Uji Bridge, Kyoto
It’s finally starting to warm up around here.
Video: Kyoto Sakura 2010, part 1
A little early look at the sakura along Tetsugaku no michi, The Philosopher’s Path, in northeastern Kyoto. Kyoto Sakura 2010 preview from kyotonils on Vimeo.
Weeping cherry at Omiya Traffic Safety Park, Kyoto
Omiya Kotsu Koen This park has go-karts on simulated city streets with traffic signals and crosswalks for kids to learn about traffic safety. Also an old steam locomotive and old streetcars from Kyoto, pedal carts. It’s a good place for a o-hanami because there is a grass-covered knoll with many sakura. They weren’t in bloom...
Kyoto Higashiyama hana touro lantern walk
The annual Higashiyama hana-touro evening lantern walk event will be held March 13-22 from 18:00-21:30 nightly in eastern Kyoto, between Shoren-in Temple and Kiyomizu-dera Temple. The streets and stone-paved alleys of eastern Kyoto will be lined with electric lanterns, and artistic illumination displays are presented at temples along the route. Creatively-lighted floral displays can be...
Video Feature: Kyoto Sakura DVD preview
I’m going to be offering a Kyoto Sakura DVD for sale this spring for the first time. Music composed, performed and licensed by Kevin Macleod. Watch Kyoto Sakura preview on Vimeo.
Kayabuki Concerts in rural Kyoto, May 29-June 6
The Seiler Piano Duo Kayabuki Concerts will be held May 29-June 6, 2010, at the Seiler’s “Kayabuki” farmhouse and concert hall in rural Goma, Nantan, Kyoto.
Raw Elements at Urban Guild (Kiyamachi) Jan. 31
January 31 (Sunday) RAW elements (max, ryotaro & Yung Tsubotaj) and Ms. Meka Nism at UrBANGUILD in Kiyamachi. OPEN 18:30 Ms. Meka Nism 19:00/ Elements 19:30 adv 1800yen with 1drink / door 2300yen with 1drink TEL075-212-1125
Raw Elements at McLoughlin’s Irish Bar Jan. 23
Get On the Desk Again Party – Benefit for Zinenzele Foundation, helping AIDS orphans. RAW elements (max, ryotaro & Yung Tsubotaj) Donation 2000yen, Student with ID 1000yen open 18:30, live starts around 20:00 at McLoughlin’s Irish Bar (075) 212 – 6339 (075) 212 – 6339
Coming of Age Day in Kyoto, 成人の日
Coming of Age Day (2nd Monday in January) is a national holiday on Japan, when those who reached the age of legal adulthood (20) over the past year are bored by speeches at a city assembly hall in their hometowns, then party with their friends. Sometimes the party starts before the speeches. Traditionally, the new...
