These karesansui, translated to dry landscape or dry mountain water in Japanese, gardens are commonly known as Zen gardens ... The curved lines of raked sand and gravel or gently sloping hedges ...

The purpose of a Zen garden, those stylized ... try to automate a traditional Japanese practice. This tea ceremony robot comes to mind, and this nicely crafted sand table is very similar to ...

Seiko has always designed innovative timepieces that tap into different aspects of nature. Recently, it launched two new models that draw inspiration from elements found in Japanese gardens.

He transformed the space behind 38 College Street into a karesansui-style Japanese garden for his honors project for the Asian Studies Program. The karesansui style emerged in fifteenth-century Japan.

The second watch is the Presage Japanese Zen Gardens SSA464J1, which comes in gold-toned sand. Inspired by Japanese temple gardens, the pattern of the dial almost splits the dial in half as one ...

Hannah Wallace If you need an escape from urban landscapes, seek out Zen-like tranquility at the Japanese Garden within Washington Park. The 12-acre Portland Japanese Garden is made up of eight ...

The studio challenges the traditional VIP lounge with an abstract echo of nature, inspired by Japanese zen gardens ... forms imitate the lines in a sand garden and sinuous walls suggest ...