Except that Kinkaku-ji was destroyed in 1950 by a novice monk, in a likely case of arson. Gruesomely, the 22-year-old culprit, Hayashi Yoken, tried to commit suicide behind the building as the ...

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The temple of Kinkaku-ji in the Japanese city of Kyoto has been given a major facelift, and without the eyesore of scaffolding and signs of ageing, the landmark’s famous golden walls are now ...

Kinkaku ji is open from 9 am till 5 pm, and the tickets come for 400 Yen. You could either take a taxi (although it is quite expensive) or the Kyoto City Bus and your journey should last around ...

KYOTO -- Kinkaku-ji temple here, one of the ancient Japanese capital's most famed landmarks, got its first blanket of snow this season on Dec. 17 as a ...

KYOTO -- Bronze artifacts unearthed here on the grounds of Kinkaku-ji golden temple may have been part of the Kitayama Daito tower, a supposedly seven ...

It is Kinkaku-ji, or Golden Pavilion temple, a Unesco World Heritage Site. When I heard the news of Yeongnamru in Miryang, South Gyeongsang, being redesignated as a national treasure, I was reminded ...

Prior to visiting the 1397-built Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion) temple, Modi also went to the 57 meters tall Toji temple here. Modi is on a five-day visit to Japan.

Normandy High School ELL math teacher Colleen Lisi was one of three teacher chaperones who led 18 Normandy High School and ...