More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Like many Zen temples and monasteries, Buttsuji displays a portrait of Bodhidharma, the legendary monk credited with introducing Zen. Loca...

  I arrived at Nishinotaki Temple via the mountain footpath that ran from temple 41, Bukkokusan , so I didn't see the quite dramatic en...

  The statues of the 500 Rakan at Buttsuji Temple are all made of stone and seem to be fairly recent in origin. Not sure how many there are,...