Happily, the retreat is unlike a typical (and typically austere) Japanese temple stay ... including at the Lake District ...

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 ...

They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa, Japan For at least six centuries, residents along a lake in the mountains of central Japan have ...

In 1941, when the Japanese government was ... were cultural treasures. Kakumeiji temple, which is situated in Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture, close to Lake Biwako, donated a more than three centuries ...