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Book Launch Party

Book Launch Party

  • By Felicity Greenland
A book launch for John Dougill's latest book, and a celebration of life.
Book Review: Off the Beaten Tracks in Japan: A Journey by Train from Hokkaido to Kyushu, by John Dougill

Book Review: Off the Beaten Tracks in Japan: A Journey by Train from Hokkaido to Kyushu, by John Dougill

  • By Rebecca Otowa
Review of a travelogue on train journeys in Japan that is oh so much more than just a travel guide.
Book Review: A Zen Romance, by Deborah Bollinger Boehm

Book Review: A Zen Romance, by Deborah Bollinger Boehm

  • By John Dougill
Dougill writes enthusiastically about a neglected work on Zen life in Kyoto.

Book Review: Cipangu, Golden Cipangu: Essays in Japanese History by Michael Hoffman

  • By John Dougill
Dougill reviews and characterizes this book saying that "the pages of history come alive and glisten with appeal."

Lafcadio Hearn’s Kyoto stories

  • By John Dougill
Dougill writes on Hearn and his works.

Heritage and Tourism Symposium

  • By WiK
A report on a symposium that featured several WIK members.

Book Review: Autumn Light by Pico Iyer

  • By John Dougill
Dougill reviews Pico Iyer's follow-up to The Lady and the Monk.

Book Review: Japanese Stone Gardens by Stephen Mansfield

  • By John Dougill
Dougill reviews the work of Stephen Mansfield.

A Kyoto New Year

  • By John Dougill
Dougill writes on how to best experience the new year in Kyoto.

Writers in Oxford

  • By John Dougill
On Writers in Oxford and the connection to Writers in Kyoto.
Literary festival (Devon, UK)

Literary festival (Devon, UK)

  • By John Dougill
Description of a Devon literary festival attended by John Dougill.

Kyoto’s purple mountains

  • By John Dougill
Dougill writes on the history of Japanese colors.

Oharano and Kyoto’s poetic past

  • By John Dougill
Dougill writes about a little known shrine on the outskirts of Kyoto.

Book Review: Japan and the Beats

  • By John Dougill
A robust review of an issue of the Tokyo Poetry Journal.
Book Review: WiK Anthology 2017

Book Review: WiK Anthology 2017

  • By Harry Martin
A review of the 2017 WIK Anthology, by Harry Martin.

Kyoto poems in Japanese

  • By John Dougill
An introduction to the Japanese website called Japan Note.
Book launch: Zen Gardens and Temples of Kyoto

Book launch: Zen Gardens and Temples of Kyoto

  • By WiK
Description of a marvelous book launch.
Edith Shiffert, RIP

Edith Shiffert, RIP

  • By John Dougill
On the life and death of Edith Shiffert.

Kyoto tengu

  • By John Dougill
Dougill on Lafcadio Hearn's taste for the macabre.
Hearn in Kyoto

Hearn in Kyoto

  • By John Dougill
An introduction to Lafcadio Hearn and his relationship with Kyoto.

Book Review: Dancing over Kyoto by Richard Russell

  • By John Dougill
Book review of Dancing Over Kyoto by Richard Russell.
Hailstone Haiku Circle

Hailstone Haiku Circle

  • By WIK
An introduction to the Hailstone Haiku Circle, founded by Stephen Gill.
Basho’s links with Kyoto

Basho’s links with Kyoto

  • By John Dougill
Basho's haiku on Kyoto with commentary.
Walking and Writing

Walking and Writing

  • By John Dougill
A report on a conference session given at Notre Dame University in March 2015 on ‘Walking, Contemplation, Writing’, by Prof Eamonn Wall of the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

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