Hike the sacred Yanbaru forest, a.k.a. The Galápagos of the East, with a female shaman (yuta) and learn about the spiritual ...

Kamakura served as a spiritual hub of Zen Buddhism and a center of samurai devotion. Kenchō-ji, the city’s oldest and most ...

While the experiences vary, a temple stay is a unique way to experience Japan, clear your mind and hopefully find some zen along the way. The writer stayed at Okuyama Houkouji as a guest of the ...

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Glad you asked! The answer is Ryoan-ji Temple, which is located in Kyoto, Japan. Originally the temple was an aristocrat’s villa during the Heian Period, but it became a Zen temple in 1450 and is home ...

You’ll have better light and a better chance for an elusive moment of Zen. Good to know ... of Nagano prefecture. Japanese people visit shrines and temples, like Yohashira-jinja Shrine ...

KYOTO--Buddhist temples across Japan traditionally welcome the New Year by ringing their bells 108 times to free people of the 108 worldly desires they are born with that cause them pain and ...

Japan has long been a timeless haven of colourfully ... Tokyo or slipping shoes off at the threshold of a centuries-old Zen temple. Japan’s diversity is mirrored in its geography.

This is how days begin at Dairyuji, an 800-year-old Zen temple—a place of ancient beams, lofty halls, and deep, deep time—in Akita prefecture, in Japan's Tohoku region. But Dairyuji is also ...

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