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Kinkaku-ji: The Golden Pavilion's Story
Last updated August 26, 2026
The pavilion you'll photograph today isn't the one that stood here for five centuries. A monk burned that one to the ground in 1950, and what rose from the ashes says as much about postwar Japan as the original ever did.
Quick facts
- Hours
- 9:00-17:00
- Price
- 500 yen adults
- Nearest station
- Bus from Kyoto Station (no direct train station)
- Address
- 1 Kinkakujicho, Kita Ward, Kyoto, 603-8361
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