The Kinakakuji Golden Pavilion made out of 20 kilos of 24 karat gold leaf. It’s really shining!! The emperor built this to put the ashes of Buddha and to regain trade business with China. It was was originally built as a retirement villa for the shogun. They spent $7.4m to refurbish it in 1987. Super beautiful and really shining like gold #H2HKyoto #thegoldenpavilion
From different angles!! I can stare at this all day 🙂
A beautiful 600 year old pine tree shaped like a boat at the Kinakuji Temple ( Golden Pavilion ) It started out as a bonsai #thegoldenpavilion #H2HKyoto #H2HTrees 
Kinakakuji Golden Pavilion
