Creating a Zen garden is a wonderful way to cultivate a peaceful and serene space in your backyard. Japanese gardens are renowned for their tranquility, elegance, and harmony with nature.

The garden's layout invites you to take a stroll slowly and appreciate everything. The Adachi Museum of Art marries ...

Can You Find Zen In This 3-D Geometric Puzzle? An artist known for his large street installations takes it indoors, where he plants some dystopia in his Zen Garden ...

The purpose of a Zen garden, those stylized landscapes created ... first time we’ve seen someone try to automate a traditional Japanese practice. This tea ceremony robot comes to mind, and ...

Water elements are a common feature in Japanese gardens. Photo by Kevin Legnon. The Zen garden, also known as a rock garden, is usually relatively small and consists of carefully arranged rocks of ...

native Japanese plants, serene koi ponds, a five-story pagoda and a Zen garden. You’ll want to plan your visit foo March or April when the garden’s cherry blossom trees are in full bloom.

A walking tour can be the best way to explore Japan, following the footsteps of pilgrims & exploring wilderness trails, encountering Zen gardens & onsen baths, historic temples and tea houses.

This course examines how the religious and philosophical traditions of Zen, originally a Buddhist practice of meditation, have become intertwined with Japanese aesthetic principles. It will focus on ...