Kinkaku-ji

Kita-ku, Japan · built 1397

Kinkaku-ji (Japanese pronunciation: [kʲiŋ.ka.kɯ.dʑi], lit. 'Temple of the Golden Pavilion'), officially named Rokuon-ji ([ɾo.kɯ.oɲ.dʑi], lit. 'Deer Garden Temple'), is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan and a tourist attraction. It is designated as a World Heritage Site, a National Special Historic Site, a National Special Landscape, and one of the 17 Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto. The temple is nicknamed after its reliquary (shariden), the Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku), whose top two floors are coated in 0.5 m gold leaf. The current pavilion was rebuilt in 1955 after being destroyed in an arson attack.

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