Kinkaku-ji Temple Stock Photo

. It is the oldest temple of Kyoto. Originally a vacation home. The statesman named Sionji Kitsune until, in 1397, Shogun Ashigawa Yoshimitsu bought a villa from the Zion Chi and converted it into a shogunate residence called `Kinkakuji`. Shimizu died at Shogun`s residence and was transformed into Zen temple. By his son. In 1950 Kinkakuji Temple was burned. During the war onin Burned by the practice of the Hayashi Yoken on July 2 of that year, and in 1955, Kinkakuji Temple was gradually restored, including the Shogun statue. Ashikaga Yoshimi and Interior Renovation completed in 2003