The world of Japanese dango
How much do you really know about this quintessential Japanese snack?
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Bringing the delights of hojicha tea to the West
KJ x Hojicha Co. KJ readers who have visited Japan before will almost certainly be familiar with roasted green tea—called hojicha in Japanese—which is invariably served upon sitting down in any restaurant or café. Moreish and refreshing served iced, and thoroughly warming and nutty when hot, it is one of those most welcoming aspects of Japan’s…
Read MoreA Gourmet Journey Through Japan
Kokoro Care Packages are curated with natural products sourced solely from local farmers and producers in Japan, and can be shipped to wherever you are in the world.
Read MoreHiroshima Peace Memorial in Pictures
In 2015, Kyoto Journal writer and photographer Codi Hauka reported on the 70th Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony for OpenCanada. It was a hot and humid August day, volunteers passing out frozen hand towels and cups of ice water to the thousands of attendees. Elementary school children handed out programs that each contained a piece of…
Read MoreA 75th Commemorative Year for the Hibakusha (2020-2021): Reflections on Our Tenuous Future
The year 2020 will long be remembered as the year of the coronavirus, unless more dramatic scenarios lie just ahead. Covid-19 has touched, perhaps transformed, humanity’s consciousness, and it will never be the same. Never before have so many of us been brought so close together while being requested to stay so far apart.
Read MoreHachise launches dedicated page for Otsu machiya properties
Our friends at Hachise have launched a new page for their beautifully-renovated Otsu properties.
Read MoreJapanese Tea Houses Outside of Japan
A round-up of venues outside Japan that offer tea service and/or tea ceremony experiences.
Read MoreFood: Our Five Most-Read
A passionate chef serving up shojin-ryori plant-based cuisine; the founder of Kyoto’s first (and so far, only) Korean teahouse; an encounter at an unusual temple restaurant and indigenous Ainu cuisine in central Tokyo: these are Kyoto Journal’s top five most read articles on food.
Read MoreJapanese Craft: Our Five Most-Read
Our five most popular articles on the subject of Japanese crafts.
Read MoreKyoto City relaunches kyoto.travel, the definitive guide for foreign visitors to the old capital
If you have ever connected to the Kyoto WIFI network at one of the more than 1,000 access points around the city, you will be familiar by now with the Kyoto Official Travel Guide at kyoto.travel, which is the first page to pop up on your screen. Now, Kyoto City has launched a highly anticipated…
Read MoreEncounters with Japan: Asia Art Tours interviews KJ’s John Einarsen
In the two videos below: Kyoto Journal‘s founder and publisher, John Einarsen, talks to Asia Art Tours‘ Matthew Dagher-Margosian about the circumstances in which he first set foot in, and fell in love with, Japan in the 70s; his introduction to Harada Shokei and the beginnings of Kyoto Journal; and also about the technique of…
Read MoreKYOEN in pictures
Over three weeks this winter season, Kyoto Journal, with the help of some wonderful sponsors (Kyoto City Tourism Association 京都市観光協会, SunM Color サンエムカラー, Shoyeido Incense 松栄堂, Shimaya Stays シマ屋, Kyoto Distillery and Alishan Organics) and the Terminal Kyoto, was able to bring together the work of 25 artists in what was a rather unusual but…
Read MoreUncovering Japanese Gardens Outside of Japan
A selection of some of the most beautiful Japanese gardens outside of Japan.
Read MoreWhere can I find special Taiwan issue KJ96 in Taiwan?
Looking to get hold of a copy of our latest issue in Taiwan? Pop by these retailers in Taipei and Taichung.
Read MoreAnnouncing the KYOEN 京縁 Exhibition
Kyoto Journal is delighted to announce that we will be holding a special exhibition at the Terminal Kyoto in early 2020 from January 25 – February 18. Over recent decades, international recognition of Kyoto’s deep and rich cultural traditions has established the city’s reputation as a new international art center. A wide variety of cosmopolitan…
Read MoreNew Life for Kyo-machiya
Hachise is a realtor that has come to the forefront of a growing city-wide endeavor to restore kyo-machiya. Starting in 2000, the company began to acquire properties for renovation and resale, hoping to spark renewed interest among locals who may otherwise have thought of machiya as stale relics of the past.
Read MoreCoffee Ceremony with Doi Hirotomo
A report from a coffee ceremony with lacquer artist Hirotomo Doi.
Read MoreKeeping it Local: KI NO BI Kyoto Gin
On a crisp autumn morning, members of the broader Kyoto Distillery community gathered for the yearly harvest of yuzu, one of the local botanicals that creates the distinct flavor of KI NO BI.
Read MoreCreating Space for Artistic Expression: Reflecting on Kyoto Experiment 2019
Last month marked the 10th edition of Kyoto Experiment (KEX), an annual International Performing Arts Festival that presented avant-garde works by eleven feature artists who represented six regions of the world, running from Oct. 5-27. This year’s theme, Échos-monde: The Age of Ecology, explored the subtleties and complexities of our subjective relationship with nature to…
Read MoreMiksang Contemplative Photography Workshops in 2020
Announcing the dates for John and Mitsue’s Miksang Photography courses in Kyoto in late spring 2020.
Read MoreMinako Hiromi Exhibition at The Terminal Kyoto
Minako Hiromi’s new exhibition “An every-day life of reminiscence” (11.2–12.1, 2019) showcases her mesmerizing mandalas, each of which invite the viewer to explore the hidden stories in their stunning, hand-drawn detail.
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