Beautiful gardens, temples and some great opportunities for super photos! A Disadvantage is that it seems that the rest of Japan found the Pavilion at the same time we did!

I joined the Sunrise Tour (booked through JAPANiCAN) which included Kinkakuji Temple (Golden Pavilion), Kyoto Imperial Place, Nijo Castle ... the tour may be a bit fast paced (too fast for the elderly) but worth going on.

We saw the Golden Pavillion as part of the Kyoto and Nara one day tour. Great to see and wonderful gardens. Highly recommend.

I loved this temple. We rode the bus here and was an easy walk to the temple. Bring your camera. Was so beautiful on a sunny day! The grounds were gorgeous. Make sure to buy some chocolate mochi on way out - the best!

Went there with my KyotoFreeGuide, Hideko-san. It is towards the northern area of Kyoto and is about 40mins by bus with traffic. There are a few buses that go there and we took bus no. 12. Please remember to alight at Kinkaku-ji MAE which means infront of the Kinkaku-ji since there are two bus stops. Refer to the may and... More

One of the must see! The scenery of gold-plated temple can't be replaced with other attractions in Kyoto. 2nd time to there but never get bored. Always excited to see it and loce the scenario. ....

Off the beaten track and maybe not worth the trak across town. Like many of Kyoto's sights this is over-touristy and can be easily done in 40-50 minutes.

The only attractive place here is the Golden Temple, since visitors are not allowed inside they are just squeezing around the lake to take magnificent view of the temple. Aside from this there is really not much, I enjoyed more in food tasting - take food samplings on the way back.

The view of the Shrine beside the lake is just incredible.OK is just one shrine,it take only few couple of minutes for visiting,but it makes you fell happy.Also Ryoanji is close to here to see zen garden.