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LE PAVILLON D'ARGENT, 2 Ginkakuji-cho, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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The Silver Pavilion is one of the must-see places in Kyoto. It is located at the beginning of the Path of Philosophy and nestled in a very pleasant wooded park, mixing moss garden and dry white sand garden. The shōgun Yoshimasa Ashikaga had the Silver Pavilion built between 1479 and 1482 to serve as his place of retreat. Upon his death, the residence became a Buddhist temple. During the shogun's stay in the pavilion, it became the heart of Higashiyama culture, based on Zen ideas in the main. Tea ceremony, ikebana and other arts were developed there while the shogun invited artists and poets to his court. The residence was to be covered with silver shingles, following the model of the golden pavilion, but the crisis caused by the Onin civil war ruined the project. What was supposed to be a pompous building finally became a model of the sober Japanese style. It was in this same residence that the first tea room, or chashitsu, was built. This room had only four and a half tatamis. Later, at the urging of Rikyū Sen, known in Japan for codifying the tea ceremony, the pavilion would be built outside the residence in an appropriate garden. The whole thing is a World Heritage Site.

Ginkaku-ji. The pavilion consists of a first floor and a first floor. The first floor is built in what would later be called the residential shoin style while the upper floor is decidedly Zen with its bell-shaped windows. This aesthetic feature is found in the Golden Pavilion, Kinkaku-ji, dating from 1359.

Other buildings: In addition to the pavilion, the temple has a moss-covered woodland and a Japanese garden attributed to the painter, poet and garden architect Soami. This sand garden is very famous. For the little anecdote, a pile of sand, which is said to have been left by the workers when the work was interrupted, is now part of it. It would symbolize Mount Fuji.

Togu Do. You will need special permission to visit the shōgun's residence and chapel. One can see the famous tea room (Dōjin-sai) made up of the 4.5 tatami square. The architectural style remains that of shoin. The building houses a wooden statue of the shōgun as well as two other statues: one of the Buddha executed by Jōchō in the 11th century and the other of Kannon, carved by Unkei in the 12th century.


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Blancpinson
Visited in july 2019
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Le site est beau et moins touristique que le pavillon d'or. Il est dommage que l'on ne puisse pas toujours voir l'intérieur du pavillon car il est fermé par moment au piblique
glwadys
Visited in october 2019
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Sublime
Le site est sublime, petite balade rapide mais qui vaut le détour
clems37
Visited in august 2019
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Rien d'extraordinaire
Le temple Ginkaku-Ji (pavillon d'argent) est facilement accessible en bus, il est en plus situé à proximité du chemin de la philosophie. Le bâtiment n'est pas très grand et n'a rien d'extraordinaire de l'extérieur. Le parc, avec le jardin sec, et le passage dans la forêt est agréable car il offre une jolie vue sur les alentours, mais il n'y a rien d'extraordinaire. Pas forcément le temple à faire si vous avez peu de temps à Kyoto car il est excentré.
rnv23
Visited in march 2019
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Situé a l'est de kyoto, ifficilement accessible si on est pas motorisé.
situé a coté du chemin des philosophes.
Joli temple avec jardin de pierre. Circuit qui fait le tour du temple et du jardin adjacent.
Beaucoup de monde.
gap1
Visited in july 2019
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Beau Jardin
Un beau jardin, des jardins Japonais bien entretenu, pas trop de monde font que le détours est intéressant. Un peu déçu sur la pavillon en lui même qui est un "simple" pavillon en bois.

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