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Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion)
A Zen temple in Kyoto with a pavilion covered in gold leaf.
Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion, is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto whose top two floors are covered in gold leaf. It stands beside a reflecting pond in a garden. The present building is a reconstruction from 1955.
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