Kyoto Journal

Founded in 1987, Kyoto Journal (KJ) is an award-winning quarterly publication  that showcases life, culture and society in Japan and throughout the Asia region from a myriad of perspectives. It is also the longest independently run English journal based in Japan.

We now stock KJ's latest five issues:

Issue 95 - Wellbeing
Issue 94 - Inspired by Kyoto
Issue 93 - Food
Issue 92 - Devotion
Issue 91 - Living Sustainability

Measurements: 27.4 x 21 x 1 cm
112 Pages
Language: English
Printed in Japan

CONTENTS OF ISSUE 95

• Wellbeing as the Ground of Being
  Ken Rodgers
• The Power of a Moment:
  Peace Artist Kazuaki Tanahashi
  Codi Hauka
• A Very Chinese Conception of Wellbeing
  Bernard Kwan
• A City Designed by Trees
  Patrick M. Lydon
• Holy Waters: Melukat in Bali
  Amy Chavez
• Tirta Empul: A Sacred Water Temple in Bali
  Photo Essay by Aimery Joëssel
• Karesansui Garden Therapy for Hospital Patients
  Martin McKeller
• Invitations to Stillness: Japanese Gardens as Metaphorical Journeys of Solace
  Mark Hovane
• Blessings
  Pico Iyer
• How I Healed from the Nepal Earthquake
  Sushma Joshi
• Doctor Stories
  Dr. Kenjiro Setoue, translated by Jeffrey S. Irish
• Readers’ Home Remedies
  • Benedicto Marinas
  • Helene Marie Thian
  • Elisa Marchetti
  • Rebecca Otowa
  • Pathitta Nirunpornputta
• Mind Over Matter
  Geraldine V. Verzo

• OUR KYOTO
  Listening to Incense: A Sensory Immersion into Shoyeido’s 300-year-old Craft
  Codi Hauka and Kyoko Yukioka
• CONVERSATION
  Collaborating with the Universe: Reylia and Johnna Slaby discuss their unusual childhoods, creating art, and having the world shout back
  Interview by Kyoko Yukioka
• Poems by Shinkichi Takahashi
  Translated by Ryan Choi
• Glossary of Japanese Onomatopoeia for Gaijin
  Michael Colbert

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