Zazen Meditation Guided by the Shakuhachi Flute at a Historic Hakone Site
Experience the traditional Japanese Zen practices of seated meditation (zazen) and shakuhachi flute meditation (suizen). Lenzan Kudo is your guide, a shakuhachi player whose work transcends borders between nations and musical genres. The venue for the experience is the historic retreat of Tokoan, ensconced in the secluded nature-rich Ashinoyu, Hakone, where scholars of ages past are said to have held gatherings between dips in the local hot spring. Here you can take in the sound of the shakuhachi bamboo flute as played by Lenzan, as well as try suizen, a form of ascetic Zen training performed with this instrument.