Katsuo-ji offers visitors two different types of Darumas: the Kachi-Daruma, the classic doll known as “the winning Daruma” ...

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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 ...

That’s the conclusion of the Journal of Japanese Gardening ... in Matsue (fourth), the Yushien garden also in the prefectural capital (20th), Kokokuji temple in Izumo (28th) and the Yunosuke ...

including Saihoji--or “Kokedera” (moss temple)--Gioji and Tofukuji, while Katsura Imperial Villa is also known for its Japanese garden. Half of the Japanese gardens the central government has ...

Once Japan’s Imperial capital, the city has been a spiritual and cultural epicentre for more than a thousand years. That ...

Seiko has always designed innovative timepieces that tap into different aspects of nature. Recently, it launched two new ...