An Outsider’s Guide to Kyoto／京都我不熟

An Outsider’s Guide to Kyoto
Mayumi Mori

186 mm × 130 mm
248 pages
JPY 1,600
ISBN 9784790717744
Pub date: December 2022

A deep guide to Kyoto, focusing on Sakyo Ward, by an author who is a Tokyoite through and through but occasionally lives in Kyoto. She bikes to coffee shops and public bathhouses near Kyoto University that Kyoto natives have recommended, and enjoys the local architecture during walks. This book presents a look at Kyoto through which both its attractiveness as a modern city and the depth of its history emerge in multiple layers.

Reviews
“The charm of modern Kyoto and the depth of its history emerge in a multilayered manner, making you want to visit the city after all.” ―Yomiuri Shimbun

“As a result of his basic stance of knowing the city and its people, Mori’s gaze reveals a new side of Kyoto that is different from the general image so far.” ― Kyoto Shimbun

“A book that shows the interesting aspects of Kyoto that cannot be found in guidebooks.” ―Montly Kyoto

Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Bodily healing through “tree qigong”
Chapter 2: Buses and bicycles
Chapter 3: Looking for guest houses and apartments
Chapter 4: Cafes and movie theaters
Chapter 5: Empty Kyoto
Interview 1: Interview with Shinsho Kajita, head priest of the Hōnen-in Temple: Temples as a place for learning　

Chapter 6: Enjoying architecture through walks
Chapter 7: Preservation and development in Japan’s old capital
Chapter 8: Eating alone near your lodgings
Chapter 9: At the Kyoto cuisine restaurant Daichū
Chapter 10: Mt. Yoshida
Interview 2: Interview with women’s issues and lifestyles historian Yūko Nishikawa: Turning coincidence into inevitability　

Chapter 11: Kamo Chōmei’s Hōjōki and a minimalist lifestyle
Chapter 12: Shiki Masaoka’s Kyoto
Chapter 13: Isamu Yoshii and the Gion district
Chapter 14: Natsume Sōseki’s girlfriend, Taka Isoda
Interview 3: Interview with textile artist Fukumi Shimura: Being guided by the “unseen”　

Chapter 15: Tsuta-chan and Tane-chan
Chapter 16: Hippie and The Tigers
Chapter 17: Things overheard in pubs
Chapter 18: Tomoatsu Godai and two Sri Lankans
Interview 4: Interview with Fukiko Tanaka: Sixty years as a farmer

Afterword: Kyoto’s “Rive Gauche”

Introduction
Having reached my sixties, I’ve again started traveling to Kyoto.
While I’ve traveled there for work, I’ve always just taken care of business, then returned home. The hotels and restaurants are expensive, the famous historical sites are all crowded… Besides, I’ve made the rounds at least once, in days when the crowds were smaller and the charm greater. Add to that the fact that there was something about Kyoto, some poorly defined something about the city I just didn’t like. After developing a major illness, however, I decided to give “tree qigong” a try.

Keywords
Sakyo-ku, Mt.Yoshida, Kyoto University, Demachi-za, Honen-in, Vories, Shimogamo Shrine, Salon de the FRANCOIS, Hojo-ki, Natsume Soseki, Isamu Yoshii, Fukumi Shimura

Media Coverage
Yomiuri Shimbun, Kyoto Shimbun, Monthly Kyoto, Shimono Shimbun, Local People

Author Information
Born in 1954. After graduating from university, she worked for a PR firm and a publishing company before launching the regional magazine Yanaka, Nezu, Sendagi in 1984. She has been converting her memories into records through interviews and writings. From these publications came Yanaka Sketchbook and Mysterious Town, Nezu (Chikuma Bunko), followed by Ogai no Saka (Chuko Bunko; Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists), Shogitai no Isshikibun (Shueisha Bunko), Adventures of the ‘Blue Stocking’ (Shueisha Bunko; Murasaki Shikibu Literature Prize), People in Dark Times and Seiko (Aki Shobo), Shoki no Oto (Shincho Bunko). Since 2015, she often stays in Kyoto to maintain her health after a serious illness. She is the director of Yanesen, the Storehouse of Memory.

京都我不熟
森真由美

186mm x132mm
248 pages
JPY 1600
ISBN 9784790717744
Pub month: December 2022

由于不时驻点京都的机缘，作者以一个“土生土长东京人”的眼光，写出这本以左京区为中心的京都深度游指南。凭借当地人的指引介绍，作者骑车遍游京都大学周边的咖啡馆和公共澡堂，散步欣赏建筑之美。读者通过本书，对于现代京都的城市魅力及其深厚的历史底蕴，将能轻松领略到多层次的丰富韵味。

・目录
序言

第1章 通过树木气功，治疗身体
第2章 公交车和自行车
第3章 寻找旅馆和公寓
第4章 咖啡馆和电影院
第5章 空旷的京都
访谈① 采访法然院贯主梶田真章先生——作为学习场所的寺庙

第6章 信步游，纳尽建筑之美
第7章 古都的保存与开发
第8章 在旅馆附近，体验一人用餐
第9章 在京都料理店“大忠”
第10章 吉田山的故事
访谈② 采访研究女性史和生活史的西川祐子女士——化偶然为必然

第11章 鸭长明的《方丈记》与“知足常乐的生活”
第12章 子规的京都
第13章 吉井勇与祇园
第14章 漱石的红颜知己——矶田多佳
访谈③ 采访染织艺术家志村福美女士——于“无形”之中引导

第15章 小茑、小种的故事
第16章 嬉皮士与老虎
第17章 居酒屋听来的故事
第18章 五代友厚与两个斯里兰卡人
访谈④ 采访田中富贵子——我的六十年农妇生涯

京都Rive Gauche——后记

・序言
年逾花甲的我，再次来到京都。
　昔日曾赴京都出差，但总是行色匆匆。觉得酒店贵，餐馆也贵，名胜古迹游人络绎不绝，自己也大致游遍了。记得当年，京都远不如今时今日这般拥挤，也更有韵味。基于某些说不清的理由，那时我对京都并不抱有好感。却是在大病一场后，让我决定在这个城市练习树木气功。