- The Ginkakuji Temple in Kyoto, Japan, formally referred to as Jisho-ji and otherwise known as 'The Serene Temple of the Silver Pavilion', was first built in the...
- Ginkakuji (銀閣寺) is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto City. The official name of the temple is Jishoji Temple and it’s also known as “Temple of the Silver...
- To get to Ginkaku-ji from Kyoto-Station, take City bus 5, 17 or 100, a thirty-five to forty minute ride, getting off at Ginkakuji-mae (230 yen each way).
- Towards the end of his life, Yoshimasa became a Zen Buddhist monk, and after his death in 1490 the Ginkakuji complex became a Buddhist temple.
- The Ginkakuji is remarkably beautiful, which is not a coincidence because its commissioner had a great eye for beauty.
- It’s predictably popular so best visited in off-peak times. Zen garden in Ginkakuji Temple.
- Ginkakuji (銀閣寺, “Temple of the Silver Pavilion”) is a Zen temple in the Higashiyama Ward of Kyoto.
- Though many people imagine that the giant mound within Ginkakuji Garden is meant to suggest Mt Fuji, it is in fact called the "Moon Viewing Platform".
- The Jisho-ji, commonly known as Ginkakuji (the Silver Pavilion), is a villa created and lived by the 8th Muromachi shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1436 – 1490).
- 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.