Kinkakuji, one of Kyoto's most famous Zen temples, was destroyed in a fire exactly 70 years ago today. Taizan Egami, 84, who was a 14-year-old novice monk at the time, was awakened around 3 a.m ...

Kinkakuji, formally known as Rokuonji, in Kyoto’s Kita Ward, originally served as a retirement villa for Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, a shogun and prominent patron of the arts. In accordance with his ...