Another trip starts tomorrow. This time to Japan, where I'll be for a month. Everything is ready to go, just the last minute packing.
The idea for this trip started a couple of years ago, when Kate and Michael of the Mountain Rain Zen Community suggested a trip. They had recently accompanied Norman Fischer on a trip to Japan for a Zen teacher ceremony, and thought our local group would be interested in going some time.
I fly into Osaka, and head straight to Kyoto where I'll meet with the zen group. The first two and a half weeks of the trip will be with the group, mainly around Kyoto where there are a lot of significant temples. This will include a 4 day meditation retreat at a temple between Kyoto and Tokyo, called Rinso-in. This is the temple where Shunryo Suzuki, author of Zen_Mind, Beginner's_Mind and founder of the San Francisco Zen Center, is from. We will also spend a couple of days at Koya San, a very picturesque temple complex outside of Osaka.
The last 12 days are on my own. I'll spend a couple of days in Tokyo, and then take the train to Hokkaido, the northern-most island. I'll spend a few days at a hotspring town called Noboribetsu, and then a couple of days in Sapporo. After that I'll start going south again, spending a few days on the northern tip of the main island where there are more parks and hotsprings. Then the train all the way to Osaka, where I'll spend a couple of days before flying home.
The idea for this trip started a couple of years ago, when Kate and Michael of the Mountain Rain Zen Community suggested a trip. They had recently accompanied Norman Fischer on a trip to Japan for a Zen teacher ceremony, and thought our local group would be interested in going some time.
I fly into Osaka, and head straight to Kyoto where I'll meet with the zen group. The first two and a half weeks of the trip will be with the group, mainly around Kyoto where there are a lot of significant temples. This will include a 4 day meditation retreat at a temple between Kyoto and Tokyo, called Rinso-in. This is the temple where Shunryo Suzuki, author of Zen_Mind, Beginner's_Mind and founder of the San Francisco Zen Center, is from. We will also spend a couple of days at Koya San, a very picturesque temple complex outside of Osaka.
The last 12 days are on my own. I'll spend a couple of days in Tokyo, and then take the train to Hokkaido, the northern-most island. I'll spend a few days at a hotspring town called Noboribetsu, and then a couple of days in Sapporo. After that I'll start going south again, spending a few days on the northern tip of the main island where there are more parks and hotsprings. Then the train all the way to Osaka, where I'll spend a couple of days before flying home.
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