Kinkakuji currently ranks as one of Kyoto’s most visited temple with the Silver Pavillion or Ginkaku-Ji and the Kiyomizu Dera. The Golden Pavillion or the Kinkaku-Jiwas converted to a Zen temple after the death of Shogun Yoshimitsu in 1408. It is also the setting for the novel titled ‘The Temple of the Golden Pavillion’ by Yukio Mishima. Your first look at the Kinkakuji is a mixture of enthralling and calming in the same breath and is sure to exhilarate your senses without fail. Kinkakuji is Japan’s most famous and well-known historical architectures in the north-west of Kyoto.
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