Writers in Kyoto

Category: Reviews

Book Review: Proxima’s Gift, by Marc Peter Keane

  • By Rebecca Otowa
Three hundred years after an apocalyptic event, a future society finds a new connection to nature.

Book Review: River of Dolls and Other Stories, by Suzanne Kamata

  • By Tina deBellegarde
A vivid collection of stories about mothers and daughters, girls and women, wives and ex-wives.

Book Review: Autumn Embers: A Batavia-on-Hudson Mystery in Kyoto, by Tina deBellegarde

  • By Rebecca Otowa
The third mystery of a series — this one in Kyoto!

Book Review: Tropes Twined With Truth: A Sandy Fantasy That Sticks

  • By Felicity Tillack
A review of Cinnamon Beach, a book by Suzanne Kamata

Writers of Kyoto, Part 4: Kashiwai Hisashi 柏井壽

  • By Sara Ackerman Aoyama
Fourth in a series about Japanese authors of Kyoto

Writers of Kyoto, Part 3: Matsuda Michio 松田道雄

  • By Sara Ackerman Aoyama
The third installment of a series on Japanese writers of Kyoto.

Writers of Kyoto, Part 2: Yamamura Misa 山村美紗

  • By Sara Ackerman Aoyama
Part 2 of a series on Japanese writers who used Kyoto as a setting in their works.

Writers of Kyoto, Part 1: Mizukami Tsutomu 水上勉

  • By Sara Ackerman Aoyama
Part 1 of a series on Japanese writers who used Kyoto as a setting in their works.

Book Review: Illusory Dwellings: Aesthetic Meditations in Kyoto

  • By Stephen Mansfield
A higher form of rumination on art and aesthetics

Book Review: Each of Us a Petal, by Amanda Huggins

  • By Rebecca Otowa
A collection of 19 short stories, romantic, spiritual and full of small details of life in Japan.

In the Detective and Publishing Games

  • By Rebecca Otowa
Description of a WiK event with Simon Rowe which includes a short review of his book Mami Suzuki, Private Eye.

Kyoto Journal 106: Cultural Fluidity

  • By Lane Diko
KJ 106 announcement with detailed description of contents.

Book Review: A Tiny Nature: Recollections of Poems and Trees, by Robert Weis

  • By Rebecca Otowa
Review of a collection of free verse poetry and photographs mainly of bonsai trees.

Book Review: The Gion Festival: Exploring its Mysteries, by Catherine Pawasarat

  • By Paul Carty
Description of a book on the Gion Festival that transcends the usual role of a guidebook.

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

  • 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: The Heron Catchers, by David Joiner

  • By Rebecca Copeland
A review of the author's second novel set in a rural town near Kanazawa.

Book Review: 100 Objects in My Japanese House — Rebecca Otowa

  • By Karen Lee Tawarayama
Review of a special limited edition book created by a traditionally published author.

Kyoto Journal Releases Issue 105: The Geography of Myth

  • By Ken Rodgers
Introduction to and explanation of the contents of KJ105.

Book Review: Hidden Japan, by Alex Kerr

  • By Rebecca Otowa
Kerr on places he'd rather you not visit. Instead he offers wonderful descriptions.

Book Review: Karen Hill Anton’s Moving Portrait of Love and Loss in 1970s Japan

  • By Rebecca Otowa
A review of a novel set during the early half of the decade of the 1970s.

Book Review: The Kimono Tattoo

  • By Rebecca Otowa
Review of a debut fiction work based around kimono.

On Seeing

  • By John Einarsen
Words and photos from the author's latest publication.

Kyoto Journal 104 — Flora & Kyoto

  • By Ken Rodgers
Description of the contents of KJ104.

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