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 ...

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 ...

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

Japan is a destination people love for ... Kinkaku-ji, also known as the Golden Pavilion, is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto.

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.

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 ...

I had never been to Kyoto, so I wanted to include it in our trip, even though it is arguably Japan ... Zen. Good to know: In winter, dress warmly. All visitors are required to sit on the ...