Waiting room in Niigata railway station, Japan. There was a radio show1.18 MB
Big in Japan1.09 MB
Our first night in Japan, Niigata. We slept in the railway station1.35 MB
To the bath1.13 MB
Showers are located around the jacuzzi in Japanese spas1.24 MB
Santeri doing horizontal meditation1.16 MB
Putting on a kimono in a hotel in Hamasaka1.01 MB
Ready for the tea ceremony1.15 MB
Entrance to a Japanese bath1.25 MB
The kimono1.69 MB
The bath1.29 MB
Some slippers. Blue ones are to be used inside, brown ones outside1.30 MB
A chair in our hotel room1.32 MB
Päivi sleeping on futon1.22 MB
There are two kinds of toilets in Japan, traditional and ultra-modern with electric seats1.19 MB
A sitting place with pillow called 'zafu'. You sit there 4 hours a day1.24 MB
Washing machines1.19 MB
The temple (Hondo) used for sitting (zazen)1.34 MB
A view to the kitchen from the dining room1.25 MB
The Hondo1.34 MB
Antaiji is located in the mountains1.32 MB
There were clocks and calendars everywhere1.17 MB
The zazen sitting room called Hondo1.27 MB
Bathroom reserved for women1.26 MB
Harri (from Finland) doing horizontal meditation1.11 MB
Worshipping the God of Toilet1.24 MB
Zafu = pillow used under ass when sitting1.34 MB
Working gloves1.11 MB
Isaac (from the US) doing horizontal meditation1.24 MB
Rubber boots1.25 MB
Päivi and the bell that is used to call monks to zazen1.19 MB
Antaiji dining room1.13 MB
Antaiji had lots of modern vehicles and tools1.13 MB
Päivi's room in Antaiji1.09 MB
Päivi's room1.14 MB
Rice is sorted manually1.16 MB
Resting and smoking area1.25 MB
Oryoki set, used for complicated eating1.29 MB
Computer corner with a pc and internet dial-up1.25 MB
Our friend Rieko from Yokohama1.33 MB
Päivi's pants after a day of work in the rice fields1.24 MB
Päivi's favourite: rice fields1.35 MB
Dinner is served by Tenzo1.23 MB
Kyosaku, used for hitting those who sleep during zazen1.35 MB
Sitting places in Hondo (the temple). Everyone sits facing the wall1.14 MB
Kitchen shelf1.22 MB
On the left Mary from the US, working as the cook (Tenzo)1.25 MB
Dishwashing sinks1.25 MB
The altar in Hondo1.28 MB
Stove1.13 MB
Antaiji library1.01 MB
The bathroom1.19 MB
Santeri worked in the herb garden1.27 MB
Hondo's main entrance1.35 MB
Men's quarters on the 2nd floor1.28 MB
Informal eating place1.32 MB
The clock that signals the end of zazen and the bell that is used for signalling1.22 MB
A Japanese toilet1.20 MB
Sitting order, eating order and daily schedule1.20 MB
Showers1.28 MB
Rice sorting1.23 MB
Santeri's working clothes1.18 MB
The vegetable garden that Santeri weeded1.26 MB
For us it was a shameful disgrace1.13 MB
A wishing tree including wishes like go-go girls, supermodels, sake shop, and sauna1.31 MB
We entered and left Antaiji because of love1.27 MB
Martin from the Chech Republic1.15 MB
They disturbed eating, sitting, and working1.34 MB
They filmed everyone without permission and we were quite pissed off1.23 MB
From the left Mateus from Poland, Wako from Japan, and Daishin from Germany1.20 MB
The TV (s)crew arrives in Antaiji1.22 MB
Amanda from Switzerland1.17 MB
A river near Antaiji in Kutoyama1.29 MB
A Japanese TV crew was invited to visit Antaiji by the abbot1.24 MB
Our tutor and Päivi's roommate Jikai from Australia1.32 MB
The TV program will be a talkshow making fun of Antaiji1.15 MB
Päivi and sushi1.11 MB
Vertical carousel in Osaka1.15 MB
Lots of people1.27 MB
Osaka street view1.25 MB
Funny-looking eatery1.15 MB
In a restaurant in Osaka1.08 MB
Evening falls, Osaka1.33 MB
