Place to see: Kinkakuji, Ky?to-fu, Japan

Kinkakuju

Kinkakuju by Lizzie Morrison

Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion) is a Zen temple formally known as Rokuonji. In 1397 construction started on the Golden Pavilion as part of a new residence for the retired shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

Kinkakuji + tree
Departing Kinkakuji on a Rainy Afternoon
Kinkakuju
金閣寺
japanese schoolgirls in rain hats

About this place:

The official name of this temple is Rokuonji.

The original, in all its ostentatious glory, was constructed by the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in the 1300's, but this incarnation is much more recent: The previous structure was burned to the ground by a disgruntled monk in 1950.

Postcards about Kinkakuji:

  • Todd Lappin

    15 February 2008
    From:
    Todd Lappin

    Is it possible to take a bad photo at Kinkakuji? I've seen it on sunny days and rainy afternoons, in summer and autumn, and the temple and temple grounds always look so calming and magnificent.

京都府京都市北区金閣寺町1
Ky?to, Ky?to-fu, JP

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Discovered by Brian Hunziker
on 1 November 2007.
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