Vita-man, to answer your question, the Monastery is in the United States. It's located in North East Iowa. You can look at their web page at
http://www.ryumonji.org/ I think I'll wait until after I complete the one month practice period to post a thread about it, which would be in late February. I'll have a lot more to say about the experience after I actually do it. I'll post the thread in the Beyond Human forum.
