I pruned a camellia bush in the garden and found myself with a heap of beautiful waxy green camellia leaves....

Today I went to Tango, the region on the Japan Sea side of Kyoto prefecture. There is some great sightseeing...

I was wandering home late last night and stopped in at one of my favorite little shrines in Kyoto. This...

This morning, while I was biking home, I passed through the 'Tadasu-no-Mori' Forest, on the grounds of UNESCO World Heritage...

I am a fan of Japanese sake from Shiga prefecture, which is just over the mountain from Kyoto. The ward...

This morning I stopped by Oreno Pan, a bakery owned by Kyoto chef Naoki Okumura of Restaurant Okumura, Gion Okumura...

This afternoon I went for a walk along the Kamo River and it was a particularly lovely late spring day....

Today, fellow foodie, Kyoto fan, culinary author, Jane Lawson and I got to spend several hours interviewing Yoshihiro Murata, the...

I had been waiting for this to come out for awhile and it finally arrived this morning by special delivery....

The last few weeks the tulips have been blooming in my little garden. This morning, after a night of heavy...