Kinkakuji or Golden Pavilion is one of the most popular tourist sites in Kyoto.
It was the villa of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who was the 3rd shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate.
After Yoshimitsu’s death the villa was turned into a Zen temple.
Yoshimitsu spent his retired life at this villa in various ways such as religious meditation, the tea ceremony and composition of poems.
Also, the Golden Pavilion showed off Ashikaga’s power to the Emperor.
