About
Who runs Kiyomizu-dera Today?
Kiyomizu-dera Today is run by Bag2Gate, a luggage service for travellers flying home from Kansai Airport (KIX). We are not connected to Kiyomizu-dera temple.
Bag2Gate
What does Bag2Gate do?
We store your luggage in Osaka and send it to Kansai Airport, so you can spend your last days in Japan without a suitcase. The slopes up to Kiyomizu-dera are steep and crowded, which is exactly where you'll be glad you left it behind.
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Send your bags to Osaka
After booking, send them from your hotel or anywhere in Japan. Shipping to Osaka is arranged and paid by you; hotel desks can often help.
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Travel light
We keep your bags in Osaka while you explore. Keep your passport and essentials with you.
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Collect them at KIX
Pick them up at the Yamato counter at Kansai Airport before your flight, with your tracking number and passport.
How much does it cost?
| Standard | USD 49 per bagUp to 160 cm (height + width + depth) and 25 kg |
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| Large / heavy | USD 69 per bagUp to 200 cm and 30 kg |
Includes up to 5 days of storage and delivery to KIX. Kansai Airport only. Last checked: .
See dates and book Bag2Gate (opens bag2gate.com)Who is behind it?
Bag2Gate is a service of CofJC Inc. in Kyoto, led by founder and Representative Director Kyo Fujioka (Kyoya Fujioka).
Opening hours, admission and the night-illumination dates on this site are checked by hand against the official Kiyomizu-dera website, most recently on . Kyo also goes to Kiyomizu-dera to see how crowded it really is, and compares that with the score on this site.
Other sites from the same team:
How we calculate the crowd score
The score is our own estimate from 0 to 100. It is not a head count and not an official figure from the temple. Nobody counts people from the live camera; we only show it so you can see for yourself.
What goes into it
| Time of day | Our hourly pattern for the temple, in Japan time. Weekdays peak 10:00–16:00; the first hours after the 6:00 opening are the quietest. |
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| Day | Saturdays, Sundays and Japanese public holidays use a busier pattern. Holidays come from the Cabinet Office calendar. |
| Season | Points added in busy seasons (table below). |
| Night illumination | +40 from 17:00 on illumination days. |
| Rain | −10 while rain is observed in Kyoto now, −20 in heavy rain (Japan Meteorological Agency, checked every hour). |
The score is the hourly pattern plus the season and illumination points, minus rain, kept between 0 and 100. It is worked out again every minute in your browser; the weather behind it updates every hour. If the weather can't be fetched, the score leaves rain out and the page shows Kyoto's monthly averages instead.
Busy seasons
| Season | Dates | Points |
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| Cherry-blossom season | 21 Mar – 10 Apr | +15 |
| Golden Week | 29 Apr – 5 May | +15 |
| School-trip seasonweekdays, 9:00–15:59 | 1 May – 31 May | +10 |
| Obon holidays | 13 Aug – 16 Aug | +10 |
| School-trip seasonweekdays, 9:00–15:59 | 1 Oct – 30 Nov | +10 |
| Autumn-leaf season | 11 Nov – 10 Dec | +15 |
| New Year holidays | 29 Dec – 3 Jan | +10 |
What the words mean
| Quiet | 0–30 |
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| Moderate | 31–55 |
| Busy | 56–79 |
| Very busy | 80–100 |
This is the first version of the formula. The hourly pattern and the points are our own starting estimates, and we will adjust them as we compare the score with real crowds.
How do you know if something is up to date?
Anything we update by hand shows a "Last checked" date next to it. Live values show the time they were observed or calculated, in Japan time.
Spotted a mistake?
Corrections, questions, or a camera owner who'd like us to change something: send us a message.
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