Kinkakuji (Rokuon-ji) | Kyoto’s Golden Pavilion Complete Visitor Guide
About 40 minutes from Kyoto Station by subway and bus, on the wooded slopes of Mount Kinugasa, sits one of Japan’s most photographed buildings: the Golden Pavilion of Rokuon-ji, known worldwide as Kinkakuji. The three-tier shariden, its upper two floors covered in pure gold leaf, reflects perfectly in the Kyoko-chi (Mirror Pond) that surrounds it—an […]
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