The five-story pagoda of Hokanji Temple has crowned the skyline of eastern Kyoto for more than a millennium — give or take the few times when it burned down and was reconstructed. Just down the ...

KYOTO—The garden of a centuries-old temple here is now open to the public for the brief blooming period of an iconic flower, serving as a reminder of the Buddhist philosophy that all things must ...

It is a Buddhist sub-temple of the Rinzai Zen head temple, Tenryu-ji. The temple was founded in 1461 and was initially constructed in the Kamigyo-ku district of Kyoto, which is now the center of the ...

Also known as the Hokanji Temple, this Japanese landmark is the oldest pagoda in Kyoto, dating back to 592. Higashiyama is a popular district for tourists and can become quite crowded during the ...

KYOTO, Japan >> Tofukuji Temple in Kyoto features a large Zen meditation space that spans about 200 square meters. On Sunday mornings, the sound of a priest using a stick to strike the shoulders ...

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 ...