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Kinkakuji-Temple-Kyoto
Kinkakuji-Temple-Kyoto 

Publish Date : 02-04-2008

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Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion Temple) is the informal name of Rokuon-ji ( Deer Garden Temple) in Kyoto, Japan. It was originally built in 1397 to serve as a retirement villa for Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, as part of his estate then known as Kitayama. It was his son who converted the building into a Zen temple of the Rinzai school.

Kyoto is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.


Kinkakuji-Temple-Kyoto, Photos from Japan - courtesy of the International Tourism Center of Japan (ITCJ)
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