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Kinkaku-ji Temple

Kinkaku-ji Temple

Photo: Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Kinkaku-ji , officially named Rokuon-ji , 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 , whose top two floors are coated in 0.5 μm gold leaf.

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Last updated: 7 November 2026

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