KYOTO, Japan >> Tofukuji Temple in Kyoto features a large Zen meditation space that spans about 200 square meters. On Sunday mornings, the sound of a priest using a stick to strike the shoulders ...

While Japan is famous for its beautiful Zen gardens, they are usually overshadowed by more popular destinations ...

Every day, hundreds of people visit Ryoanji Temple to see its Zen rock garden – which is probably the most famous of its kind in Japan. Located in Kyoto's northern outskirts, the temple was ...

Kyoto, often considered the cultural heart of Japan, is renowned for ... The Ryoan-ji Temple is another UNESCO site, renowned for its Zen rock garden. This karesansui (dry landscape) garden ...

As if an after-dark stroll around Kennin-ji, Kyoto’s oldest Zen temple, wasn’t transcendental ... to float over the Daioen, one of the Japan’s most revered dry landscape gardens.

From visiting a rural onsen to losing yourself in under the neon lights of an arcade, these are the best experiences in Japan ...

Chief Abbot Oda Sesso was ordaining a head priest for the Zen Buddhist temple of Daitokuji Ryosen-An in Kyoto, Japan. The new Zen priest gravely accepted the kesa -the richly brocaded red-and-gold ...