Kyoto Postcards

The Kyoto Costume Museum (風俗博物館) was closed for a year and it reopens on April 1, 2012. I got a...

I L-O-V-E Hokusai. I regretted waiting until the very last day of the exhibition to go see the current exhibition...

Today, I found this delightful incense holder made by Shigaraki ware potter, Koichi Maekawa (前川幸市). It is made in the...

I dined at Chiran this evening for the first time in awhile. Recently I have been going to Hiro in...

Kyoto is a very straight-laced and staid place with precious little out of the ordinary. In one way, I suppose...

I was up in Shiga Prefecture today, which is 'just over the mountain' from Kyoto. Shiga is home the Japan...

I got to visit Shang Xia (上下) for several days and learn more about their completely unique brand. Backed by...

I am heading to China tomorrow for the first time in some years and I just picked up my visa...

Today while out and about, I stopped in at my favorite soba restaurant for lunch. Honke Owariya was founded in...

I was delighted last night that we finally got some snow, the first real snowfall in Kyoto this winter. I...