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Kita Ward, Kyoto (0.3 miles from Kinkaku-ji Temple)
Featuring free bikes, a shared lounge, and a garden, Guest House Kyorakuya Kinkakuji has accommodations in Kyoto with free WiFi and garden views.
Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto (0.8 miles from Kinkaku-ji Temple)
Guest house HANA Kyoto is located in Kyoto, 984 feet from Kitano Tenmangu and 0.7 mi from Kinkaku-ji Temple. A simple complimentary breakfast service is provided for guests.
Kita Ward, Kyoto (0.5 miles from Kinkaku-ji Temple)
Hananobou Kinkakuji-michi is a holiday home located in Kyoto in the Kita Ward district, 2625 feet from Kinkaku-ji Temple. The air-conditioned unit is 2625 feet from Kitano Tenmangu Shrine.
Ukyo Ward, Kyoto (0.8 miles from Kinkaku-ji Temple)
Featuring free WiFi, a Japanese garden and parking on site, 伝心庵 Garden Villa Denshin-An is a traditional Japanese-style townhouse located in Kyoto. This property can be rented as a whole.
Kita Ward, Kyoto (0.4 miles from Kinkaku-ji Temple)
Kyowara Tenjin / Vacation STAY 6821 features air-conditioned rooms with TV in the Kita Ward district of Kyoto.
Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto (1 miles from Kinkaku-ji Temple)
Located in Kyoto, 1.1 miles from Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, Hostel Sui Kyoto has air-conditioned rooms and a terrace.
Hotel in Kita Ward, Kyoto
If you can visit in the moths of May/June, you'll be able to see the temple with nice weather and beautiful skies. Also, if you arrive in the morning, you'll be able to have great places to take pictures for yourself.
It's neat to see and it's very golden, but there's not much else to see other than taking the typical shot of the building. This place is a little over-hyped in my opinion and they are much more beautiful things to see in Kyoto, but I felt like I had to go because it's one of the main things to see in Kyoto. It's pretty easy to get here by bus. I was intimidated by the bus system at first, but there's no need to be. Just use Google Maps for directions and you'll be fine :)
Picturesque, but you should go early because there is a lot of tourist visiting this place and if you like to take pictures, then you should go before te crowd gets there. A tip, there are a lot of kimono rental shops, so if you want to take nice pictures en dress up a little, then rent a kimono
Temple was nice but not all that like I expected based on the reviews. A lot of tourists to include myself of course. You have to take bus 101 and 205 there from Kyoto Station then get off at the bus stop and walk 10 minutes. I expected the temple to be huge but it wasn’t. The gold of the temple was nice but I thought I was going to see earth shattering gold. Maybe as the sun is rising? Either way there was beautiful scenery and great photo ops but I expected more with the temple itself.
I cannot find enough word to describe the beauty of this Temple, not only the Temple in itself, but also the surrounding gardens. You must be there, to feel it, to be able to understand; works won't make it justice.
I recommend you read a novel Kinkakuji by Yukio Mishina before you visit there. Incompleteness of the complete beauty is the theme of the novel. Mishina, a worldwide well known gifted author, killed himself by Harakiri in 1970 after agitation to soldier of self defense force.