Writers in Kyoto

Category: Nonfiction

Kyoto and Anime Director Satoshi Kon

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

Otomodachi

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

Kyoto Snow

  • By Adam Downham
On rare opportunities to photograph snow in Kyoto.

Yokoo Tadanori’s House Garden

  • By Stephen Mansfield
Description and photos of a very modern garden.

A Living National Treasure

  • By Malcolm Ledger
A description of a Japanese cultural centre dedicated to dance and an event which the author attended.

Accidental Real Estate

  • By Cody Poulton
On finding a place to live and a necessary exorcism.

An unexpected encounter in the cosmos of Kyoto

  • By Kirsty Kawano
Kawano describes a meeting with a smiling butt-scratching nutria.

Rock Band Queen and Kyoto

  • By Yuki Yamauchi
When Queen came to Kyoto.

The Back Way to Kiyomizu-dera

  • By Steve Alpert
An ode to Kiyomizu and a different way to reaching it.

The Story of Jisshinbō Renshō (実信房蓮生 – Clan Head, Priest, Poet

  • By Nicholas Teele
History and poetry related to two temples in Kyoto.
Foreign women writers give alternative view of Japan

Foreign women writers give alternative view of Japan

  • By Stephen Mansfield
A link to an article for Asia Nikkei which serves as a comprehensive overview of the works and lives of foreign women writers in Japan, both past and present.
Book Announcement: This Very Moment—A new book of Miksang contemplative photographs

Book Announcement: This Very Moment—A new book of Miksang contemplative photographs

  • By John Einarsen
The author describes his book which is the first photography book to introduce the Miksang approach in Japan.

A Lie I Don’t Regret

  • By Lisa Twaronite Sone
A lie told at a nursing home.

English Teacher Iwao Inagaki, Second Son of Lafcadio Hearn

  • By Yuki Yamauchi
On the life of Hearn’s second son, Iwao Inagaki, who lived in Kyoto.

Multicultural daughter

  • By Suzanne Kamata
An excerpt from “Enabled by the Internet: A Multicultural Mother and Daughter in Japan."

Ohigan

  • By Malcolm Ledger
The author looks down from his window at a small temple graveyard during the Autumn Equinox.

The Fruit of the Moment

  • By Robert Weis
A visit to a garden that was experienced during the writer's long-awaited first trip to Japan.

When Someone You Loved Dies

  • By Reggie Pawle
On grief.

METROPOLIS  

  • By Stephen Mansfield
A philosophical and evocative piece on cities.

Uncle Goldfish

  • By Cody Poulton
The author describes and writes of an old friend, a retired gangster.

Insight on a Rainy Day

  • By Rebecca Otowa
The author writes of her relationship with the Heart Sutra.

Gods of Useless Things

  • By Simon Rowe
The author writes about adventures in collecting sodai gomi in his town.

What Japan’s 1,150-year-old Gion Festival can teach us about sustainability

  • By Kirsty Kawano
Challenges with sustainability and the Gion Festival.
Spirit of Shizen: Seasons of the Seto Inland Sea

Spirit of Shizen: Seasons of the Seto Inland Sea

  • By Amy Chavez
A poignant description of life on Shiraishi Island.

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