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Seventh Writing Competition Results: Kyoto City Mayoral Prize
Oct 22, 2022
By Maria Danuco
The preservation of traditional structures and the unfortunate trend of replacing history with concrete.
Kamisaka Sekka and the Renewal of Rinpa
May 25, 2022
By Iris Reinbacher
A beautifully illustrated piece on the Rinpa school of Japanese painting.
Edward Bramwell Clarke in Kyoto
Edward Bramwell Clarke in Kyoto
Dec 9, 2021
By Yuki Yamauchi
A biographical sketch of a British professor in Kyoto.
A Glimpse into the History of Gion Higashi
Oct 1, 2021
By Yuki Yamauchi
The history of Gion Higashi and dance events traditionally held there.
Western writers in/on Kyoto
Feb 22, 2020
By Ken Rodgers
Foreign writers in Japan including both historical and contemporary writers.
A Kyoto Pilgrimage
Oct 21, 2019
By Nicholas Teele
A description of the Rakuyō 33 Pilgrimage.
Versions of Ryoan-ji
Jun 28, 2019
By Allen S. Weiss
A deep dive into the history of Ryoan-ji with diagrams.
Okuni by Lafcadio Hearn
Apr 8, 2019
By John Dougill
On O-kuni, a miko in the Great Temple of Kizuki.
1950s Kyoto (Hans Brinckmann)
Feb 4, 2019
By WiK
An event description and stories of 1950s Kyoto from a prolific writer and old Japan hand.
Book Review: Ryoma! The Life of Sakamoto Ryoma, by Shiba Ryotaro
Oct 30, 2018
By Ian (Josh) Yates
A detailed review of a book on Sakamoto Ryoma, with photos.
Oharano and Kyoto’s poetic past
May 12, 2018
By John Dougill
Dougill writes about a little known shrine on the outskirts of Kyoto.
Isabella Bird on Kyoto 1878
Oct 30, 2017
By WiK
An introduction to the writing of Isabella Bird.
Hearn on Higashi Honganji
Aug 26, 2017
By Lafcadio Hearn
Hearn writing from Chapter 6 of Kokoro (1896) on some of Kyoto's sights.
Kyoto: The City of Hungry Gods
Jun 22, 2017
By John F. Ashburne
John Ashburne, Food Writer for Louis Vuitton City Guide Kyoto on food history n Kyoto.
Hearn on Pontocho
Feb 10, 2017
By John Dougill
Hearn writing on Pontocho in 1891.
Passages into Kyoto’s past
Jan 31, 2017
By Richard Steiner
Steiner on hidden and yet undiscovered treasures of Kyoto.
Book Review: Kyoto: An Urban History, by Matthew Stavros
Nov 11, 2016
By Paul Carty
A chapter by chapter book review of Kyoto: An Urban History of Japan's Premodern Capital by Matthew Stavros.
Haiku group outing
Dec 22, 2015
By WIK
A description of a joint hiking and haiku event with Hailstone Haiku Circle and WIK.
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