On August 22, 2021 Writers in Kyoto launched its fourth anthology, Structures of Kyoto. One blessing in this difficult year has been how technology has bridged the distance gap. We had attendees from across the globe tuning in from different time zones, some just waking, some staying up late, all happy to be sharing this …Read More
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KJ 100 / ‘100 Views of Kyoto’ By Ken Rodgers A very special celebratory print issue of Kyoto Journal No one on the Kyoto Journal production team has been watching the virtual Olympics. We’ve been too busy wrestling our next issue into shape, for a strict print deadline. (Yes, print!) Since it also happens to …Read More
SUNDAY AUGUST 1, 2021 8:00-9:00 pm Japan Time coming home far from home: meet the memoir writer’s series II Interview with Rebecca Otowa, author of AT HOME IN JAPAN, hosted by Goshen Books Free and open to the public To reserve your spot: hello@goshenbooks.com (The following originally appeared on the Goshen Books website) Rebecca Otowa …Read More
Zoom meeting on July 18, 2021Report by Kirsty Kawano WiK’s July meeting was a departure from our usual presentations by publishers and published authors, with a workshop led by creativity coach Paige Baldwin Ando. She is based in Tokyo but coaches people from all around the world. To give us a taste of how her …Read More
To celebrate WiK’s 6th Anniversary Celebration today, here is a list of all the activities and talks we have had over the past five years. There have been fun events like our bonenkai showcase of members’ talent, and there have been serious events such as the Heritage and Tourism symposium held together with the Agency …Read More
Fukushima 10th AnniversaryReport by Felicity Tillack On Saturday, the 13th of March, Leza Lowitz presented a special Zoom event for the 10th anniversary of the triple disaster that devastated north Japan on March 11th, 2011. Leza was a long term resident of Tokyo, and was in the city on the day that the massive earthquake …Read More
report by Mayumi Kawaharada ”Reminiscence Poets“ In early 70’s to 90’s, there were several poetry readings, by both Japanese and foreign poets, (including Gary Snyder, Kenneth Rexroth, and Allen Ginsberg) held at the legendary café Honyarado where writers, activists, students, artists and musicians used to go. Since Kai himself is a part of Dankai-no-Sedai(Sort of …Read More
Authors’ presentation and social event, Nov 15.Report by Felicity Tillack (photos by her unless otherwise stated) On a beautiful November Sunday afternoon in northern Kyoto city, the WiK members congregated for a special social and celebratory event. The main reason for the gathering was to support authors whose books were published in the time of …Read More
WIK Outing to Kyoto Seishu Netsuke Museum, Sept 26, 2020Report by Peter Macintosh A small, mask-wearing group of WiKers spent a couple of hours being educated in the not so well known world of netsuke. Have you ever wondered what was the object dangling from the obi of a woman’s kimono, or what was keeping …Read More
Kyoto’s Netsuke MuseumBy Iris Reinbacher This report is posted in conjunction with WiK’s upcoming members-only guided tour of the museum on Sept 26. For further details, please see the righthand column under News or click on this link. ******************** Just opposite the eastern entrance of Mibudera, famous for its Mibu kyogen, lies the Kyoto Netsuke …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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