Lassie Speaks

  I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea(1) and the sky. And all I ask… Read more

Our train trip to Kyoto started out less auspiciously than I had hoped. Toni had run around the Sakuragichō Station… Read more

For years I have condemned tours, particularly bus tours, as speed-dating tourism, where people careen from one site to the… Read more

We chose to stay in a hotel near the Kyoto Station, as it is the hub of the city’stransportation system… Read more