| Kyoto: Seven Paths to the Heart of the City |  | Author: Diane Durston
Publisher: Kodansha America
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1799692
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 66
ISBN: 0870118579
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780870118579
ASIN: 0870118579
Publication Date: May 1988
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Product Description
What better way to see Kyoto than at dawn, when the back streets and alleys of this 1,200-year-old city are still under the spell of the past? Old folks fuss about with their bonsai and laundry poles, pausing to chat on their way to the neighborhood shrine with flowers and morning prayers. Knock-kneed white egrets stalk the stream beds for breakfast, and the giant bronze temple bells awaken the former capital of Japan every morning as they have done for centuries.
Through wars, fires, famines, tyrants, and now rapid modernization, the old neighborhoods of Kyoto are the places where the customs and traditions of this fascinating city, with its confusing blend of old and new, have managed to survive.
American writer and former Kyoto resident Diane Durston introduces seven must-see precincts of this ancient capital city, including four Historic Preservation Districts. Among them are the world-famous geisha quarter, the kimono textile neighborhoods, the sake-brewing area of Fushimi, and the tea-growing region of Uji. Durston weaves together local lore and historical sites to create a panoply of provocative walking tours that take the reader back in time to the elegance of earlier days.
Accompanying each section is a full-color map and the fine photography of Katsuhiko Mizuno, a Kyoto native and one of the city's most famous photographers. Sections highlighting Kyoto crafts, cuisine, festivals, and tourist essentials round out this attractive volume, making it the perfect introduction -and guide- to one of the world's most evocative cities.
FEATURES
* Photographs by one of Kyoto's most renowned photographers
* Locations of the most important Historic Preservations Districts
* Detailed maps and suggested routes
* Scenic and little-known walking paths
* Completely revised and updated information
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 not a guide book; a large (but thin) picture book September 28, 2008
Just to be clear: this is not a guide you can take to Kyoto and walk around with; it's a somewhat generic "coffeetable" (but paperback) book that has some well-reproduced photographs. If that's what you're looking for, you might enjoy, but I was looking for a kind of idiosyncratic walker's guide and this is certainly not it.
 A wonderful book for a beautiful city September 19, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was privileged to have spent 4 months in Japan, but of all the places I visited, I fell in love with Kyoto. This is a marvelous book for doing all the walking that one needs to do here. Take a city tour first, but then leave several days to revisit all the places that enthralled you, and believe me, there will be many! Get this book and study it well; you won't be disappointed.
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