- You can also cacth Raku Buses #101 or #102. Each of these buses stops at Kinkaku-ji (Kinkakuji-Michi Bus Stop), a trip of about 40 minutes and 230 yens.
- Kinkaku-ji. Originally built by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in 1338, the Kinkaku-ji, or Golden Pavilion, is a fine example of the architecture of the Muromachi period.
- Built during the 13th century, Kinkakuji and Ginkakuji (Silver Pavillion) were originally meant to be aristocrat villas for the Ashikaga shoguns.
- Highlights and Features of Kinkakuji Temple. ... Kinkakuji Temple is easily accessible from Kyoto Station via Kyoto City Bus numbers: 101 and 205.
- But ever since then, there is one thing that even some Japanese people have misunderstood. It is that the first floor of Kinkakuji isn’t covered with gold.
- Trip.com provides tourists with Kinkakuji Temple in Kyoto is a place significant not just to Zen Buddhists, but to all those who love beauty and magnificence.
- Kinkaku-ji Temple has been designated as the World Heritage List as part of the ‘Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto’. kinkakuji-08.
- Kinkakuji was built in the style of the extravagant Kitayama culture. That style developed in the upper social circles of Kyoto during the late 14th century.
- Kyoto Kinkakuji Temple: The Symbol of Japanese History. ... Visit the golden temple in Kyoto “Kinkakuji Temple” to witness the history and beauty of Japan.