Writers in Kyoto

Category: Introductions

Three Old Men of Kyoto

Description of the lives of three men and the impact Kyoto had on them and they had on Kyoto.

Introducing Catherine Pawasarat

Introducing Catherine Pawasarat, a Kansas City native who ended up in Kyoto and writes about the Gion Festival.

Self Introduction – Jay Crystall

An introduction to a musician and a writer.

Introducing Mark Schumacher

Mark speaks of the challenges of studying divinities and demons.

50th anniversary

On this occasion Roche writes about his arrival in Japan in 1969.

Plum Rains on Happy House

An interview with a writer who came to Japan by boat.

On Izumi Kyoka

An introduction to Kanazawa's most celebrated writer and more about Kanazawa.

Kyoto Soundscape

A soundscape of Kyoto, a sonic travel diary, the evocation of a utopian space, and a work of musique concrète.

Donald Keene in Kyoto

An introduction to Donald Keene from several sources.

Introducing Risa Wataya

Introduction to an award-winning Japanese novelist.

Kamishibai

An introduction to Sydney Solis, a creator of kamishibai.

1950s Kyoto (Hans Brinckmann)

An event description and stories of 1950s Kyoto from a prolific writer and old Japan hand.

Introducing Rick Mitcham

Self-introduction from Rick Mitcham, an academic writer and cultural geography buff.

An introduction from Reggie Pawle, who writes on a variety of subjects, mostly connected to cultural issues and to the integration of Western psychology with the Asian traditions, focusing on Zen, Japanese culture, and Daoism.

Introducing Iris Reinbacher

Iris Reinbacher, a scientist who delves into personal writing as well.

Introducing Rebecca Otowa

Rebecca Otowa, a writer, painter, craftswomen and gardener introduces herself and her writing.

Goddesses and Ninjas: The Mad, Dashing World of Shakespeare

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

Writers in Oxford

On Writers in Oxford and the connection to Writers in Kyoto.

Introducing Milena Guziak

An interview with poly-linguist Milena Guziak who is both an academic and creative writer.

Introducing Nicholas Teele

An interview with Nicholas Teele, an academic, editor and translator.

Introducing Kirsty Kawano

A Q&A with Kirsty Kawano, a freelance journalist.

Introducing Fernando Torres

An interview with Fernando Torres, a writer who lives near Tofuku-ji.

Introducing Mike Freiling

Introducing Mike Freiling, a writer and translator of poetry.

Hal Stewart in Kyoto

An extract taken from a longer biographical piece of Harold Stewart (1916-95).