JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE IN KYOTO

ROKUON-JI TEMPLE (KINKAKU-JI TEMPLE) No.1

• Adress: Kinkakuji-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto City
• Phone: 075-461-0013
• Open: 9:00-17:30
• Fee: 500yen
• Access: Kinkakuji-mae busstop or Kinkakuji-michi busstop by City bus
• Buildings: Built in 1397(Ohei 4) by Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu as a villa namde Kitayama-den. After his death, Muso-kokushi (a Famous priest and also known as a zen gardener) established as Zen temple named Rokuon-ji.
• Advice: Maple leaf is excellent on November.
  

• Shariden, the three storied pavillion known as the Golden Pavillion.
  
• 1st floor(Ground floor) is called Hosui-in and used as a meeting room. The building style of this floor is Shinden-zukuri, the resident palece style.
  
• 2nd floor is called Cho-on-do where the statue of Kannon is placed. The Shoin-zukuri style.
  
• 3rd floor is called Kukkyo-cho where three statues of Amida. the Zen temple style.
  
• 2nd and 3rd floors are covered with gold-leaf. This puvillion was burnt by filer in 1950 and rebuilt in 1955.

• Garden in front of Hojo(residence for monks).

[No.2]Shariden, Hojo [No.3]Paintings in Hojo

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