Rokuon-ji (Kinkaku-ji)

Kinkaku-ji, officially named Rokuon-ji, is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto and a major tourist attraction. It was built in 1397 by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and is nicknamed after its reliquary, the Golden Pavilion, whose top two floors are coated in gold leaf. The current pavilion was rebuilt in 1955 after being destroyed in an arson attack. The temple is designated a World Heritage Site, a National Special Historic Site, a National Special Landscape, and is one of the 17 Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto.