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Wikipedia: Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, literally Temple of the Golden Pavilion), or formally Rokuon-ji is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. It is one of the construction that represents the Kitayama Culture of Muromachi period.
![[The lower pond.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Golden_Pavillion_2010_03_29_32_s.jpg "The lower pond.")
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![[Map of the temple grounds.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Jrballe_2007_Kyoto_Map_s.jpg "Map of the temple grounds.")
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![[The fishing deck and a small islet at the rear of the pavilion.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Golden_Pavillion_2010_03_29_60_s.jpg "The fishing deck and a small islet at the rear of the pavilion.")
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![[Pavilion following the 1950 arson.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Burned_Kinkaku_s.jpg "Pavilion following the 1950 arson.")
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![[Inside of Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kinkaku_ji_03_s.jpg "Inside of Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan")
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![[Phoenix roof ornament]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kinkaku_ji_04_s.jpg "Phoenix roof ornament")
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![[The pavilion and reflection]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kinkakuji_2004_09_21_s.jpg "The pavilion and reflection")
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![[Kinkaku in snow]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kinkaku_Snow_E4_s.jpg "Kinkaku in snow")
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![[Third floor]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/KinkakuJiDetail_s.jpg "Third floor")
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![[The old Kinkaku, around 1885.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Japon_1886_41_s.jpg "The old Kinkaku, around 1885.")
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