Kinkakuji

buddhistiskt tempel · 1397 · Kita-ku, JP

Kinkakuji (Kita-ku, Japan) dates from 1397. The date falls within the chapter ‘The Middle Ages’ in this site’s history of architecture.

The building materials include wood, kinpaku, and Jōbōji urushi. The building is protected as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site and National Treasure of Japan.

48 other buildings on this site lie within 25 kilometres; the nearest is Ryoanji, 1.1 km away.