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Kinkaku – The Golden Pavilion

Thu, Dec 31, 2009

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Built in 1397 as a retirement villa for Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, is a three-story building, with the last two, fully covered with pure gold leaf. The temple was set on fire by a monk in 1950, but it was restored and the new gold coating dating from 1987 is much thicker than the original one.

Kinkaku - The Golden Pavilion

Kinkaku - The

Kinkaku is one of Japan’s most beautiful attractions and it serves as a “shariden”, a place where relics of Buddha are stored.

Kinkaku - The Golden Pavilion

Kinkaku - The Golden Pavilion

Kinkaku - The Golden Pavilion

Kinkaku - The Golden Pavilion

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