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Kyoto Botanical Gardens by Izumi Texidor Hirai

February 5, 2015 By Michael Lambe 1 Comment

The Asahi Shimbun recently ran a story about Kyoto Botanical Gardens. Researchers there are planning to build a greenhouse for endangered species. Not only will the greenhouse be used for preservation but it will also serve an educational purpose as visitors will be able to observe the plants and the work involved in keeping them alive. The garden's botanists also anticipate … [Read more...]

Kōtō-in – An Excerpt from “Deep Kyoto: Walks” by Joel Stewart

December 15, 2014 By Michael Lambe Leave a Comment

This month's extract from Deep Kyoto: Walks is taken from a very fine ramble by the artist Joel Stewart, titled "In Praise of Uro Uro". Uro uro is a Japanese expression for aimless wandering. Kōtō-in by Joel Stewart I really don't think much needs be said here about Kōtō-in, other than it's a real escape from the city, right in the city. And beside all the interesting … [Read more...]

Up & Down the Ki’ – Two Extracts from Deep Kyoto: Walks by Michael Lambe

November 19, 2014 By Michael Lambe Leave a Comment

This month we have two extracts from Deep Kyoto: Walks. Both are from my own piece on a musical tour of Kiyamachi bars conducted by my good friends Mark (Max) Dodds and Ryotaro Sudo in late November last year. On Saturday November 29th 2014 Max and Ryotaro will again perform this tour for the tenth and final time, so a couple of short excerpts from my account seemed timely. In … [Read more...]

Not Sure Which Way to Go – An Excerpt from Deep Kyoto Walks by Robert Yellin

October 3, 2014 By Michael Lambe Leave a Comment

In this extract from Deep Kyoto: Walks, Robert Yellin encourages us to seek chance and adventure along the Path of Philosophy… Not Sure Which Way to Go Let’s Get Lost on the Philosopher’s Path! ROBERT YELLIN One autumn twilight moment I was standing on a small bridge overlooking the Philosopher’s Path’s canal and saw a young couple staring at a map, eyes flittering … [Read more...]

Time Travelling on Gojō – An Extract from Deep Kyoto Walks by Jennifer Louise Teeter

August 6, 2014 By Michael Lambe Leave a Comment

Gojō Pottery Fair, in which pottery stalls line Gojō street all the way between Kawabata and Higashioji, begins August 7th and continues to August 10th. Simultaneously, in nearby Rokudo-san temple, is Kyoto's very own festival of the dead, the Rokudo Mairi spirit welcoming festival. Jen Teeter explores both of these events and more in her DKW essay "Time Travelling on Gojō", so … [Read more...]

Hiking Mount Atago – An Extract from Deep Kyoto Walks by Sanborn Brown

July 28, 2014 By Michael Lambe Leave a Comment

As the annual Sennichi Tsuyasai pilgrimage to the top of Mount Atago takes place this Thursday (July 31st), I thought I would post an extract from Hiking Mount Atago by Sanborn Brown. In this excerpt from our book Deep Kyoto: Walks, Sanborn describes his ascent with an eccentric tea ceremony master, and other pilgrims, to the top of Mount Atago, during this very special … [Read more...]

Into the Tumult – An Extract from Deep Kyoto Walks by Pico Iyer on BBC Travel!

July 22, 2014 By Michael Lambe 1 Comment

This weeks extract from Deep Kyoto: Walks is brought to you by the BBC! We are all very pleased that BBC Travel have used a version of Pico Iyer's article "Into the Tumult", to launch their new Words & Wanderlust site. The version published on the BBC site differs mainly in the second half, though there are numerous small changes throughout. To read the original, download … [Read more...]

Gods, Monks, Secrets, Fish – An Extract from Deep Kyoto Walks by John Ashburne

July 9, 2014 By Michael Lambe 1 Comment

Today John Ashburne takes us on a mouth-watering tour of Nishikikōji market and along the way adds a sprinkling of zen spice from the Buddhist teacher Dōgen Zenji... Maintain an attitude that tries to build great temples from ordinary greens, that expounds the buddhadharma through the most trivial activity, handle even a single leaf of a green in such a way that it … [Read more...]

Kamogawa Musing – An Excerpt from Deep Kyoto Walks by John Dougill

July 2, 2014 By Michael Lambe Leave a Comment

In this extract from Deep Kyoto: Walks, John Dougill walking by the Kamo River, the nature reserve that cuts through the heart of Kyoto, muses on history and literature… “The flow of the river is ceaseless and its water is never the same. The bubbles that float in the pools, now vanishing, now forming, are not of long duration. So in the world are man and his dwellings.” … [Read more...]

The 2nd Kyoto Bloggers Meeting @ Kyoto’s Impact HUB

June 26, 2014 By Michael Lambe 2 Comments

Impact Hub Kyoto strives to be a place where people with a strong desire to change society and the world can gather, learn from each other and find new solutions. We believe, however, that in order for sustainable change to come about, we must first embrace change in ourselves... -Impact HUB Kyoto Last Wednesday (June 18th) we held our second Kyoto Bloggers Meeting at a new … [Read more...]

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