Kyoto needs little introduction: picture glimpsing a geisha disappearing down a narrow alley; the stillness of a stone garden ...

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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 of ...

You can surf, swim, and visit Zen temples in Kamakura, Japan. Sometimes called Tokyo’s “Little Kyoto” for its abundance of temples and shrines, the seaside town of Kamakura has scenery in spades, a ...

Kyoto is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and certainly in Japan, but one of the city’s residents felt that it was missing something. “Kyoto is getting crowded with new ...

Memorial services held online. Zen meditation apps. Buddhist temple-led match-making services. As the coronavirus pandemic forces institutions around the world to change the way they do things, those ...

“Everything upstairs is traditional and downstairs is hi-tech,” says Paul Discoe, a lead designer of Ellison’s Asian-inspired estate. Discoe, who studied as a Buddhist temple builder in Kyoto, Japan, ...

The Japanese population’s reaction to the catastrophe of March 2011 has been described as “stoic” by the Western media. The Japanese code of conduct is indeed deeply rooted in their Buddhist ...

A lot has been written about the mysteries of the space between, the silence between notes, the gap between thoughts. This seemingly empty pause between two separate coordinates is said to be all but ...