The Kinkaku-Ji complex is located at the corner of Kyoto, up against the mountain.
On many of the other shrines and buildings, elaborate tilework finishes the rooflines. This is fairly typical of many buildings in Japan, especially older ones and temples. Each area has its own symbols, and sometimes each family has one.
The equivalent of gargoyles often glare out from the roof ridge.
A very elaborate roof. How would you like to clean the leave out of that in Autumn?
This shrine in the Kinkaku-Ji complex offers an opportunity to wave some incense into your face, pull on a rope to ring a gong, and to buy a candle and light it. Many of the visitors drop a few coins into a slotted box.
Inside one of the shrines, you can see the ornate objects including drums, gongs, arranged flowers, tapestries, screens, benches, boxes, and stuff I have no idea what it is. Unlike Christianity, it doesn't seem to be at all a participatory religion. I will stay with what I have , thanks.
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