Zen temple seeks business enlightenment
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Eiheiji, Japan
DEEP in a forest near Japan's western shore, a 13th century Buddhist temple where Steve Jobs once dreamed of becoming a Zen monk has teamed up with a Tokyo skyscraper builder to seek the commercial enlightenment of foreign tourist dollars.
As a weak yen fuels record tourism, Eiheiji temple, local authorities and Mori Building Co - behind some of Tokyo's glitziest retail palaces - plan to redevelop the site including an US$11 million hotel nearby. From there, a new path will be built leading visitors to the spartan site that intrigued the Apple Inc guru.
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