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| Ginkakuji (Silver Pavilion) is a Zen temple along Kyotos eastern mountains (Higashiyama). In 1482, shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa built his retirement villa on the grounds of todays temple, modeling it after Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion). |
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