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Discover quality writing from Asia in our award-winning magazine. Stimulating interviews and profiles; excerpts of works translated from Asian languages; fiction, poetry and book reviews, as well as a fresh look at the city KJ calls home.

Finding Home

The News from Seoul

A Familiar Environment | Translator Ginny Tapley Takemori

Four Decades of Anti-nuclear Activism

Documenting Minamata with W. Eugene Smith

Where tea stirs remembrance

Spring 2021 Reads from Tuttle

A life of art and activism

The Big Picture: Birds’-eye Overviews of the Japanese Archipelago

Another Pool Party in Saigon

In the Cave

Kiro: Carving out the Future of Hakone Yosegi Marquetry

Treasures

Shared “Vision”: KYOTOGRAPHIE 2020 in Review

Climate Crisis Sparks a Revival of Youth Activism in Japan

A Rare Pleasure

A Culture of Simplicity

Seeking Ma

Some Gravel, Some Stones: Nature, Art and Spirit in Japanese Gardens

NOTICE: Kyoto Journal is going digital til 2021

Hidden Masterpieces

Ashwini Bhat: The #claynomad at home

A Critical Moment for Japanese Art Curation

The Life and Times of Okada Torajiro and his Seiza Method of Self-Harmonization

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Kyoto Journal, a non-profit quarterly established in 1986, reaches far beyond Japan’s ancient capital to be your gateway to understanding and appreciating the lifestyles, cultures and societies of Asia. Made with heart in Kyoto, Japan.

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Recipient of the Commissioner’s Award of the Japanese Cultural Affairs Agency 2013