"One of Japan’s most iconic buildings, Kinkakuji was built as the retirement villa of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in the early 1400s and became a Zen temple after his death."
"The full hike takes about 2 hours, but if time (or energy) is lacking, then you need only walk as far as the Kodama pond and back, as the torii gates thin out further up the trail."