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Kyoto Seishu Netsuke Art Museum Summer Exhibition 8 Jul 2013 | 07:08 pm
As preparations for Kyoto’s Gion Festival get under way, Kyoto Seishu Netsuke Art Museum is offering visitors to the old capital the opportunity to admire one of Japan’s most intriguing art forms. Net...
Summer Exhibition at Kyoto Seishu Netsuke Art Museum 2 Jul 2013 | 08:23 pm
Kyoto Seishu Netsukekan has opened its summer exhibition of works by Toun Shishido! Toun was once a jewellery maker, but upon encountering netsuke decided that making these fascinating, miniature scul...
Peony Temple 26 May 2013 | 06:22 am
Kyoto is a city of surprises. It was a bicycle ride down my usual route home in late spring that I noticed the peonies lining the stony path to Honmanji Temple, that I had never previously explored. I...
Spring Exhibition at Kyoto Seishu Netsuke Art Museum 14 Apr 2013 | 08:29 am
Mention netsuke to a Japanese and it will most likely draw a blank. An under-appreciated art form, netsuke originated in the 17th century, when they served as a toggles to fasten items such as pillbox...
Sakura along the Takasegawa Canal (Kiyamachi, Kyoto) 4 Apr 2013 | 12:12 pm
The sakura season has just about arrived in Japan. At this time, Kyoto is heaving with tourists who have come to see its famous sakura-viewing spots. Japanese have a particular penchant for sakura, no...
Sakura along the Takasegawa Canal (Kiyamachi, Kyoto) 4 Apr 2013 | 12:12 pm
The sakura season has just about arrived in Japan. At this time, Kyoto is heaving with tourists who have come to see its famous sakura-viewing spots. Japanese have a particular penchant for sakura, no...
Sakura along the Takasegawa Canal (Kiyamachi, Kyoto) 4 Apr 2013 | 12:12 pm
The sakura season has just about arrived in Japan. At this time, Kyoto is heaving with tourists who have come to see its famous sakura-viewing spots. Japanese have a particular penchant for sakura, no...
Sakura along the Takasegawa Canal (Kiyamachi, Kyoto) 4 Apr 2013 | 12:12 pm
The sakura season has just about arrived in Japan. At this time, Kyoto is heaving with tourists who have come to see its famous sakura-viewing spots. Japanese have a particular penchant for sakura, no...
Kyoto Aritsugu Knife Brand Article for Travel Magazine Afisha Mir 27 Mar 2013 | 05:07 am
Kyoto photographer Kosuke Okuda and I teamed up to do an article for the Russian travel magazine Afisha Mir (Афиша-Мир). I just got a PDF of the article — hot off the server! In the article I introduc...
Kyoto Aritsugu Knife Brand Article for Travel Magazine Afisha Mir 27 Mar 2013 | 05:07 am
Kyoto photographer Kosuke Okuda and I teamed up to do an article for the Russian travel magazine Afisha Mir (Афиша-Мир). I just got a PDF of the article — hot off the server! In the article I introduc...
