Kyoto Journal, a non-profit quarterly established in 1987, reaches far beyond Japan's ancient capital to be your gateway to understanding and appreciating thought-provoking aspects of the lifestyles, cultures and societies of Japan and Asia.
Here (in addition to some books and gifts), you can access current and past issues, dating from 1987 to the present. Many are in print format, but some exist only in digital form, downloadable as PDFs.
Our present (post-Covid) publishing schedule includes one print and two digital issues per year.
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Kyoto Journal Issue 99: Travel, Revisited (Digital)
(US$5) Kyoto Journal’s 99th issue, on travel
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Kyoto Journal Issue 75 (Digital)
(US$4) This special issue is now available as a digital download!
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Kyoto Journal Issue 98: Ma (Digital)
(US$5) Kyoto Journal’s 98th issue special on ma.
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Kyoto Journal Issue 71: Tea (Digital)
(US$4.50) Kyoto Journal’s popular special issue is now digital!
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Kyoto Journal Issue 97
(US$19)
In a time of transitions—the start of the Reiwa Era, the turn of the decade, the return of the Olympics—KJ97 looks to those engaged in shaping the next phase of Japan’s history.
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Small Buildings of Kyoto Postcard Set
(US$4) FREE SHIPPING!
A series of charming postcards from the popular Small Buildings of Kyoto series by John Einarsen.
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Kyoto Journal Issue 95
(US$10)
From the green spaces of urban Osaka to the sacred ravines of Ubud: this issue delves into the Asian conception of wellbeing from a holistic standpoint. Receive with this issue a complimentary sachet of incense from Shoyeido Kyoto, est 1687.
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Kyoto Journal Issue 93
(US$11.40)
It sustains us. It inspires us. It enslaves us…KJ delves into the vibrant culinary cultures of Asia, all the while discovering what food really means to us.
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Kyoto Journal Issue 92
(US$9.25)
KJ92 was inspired by the symbols and practices of devotion that are so ubiquitous in our own city. But devotion, wherever practiced, in whatever tradition, transcends the self, and is a commitment to something less momentary, more closely aligned with the eternal…
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Kyoto Journal Issue 91
(US$10)
KJ91 looks at what it means to live “sustainably” and the efforts of those who, drawing on lessons of the past, seek to forge a brighter future—in the realm of education, through to architecture, food, wildlife conservation and tourism.
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Kyoto Journal Issue 90
(US$10)
KJ’s 90th issue celebrates those roads that, since prehistory, have carried not only travelers and trade, but also the seeds of new cultural flowerings. Passing through both time and terrain, roads lead to that ongoing reinvention, the future—and back into the past.
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Kyoto Journal Issue 89
(US$10)
An in-depth look at the craft communities of Japan, with an emphasis on the interdependent relationship between individual craftspeople and businesses. Our first print issue in 7 years, we have taken the opportunity to update the design of the Journal whilst maintaining our minimal, clean aesthetic.
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