Tuck into local delicacy conger eel rice and stay at hotels that cost a fraction of Kyoto and Osaka's prices. Read more at ...

In the late sixth century, Zen Buddhist monks began creating simple gardens as a tranquil space for meditation. These karesansui, translated to dry landscape or dry mountain water in Japanese ...

In Japan, the simple act of walking has long been connected to working toward enlightenment.

Matcha tea, a finely ground powder made from specially grown green tea leaves, has been a staple in Japanese culture for over ...

Peter is a Zen monk and senior teacher in the Open Way Zen School, and has been practicing Zen for 25 years and is a disciple of Soto Zen master Hogen Yamahata of Chogen-ji temple, Japan.