Wooded grounds, covered with moss. Ginkaku-ji complex (Temple of Silver Pavillion). Kyoto. Kansai. Japan

---

Wooded grounds, covered with moss, of Ginkaku-ji complex (Temple of Silver Pavillion). The official name of Ginkaku-ji is Jisho-ji (Temple of Shining Mercy). It was built in 15th century and at present time is associated with the Shokoku-ji branch of Rinzai Zen. Ginkaku-ji is part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, added to the Unesco World Heritage List in 1994. Sakyo-ku (Sakyo ward). Kyoto. Kansai (aka Kinki) region. Japan

---

Size: 5200px × 3453px
Location: Kyoto. Kansai. Japan
Photo credit: © Miguel A. Muñoz Pellicer / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: area, asia, asian, asiatic, attraction, bryophyta, bryophyte, buddhism, buddhist, color, colour, conserved, day, daylight, daytime, destination, exterior, exteriors, flora, footpath, forest, format, garden, gardens, ginkaku, ginkaku-ji, ginkakuji, ground, grounds, heritage, horizontal, image, interest, japan, japanese, ji, jisho, jisho-ji, jishoji, ku, kyoto, landscape, moss, moss-grown, mosses, mossy, nature, orient, oriental, outdoor, outdoors, path, pathway, people, photo, place, protected, religion, religious, rinzai, sakyo, sakyo-ku, sakyoku, shokoku, shokoku-ji, shokokuji, site, slope, sloping, temple, timberland, tourism, tourist, tradition, traditional, travel, trees, unesco, vegetation, walkway, wooded, woodland, woods, world, worship, zen