Tag: Kyoto writers

Kai Fusayoshi exhibition

March 10, 2021 /

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

Murakami’s Kyoto past

October 6, 2019 /

New Murakami article recounts memories of his late father By MARIKO NAKAMURA/ Asahi, May 10, 2019 (see here for original) Haruki Murakami attends a speaking event at La Colline Theatre National in Paris on Feb. 23. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) Influential novelist Haruki Murakami has spoken and written about many subjects in his long internationally …Read More

Kyoto Soundscape

May 17, 2019 /

Radio Gidayū Created by Allen S. Weiss and Daisuke Ishida for the Klangkunst program of Deutschlandradio Kultur Berlin, 2014, commissioned by Marcus Gammel, Radio Gidayū is simultaneously a soundscape of Kyoto, a sonic travel diary, the evocation of a utopian space, and a work of musique concrète. It is inspired by the art of gidayū, …Read More

WiK winter event report

December 19, 2015 /

A talk on collecting and cataloguing ceramics in a leading pottery gallery, complemented by shakuhachi and saké – WiK’s winter event was an early solstice celebration and the perfect launch into the festive season.  It highlighted three members of Writers in Kyoto, each an accomplished author and each a master of their chosen field. A …Read More

Allen S. Weiss: Manifesto for the Future of Landscape

May 27, 2015 /

Manifesto for the Future of Landscape (photos by Allen S. Weiss) The dry garden of Ryōan-ji is one of the most analysed and photographed works of art in the world. Thus, well before my first visit in November 2006, I felt I knew the garden intimately, and was thoroughly prepared to elaborate on the knowledge …Read More

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Writers in Kyoto is a group of published and self-published English-language authors working or living in the city. It is run on a membership basis and its purpose is for writers to help each other by creating opportunities for promotion, book launches, readings, the exchange of information, and social events. Read more

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