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 ...

That’s actually a nickname. The Zen temple’s official name is Rokuonji, which literally means deer garden temple. Somehow, I associate deer with Sento-kun (the mascot of Nara Prefecture ...

The World Heritage site renowned for having one of the finest Zen rock gardens in Japan was built ... with original fusuma-e drawings. But the temple sold the artworks after it fell into a state ...

The studio challenges the traditional VIP lounge with an abstract echo of nature, inspired by Japanese zen gardens ... meticulously placed stones in a temple garden and frame a miniature moss ...