Name: Ginkakuji  Ginkakuji Photo: Lynn Perry   Alternate Name: Jishoji  Address: Sakyo-ku, Ginkakuji-cho  Mailing Address:   City: Kyoto-shi  State: Kyoto-hu  Postal Code:   Country: JAPAN  Latitude/Longitude: lat=35.11667; long=135.8 Find Gardens Nearby Phone:   Fax:   E-Mail:   Contact:   Designer(s): Soami  Contruction Date: c. 1482 (alterations in 17th century)  Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours: 8:30 - 5 (March 15 - November 30); 9 - 4:30 (December 1 - March 14)  Admission:   Added to JGarden: 1/1/1996  Last Updated: 11/28/2004  JGarden Description: Designed by Soami for Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the 8th Ashikaga shogun in 1482-1483. The pavilion is modestr wood structure with a sand mountain and sea of raked sand adjoining it.

While the roji is meant to be a passageway Altogether outside this earthly life How is it that people only contrive To sprinkle it with the dust of the mind.   Sen no Rikyu   16th century