Kinkaku-ji

Rokuon-ji
鹿苑寺
The shariden at Rokuon-ji, commonly known as the Golden Pavilion (Kinkakuji)
Religion
Affiliation	Buddhism
Sect	Zen, Rinzai sect, Shōkoku-ji school
Deity	Kannon Bosatsu (Avalokiteśvara)
Location
Location	1 Kinkakuji-chō, Kita-ku, Kyōto, Kyoto Prefecture[1]
Country	Japan
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates	35°02′22″N 135°43′43″E / 35.0395°N 135.7285°E / 35.0395; 135.7285
Architecture
Founder	Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
Completed	1397 1955 (reconstruction)
Website
www.shokoku-ji.jp/en/kinkakuji/
Japanese name
Kanji	金閣寺
Hiragana	きんかくじ
Katakana	キンカクジ
Transcriptions Romanization Kinkaku-ji
Japanese name
Kanji	鹿苑寺
Hiragana	ろくおんじ
Katakana	ロクオンジ
Transcriptions Romanization Rokuon-ji

Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, lit. 'Temple of the Golden Pavilion'), officially named Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺, lit. 'Deer Garden Temple'), is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan.^[2] It is one of the most popular buildings in Kyoto, attracting many visitors annually.^[3] It is designated as a National Special Historic Site, a National Special Landscape and is one of 17 locations making up the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which are World Heritage Sites.^[4]