Writers in Kyoto

Category: Nonfiction

Haiku Discoveries

  • By Sydney Solis
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 Mark Schumacher
Description of a walk in a park and what it wrought.

Spiritual Journey to Kyoto

  • By Robert Weis
Photos and description of a modern day pilgrimage.

Hōjōki – a Personal Response

  • By Chad Kohalyk
On reading a new translation of Hōjōki by Matthew Stavros.

Chikubujima

  • By Edward J. 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 Richard Donovan
A translation of a piece by Sōseki.

Sōseki’s Kyoto Haibun

  • By Richard Donovan
Commentary and translation of a work by Sōseki on Kyoto.

The World through the Magic Lantern – Nicolas Bouvier in Kyoto

  • By Robert Weis
On Nicolas Bouvier's sojourn in Kyoto.

The wandering Nanao Sakaki

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

Finding an Island

  • By Robert Weis
A description of a trip to Shiraishi Island.

Sutoku In Kyoto – emperor, poet, rebel, yōkai

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

My Project – Drawing 100 things in my house

  • By Rebecca Otowa
Rebecca describes and presents examples from her project.

Alan Watts (4): modern Kyoto and Gary Snyder

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

Alan Watts (3) Zen and saké

  • By Alan Watts
Extracts from pages 347-350 of In My Own Way, the autobiography of Alan Watts.

Alan Watts (2) Kannon Kyoto

  • By Allan Watts
Extracts from pages 345-346 of In My Own Way, the autobiography of Alan Watts.

Alan Watts on Kyoto (1)

  • By Allan Watts
Extracts from pages 340-342 of In My Own Way, the autobiography of Alan Watts.

Daniel Ellsberg in Kyoto

  • By John Dougill
Link and excerpt from a blog post on Snyder and Ellsberg.

Pierre Loti on Kioto

  • By John Dougill
An introduction to Loti and his writing.

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