Kyoto Golden Pavillion
2008 Kyoto, Japan
Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion, reflects in its garden pond in this 2008 photograph from Kyoto. Originally built as a retirement villa for a shogun before being converted into a Zen Buddhist temple, its top two stories are covered in gold leaf.
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