Japan trip(7) Kyoto

The town bus take us around and reach at the big red gate for symbol of Japan.

Then we take a bus to Gingakuji Temple or Silver Temple and it 's a Zen templ which built in 1482 by shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa ,model it after Kinkakuji ( Golden Pavillion )for his retirement villa and

this villa was converted into a Zen temple after Yoshimasa dead in 1490.

As the retirement villa of an art obsessed of shogun, Ginkakuji became a center of contemporary culture ,

known as the Higashiyama Culture in contrast to the Kitayama Culture of his grandfather's time.Unlike the Kitayama Culture,which remain limited to the aristocratic circles of Kyoto, the Higashiyama Culture had a broad impact on the entire country.The art developed are refined during the time include the tea ceremony ,flower arrangement,noh theater,poetry, garden design and architecture.

This temple consists of the Silver Pavillion,half a dozen other temple buildings ,a beautiful moss garden and a unique dry sand garden.It it enjoy by walking along a circle route around its grouds, from which the gardens and buildings can be viewed.