Writers in Kyoto

Category: Nonfiction

Haunted Kiyotaki Tunnel

  • By John Dougill
A scary tunnel.

Under Kiyomizu

  • By WiK Admin
A short description performing ancestor worship during the pandemic.

Zen and the Corona Virus

  • By John Dougill
A piece on the impermanence of life.

Reminiscences of Donald Richie

  • By John Dougill
WIK members discuss Donald Richie.

Kyoto Stage and Film Director Akira Nobuchi

  • By John Dougill
A piece on the life of a Kyoto film director.

Haiku Discoveries

  • By John Dougill
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.

From Tokyo to Kyoto Pt 1

  • By Kirsty Kawano
Kawano astutely notes some of the differences between the customs and people in Tokyo and Kyoto.

Old Man, Blue Sky

  • By John Dougill
Description of a walk in a park and what it wrought.

Spiritual Journey to Kyoto

  • By John Dougill
Photos and description of a modern day pilgrimage.

Hōjōki – a Personal Response

  • By WiK Admin
On reading a new translation of Hōjōki by Matthew Stavros.

Chikubujima

  • By Ted Taylor
A travel piece on a distant island.

Notes from Himeji, Japan: Colour of the Hood

  • By Simon Rowe
A description of life in Himeji.

After Act

  • By Stephen Mansfield
A reflection on the current pandemic and other plagues.

The beauty and the watchtower

  • By Jann Williams
A piece describing a friendship with a maiko.

Sōseki’s Evening Arrival in Kyoto

  • By John Dougill
A translation of a piece by Sōseki.

Sōseki’s Kyoto Haibun

  • By John Dougill
Commentary and translation of a work by Sōseki on Kyoto.

The World through the Magic Lantern – Nicolas Bouvier in Kyoto

  • By John Dougill
On Nicolas Bouvier's sojourn in Kyoto.

The wandering Nanao Sakaki

  • By John Dougill
An extract from a tribute to Nanao Sakaki ‘Transnational Poet Wanderer’ in Kyoto Journal, no. 78, p.127ff.

Finding an Island

  • By WiK Admin
A description of a trip to Shiraishi Island.

Sutoku In Kyoto – emperor, poet, rebel, yōkai

  • By WiK Admin
A biographical essay on the 75th emperor of Japan (reigned 1123-1142).

My Project – Drawing 100 things in my house

  • By John Dougill
Rebecca describes and presents examples from her project.

Alan Watts (4): modern Kyoto and Gary Snyder

  • By John Dougill
Extracts from pages 351 and 356 of In My Own Way, the autobiography of Alan Watts.

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