Kyoto, the cultural heart of Japan, is renowned for its blend of ancient traditions and serene landscapes. It is celebrated ...

While not a traditional Zen garden, the surrounding landscape was designed with Zen principles in mind. The reflection of the ...

Hozoin Temple in Kyoto runs a 'restaurant' serving vegetarian ramen ('terasoba') to fund a conservation project deeply linked ...

UJI, Kyoto Prefecture--Three days a week, a historic Zen temple here transforms ... wanted a set of the printing blocks in Japan. Ingen provided the temple with about 7,000 volumes of Buddhist ...

Cherry blossom time in Japan is – with good reason – famous the world over. For the Japanese, however, autumn is equally ...

UJI, Kyoto Prefecture--A spectacular sight awaits visitors to a Buddhist temple here founded ... After arriving in Japan, Yin established the Obaku school of Zen Buddhism with Manpukuji serving ...

Kyoto is in stark comparison to Japan’s hyper-fast capital city Tokyo, with the cityscape flooded with tall skyscrapers in bright neon lights. Japan feels very contemporary with its cutting-edge ...

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 ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

Kyoto’s ancient temples and beautiful natural surroundings are what make it one of Japan’s most popular tourist ... private courtyards with meditative zen gardens. The Park Hyatt Kyoto ...