Writers in Kyoto

Author: John Dougill

A.J. Pomez

  • By AJ Dickinson
Introduction and links to three books by AJ Dickinson.

David Joiner (‘Kanazawa’)

  • By WiK
A Q&A with the author of Kanazawa.

Winter Wonderings of Body and Mind

  • By Edward Levinson (aka Edo 恵道)
It's cold out there. More whimsical and wise poetry from Ed.

Electronic musician Hajime Fukuma: An appreciation

  • By Yuki Yamauchi
A piece on the life and music of the late Hajime Fukuma.

Book Review: Of Arcs and Circles — Insights from Japan on Gardens, Nature, and Art, by Marc Peter Keane

  • By Rebecca Otowa
Review of a book by an American landscape architect who lived and worked in Kyoto for many years.

Zoom bonenkai 2021

  • By WiK
A description of the zoom Bonenkai held at the end of this year.

Shinrin-yoku in Squirrel’s Forest

  • By Robert Weis
A short piece on the grove as a refuge for both humans and squirrels.

The Memoirs of a Japanese Nurse pt 2

  • By Paul Carty
Hajimeko Takeda’s Notes by a Japanese Nurse Sent to France or Women Soldiers Dispatched to Europe: the Japanese Red Cross Relief Corps and the First World War.

The Poetry of Pain and Its Meaning in the Age of COVID-19 

  • By Michael Freiling and Shelley Baker-Gard 
Review of a manuscript of poems written during August 1942 in America by Japanese-Americans being sent to camps.

Book Review: The Short Story Collective: 13 Tales from Japan, by Andrew Innes

  • By Rebecca Otowa
A review of stories that the reviewer calls both challenging and entertaining.

An Unveiling

  • By Malcolm Ledger
The experience of a Jewish death rite in Kansai described.

Rocks, Moss and Waterfalls

  • By Robert Weis
Description of an outing in the Kumano Mountains.

88 Seconds

  • By Simon Rowe
A fictionalized reconstruction of a robbery.

Kodokushi (A Solitary Death)

  • By Rebecca Otowa
A nurse's life and death

Storied

  • By Rachel Davies
Event description and introduction to a print and digital magazine produced by a resident of Kyoto.

The Last Ghost of Summer

  • By Fernando Torres
On becoming a ghost in Kyoto and a trip into virtual reality.

A rewrite

  • By David Joiner
A new opening to The Heron Catchers.

“Peace, the Charm’s Wound Up”Short Story

  • By Marianne Kimura
A clever tale on changing environments.

Clouds of Illusion

  • By James Woodham
Striking poems and stunning photography.

Creativity Workshop with Paige Baldwin Ando

  • By Kirsty Kawano
Report on a Zoom workshop.

Cheerful Bones

  • By Lisa Twaronite Sone
What the zoologist's son did. A unique tale.

Mind games in Arashiyama

  • By Robert Weis
Weiss writes on how he spends his first day upon return to Japan.

On Compromise: A Mancunian in Japan

  • By Andrew Innes
A Brit writes on American English in Japan.

Nervous Nun Limericks

  • By Preston Houser
Zen humor and koan to challenge the reader.

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