Kinkaku-ji

Kinkaku-ji, officially named Rokuon-ji, is a Zen Buddhist temple in , and a tourist attraction. It is designated as a World Heritage Site, a National Special Historic Site, a National Special Landscape, and one of the 17 Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto.
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  • Buddhist temple
  • …lies at an elevation of 97 metres (318 feet)
  • …dates from 1397
  • Opening hours: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
  • Description: Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan
  • Address: 北区, 京都市, 京都府 603-8361
  • Also known as
    “Golden Pavilion Temple”
    “Kinkaku-ji Temple”
    “Rokuon-ji”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Golden Pavilion and Ryōan-ji.
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is a Zen temple located in northwest , . is situated 1¼ km southwest of Kinkaku-ji.
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is a Shinto shrine, which is situated 410 metres southeast of Kinkaku-ji.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kamigyō-ku and Ukyō District.
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is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in , . is situated 2½ km southeast of Kinkaku-ji.
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Ukyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in , . is situated 3½ km south of Kinkaku-ji.
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National Garden is a 65-hectare national… is situated 3½ km southeast of Kinkaku-ji.

Kinkaku-ji

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Latitude
35.03959° or 35° 2′ 23″ north
Longitude
135.72951° or 135° 43′ 46″ east
Open location code
8Q7Q2PQH+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 98115917
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
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historic=­heritage
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landuse=­religious
Geo­Names ID
7116992
Wiki­data ID
Q270983

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kinkaku-ji” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “السرادق الذهبي”
  • Arabic: “كينكاكو-جي”
  • Arabic: “كينكاكوجي”
  • Armenian: “Կինկակու”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kinkaku məbədi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qızıl məbəd”
  • Basque: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Bengali: “কিঙ্কাকু-জি”
  • Breton: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Bulgarian: “Златен павилион”
  • Bulgarian: “Кинкаку-джи”
  • Burmese: “ရွှေကျောင်းတော်”
  • Catalan: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Catalan: “Kinkakuji”
  • Central Bikol: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Chinese: “京都鹿苑寺”
  • Chinese: “日本金閣寺”
  • Chinese: “金閣寺”
  • Chinese: “金阁寺”
  • Chinese: “鹿苑寺”
  • Croatian: “Kinkaku”
  • Czech: “Kinkakudži”
  • Czech: “Rokuondži”
  • Danish: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Dutch: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Dutch: “Rokuon-ji”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كينكاكو جى”
  • Esperanto: “Kinkaku-ĝi”
  • Esperanto: “Rokuonji”
  • Estonian: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Finnish: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Finnish: “Rokuon-ji”
  • French: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • French: “Kinkakuji”
  • French: “Rokuon-ji”
  • French: “Rokuonji”
  • French: “temple du pavillon d’or”
  • French: “Temple du Pavillon d’or”
  • Georgian: “კინკაკუ-ძი”
  • German: “Goldener-Pavillon-Tempel (Kinkaku-ji)”
  • German: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • German: “Kinkakuji”
  • German: “Rokuon-ji”
  • German: “Rokuonji”
  • Hebrew: “המקדש המוזהב”
  • Hindi: “किंकाकू जी”
  • Hungarian: “Kinkakudzsi”
  • Indonesian: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Indonesian: “Kinkakuji”
  • Italian: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Japanese: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Japanese: “きんかくじ”
  • Japanese: “北山鹿苑禅寺”
  • Japanese: “金閣寺”
  • Japanese: “鹿苑寺”
  • Kazakh: “Кинкаку-дзи”
  • Korean: “금각사”
  • Korean: “로쿠온지”
  • Korean: “킨카쿠지”
  • Latin: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Lithuanian: “Kinkakudži”
  • Macedonian: “Златен павилјон”
  • Macedonian: “Кинаку-џи”
  • Macedonian: “Кинкаку-џи”
  • Malay: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Persian: “کینکاکو-جی”
  • Persian: “کین‌کاکوجی”
  • Polish: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Polish: “Złoty Pawilon”
  • Portuguese: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Portuguese: “Kinkakuji”
  • Portuguese: “Pavilhão Dourado”
  • Russia Buriat: “Кинкаку-дзи”
  • Russian: “Золотой павильон”
  • Russian: “Кинкаку-дзи”
  • Russian: “Кинкакудзи”
  • Serbian: “Kinkaku-đi”
  • Serbian: “Кинкаку-ђи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hram Zlatnog paviljona”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kinkaku”
  • Sinhala: “ස්වර්ණමණ්ඩපාරාමය”
  • Slovak: “Kinkakudži”
  • Slovenian: “Kinkaku-dži”
  • Spanish: “Kinkaku ji”
  • Spanish: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Spanish: “Kinkakuji”
  • Spanish: “Pabellon Dorado”
  • Spanish: “Pabellón Dorado”
  • Spanish: “Rokuon ji”
  • Spanish: “Rokuon-ji”
  • Swedish: “Den gyllene paviljongen”
  • Swedish: “Guldpaviljongen”
  • Swedish: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Swedish: “Kinkakuji”
  • Swedish: “Rokuonji”
  • Tamil: “கிங்காகு ஜி”
  • Tatar: “Кинкаку-җи”
  • Thai: “คิงกากูจิ”
  • Thai: “วัดคิงกากุ”
  • Thai: “วัดคิงคาคุจิ”
  • Thai: “วัดคิงงะกุจิ”
  • Thai: “วัดคินคาคุจิ”
  • Thai: “วัดทอง”
  • Thai: “วัดโระกุอง”
  • Turkish: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Ukrainian: “Золотий павільйон”
  • Ukrainian: “Кінкакудзі”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Кінкаку”
  • Ukrainian: “Рокуондзі”
  • Ukrainian: “Хокудзан”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim Các Tự”
  • Vietnamese: “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Vietnamese: “Kinkakuji”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kinkaku-ji”
  • Yue Chinese: “金閣寺”

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