Photography

Winter practice period
We will be closed off from the outside world by the snow until next spring.
Mui will be our head monk during the winter practice period, the dharma combat ceremony will be held on March 11th.

Staying at Antaiji in 2016
We are looking for residents between the age of 18 and 40 years who do speak at least basic Japanese and want to stay for a minimum of three years. If you are interested, please first come as an aspirant for 80 days.
In 2016, we will accept aspirants for a 80 day trial period on March 26th, April 26th, August 26th and September 26th only. We do not accept any short term visitors, except for retreats which will be held three or four times a year (Usually in May, July and September).

Retreats
There will be three retreats in 2016, when we welcome short term guests:

Truenature retreats in April/May and October, and a Yoga Zen retreat in July/August.

Yearbook 2015
English articles.

Recent pictures
Antaiji, December 17th 2015

Videos
Videos shot on the same morning: Walk around the zen hall and bringing the kids to the school bus.

Pictures from the retreat can be seen here at Eriko’s Facebook page:
facebook.com/eriko.sigematsu/photos

Kakuan practices at Antaiji since 2012. Now, during his third winter here, he has taken the step to become a monk. Here are some pictures taken by Jisui:

Kakuan’s ordinaton ceremony

We forgot to switch on the microphone. Here are the last minutes in silence: