Tag: Kyoto environment

Embracing the Nijojo Circuit (Jann Williams)

August 16, 2019 /

Running is not an activity you associate with my family. So says my brother Rod. This is true in recent decades. Vigorous exercise has not been our forte. That changed when I was lured to join the regular circuit runners around Nijojo (Nijo Castle) in Kyoto. A 2 km circuit that encircles the castle, its …Read More

Impromptu activist

June 18, 2019 /

Impromptu Anti-Plastic Environmental Activist in Shugakuin– Marianne Kimura When we moved to our neighborhood almost five years ago, there was a rather large green field on a road near our house. Of course, in the current political climate promoting economic growth, three years ago the field became houses and even one apartment building. Only one …Read More

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