Kyodo - Kinkaku Temple - Walk in the Kinkaku (The Golden Pavilion)

Kyodo - Kinkaku Temple - Shariden (舎利殿) / Kinkaku (The Golden Pavilion)

Shariden (舎利殿) / Kinkaku (The Golden Pavilion) 
Gold foil on lacquer covers the upper two levels of Kinkaku, and a shining phoenix stands on top of the shingled roof. The first level is built in the shinden style of the 11th-century imperial aristocracy; the second level is in buke style of the warrior aristocracy; and the top level is in the Chinese zenshu-butsuden style. Overall, Kinkaku is representative of Muromachi-period architecture.

Kyodo - Kinkaku Temple - Kinkaku (The Golden Pavilion) / Rokuon-ji Temple

Kinkaku (The Golden Pavilion) / Rokuon-ji Temple
Kinkaku is a shariden(舎利殿), a Buddhist hall containing relics of Buddha. The pavilion is part of a temple that is formally named Rokuon-ji Temple, but commonly called Kinkaku-ji Temple, or Temple of the Golden Pavilion. Rokuon-ji is a Zen Buddhist temple, in the Shokokuji School of the Rinzai Sect.