Description: Zen monastery in the tradition of Dogen Zenji, the founder of Japanese Sõtõ Zen. It was established in Kyoto in 1921 by Oka Sotan Roshi as a place for religious study with a minimum of unrelated duties and distractions. It was reopened in 1958 by Sawaki Kõdõ Roshi who's main emphasis was pure hearted zazen practice.