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Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion): World Treasure Tour of Kyoto
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  • By Gaijin_sama on November 7, 2006
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  • Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion) - Kyoto
    by Gaijin_sama, 4 more photos
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    This is a recommended 3 day mostly walking tour to some of the most magnificent cultural treasures in the world, in Kyoto.
    Consider getting a 2 day pass (unlimited buses and subways).

    1st day stops: Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavillion), Ryoanji (Zen Garden), Ninnaji; then bus to Arashiyama, visit Tenryuji, walk through the bamboo forest, visit Adashino-Nembutsuji (Tombs of the Unknown Dead)
    2nd day stops: Sanjusangendo Temple, Kyomizu-dera Temple, walk through Sannenzaka and Maruyama Park, Kenninji Temppe, Yasaka Shrine, Chio-in Temple, Shoren-in Temple (Awata Palace)
    3rd day stops: Shimogamo Shrine, Ginkaku-ji Temple, Nanzenji Temple, Eikan-do Temple, Heian Jingu Shrine

    Nightime - view a potpourri of Japanese traditional arts at Gion Kobu Kaburenju Theater (Gion Corner)

    Significance: Many of these places are UNESCSO World Heritage Sites; difficult to find so much culture compressed in a mid-sized city anywhere.

  • Address: Kyoto (Higashi-yama, Rakusai, Arashiyama)
  • Directions: When you arrive in Kyoto (probably by Shinkansen), stop on the 2nd floor to the Tourist Office (near Cafe du Monde) and get a Bus Map and a Kyoto Tourist Guidebook and City Map.
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    Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion): Ginkakuji Temple - Silver Pavillion
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  • By aukahkay on April 10, 2007
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    Ginkakuji temple, a Zen temple, was established in 1482 by Ashikaga Yoshimasa of the 8th Marumachi Shogunate. Located in the hills of higashiyama, the Ginkakuji is the northern end of the famed Path of Philosophy. The Kannon hall is the main building at the temple. The intention was to cover it in silver, but construction was halted, and the silver covering never placed on the pavilion unlike its sister pavillion, the Kinkakuji or Golden Pavillion

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  • Directions: Take bus 100 from Kyoto Station. Admission is Y500

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    Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion): Ginkakuji Temple: The Silver Pavilion.
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  • Updated By shrimp56 on June 20, 2003
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    One of the few temple "dry gardens" created with sand rather than pebbles. The function of the "sand cone" is to reflect moonlight on the pavilion. It was constructed in the 13th century.

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  • Website: http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/intro/trad/isan/jishou_e.html

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    Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion): GINKAKUJI (Temple of the...
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  • By drolkar on August 25, 2002
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  • Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion) - Kyoto
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    GINKAKUJI (Temple of the Silver Pavilion), originally built in 1489 by the Shogun Yoshimasa Ashikaga as his villa...
    Don't miss the beautiful statue of Hase Kannon, the Goddess of Mercy, on the second floor! Also, enshrined downstairs you will find one thousand statues of JIZO, the guardian god of children...

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    Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion): Ginkaku-ji Temple
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  • By Sakura_Kobe on August 24, 2002
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    This is a famous temple and popular sight seeing spot for foreign tourist. Some people highly appreciate Ginkaku-ji due to its simplicity and calmness. It's Zen garden is interesting.

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  • By R.Dettmann on November 18, 2003
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  • By makkyo on February 18, 2006
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  • Address: 2 Ginkakuji-cho, Sakyou-ku, Kyoto
  • Phone: 075-771-5725

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    Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion): Visit the Ginkakuji Temple
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  • W/permission from mom, posing w/her girl in kimono - Kyoto
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    The Ginkakuji Temple is one of the temples that is not perched on a hill. Just like the Toji Temple, it is close to the streets of Kyoto. If you are not up to distance walking, you should visit the Ginkakuji Temple first. It is at the heart of Kyoto!

    When we went there, many school children were having their school picture-taking. The girls and the boys were all in their traditional costumes. It was one of the highlights of my visit in Kyoto. To see the Ginkakuji Temple coupled with all these children in Japanese kimono was such an expectacular and memorable experience!

    The Ginkakuji Temple is very colorful with its bright deep orange color. The grounds were covered with thick white sand - not sure how it got there. The whole compound was huge and it has different structures that are equally and beautifully made!

    There is a water fountain outside where visitors can experience the cleansing before they enter the temple. The gates to the temple were humungous and once you get inside you see all the buildings lined in a 180 degree angle.

    My sisters and I took a lot of pictures but I was more fascinated asking permission to the parents of the children whether I can take a picture of them or be in their pictures! Luckily, all the mothers I had asked seemed to be nice and pleasant. I was able to take pictures of the school girls and boys in kimonos!

  • Address: Kyoto, Japan
  • Directions: From the Kyoto Station, take bus #100 and the bus will drop you off in front of the Ginkakuji Temple. You have to walk about 600 yards before you get into the main gate of the temple.

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