When asked how to view a Japanese garden, designer Kinsaku Nakane (1917-1995) replied: “With a detached gaze, without preconceptions and in a state of total receptivity”. Since their earliest history ...

On a recent midwinter day, Hovane explained the history and design of two gardens in the Daitokuji Temple complex in northern Kyoto. It is a prime destination for his tailored tours, Kyoto Garden ...

KYOTO--Reflecting the Japanese traditional aesthetics of “wabi-sabi” (transience and imperfection), moss-covered gardens have long mesmerized visitors from home and abroad. But there has been ...

FEATURE: Kyoto, the city whose name is synonymous with the fight against global warming, is feeling the effects of climate change first-hand as the moss dries out in its celebrated gardens. The ...

This 15th-century temple features Japan's most famous rock garden. Such dry gardens, characterised by raked gravel, the odd patch of moss and well-placed stones, are deeply influenced by Zen Buddhism ...

When we last caught up with Jacqueline Hassink, the Dutch photographer had published the sequel to her landmark project on Europe's boardrooms. She had also wrapped another major body of work: View, ...

Kyoto Gov. Takatoshi Nishiwaki holds one of the books donated by Bill Gates in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward on May 19, 2023. (Mainichi/Kotaro Chigira) KYOTO -- Five books believed to have been sent by ...