Trip to Kyoto

Kinkaku-ji - Temple of the Golden Pavilion - Zen-Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, Japan One of the 1600 Buddhist temples in Kyoto (in addition to 400 Shinto Shrines). The history of this temple dates to the 1300's, though the building pictured was burned by a crazy monk in the 1950's, so has since been rebuilt. The gold helps purify negative thoughts (although apparently not that particular monk's). The little islands in the water represent land masses, the largest  signifying Japan.  Visually striking, to say the least!