Japan Photo Guide » Silver Pavilion http://babibubebo.com A Photgrapher's Travel Guide to Japan Thu, 10 May 2012 21:53:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Ginkakuji (Silver Pavilion) http://babibubebo.com/2006/07/04/ginkakuji-silver-pavilion/ http://babibubebo.com/2006/07/04/ginkakuji-silver-pavilion/#comments Tue, 04 Jul 2006 14:29:01 +0000 babibubebo http://babibubebo.com/?p=50 ginkaukji silver pavilion

Ginkakuji is located on the east side of Kyoto and right off the Philosopher’s Path. Ginkajuji was built for the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa and designed after Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion) and was suppose to be covered in Silver, but when Yoshimasa died, the plans for this were set in stone. The temple grounds are pretty nice and worth checking out. From the hill you get a nice view.

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]]> http://babibubebo.com/2006/07/04/ginkakuji-silver-pavilion/feed/ 3 Tetsugaku no michi (Philosopher’s Path) http://babibubebo.com/2006/07/04/tetsugaku-no-michi-philosophers-path/ http://babibubebo.com/2006/07/04/tetsugaku-no-michi-philosophers-path/#comments Tue, 04 Jul 2006 14:22:45 +0000 babibubebo http://babibubebo.com/?p=47 Tetsugaku no michi, or the Philospher’s Path, is on the east side of Kyoto. It is a path that runs from about Nanzenji all the way up to (and kind of passed) Ginkakujin. Along the way are various smaller temples, but the ones that you should make a point in going to are Nanzenji, Honen-in, and Ginkakuji (Silver Pavilion).

tetsugaku no michi philosopher's path

To be honest, I went there in every season and I was never really impressed until I went in cherry blossom season. During the other seasons it is a nice walk, but when the sakura are in bloom, Tetsugaku no michi really comes to life and makes for a wonderful place to take photos or just go for a stroll. From end to end, without stopping in any of the temples or taking any photographs it takes about 30 minutes.

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