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Experience authentic zazen in a scenic Zen temple
Mt. Tenshin Shinsho-ji Temple, completed in 1965, is a temple of the Kennin-ji sect of Rinzai Buddhism. T Along with being a place for memorial services there are many temples and buildings in the precincts include the Tahoto Pagoda, Mumyo-in Temple, and the International Zen Training Hall. Shinshō-ji, known as the “Zen Museum and Gardens,” opens the door of world of Zen to not only Japan but overseas as well.
The temple offers a very popular Zen retreat to the public, where anyone can experience the balanced spiritual training of a monastery in the Rinzai Zen tradition such as Zazen and Sutra Copying.
Zazen derives from the Indian Yoga practice. Absorbing the energy through deep breathing becomes the key.
Seated Zazen meditation is held in the Main Hall/Zen Hall of the International Zen Center.
Gokan-do, where you can eat Shinsho-ji udon.
Shinsho-ji udon (1,200 yen). You can eat it with the actual utensils and chopsticks used in the monastery. *A separate entrance fee is required. Meal pictured serves two.
At Shinsho-ji Temple, we will practice copying the Heart Sutra.
Originally, it was the residence of successive head priests and a place for ascetic monks to study.
Somon, the main gate that’s made of keyaki (zelkova) wood, is a relocation of the former Kaya no-miya Palace gate in Kyoto.
The garden at Mumyo-in was created by Kinsaku Nakane, who is known as the “Kobori Enshu of the Showa Period.”
More than 200 Hakuin Zen bokuseki (“ink trace”) paintings are in the collection of Shogon-do, and they are exhibited in succession.
日式庭園和美術館融合為一體是種絕妙的感覺意境，而膳食部分看似再平凡不過的烏龍麵搭配幾碟小菜雖然簡單卻是那麼的意猶未盡，很棒而且難得的體驗
