100 Kyoto Sights

“100 Kyoto Sights covers a lot of ground in a small book and would be a great gift for someone before they head off to Kyoto, or anyone interested in Japan or architecture.” –Castle View Academy“100 Kyoto Sights will become your go-to Kyoto guide for a lifetime.” –Kyoto Journal“If you haven’t visited Kyoto or are planning on going to the city, the book serves as a possible list of places that you could visit. It’s a high-level view of the city with some basic inside-resident tips from people that have lived in the city.” –Daddy Mojo blog

John Dougill was born in the UK and studied at Leeds and Oxford Universities. He has recently retired and is now professor emeritus at Ryukoku University in Kyoto. He runs the Green Shinto blog and is the organizer of Writers in Kyoto. He has written papers on Shinto and paganism as well as a study of Lafcadio Hearn. Among his many books on Japan are Kyoto: A Cultural History, Zen Gardens and Temples of Kyoto, Japan’s World Heritage Sites, and In Search of Japan’s Hidden Christians.

Patrick Hochner started taking photographs in his native Alsace, France, when he was 14, using the family bathroom as his darkroom. Around the same time, he began to travel, meet other people, and discover how they live. He has never stopped combining photography and travel, and has visited over 100 countries. Arriving in Japan in the late 70s, he married a Japanese woman and has lived in Japan for some 30 years. After falling in love with Kyoto, the old imperial capital, he now divides his time between this city, Nice in France, and his travels. His main interest is currently the Hanamachi, or so-called “flower districts” of Kyoto, a world of grace and beauty.