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, buy our … [Read more...] about Into the Tumult – An Extract from Deep Kyoto Walks by Pico Iyer on BBC Travel!
Gods, Monks, Secrets, Fish – An Extract from Deep Kyoto Walks by John Ashburne
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...] about Gods, Monks, Secrets, Fish – An Extract from Deep Kyoto Walks by John Ashburne
Kamogawa Musing – An Excerpt from Deep Kyoto Walks by John Dougill
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...] about Kamogawa Musing – An Excerpt from Deep Kyoto Walks by John Dougill
Japanese Kanji & Kana – A Review
Japanese Kanji & Kana A Complete Guide to the Japanese Writing System Authors: Wolfgang Hadamitzky & Mark Spahn Paperback: 424 pages Publisher: Tuttle Publishing; Revised edition (April 10, 2012) Price: $24.95 Order direct from Amazon.com here. This book is designed to help students of Japanese learn the first 92 basic kana characters and the 2,136 standard … [Read more...] about Japanese Kanji & Kana – A Review
Old School Gaijin Kyoto – An Excerpt from Deep Kyoto Walks by Chris Rowthorn
In Old School Gaijin Kyoto, Chris Rowthorn takes us on a hilarious tour of the bars and eateries of Kiyamachi as he revisits the haunts of his reckless youth with the ironic eye of experience. From "Old School Gaijin Kyoto" by Chris Rowthorn I first arrived in Japan in January 1992. I was a kid of 26. Green as a sapling. I had graduated from college a few years … [Read more...] about Old School Gaijin Kyoto – An Excerpt from Deep Kyoto Walks by Chris Rowthorn
