Mark Byron (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
I didn't know this until today; Liberal party boss Stephane Dion has a husky named Kyoto; here's a Montreal Gazette piece from 2006 with a picture of Dion and Kyoto; "On this day, Kyoto is so excited to see his...
In Spring It Is the Dawn (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
by Komomo Photographs by Naoyuki Ogino Non-Fiction/Auto-biography/Photography, 2008 Kodansha International , hardback, 139 p. This is the story of a contemporary Japanese teenager who, in a search for an identity, became fascinated with the world of geiko -as Kyoto's geisha are known-and discovered in herself the will and the commitment to overcome the many years of apprenticeship necessary...
Solomonia (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
Here's one more sign of the end of the Kyoto era. No country that signed the Accord a decade-plus ago has met its carbon dioxide emissions targets. The conventional wisdom was that Britain had come closest and showed that significant...
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Embodying its home town Kyoto, Nintendo charts a singular path Published: September 5, 2008 Text Size: Nintendo is not your typical Japanese company. But the residents of Kyoto, where Nintendo was founded and has its headquarters, have long known that.Even before the invention of the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1983 catapulted the company onto the world stage, it had already established...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
... snarky remarks. After that, we basically just had to wait around until 2:00, which was when the Kyoto tour started, so we ate lunch... hung out in the CIE... cool stuff like that. I know. We are awesome. Although we were a bit disappointed, because they posted our Japanese placement tests results today, but not until after we'd already left for Kyoto!! So we won't know them until...
small dead animals (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
After awaking to find their vessel frozen in ice the team are steaming around looking for a path that's navigable by kayak. No paddling today. Previous. h/t CJ...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Kyoto, Japan The Ushimi-Inari Taisha shrine consists of hudreds of red Torii (large red wooden gates) and many stone foxes lining a 4 Km winding pathway up the Inari-yama mountain all dedicated to the Gods of Rice and Sake. We went up at dusk to avoid the burn of the daytime sun and boy was I glad as it turned out to be more than a bit of warmup...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Kyoto, Japan The decision was made to fork out for an entirely traditional meal in a choice Japanese eatery. we were given slippers and led through the building, passed many private chambers to a large room overlooking one of many manmade waterways running through kyoto city. Marcus,Tom and myself seated at a low table, legs crossed and...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Had a Great Time in Kyoto and Hiroshima
small dead animals (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
September 4, 2008Y2Kyoto: Reduce Your Carbon Lungprint"The purpose of this scientific paper, therefore, is to bring to mind a particular activity that had previously been assumed virtuous but under the unerring eye of science has proved to be pernicious. "Posted by Kate at September 4, 2008 12:56 AMCommentsHeh! Proud to be doing my part in carbon sequestration. Donations gratefully accepted.Posted...
WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Id (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
... developing world to shift aggressively to renewable energy sources could fall by the wayside. The Kyoto treaty, however, may provide a solution.This piece is a part of our month long retrospective leading up to our anniversary on Oct. 1. For the next four weeks, we'll celebrate five years of solutions-based, forward-thinking and innovative journalism by publishing the best of the Worldchanging...
small dead animals (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
"I am spending my days paddling in ice-cold water with a frozen, painful backside, trying to bring to the attention of the world and its leaders the necessity of stopping the world heating up." May a polar bear put them...
Of Rice and Zen (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
This new guidebook from JTB publishing has two distinctive features which may just put it at the top of your shopping list if you’re living in Japan. Kyoto: The Greatest Travel Tips is a well designed new guidebook covering Of Rice and Zen’s favourite city and indeed hometown. Kyoto is a dense city and one best [...]
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
The bj-league's 13th franchise will be based in Kyoto, the league announced on Wednesday. The team will begin play in the 2009-10 season. Read the full story
