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Ginkaku-ji (銀閣寺, lit. "Temple of the Silver Pavilion"), officially named Jishō-ji (慈照寺, lit. "Temple of Shining Mercy"), is a Zen temple in the Sakyo ward of Kyoto, Japan. It is one of the constructions that represent the Higashiyama Culture of the Muromachi period .
Ginkakuji (銀閣寺, Silver Pavilion) is a Zen temple along Kyoto 's eastern mountains (Higashiyama). In 1482, shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa built his retirement villa on the grounds of today's temple, modeled after Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion), his grandfather's retirement villa at the base of Kyoto's northern mountains (Kitayama).
ABOUT. Overview and history of the Ginkaku-ji Silver Pavilion, one of Shokoku-ji Temple’s affiliate temples. GUIDE. Enjoy Ginkaku-ji’s famous sights and hidden spots from a new perspective. GALLERY. Ginkaku-ji has beautiful scenes in each season. LIVE CAMERA. Ginkaku-ji’s live image feed is updated every three minutes. ACCESS.
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Overview. With its moss covered gardens, bamboo groves, and interesting dry-sand garden, Ginkaku-ji lives up to the phrase “simple is beautiful”. Located in northeastern Kyoto, the temple was built in 1482 by Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the grandson of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who built Kinkaku-ji (The Golden Pavilion).
Ginkaku-ji is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, located in the north-east in Higashiyama district. The Silver Pavilion is made of lacquered wood and surrounded by a wonderful dry garden of a refined aesthetic, a bamboo alley as well as a Japanese moss garden.
Ginkaku-ji Temple (The Silver Pavilion) is an elegant temple set in beautiful grounds at the foot of Kyoto's eastern mountains. Its grounds are an outstanding example of Japanese landscape architecture.
Originally built as a retirement villa for a 15th-century shogun, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Ginkakuji is one of Japan's most classic Zen temples and a prime example of the wabi-sabi aesthetic of beauty in imperfection.
Jun 22, 2013 · Today Ginkakuji is famous not only for its main building but also for smaller temple buildings, a moss garden and a beautiful Zen garden in which the focus point is the sand mound representing Mount Fuji. Around this mound are sand raked waves referring to a view from the moonlight.
Nestled in the serene hills of eastern Kyoto, Ginkakuji is a stunning Zen temple renowned for its exquisite architecture and tranquil gardens.
Ginkaku-ji is located in the foothills of Daimonjiyama. The “Philosopher’s Path,” named after a favorite stroll of the philosopher Nishida Kitaro (1870-1945) and a famous route for viewing cherry blossoms in spring and fireflies in summer, runs past its front gate.
