Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa, right, explains his “fusuma-e” sliding door paintings he donated this past spring to Ryoanji in Kyoto’s Ukyo Ward. Stones from the temple’s famed ...

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 ...

KYOTO--Cultural properties rarely seen by the public are now on show as part of the Kyoto Winter Special Openings campaign.

Oshima says one of Jobs' favorite destinations was Ryoanji, a 500-year-old Zen temple known for its rock garden. Oshima took Jobs there three times. "On our first visit, I told him about the ...