The next temple on the pilgrimage after Unjuji is Kiyomizudera, and it is just a few kilometers away so this will be a short post.
I stopped in at this very small temple. The very wide roof is typical of traditional architecture as it was necessary to keep the excessive rainfall away from a building's foundations. This building does not look like it has much longer lifespan without some major, and costly, renovation.
Not sure which Buddha or deity is enshrined here, the main deity is hidden.
A Buddhist statue along the way with ofuda attached attests to this being a pilgrimage route
Cosmos and other autumn flowers brighten the roadside. Where the climb up to Kiyomizudera begins a pile of walking sticks that can be borrowed. I had my own. I think these are for car pilgrims, who are the vast majority of pilgrims nowadays.
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