by Cody Poulton During the corona curfew in early March of the year before last, I went to photographer Kai Fusayoshi’s legendary bar, Hachimonjiya. Many readers here will know that Kai has been taking beautiful photos of ordinary people just going about their lives, along the river and in the streets of Kyoto, ever since …Read More
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This Very Moment—A new book of Miksang contemplative photographs by John Einarsen Photographs and text by John Einarsen; translation by Mitsue Nagase John Einarsen’s images describe a journey of learning to pay attention to what is before us, to see beyond the obvious to a transcendent essence, and finally to return to the here and …Read More
Extracted from Edward Levinson’s Whisper of the Land (2014) sitting in the lotus position 蓮華座組みthe Zen carpenter 禅の大工がhammers nails 釘を打つalong the long hall of his life 長い人生の廊下に沿って renge-za kumi, Zen no daiku ga, kugi o utsu, nagai jinsei no rōka ni sotte My garden is not a Zen garden but it does have some symbolism, …Read More
Text and photos by Edward Levinson fall windtakes the unknown roadspreading wings 秋の風 未知の道行く翼伸ばすaki no kaze, michi no michiyuku, tsubasa nobasu People often ask me why I came to Japan and what its like to make a home in a different culture; it has always been difficult to tell the “long story.” My life here …Read More
Some Words and Photographs By John Einarsen The words attached to a photograph can radically alter how we “read” or understand it. Words give context, intended or unintended. One’s experience of an image often depends on the words that caption it. My approach to photography is perceptual, which means that my focus is on the …Read More
Kyoto Writing Competition
WiK Anthologies
The Nature of Kyoto (2023)
Eds. Lisa Twaronite Sone & Robert Weis
Foreword by Pico Iyer
Structures of Kyoto (2021)
Eds: Rebecca Otowa & Karen Lee Tawarayama
Foreword by Judith Clancy
Encounters with Kyoto (2019)
Eds: Jann Williams & Ian Josh Yates
Foreword by Juliet Winters Carpenter
Echoes (2017)
Eds: John Dougill, Amy Chavez, & Mark Richardson
Preface by Alex Kerr
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