Thanks to Eri Okada-Berkeley for sharing information on her new vegan cooking class. Eri's Vegan Cooking Kyoto: Late Summer Recovery Lunch Lesson "Hot Summer seems endless! Join me and learn how to make delicious and nutritious vegan dishes in a small and relaxed home class. And enjoy a fabulous four course lunch!" Eri has over 20 years of vegetarian/vegan cooking … [Read more...]
Kyoto Experiment 2017 – International Performing Arts Festival; Oct 14th – Nov 5th 2017
Many thanks to Juliet Knapp for sending in the following information. THEATRE / DANCE / PERFORMANCE / MUSIC / VISUAL ART / DESIGN Taking place every autumn for around one month, Kyoto Experiment is Kyoto’s first international performing arts festival, bringing together cutting-edge theater and dance from around the world. The Official Program comprises a dozen or more … [Read more...]
Japanese Tea Ceremony with an Apprentice Gardener at Kyoto’s Murin-an Garden
Hardly had a I posted the Autumn Lantern Night event at Murin-an, than I was sent details of a series of traditional tea ceremonies at that very same garden! Koji Chiba is both a graduate of the Urasenke tea ceremony school and an apprentice of local garden design company, Ueyakato Landscape. Join him at Murin-an's tea house and enjoy fresh tea with a view of one of Kyoto's … [Read more...]
Autumn Lantern Night at Murin-an Garden, Kyoto; 18th – 23rd November 2017
Many thanks to Anika Nagahiro for contacting us about this very special event... Murin-an Lantern Night Meet the gardeners and enjoy the autumn leaves. A place of scenic beauty, opens its doors at night for a get-together with the gardeners. Enjoy the mesmerizing beauty of autumn leaves while chatting with the garden artisans. Place: Murin-an Garden, Kyoto Date: 18 - … [Read more...]
Kyoto’s 30th Summer Antiquarian Book Fair
This year's Summer Antiquarian Book Fair will be held from August 11th - 16th from 10.00 till 17.30 (until 16.00) on the last day. As always it will be held under the trees of Tadasu no Mori woods which are just in front of Shimogamo Jinja Shrine. Though this book fair takes place at the hottest time of the year it is always noticeably cooler under the shade of those ancient … [Read more...]
