Japanese Zen Buddhism in particular, to be aesthetically sublime. The most sublime thing I've ever seen are the gardens around Kyoto. I'm deeply moved by what that culture has produced ...

The city of Kyoto is known as Japan's cultural and spiritual capital. It's for good reason: Kyoto has hundreds of Buddhist ...

Many of their gardens were built by the pioneer of the modern Japanese garden, Ogawa Jihei VII. While Kyoto's cityscape was transforming after the fall of feudalism, Jihei designed spaces of ...

Kyoto, Japan, is the ideal location for a romantic getaway. The city has a different vibe than its urban counterparts, Tokyo ...

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—Tairyu-Sanso Garden ... were invited to visit on Nov. 13. Tairyu-Sanso Garden was designed by Ogawa Jihei VII, a pioneer of the modern Japanese garden. Its villa was built in 1896 by ...

The concept owes its popularity to the success of 14th century garden designer Musō Kokushi (a Zen ... A Japanese courtyard, with requisite water feature, in a machiya guesthouse in Kyoto.

Blue-and-white flycatchers and Japanese pygmy woodpeckers chirp over the murmur of a stream. Sanzen-in may be famed for its autumn foliage, but the ancient temple in the Ohara district of Kyoto ...

Kyoto, the former imperial capital, is a serene city known for its ancient temples, traditional tea houses, and picturesque gardens ... can purchase traditional Japanese snacks and souvenirs ...

Beginning in 1953, when Christian Dior welcomed the Japanese imperial family ... on April 15 in the Tōji gardens in Kyoto. The garden was designed by the Zen priest Musō Soseki, and its temple ...