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 ...

Oshima Hiroshi, a chauffeur and tour guide, showed Steve Jobs around Kyoto. Oshima says one of Jobs' favorite destinations was Ryoanji, a 500-year-old Zen temple known for its rock garden.

Beyond the futuristic Kyoto Station, modern shopping complexes, and sleek luxury hotels, lies a city with celebrated centuries-old wonders, breathtaking temples, serene Zen gardens, narrow cobbled ...

At first glance you might mistake Four Seasons Kyoto for a modern-day Emperor ... of its quaint 800-year-old pond and ...

KYOTO--Buddhist temples across Japan ... illuminates the white sand and moss in the temple garden. Lighting was also used to depict a Zen teaching. “A refreshing breeze blows through one ...

Read on for my full review of Hotel the Mitsui Kyoto, below. Shop Now After you enter the premises of the Mitsui, you’re ...

KYOTO--“Fusuma-e” sliding door paintings ... The World Heritage site renowned for having one of the finest Zen rock gardens in Japan was built in 1450 by Hosokawa Katsumoto, a high-ranking ...