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The Kinkaku-ji, which in English means
"Golden Temple", was built in
1397 in
Kyoto,
Japan. Originally, its purpose was to serve as a retirement villa for
Shogun
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. It was his son who converted the building into a
temple.
The whole temple except the basement floor is covered
with pure
gold, making the temple extremely valuable. The temple is therefore
guarded night and day.
The temple is at the center of
Yukio Mishima's 1956 book Kinkakuji (English title: The
Temple of the Golden Pavilion).
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