Golden Temple, Kyoto Japan

After our Geisha experience we went to the Golden Temple. Here is a little bit of history:
Golden Pavilion Kyoto Japan: The Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku) is literally covered in gold - gold leaf. The Golden Pavilion is World Heritage listed and surround by beautiful gardens.
Golden Pavilion History

Kinkaku (Golden Pavilion) is a popular name for one of the main buildings of this temple, which is properly called Rokuon-ji Temple. In the 1220's it was the comfortable villa of Kintsune Saionji.
Yoshimitsu, the 3rd Shogun of Ashikaga, abdicated the throne in 1394. After three years, he began to build Kitayamaden and he made a special effort to make it a breath-taking site. He indulged in his peaceful life in this serene setting. After Yoshimitsu's death, Kitayamaden was made into a Zen temple in accordance with his will. All the buildings of those days came to ruin except Kinkaku. The garden, however, remains as it was in former days and can be enjoyed as it was hundreds of years ago. Rokuon-ji Temple was inscribed as World Cultural Heritage in 1994.

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[sugarpopdemon]

About 50 or 60 years ago the first one was burned down by a crazy man.

[sugarpopdemon]

Wasn't the first one destroied than was rebluid and i have been there.

[Peekingduck]

Just a quick side-note: This building has never served the Ashikaga shogun.

That building was burned to the ground and it has been rebuild more than once.

Thanks for the footage