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In Rural Japan, Learning Zen Mindfulness at an 800-Year-Old Temple
At a big-hearted retreat surrounded by nature, Zen rituals fused with mindfulness practices teach Kate Crockett to be more ...
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As sales of Japan temples and shrines surge, a crackdown on bad-faith buyers
SANBAGAWA, Gunma Prefecture--Benmou Suzuki’s dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly looks like prized real estate. Yet the monk ...
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Luxury suite on sacred Mt. Koya in west Japan draws tourists at $1,200 per night
KOYA, Wakayama -- A luxurious suite at a temple lodging facility on Mount Koya, a sacred Buddhist site in western Japan, has been attracting a surge of reservations from foreigners despite its price ...
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In Rural Japan, Learning Zen Mindfulness at an 800-Year-Old Temple
Happily, the retreat is unlike a typical (and typically austere) Japanese temple stay ... and along Dairyuji's wood hallways, and at night as I lie on my futon in a tatami room decorated with ...