Deep Kyoto: Walks Publisher: Deep Kyoto; 1st edition (May 18, 2014) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc. ASIN: B00KFM2J0C URL: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KFM2J0C Price: $7.99 (811 yen) Editors: Michael Lambe & Ted Taylor Authors: Jennifer Louise Teeter, Bridget Scott, Miki Matsumoto, Robert Yellin, Pico Iyer, Chris Rowthorn, John Dougill, John Ashburne, … [Read more...]
The Flame @ Papa John’s Eatery
Charles Roche says, On Sunday, May 27th " The Flame", an evening of true, personal, experience stories told by suspect individuals will debut at Papa Jon's Eatery. Stories (all in English) begin at 7:00PM. No translations provided. Inspired by the famous New York storytelling NPO, The Moth, Kyoto's The Flame has the potential to be an exciting new regular get-together for our … [Read more...]
Petals on a wet, black bough…
Sa-ku-ra! Sa-ku-ra! Yes, the hanami season has arrived and the cheery, cherry blossoms look so good I could just EAT them! Well, there is no more romantic location than Kyoto to see cherry blossom, but what's your favorite location within the city? For me it's the tree-lined Kita-Shirakawa canal. Heading away from the Path of Philosophy follow it down Imadegawa a ways … [Read more...]
Children of Water
An Interview with film-makers Roger Walch and Ted Taylor I love film-making… I love to think of stories, to make a film, to edit a film, to put the sound track together… And as soon as I’m finshed with a film. I want to do the next one… (Roger Walch) Last week Ted Taylor invited me to dinner with the makers of the movie “Tengu” in the izakaya “Tengu” (do you see what … [Read more...]
Resonance II
Artist extraordinaire Daniel Rosen has passed word down from Tokyo about a major event taking place in Kansai this weekend. Resonance 2 is the long awaited sequel to Resonance 1, held in the wake of the 20th anniversary of Kodo's world renowned Earth Celebration. In Daniel's own words: In the summer of 2007, musician Kaoru Watanabe assembled an eclectic and electrifying … [Read more...]
