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Kinkaku-ji

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Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
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About Kinkaku-ji

Kinkakuji is a Zen sanctuary which is located in northern Kyoto whose main two stories are totally canvassed in gold leaf. Formally known as Rokuonji, the sanctuary was the retirement estate of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and as per his will it turned into a Zen sanctuary of the Rinzai order after his passing in 1408.

Outside the exit are trinket shops, a little tea cultivate where people can have matcha tea and desserts 500 yen and Fudo Hall, a little sanctuary corridor which houses a statue of Fudo Myoo, one of the Five Wisdom Kings and defender of Buddhism.

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