The famous Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku)—actually a pagoda made to house the sacred relics of the Buddha—has given this temple the popular name of Kinkaku-ji ("Temple of the Golden Pavilion"), however the official name of this branch temple of the Rinzai-sect Zen temple of Shôkoku-ji is Rokuon-ji. The temple was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.
The rain made photographing a little difficult, but did not detract from the beauty of the temple and in particular the gardens. These were the first moss gardens I had seen and I was rapt. I saw the biggest tree crutches ever. In Japan they don't lop off a long branch, they provide a wooden crutch. COOL!!
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