Writers in Kyoto

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Three Kyoto Photo Haiku

Three Kyoto Photo Haiku

  • By Kit Nagamura
Three Kyoto haiku with photos.
Robert Weis visits Kyoto

Robert Weis visits Kyoto

  • By John Dougill
Report on a convivial and literary gathering.

Sakura Zuihitsu

  • By Edward J Taylor
The cherry blossom season in Kyoto is both celebrated and dreaded by the author.

A Life or Death Decision

  • By Sara Ackerman Aoyama
A short story on coffee and life choices.

Crawling Curmudgeonly along Hiei’s Eastern Hills

  • By Edward J. Taylor
Taylor's on the move again hiking and wandering through temples.

A Rock has a Hundred Faces

  • By Stephen Benfey
Just when you think you've heard everything...a cautionary tale.
Book Review: Kyoto: A Literary Guide, edited by John Dougill

Book Review: Kyoto: A Literary Guide, edited by John Dougill

  • By John Dougill
Dougill presents a new work that he edited that takes the reader on a literary journey through 12 centuries of Kyoto.

WiK Competiton 2019 Second Prize

  • By WiK
A short piece on homelessness in Kyoto.

2019 Competition Kyoto winner

  • By WiK
Contemporary verse on Kyoto from Kevin Ramsden.

2019 Competition USA Prizewinner

  • By WiK
Samantha JC Hoh writes on summer and cicadas.

Kyoto Soundscape

  • By Allen S. Weiss
A soundscape of Kyoto, a sonic travel diary, the evocation of a utopian space, and a work of musique concrète.

Some Words and Photos

  • By John Einarsen
A beautiful collection of Miksang photos and words.

A Kyoto New Year

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

Goddesses and Ninjas: the mad, dashing world of Shakespeare

  • By WIK
An interview with Marianne Kimura about her current and future writing projects.

Update on Kyoto Journal, Summer 2017

  • By Ken Rodgers
Update on Kyoto Journal and the return to a print edition.

Kyoto: The City of Hungry Gods

  • By John F. Ashburne
John Ashburne, Food Writer for Louis Vuitton City Guide Kyoto on food history n Kyoto.

WiK 2016 competition

  • By William Adams
A competition entry from WIlliam Adams.

Introducing Jann Williams

  • By Jann Williams
Self-Introduction from Jann Williams.

On Kyoto

  • By Gabi Greve
A collection of poetry on Kyoto with commentary and links to more extensive commentary.

Buson on Kyoto

  • By John Dougill
An extensive collection in both Japanese and English of poetry on Kyoto by Buson.
Book Review: Kyoto Encounters, edited by J. Thomas Rimer

Book Review: Kyoto Encounters, edited by J. Thomas Rimer

  • By John Dougill
A book review with descriptions of the content and commentary from the editor.

Kyoto places in haiku

  • By Gabi Greve
A list of Kyoto places as they appear in haiku.

Kyoto Waters

  • By Marc Keane
Extracts from a longer piece by Marc Keane called Kyoto Waters in the Kyoto Journal No. 47.

The Flowers of Spring

  • By Kawabata Yasunari
An excerpt from Kawabata Yasunari's The Old Capital, published in 1962 and first translated into English in 1987.

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