- Ginkakuji, or the Silver Pavilion, is nestled in Kyoto’s eastern mountains and is a popular stop for many visitors to Japan’s ancient capital.
- Instead of being designed by and for the use of monks, practitioners of zazen, or seated meditation. Ginkakuji was constructed in relation to its surroundings.
- Instead of being designed by and for the use of monks, practitioners of zazen, or seated meditation. Ginkakuji was constructed in relation to its surroundings.
- The Ginkakuji is remarkably beautiful, which is not a coincidence because its commissioner had a great eye for beauty.
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- I will be in the Ginkakuji Temple / Philosopher's Path area till after sunset (after 4.45 p.m.) in late November.
- Ginkakuji is open from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm between 15 March and 30 November, and from 9:00 am and 4:30 pm between 1 December and 14 March.
- Ginkaku-ji. Located east of the Kinkaku-ji in the Higashiyama mountains of Kyoto, the Ginkaku-ji, or Silver Pavilion, appears similar to its predecessor at first...
- When I first visited Ginkakuji as a teenager, I felt as if I was betrayed by it as Ginkaku was not silver. To my eyes, it looked like a small, old wooden house.