More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Gokurakuji Temle is a Rinzai Zen temple tucked away down a back lane in Kinosaki Onsen and is hardly visited by most visitors to the town....

  Shofukuji is the 4th of the Chinese temples built in Nagasaki during the Edo Period. Like  nearby Fukusaiji Temple, it is not located in T...

  Cracked Ice is the name given to this style of wooden lattice which was very populr in China in the 17th century. Irregular, and as seen h...

  Takuan Dera is a popular name for Sukyoji Temple in the former castle town of Izushi, Hyogo. The name comes from Takuan Soho, a locally-bo...

  The garden at Kozanji Temple in Chofu, Yamaguchi, is neither well-known nor well-visited, though the temple itself and its grounds are usu...

The Gardens at Kennin-Ji Temple Kennin-ji in Gion was the first Zen temple established in Kyoto in 1202. My wife grew up in a house lit...