[Nick] is working on a prototype of a coffee table sand plotter that draws patterns in sand a lot like a zen rock garden. [Nick]’s zen rock garden uses a magnet to draw a ball bearing across ...

Even in a tiny space, you can dedicate an area to a small Japanese rock garden. ‘A Japanese rock garden (also known as a ‘zen garden’) is perfect for compact spaces,’ says David Fryer, head of ...

Zen gardens were first created by Buddhist monks way back in the sixth century as a quiet space for meditation and contemplation. Many modern iterations of these types of gardens remain unchanged ...

Zen rock gardens, or karesansui (translated as "dry-mountain-water"), originated in medieval Japan and are renowned for their simplicity and serenity. The most famous of these can be found in ...

Every day, hundreds of people visit Ryoanji Temple to see its Zen rock garden – which is probably the most famous of its kind in Japan. Located in Kyoto's northern outskirts, the temple was ...

Stones from the temple’s famed Zen rock gardens are drawn on the right-hand side of the drawings. Photo taken Aug. 31 (Takumi Okada) ...