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Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, lit. 'Temple of the Golden Pavilion') , officially named Rokuon-ji ( 鹿苑寺 , lit. ' Deer Garden Temple ' ) , is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto , Japan and a tourist attraction. [ 2 ]
Cemetery with three-tiered Sanju Pagoda, Kinkaku-ji Temple, and Mirror Gardens Kyoto Garden at Oklahoma Science Museum: Oklahoma City: Oklahoma: Gifted to the State of Oklahoma in 1984 as a symbol of friendship between Kyoto and Oklahoma. It was restored in 2022 by the Japan America Society of Oklahoma with the help of Kyoto Master Gardeners ...
This name was changed to Kyoto Gardens in 1966 when the City of Kyoto, Japan, donated a bronze bell, with Abbot Jikai Murakami of Kyoto's Kinkaku-ji present for the opening. The Sanju Pagoda is modeled after the Hokke-ji Temple (Kanji: 南法華寺) in Nara, Japan which was built in the Momoyama period (1571–1602). The garden replica is built ...
East of Salt Lake City in Mountain Dell Canyon, near the junction of State Route 65 and the road to Emigration Canyon (see Utah State Route 239 (1947-1969) 40°46′40″N 111°41′09″W / 40.777778°N 111.685833°W / 40.777778; -111.685833 ( Little Dell
In 1969, as part of a failed bid for the 1972 Olympic Winter Games, most of Japantown were destroyed to build the Salt Palace arena. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] [ 8 ] Business owners were forced to sell up under eminent domain rules. [ 1 ]
The second of the two Kamo-jinja, the traditionally linked Kamo shrines of Kyoto, which serve the function of protecting Kyoto from malign influences. The shrine is dedicated to the veneration of Tamayori-hime (玉依姫; lit., the spirit-inviting maiden) and her father, Kamo Taketsunomi (賀茂建角身).
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (金閣寺, Kinkaku-ji) is a novel by the Japanese author Yukio Mishima. It was published in 1956 and translated into English by Ivan Morris in 1959. The novel is loosely based on the burning of the Reliquary (or Golden Pavilion) of Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto by a young Buddhist acolyte in 1950. The pavilion, dating ...
Central downtown Salt Lake City as viewed from the north facing south. Salt Lake City, Utah has many historic and notable sites within its immediate borders. Although the entire Salt Lake City metropolitan area is often referred to as "Salt Lake City", this article is concerned only with the buildings and sites within the official city limits of Salt Lake City.