Summary of Kinkaku-ji
Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺) is a Rinzai sect temple in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Its official name is Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺).
It is registered as a World Heritage Site, as one of the “Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto”.
Open hours
9:00 to 17:00
Entrance fee
400 yen
Website
Japanese website http://www.shokoku-ji.jp/k_about.html
Photographs of Kinkaku-ji
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Shari-den (Golden Pavilion)
January 2009
Shari-den (Golden Pavilion)
June 2019
Map around Kinkaku-ji
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Directions to Kinkaku-ji
From JR Kyoto station
Kyoto city bus Kyoto Sta. -(31 minutes)- Kinkakuji-michi
(Route 111, bound for Kinkakuji temple via Nijo-jo castle)
5 minutes walk after getting off
Kyoto city bus Kyoto Sta. -(37 minutes)- Kinkakuji-michi
(Route 101, bound for Kinkakuji temple via Nijo-jo castle)
5 minutes walk after getting off
Kyoto city bus Kyoto Sta. -(43 minutes)- Kinkakuji-michi
(Route 205, bound for Kitaoji bus terminal via Kinkakuji temple)
5 minutes walk after getting off
From Keihan Sanjo station
Kyoto city bus Sanjo Keihan-mae -(36 minutes)- Kinkakuji-mae
(Routes 59, bound for Ryoanji temple via Kinkakuji temple)
3 minutes walk after getting off
From Hankyu Kawaramachi station
Kyoto city bus Shijo Kawaramachi -(37 minutes)- Kinkakuji-michi
(Routes 205, bound for Kinkakuji temple)
5 minutes walk after getting off
Kyoto city bus Shijo Kawaramachi -(44 minutes)- Kinkakuji-mae
(Routes 59, bound for Ryoanji temple via Kinkakuji temple)
3 minutes walk after getting off
Kyoto city bus Shijo Kawaramachi -(54 minutes)- Kinkakuji-mae
(Routes 12, bound for Kinkakuji temple)
3 minutes walk after getting off
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Vicinity guide of Kinkaku-ji
Ryoan-ji 18 minutes walk
