This image was taken at Kyoto, Japan, and is of Kinkaku-ji Temple. Also formally known as Rukoonji, and now also known as the Golden Pavilion (for obvious reasons), Kinkaku-ji is covered in 6 kg of gold. It was initially built in 1397 to be part of a residence for the retired shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. It was converted into a Zen Temple after the Shogun's death in 1408. Having been destroyed by fire set by a fanatic monk in 1950, it was rebuilt in 1955. It currently houses sacred Buddhist relics.