Delve into the washitsu's role in Japanese homes, blending cultural history with contemporary interior design for a unique ...

These five masterpieces capture the very essence of the transformations that have shaped Japan's visual identity, from the ...

We start in Nagoya, Japan’s lesser-known fourth-largest city. Often overlooked by tourists, it is easy to reach from the UK ...

Allan West entered the room backgrounded by a calming painting of a flowering plum tree draped in snow. He was wearing his signature look: A Zen priest shirt, craftsman’s pants, a sleeveless jacket ...

Japanese farming cooperative Zen-Noh has established a Swiss corporation to begin operations in the European trading hub. It will operate under the name Zen-Noh Global Holdings SA, with offices in ...

This month Photographer Tsuchiya published his pictures. Samples ... That was no surprise to some cynical Japanese, who say that novice Zen priests often slip anchor at night after the temple ...

I barely scratched the surface and yet every expectation I had was exceeded.

TAKASAKI, Gunma — A daruma doll is a traditional Japanese craft known as a good luck charm ... based on an image of Bodhidharma sitting in meditation. The image was drawn by Shinetsu, a Zen priest who ...

Priest Miso Soseki ... former royal villa into a Zen temple in 1339. I had never been to Kyoto, so I wanted to include it in our trip, even though it is arguably Japan’s most beloved destination.

With increasing prosperity, the priests got professional artists to fill their temples with images ... Japanese sculpture had declined, while drawing rose to new heights under the inspiration of ...

She eventually became a Zen priest herself, and continues to live at the temple today, where she trains in a particularly rigorous form of Japanese swordsmanship called kendo. She also instructs ...

Reverend Takafumi Kawakami, the black-robed Zen priest seated in front of me ... and Kawakami’s instructions to let go of any mental image of this body part and to truly feel it didn’t ...