金閣寺 :Kinkakuji
Kinkakuji is Buddhist temple of Rinzai sect, and its official name is Rokuonji Temple. The temple was added to The UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994. This temple used to be the villa of an aristocrat, it was purchased and renovated as the political center by the third shogun of Muromachi period, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
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