Writers in Kyoto

Category: Nonfiction

A Glimpse into the History of Gion Higashi

  • By Yuki Yamauchi
The history of Gion Higashi and dance events traditionally held there.

Memoirs of a Japanese Nurse

  • 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.

Lost Star

  • By Cody Poulton
A description of escaping the Japanese summer.

A Runner in Yamazaki

  • By Michael Greco
A piece from a fine author who is as far from a marathon runner as a bush warbler is from an eagle.

Circling the Mountain

  • By Edward J. Taylor
Description of a pilgrimage from Enryaku-ji.

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.

Portraits of Uji

  • By Yuki Yamauchi
A comprehensive look at Uji through the eyes of three foreign women.
Critic and professor, Tatsuo Kuriyagawa

Critic and professor, Tatsuo Kuriyagawa

  • By Yuki Yamauchi
An introduction to a noted educator and writer from Kyoto.

Shadow and Light

  • By Stephen Mansfield
A reflection on the role of shadow and light in Japanese culture and belief.

Calligraphing The Heart Sutra

  • By Rona Conti
A noted artist and calligrapher writes on her experience with the Heart Sutra.

World Book Day 2021

  • By WiK
Annotated list and links to WIK member publications.

Bury My Bones in Toribeyama

  • By Cody Poulton
Immigration trials and tribulations and a seemingly endless pandemic.

The Boy From Across The Silver Vaults

  • By Richard Holmes
On Chancery Lane and youth in a city.

71 Lessons on Eternity

  • By Robert Weis
A meditation on the beauty and impermanence of sakura.

Dragonflies and Floating Carp

  • By Robert Weis
A spring walk from Ohara to Kurama-dera.

Haunted Kiyotaki Tunnel

  • By WiK
A scary tunnel.

Under Kiyomizu

  • By Cody Poulton
A short description performing ancestor worship during the pandemic.

Zen and the Corona Virus

  • By Reggie Pawle
A piece on the impermanence of life.

Reminiscences of Donald Richie

  • By WiK
WIK members discuss Donald Richie.

Kyoto Stage and Film Director Akira Nobuchi

  • By Yuki Yamauchi
A piece on the life of a Kyoto film director.

Haiku Discoveries

  • By Sydney Solis
A wonderfully informative piece on haiku and the author's adventures.

Birth of a Book Cover

  • By Simon Rowe
The story of how a book cover came to be.

From Tokyo to Kyoto Pt 2

  • By Kirsty Kawano
Part 2 of a piece on the differences between the customs and people in Tokyo and Kyoto.

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