Zazen or Zen meditation is more than just quiet sitting. It is worthwhile to take time to observe the world and yourself using your senses. Zazen is...
Photo taken Oct. 6 shows a Myoshinji Temple garden in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto, lit by around 420 candles. Evening admission at the temple...
Zazen or Zen meditation is more than just quiet sitting. It is worthwhile to take time to observe the world and yourself using your senses. Zazen is...
Taizo-in was built in 1404 and the oldest of the forty sub-temples at Myoshin-ji. Taizo-in has three unusual gardens. The first garden to visit is...
Keishun-in is a sub-temple at Myoshin-ji founded in 1598. The temple has three tiny inner gardens. Shinyo is the largest garden in front of the main...
Keishun-in is a sub-temple at Myoshin-ji founded in 1598. The temple has three tiny inner gardens. Shinyo is the largest garden in front of the main...
Keishun-in is a sub-temple at Myoshin-ji founded in 1598. The temple has three tiny inner gardens. Shinyo is the largest garden in front of the main...
Daiho-in Moss Garden - Daiho-in is a sub-temple of Myoshin-ji and was founded in 1625 as a family temple for the Nobuyuki clan. Its main feature is a...
Daiho-in Moss Garden - Daiho-in is a sub-temple of Myoshin-ji and was founded in 1625 as a family temple for the Nobuyuki clan. Its main feature is a...
Daiho-in Courtyard Garden - Daiho-in is a sub-temple of Myoshin-ji and was founded in 1625 as a family temple for the Nobuyuki clan. Its main feature...
Keishun-in is a sub-temple at Myoshin-ji founded in 1598. The temple has three tiny inner gardens. Shinyo is the largest garden in front of the main...
Keishun-in is a sub-temple at Myoshin-ji founded in 1598. The temple has three tiny inner gardens. Shinyo is the largest garden in front of the main...
Motonobu Garden at Taizo-in - Taizo-in was built in 1404 and the oldest of the forty sub-temples at Myoshin-ji. Taizo-in has three unusual gardens....
Daiho-in is a sub-temple of Myoshin-ji and was founded in 1625 as a family temple for the Nobuyuki clan. Its main feature is a roji moss garden....
Daiho-in is a sub-temple of Myoshin-ji and was founded in 1625 as a family temple for the Nobuyuki clan. Its main feature is a roji moss garden....
Daiho-in is a sub-temple of Myoshin-ji and was founded in 1625 as a family temple for the Nobuyuki clan. Its main feature is a roji moss garden....
Rinka-in Temple is one of 38 Buddhist sub temples, within the compound of Myoshinji - a large Rinkai Zen Buddhist temple complex in Kyoto. Rinka-in...
Shunkoin Temple or Temple of the Ray of Spring is a subtemple in the Myoshinji temple complex in Kyoto. The temple was established in 1590 by feudal...
Visitors look up the drawing on the ceiling during the special exhibition at Myoshinji Temple on October 31, 2014 in Kyoto, Japan. The special...
Visitors look up the drawing on the ceiling during the special exhibition at Myoshinji Temple on October 31, 2014 in Kyoto, Japan. The special...
Representative examples of dragon frescos were made by painters of the Kano school most notably Kano Tanyu, who engaged in two years of study before...
Candles are lit on a test basis at Myoshin-ji temple's Torin-in in Kyoto on Oct. 16 a day ahead of the start of a special nighttime visitation event...
Candles are lit on a test basis at Myoshin-ji temple's Torin-in in Kyoto on Oct. 16 a day ahead of the start of a special nighttime visitation event...
Candles are lit on a test basis at Myoshin-ji temple's Torin-in in Kyoto on Oct. 16 a day ahead of the start of a special nighttime visitation event...
Princess Kikuko Tokugawa visits Myoshinji Temple with her mother Princess Mieko Tokugawa circa May 1929 in Kyoto, Japan.
Tourists enjoy the night illumination of the garden of Torin-In, part of the Myoshinji Temple on October 3, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan.
Myoshin-ji is a temple of the Rinzai sect, which contains 47 sub-temples in a vast area of central Kyoto and includes many important cultural...
Although it is a main temple of the Myoshin-ji group of the Rinzai sect, which contains 47 sub-temples in a vast area, its Honbo garden is rather...
Keishun-in Temple has different types of gardens called the Garden of Purity to the south and the Garden of Manas to the east. Keishun-in is a smal...
Shunkoin, a subtemple of Myoshinji Temple, has become one of the most important places for Japanese Zen Buddhism in the early 20th century. The...
Myoshinji Temple was once one of the most important places in Kyoto to study Zen Buddhism in the early 20th century. Miyoshinji has a long history of...
Shojin Ryori - Japanese Temple Cuisine: Taizo-in, one of the many sub-temples at Miyoshinji Temple, is well-known for its spectacular Japanese...
Wagashi and Matcha Tea at Taizo-in - one of the many sub-temples at Miyoshinji Temple, is well-known for its spectacular Japanese gardens but also...
Japanese Calligraphy Lesson at Taizo-in, one of the many sub-temples at Miyoshinji Temple, is well-known for its spectacular Japanese gardens but...
Decorative Fusuma Japanese Doors at Shunkoin, a subtemple of Myoshinji Temple, was one of the most important places for Japanese Zen Buddhism in the...
Shunkoin, a subtemple of Myoshinji Temple, was one of the most important places for Japanese Zen Buddhism in the early 20th century. Shunkoin is one...
Byobu Japanese Folding Screen at Shunkoin, a subtemple of Myoshinji Temple, was one of the most important places for Japanese Zen Buddhism in the...
Byobu Japanese Folding Screen at Shunkoin, a subtemple of Myoshinji Temple, was one of the most important places for Japanese Zen Buddhism in the...
Decorative Fusuma Japanese Doors at Shunkoin, a subtemple of Myoshinji Temple, was one of the most important places for Japanese Zen Buddhism in the...
Decorative Fusuma Japanese Doors at Shunkoin, a subtemple of Myoshinji Temple, was one of the most important places for Japanese Zen Buddhism in the...
Shunkoin, a subtemple of Myoshinji Temple, has become one of the most important places for Japanese Zen Buddhism in the early 20th century. The...
Shunkoin, a subtemple of Myoshinji Temple, has become one of the most important places for Japanese Zen Buddhism in the early 20th century. The...
Shunkoin Garden - Shunkoin, a subtemple of Myoshinji Temple, was established by Yoshiharu Horio in 1590 to honor his son who died in the Battle of...
Shunkoin Garden - Shunkoin, a subtemple of Myoshinji Temple, was established by Yoshiharu Horio in 1590 to honor his son who died in the Battle of...
Although it is a main temple of the Myoshin-ji group of the Rinzai sect, which contains 47 sub-temples in a vast area, its Honbo garden is rather...
Although it is a main temple of the Myoshin-ji group of the Rinzai sect, which contains 47 sub-temples in a vast area, its Honbo garden is rather...
Myoshinji Temple is a main temple of the Myoshin-ji group of the Rinzai sect, which contains 47 sub-temples in a vast area. Its Honbo garden is...
Taizo-in, one of the many sub-temples at Miyoshinji Temple, is well-known for its spectacular Japanese gardens but also for opening its doors to...
Golden Fusuma or sliding paper doors and tatami room at Shunkoin, a subtemple of Myoshinji Temple. Shunkoin was once one of the most important places...
Rev Monk Kawakami at Shunkoin, a subtemple of Myoshinji Temple, was one of the most important places for Japanese Zen Buddhism in the early 20th...
