The author of the influential "Memoirs of a Gaijin" blog moved on to create this web magazine about Kyoto, featuring news, reviews and articles about Kansai and Japanese culture.
Also features a lifestream and a library of Japanese stock photography.
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When I decided to leave my Kyoto house for something with less character (read “leaks”) I started with a web search of the main Kyoto estate agents. Most of them are entirely in Japanese so getting some basic phrases under your belt will help you get...
One of Of Rice and Zen editor Andy Heather’s sidelines is writing columns for expatriate publications in Japan. Japanzine is one of the more well-known examples and this month the ed was lucky enough to have the following article publish. It’s the...
This month the Of Rice and Zen editor had a couple of articles publish in Japanzine, a free English language magazine published by Cart Witt media based in Nagoya Japan. The first of which was a collation of a series entitled Mythbusters in which Andy...
Nestled in amongst Kyoto’s tiny and impenetrable establishments there is a Michelin starred restaurant that is an absolute must for anyone who wants to find out just how sublime a Japanese meal can be. That restaurant is called Sakuragawa. It has a...
