Kinkaku-ji – Kita-ku, Kyoto

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Kinkaku-ji, Shari-den (Golden Pavilion)
Shari-den (Golden Pavilion) June 2019
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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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Kinkaku-ji, Shari-den (Golden Pavilion)

Shari-den (Golden Pavilion)

January 2009

Kinkaku-ji, Shari-den (Golden Pavilion)

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