The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, formally known as Rokuon-ji, is the most popular tourist attraction in Kyoto. The pavilion was originally built as a retirement villa for Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in the late 14th century, and converted into a temple by his son. However, the pavilion was burnt down in 1950, by a young monk who had become obsessed with it.
Although all of the buildings on the temple’s site have been reconstructed, the garden remains as it was in former days and can be enjoyed as it was hundreds of years ago.
Rokuon-ji Temple was inscribed as World Cultural Heritage in 1994.
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