Kinkaku-ji
金閣寺
- Address
- 1 Kinkakujicho, Kita Ward, Kyoto, 603-8361, Japan
- Hours
- Monday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PMTuesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PMWednesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PMThursday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PMFriday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PMSaturday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PMSunday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Zen Buddhist temple whose top two floors are covered in gold leaf, reflected in the pond below — Kyoto's Golden Pavilion.
Getting there from Arashiyama: take the JR Sagano Line from Saga-Arashiyama Station to Enmachi, then catch a bus the rest of the way. Watch the 205 — it runs as a loop, so boarding on the wrong side sends you the opposite direction.
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