Description on the reverse of the greeting card kiyomizu temple was founded in 1798 and the structure still standing today was impressively built without a single nail the popular expression to jump off the stage at kiyomizu is the japanese equivalent of the english expression to take the plunge this refers to an edo period tradition held that if one were to survive a 13 metre jump from the stage ones wish would be granted 234 jumps were recorded in the edo period the practice is