Ginkaku-ji
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: temple in Sakyo ward of Kyoto, Japan
- Also known as: “Ginkaku-ji Temple”, “Ginkakuji”, “Higashiyama Jisho-ji”, and “Jisho-ji”
- Address: 左京区, 京都市, 京都府 606-8402
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tokyudo and Silver Pavilion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kyōto-Gyoen and Shimogawara-chō.
Kyōto-Gyoen
Neighborhood
Photo: Shinpeiinada, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kyoto Gyoen National Garden is a 65-hectare national garden of Japan that was established after the Japanese capital was transferred from Kyoto to Tokyo. It is situated around the Kyoto Imperial Palace. Kyōto-Gyoen is situated 3 km west of Ginkaku-ji.
Shimogawara-chō
Neighborhood
Photo: Clemens Vasters, CC BY 2.0.
Shimogawara-chō is a neighborhood, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Ginkaku-ji.
Kamigyō-ku
Suburb
Kamigyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The ward was a district of residences for the royalty, aristocrats, and upper classes in the old capital of JapanーHeian-kyō. Kamigyō-ku is situated 4 km west of Ginkaku-ji.
Ginkaku-ji
- Categories: Japanese garden, heritage site, historic site, place of worship, religious organization, and religion
- Location: Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.02691° or 35° 1′ 37″ northLongitude
135.79843° or 135° 47′ 54″ eastElevation
96 metres (315 feet)Open location code
8Q7Q2QGX+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
way 105817561OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=religious
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Ginkaku-ji” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غينكاكو-جي”
- Azerbaijani: “Qinkaku məbədi”
- Basque: “Ginkaku-ji”
- Bavarian: “Ginkaku-ji”
- Burmese: “ဂင်ခခုဂျိ”
- Catalan: “Ginkaku-ji”
- Catalan: “Jishō-ji”
- Chinese: “慈照寺”
- Chinese: “銀閣寺”
- Chinese: “银阁寺”
- Czech: “Ginkakudži”
- Dutch: “Ginkaku-ji”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جينكاكو جى”
- Esperanto: “Ginkaku-ĝi”
- Esperanto: “Jishōji”
- Estonian: “Ginkaku-ji”
- Finnish: “Ginkaku-ji”
- French: “Ginkaku-ji”
- French: “temple du pavillon d’argent”
- French: “Temple du pavillon d’argent”
- German: “Ginkaku-ji”
- Greek: “Γκινκάκου-τζι”
- Hakka Chinese: “Ginkakuji”
- Hebrew: “מקדש הכסף”
- Hungarian: “Ginkakudzsi”
- Indonesian: “Ginkaku-ji”
- Italian: “Ginkaku-ji”
- Italian: “Jishō-ji”
- Italian: “padiglione d’argento”
- Japanese: “Ginkaku-ji”
- Japanese: “ぎんかくじ”
- Japanese: “慈照寺”
- Japanese: “銀閣寺”
- Korean: “긴카쿠지”
- Korean: “은각사”
- Korean: “지쇼지”
- Persian: “گینکاکو-جی”
- Polish: “Ginkaku-ji”
- Polish: “Srebrny Pawilon”
- Portuguese: “Ginkaku-ji”
- Russian: “Гинкаку-дзи”
- Russian: “Гинкакудзи”
- Spanish: “Ginkaku-ji”
- Spanish: “Pabellón de plata”
- Swedish: “Ginkaku-ji”
- Thai: “กิงกากูจิ”
- Thai: “วัดกิงกะกุ”
- Turkish: “Ginkaku-ji”
- Ukrainian: “Монастир Ґінкаку”
- Vietnamese: “Ginkakuji”
- “Ginkaku-ji”
- “Jisho-ji”
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