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Edited by Lisa Twaronite Sone & Robert Weis
Foreword by Pico Iyer

The city of Kyoto has inspired awe in generations of travelers, writers and poets alike. In this anthology, 30 contributors explore the nature of the old capital: its gardens, mountains, old shrines and temples, but also the inner nature or the soul of the city.

“The minute you step into Japan’s thousand-year capital, it’s hard not to start putting things into words. Yes, the train station where you arrived is a wild 22nd century labyrinth and the streets are dizzy with streaking lights and high-rise ‘pencil buildings.’ Nowhere is more madly in love with the latest and the fashionable. Yet everywhere, it’s not difficult to see, are spirits alive in the hills, and around the sixteen hundred temples, as close to you as the winter chill on your neck.”

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Contents

・Foreword: The Rain upon the Rooftops Pico Iyer

・Kyoto: Different Forms of Hypnosis Stephen Mansfield

・The Pocket Garden Rebecca Otowa

・Lotus 蓮 John Einarsen

・Love on a Low Flame Amanda Huggins

・The Graveyard of Homyo-in Everett Kennedy Brown

・Sudden Tsukimi C. Greenstreet

・For Love of the Octopus God Elaine Lies

・Peeks on Danger Edward J. Taylor

・For the Visitors Felicity Tillack

・Nature is Trying to Kill You Fernando Torres

・Restaurant Boer Hans Brinckmann

・The Nature of Kyoto: 1006 vs 2006 Hamish Downie

・The Revived Waterway Iris Reinbacher

・Kyoto: City of Fire and Water Jann Williams

・Vignettes, Interrupted John Dougill

・Food for Thought and for the Thoughtful Julian Holmes

・Recollections of Nature, Neighbors, and Nibbles Karen Lee Tawarayama

・Local News Ken Rodgers

・Nashinoki Shrine Makes Lifestyle Changes Kirsty Kawano

・Summer Rain Lisa Twaronite Sone

・Sudou Shrine Malcolm Ledger

・The Watcher Maria Danuco

・”Keywords” of Kyoto Mayumi Kawaharada

・The Hills of Kyoto Patrick Colgan

・Kyotoyana Preston Keido Houser

・Thinking Kyoto like a Mountain Robert Weis

・Kyoto Time Stephen Benfey

・The Promise Tetiana Korchuk

・Sound Travels Tina deBellegarde

・Kyoto’s Nature versus My Apiphobia Yuki Yamauchi

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