Writers in Kyoto

Author: John Dougill

Hearn on Heian Jingu

  • By WiK

Allen S. Weiss Presentation

  • By WiK
WIK event description.

The Bath

  • By Sara Ackerman Aoyama
The tribulations of the Japanese bath.

Oct 15: Jean Pasley

  • By WiK
WIK event announcement.

July 27: Susan Ito on writing

  • By WiK
WIK event announcement.

June 16: Words and Music

  • By WiK
WIK event announcement.

Lisa Wilcut on Translation

  • By WiK
WIK Zoom event announcement.

April 14: Simon Rowe

  • By WiK
WIK Event announcement.

19 May – Allen Weiss

  • By WiK
WIK event announcement.

Bin Ueda, Professor and Translator

  • By Yuki Yamauchi
A biographical sketch of one of Lafcadio Hearn's students.

Three Kyoto Photo Haiku

  • By Kit Nagamura
Three Kyoto haiku with photos.

Alan Watts (part five)

  • By John Dougill
More on Alan Watts and his connection to Kyoto.

Malcolm’s maple-viewing party

  • By WiK
WIK event report.

Book Review: The Heron Catchers, by David Joiner

  • By Rebecca Copeland
A review of the author's second novel set in a rural town near Kanazawa.

Robert Weis visits Kyoto

  • By John Dougill
Report on a convivial and literary gathering.

Publications of Marc Keane

  • By John Dougill
Report on a WIK presentation by a prolific writer and gardener.

Crossing the Path of Bonsai

  • By Robert Weis
An excerpt from the self-published volume A tiny nature – recollections of poems and trees.

STRAIGHT IN THE EYE

  • By Amanda Huggins
On meeting bears in Kamikochi.

Debt Crisis in Peach

  • By Marianne Kimura
A short piece on family dynamics and culture.

Shinrin yoku poetry

  • By Milena Guziak
A selection of poems on forest bathing.

Cody Poulton on Contemporary Theatre

  • By Rebecca Otowa
Report on a Lunchtime Talk by Cody Poulton.

Kyoto and Anime Director Satoshi Kon

  • By Yuki Yamauchi
A biographical sketch of a notable anime director.

Spider Walks the Air

  • By James Woodham
Beautiful photos and poems on Lake Biwa.

Otomodachi

  • By Simon Rowe
On meeting friends of a sort at Yarikuri.

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