自転車で銀閣寺へGinkakuji Temple is perhaps the zenith of Japanese artistic expression. The fifteenth-century temple was originally built as a villa for Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, a hopelessly incompetent but artistically inclined ruler in a time of horrific conflict and instability.
Located at the end of the Philosopher's Walk, Ginkakuji is a World Heritage site.
As originally envisioned, the temple was designed to be painted silver, However, because of the disruptions of the Onin War this never happened. of construction never took place.
The grounds are fabulously beautiful.
Access
Ginkakuji Temple (Silver Pavilion)
2 Ginkaku-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Tel: 075 771 5525
Entrance Fee: 500 yen
Keihan Demachiyanagi is the nearest station though a bus or taxi from there will save you a long walk or alternatively bus #5 from Kyoto station.
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