The ultimate design-lover's guide to where to stay, what to eat, and the sites you can't miss in the historic Japanese city.

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—The garden ... scattered over moss in the garden—a poignant image evoking the fleeting nature of life. The facility is a sub-temple of the Rinzai Zen sect's head temple Myoshinji.

By Japanese standards, Okayama is a smallish city. With about 900,000 inhabitants, it is way behind such urban giants as ...

A karesansui (a dry landscape garden) uses raked sand and rocks to depict flowing rivers and seas. The design invites reflection and has been utilized by Zen Buddhist monks for ... and landscape ...

There’s no denying that social media has an outsize influence on the movements of the modern traveller, but on my most recent visit to Japan to research the Kyoto edition ...

Start your second day in Kyoto with a daybreak hike at Fushimi Inari Taisha,passing through a rumored 10,000 torii gates as ...

Of these, about one-third belong to the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism, which flourished under the Kamakura shogunate (1185–1333). Zen Buddhism in Japan consists ... The garden behind it is ...

In addition to the food, visitors enjoyed live music and explored the temple's picturesque Zen Garden and Golden Shrine. “The biggest thing is to always bring the community together to share in ...

Kyoto is famous for its kaiseki ryori style of dining, a traditional and formal way of eating; shojin ryori, composed strictly of vegetarian dishes and inspired by the diet of Buddhist monks ...

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Zen Garden High Tea is an exquisite and unique Japanese-inspired high tea being served at Izakaya Publico and Bar 1603 in Brisbane CBD. Curated by Executive Chef Valentino Acuzar, this signature high ...