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On Herbs, Serendipity & Fair Trade in Kyoto 19 Aug 2013 | 09:55 am
Za’Atar is an Arabic spice mix “made from mixing dried za’atar leaves together with varying combinations of other spices such as sesame seeds, thyme, marjoram, sumac and more.” We bought a jar at the ...
Kyoto Antiquarian Book Fair 12 Aug 2013 | 07:14 am
We spent a very pleasant afternoon yesterday searching for bargains at the used book fair near Demachiyanagi. The books are largely Japanese of course, but there are some English books in there, plus ...
Kyoto Tanabata Festival 9 Aug 2013 | 11:51 am
Last weekend Mewby and I visited some of the Tanabata festival events now ongoing along the Horikawa and the Kamogawa rivers. Tanabata is the annual star festival celebrating “the meeting of the deiti...
Minna no Café: 3.11 Evacuees Plant Roots in Kyoto 25 Jul 2013 | 10:03 pm
Here’s the latest guest post from our friend Jason Bartashius… Before relocating to Kyoto, Ikuko Wagatsuma worked in the clothing department of a supermarket in Minami-Soma, a city devastated by both...
Sailing Without the Wind: A Performance by Peter Golightly & Bruno the Bad Boy 10 Jul 2013 | 09:41 pm
Billed as a “evening of music, dance and life”, this show looks to be amazing and it bears a very important message… Peter Golightly has kindly written to tell us more about it: “I’m a long time Kyo...
Hydrangeas at Mimurotoji Temple 3 Jul 2013 | 05:25 pm
Here are some pictures from Mimurotoji Temple, in Uji which we visited last weekend. We were both very impressed with the expansive and very lovely gardens here. And the hydrangeas in all their many s...
Joel Stewart @ Kyoten 2013, July 3rd ~ 19th 2 Jul 2013 | 07:36 pm
A couple of weeks ago Mewby and I went up to Kitayama to hang out for an evening at Joel Stewart’s studio. We had a long chat about his life and experiences here in Japan, and about his art, and he as...
Ten Year Plan to Reafforest Kyoto’s Mount Ogura Goes Ahead 18 Jun 2013 | 06:34 am
Good news today! The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) has thrown its weight behind a plan to restore the natural beauty of Kyoto’s Ogurayama. The ten-year reafforestation project aims to undo the d...
Gelato @ Ristorante Strada, Kyoto 8 Jun 2013 | 03:56 am
Here’s a cool tip for the summer. Ristorante Strada has a gelato stand on Oike Street – and every flavour is intense. There are ten ever changing flavours to choose from at 200 yen a scoop. Mewby is a...
Joel, John & Jon – Acoustic Night at Tadg’s – Videos 5 Jun 2013 | 06:37 pm
Last Thursday Mewby and I enjoyed a wonderful night of musical entertainment at Tadg’s Irish Bar & Restaurant. An all acoustic session with Joel Stewart, John Michael Kuzel and Jon Levy, it was clear ...
