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# Kyoto - The Silver Pavillion
- URL: https://blog.novaugust.net/kyoto-the-silver-pavillion/
- Published: 2012-07-30T00:33:59.000Z
- Updated: 2012-09-09T08:29:50.000Z
- Author: Matt Enlow
- Tags: Ginkakuji, @jennopolis55, post, japan journey, Kyoto, kyoto trip, kyoto valley clouds, kyoto (day 1), Photo Journal, sand sculpture, spring break, Tohoku Journal, zen sand, 京都, 春休み, 銀閣寺, #Import 2026-06-21 14:43

# 銀閣寺

After [Kiyomizu](https://blog.novaugust.net/pure-water-temple/ "Pure Water Temple") and a spot of lunch at a cute little cafe we went off to our last major tourist destination for the day. This time around it was somewhere I'd never been to before, "Ginkaku-ji". It boasted a neat garden that I think was one of the things we all agreed we were happy we had gone to when the trip was coming to a close. 

The weather still had no plans for clearing up though, and the dreary sky with the white sand gardens didn't make for the best photo opportunities. Here's a few just the same.[![銀閣寺](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2108-700x525.jpg "IMG_2108")](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG%5F2108.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net)

[![](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2105-e1343579164222-450x600.jpg "sandy gate")](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG%5F2105.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net)

[![stone bridge over pond](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2136_1-700x525.jpg "IMG_2136_1 stone bridge over pond")](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG%5F2136%5F1.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net)

[![](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2134_1-700x525.jpg "mossy tree")](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG%5F2134%5F1.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net)

Climbing a good set of stairs we put the clouds sitting low in the valleys of the mountains around Kyoto into my lense.

[![](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2115_1-700x525.jpg "clouds over kyoto")](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG%5F2115%5F1.jpg?ref=blog.novaugust.net)

And that, along with the [Thirty-Three-Lengths Hall](https://blog.novaugust.net/the-thirty-three-length-hall/ "三十三間堂") and [Pure Water Tmple](https://blog.novaugust.net/pure-water-temple/ "Pure Water Temple") was the end of my family's first full day in Kyoto. Well, according to my camera anyways. The danger of writing these trip diaries up well after the fact is not having any way to recall what all occurred but the photos that are left. Let's not forget just why I [started this blog](http://www.novaugust.net/blog/about/?ref=blog.novaugust.net "About"). The next day Jenn, Dad and I would be up early to see my favorite place in Kyoto - Fushimi Inari Shrine.

It might be a while until I share pictures from that wonderful morning stroll. In two days I'm leaving for a two week journey around Japan before leaving to be back in the states, and I'm still not sure what's going to happen with my [bicycle](https://blog.novaugust.net/bike-and-hikari/ "Bicycle and Hikari")...