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Kinkaku-ji Temple
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Uploaded: 02/07/07 12:35 AM GMT
Kinkaku-ji Temple
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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.
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.GQstyle
02/07/07 6:27 AM GMT
Lovely architecture, and the reflection in the water is captured well. Very serene.
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What a place. Wouldn't I give my eye teeth for those trees! Beautifully captured composition. Reflections are as lovely as the actual Temple.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile
the moment a single man contemplates it,
bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
A really beautiful shot of an amazing scene. Those trees are delightful and the temple is wonderful to look at. Thanks for posting.
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You will be led to the knowledge of the internal things which are invisible to you, by the external things which you see before you. . . . Even so then, we can represent to ourselves in thought the Author of all that is, by contemplating and admiring the (visible) things which He has made, and ever brings into being.
- Hermes
This is a beautiful shot! I love the temple and the soft reflection in the water as well. Nice composition!
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All of earth is crammed with heaven And every bush aflame with God But only those who see take off their shoes. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning<p>
mygallery
This photo jumped right out at me in the VB and it joins my collection of favorites. I love everything about it. Very relaxing.... Congrats on a impressive photo!
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If you have time to complain about it, you have time to do it yourself.
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If you have time to complain about it, you have time to do it yourself.
Beatiful shot of a beatiful temple. Looks almost as good in picture as live :)
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I absolutely love being shown all these fantastic little heavens on earth. It's a little depressing because even when I do find the means to travel, I'll have to choose which to visit. This is a shot which sparks my motivation. Great work.
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Beautiful Temple, thanks for the history about it. nicely captured. Well done!
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Absolutely beautiful! These are the only words I can use to describe it!
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amazing shot.
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This origami dream is beautiful
but man those wings will never leave the ground
Without a feather and a lottery ticket, now settle down - Aesop Rock
