UJI, Kyoto Prefecture--Three days a week, a historic Zen temple here transforms itself into a restaurant serving a limited number of vegan ramen bowls. On a recent day, when the clock hit 11 a.m., ...
Cradled by mountains on three sides and overlooking Sagami Bay, the compact city of Kamakura is home to a surprising number of shrines and temples: 123 in total. Of these, about one-third belong to ...
Located in the peaceful countryside of Fukuroi City in Shizuoka Prefecture, Kasuisai Temple is a historic Zen temple surrounded by nature. The temple grounds are very large, covering about 330,000 ...
Kamakura developed its own culture, art and religious practices through centuries of exchange with China, a fact that is often underappreciated in modern Japan concerned with Western imports and ...