Kinkakuji
金閣寺
きんかくじ

Temple of the Golden Pavilion. Popular name of Rokuonji, a temple of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism. Built on the outskirts of Kyoto by the third Muromachi shogun, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in 1397. The Kinkaku is a gilded three-story pavilion in the garden.




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