<![CDATA[Why skipping the famous sites is often the better travel choice]]>Kinkakuji receives 10 million visitors per year. The experience is 20 minutes of waiting, 4 minutes of viewing with 200 people around you, and an exit through a gift shop. Nearby Ryoan-ji on a Tuesday morning: 15 people in the zen garden, no audio guides, actual quiet. Same cultural weight. Different experience.

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