Remember Nick Clark, Gordonsgonetojapan's photographer? Well he took some great shots when he was here in December and one of them is this one of a monk. We went to see him yesterday to get his permission for Nick to use his photos which the monk was happy to do. His father owns the temple which is a large one in the middle of a busy shopping district and he, after a gruelling year's training at the centre of his sect, is now in charge. He showed us the perfect garden with its stone steps, raked gravel and bamboo grove and it was impossible to imagine what was outside as we stood with him there in contemplation.

You can see more of nick's photos at http://www.nickclark.co.uk