Another Kyoto - Alex Kerr

Another Kyoto
is an insider's meditation on the hidden wonders of Japan's most
enigmatic city. Drawing on decades living in Kyoto, and on lore gleaned
from artists, Zen monks and Shinto priests, Alex Kerr illuminates the
simplest things - a temple gate, a wall, a sliding door - in a new way.
'A
rich book of intimate proportions ... In Kyoto, facts and meaning are
often hidden in plain sight. Kerr's gift is to make us stop and cast our
eyes upward to a temple plaque, or to squint into the gloom of an
abbot's chamber' Japan Times
'Kerr and Sokol have
performed a minor miracle by presenting that which is present in Kyoto
as that which we have yet to see. I know that I will never pass a wall,
or tread a floor, or sit on tatami the same way again' Kyoto Journal