors of this country took their residence here. ”

“ Niyakuoji was erected by Goshirakawa Tenno for the worship of Buddhist about 1220, there are three waterfalls to which many people go to cool themselves in summer.
There are plenty of the momiji (maple) the leaves of which turn red in the Autumn. It is close to Nanjenji and about 16 Chios from Sanjio.
谷黒北洛
KURODANI
Kurodani is one of large buildings in Kiyoto, and the Hondo, or the place where the idole is put, is a wonderful edifice and it has a pretty gatehouse called Sanmon. ”

“ It is a most famous city for containing a great many celebrated and splendid palaces, temples and other edifices, and it is the most famous for manufactures which are necessary to the mankind as the silkdresses and the earthenwares &c. ”

“ This river is celebrated for the bleaching of the linen and cotton goods which is done to on great extend of the dry part of the riverded. Kamogawa also feeds a small canal called Takashe, which runs from Nijio the second bridgeto Fushimi. This canal is very shallow but a great many goods are turn ported on it by particularly built small boats.
Also a few passenger boats are plying between Fushimi and Kiyoto.
ル見田堅嵜唐リヨ寺井三
OTSU KATATA AND HIRA
In Otsu there is a comfortable Hotel for foreigners known by the name Kaikaro. ”