Kinkaku-ji
Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan.
About
Kinkaku-ji, officially named Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺; [ɾoꜜ.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 (金閣, Kinkaku), whose top two floors are coated in 0.5 μm gold leaf.
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Location
Open map: Kinkaku-ji and 8 nearby attractions35.03950, 135.72850 · Kyoto
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- Ryōan-ji: 663highland · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
- Kamigamo Shrine: 663highland · CC BY 2.5 · Commons
- Nijō Castle: Keith Pomakis · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Commons
- Kyoto Imperial Palace: Saigen Jiro · CC0 · Commons
- Shimogamo Shrine: Mochi at Japanese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
- Honnō-ji: PlusMinus · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons






