Our final tour stop in Kyoto was the Temple of the Golden Pavilion. By now it was pouring rain so we made our tour brief. The gardens here are beautiful though, and warrant more time on a nice spring day. This building was constructed in 1955, a copy of the 1397 original, which was burned down by an arsonist in 1950. There is some question as to whether the original was so completely covered in gold, but it sure looks impressive today!
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