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Ginkaku-ji Temple: what's nearby, how to get there and when to go · 2026

Ginkaku-ji , officially named Jishō-ji , is a Zen temple in the Sakyo ward of Kyoto, Japan. It is one of the constructions that represent the Higashiyama Culture of the Muromachi period.

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