He also has crisscrossed Japan to study architectural heritages firsthand. The number of shrines, temples and castles he has visited exceeds 180. Kanakubo believes the pinnacle of Japan’s wood ...

Japan is launching a new high-speed bullet ... about Zen Buddhism can hop off at Eiheijiguchi Station to go to Eiheiji, a temple and monastery founded in the 1200s by the legendary Zen priest ...

The dinosaur museum is even further. Eiheiji Temple, one of Japan's largest Zen temples, is one of Fukui's major attractions. But it's not easy to reach from the new bullet train stop. One bus ...

We journey through the snowy landscapes of northern Fukui Prefecture in central Japan on the Echizen Railway ... Visit the 770-year-old Eiheiji and practice zazen meditation, sip locally brewed ...