Kinkaku-ji – Kyoto Golden Pavilion Published July 28, 2011 at 1314 × 725 in Visiting Kyoto Japan (Travel Guide) Kinkaku-ji – Temple of the Golden Pavilion Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, Temple of the Golden Pavilion), also known as Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺, Deer Garden Temple), is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto