Author: winegums

travel and street photographer

Postcards from India

I am about to embark on a two and a half month adventure to India! This means a small hiatus in my photos from Japan, just for a little while. However, I have started a new blog ready for some photos from India, edited with a tablet and posted on the road- postcards from india.

Day 213- Ginkaku-ji, the silver pavillion

A close up look at the magnificent Ginkaku-ji temple, already featured in my last blog post.

Day 212- Ginkaku-ji, the silver pavilion

Ginkaku-ji is another of Kyoto’s many temples- one part spectacular, one part disappointing. The disappointment is in the name- the silver pavilion. It left me with the grand illusion that it would be similarly precious to its big brother Kinkaku-ji (see it here). Unfortunately the architect died before he could realise his vision to gild […]