Matt Ogawa, committee board member of SJ Obon Festival, gives back to his community by leading and organizing events that ensure traditions, stories and memories are passed down through ...

a noted expert in Japanese garden design who built the tea house garden at the San Francisco Zen Center and spent the core of his career in the Bay Area before moving to Seattle. He continues to ...

Looking for a peaceful way to spend a few hours and see beautiful, lush greenery and bright red elements of Japanese architecture ... the nearby San Francisco Botanical Garden, also part of ...

Something is blooming above UC San Francisco’s Parnassus ... “I write literally facing the garden all the time,” she said. “I position myself to physically face the garden because it’s just sort of ...

You can search the internet for a labyrinth near you—there are many in local churches or in sacred healing gardens ... the way Zen master Suzuki Roshi taught at the San Francisco Zen Center ...

Its name is The Dragon and it is known for its “gorgeous, zen design elements,” a news ... vertical wooden planks treated in the ancient Japanese shou sugi ban technique, where the wood ...

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A former San Francisco ... taught Zen in various countries across Asia and Europe. In 2023, he was selected for Forbes Japan's "Next100" and Newsweek's "100 Most Respected Japanese People in ...

California, United States in year 1980. San Francisco Japanese bridge Wooden Japanese bridge of San Francisco Japanese Tea Garden, zen temple in Golden Gate Park. Archival footage in 1980s. California ...

An 800-year-old ink painting, regarded as the “Zen Mona Lisa,” has made a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the United States. By Will Heinrich Reporting from San Francisco This may be your only ...