Wednesday, November 12, 2008

11-JP47774


*from: Koichi - Japan
Kinkaku-Ji Temple, Kyoto Japan.
This is the famous "Golden Temple" or "Golden Pavillion" of Kyoto. It was built in 1397 and made as a retirement home for the shogun at that time, but his son converted it into a temple. In 1950, a monk, who was obsessed with the temple, burned it to the ground and it was reconstructed five years later.
nice postcard from Japan..thanks Koichi :)

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