I really enjoy visiting your site. It's beautiful.
This is where I'll have to come whenever I feel a little "homesick" for Japan (for me Kansai=Japan) after I move back to the States in April.

Very nice site, I love the pictures!
I'm Off to Kyooto for three weeks on Wednsday, It is nice to have a site that gives me some appreciation of what i will be seeing.

Well, it is still awfully cold, snowing hard this morning (Tuesday in Japan).

I'm a fan of Asian culture, Japan in particular. I hope to one day get over there and school to learn the language fluently. You have a beautiful site, keep up the great updates and pictures! I'll be sure to keep visiting!

A very beautiful site you have here. I have hopes of visiting Japan someday. Futher hoping that I will attempt to learn Japanese again.

I was thrilled to see the photo of the philospher's path with the blossom. I was in Kyoto last September and only got to briefly enjoy the city. Wish I was there now.
Cheers

Finally, a blogger in Kyoto! I thought all of the bloggers were in or around Tokyo. I go to Kyoto once or twice a year. Your site brings back many pleasant memories.

this place makes me miss japan, and i've only been once, for ten days.

This site is like the prettiest parts of Japan, without cables everywhere and concrete embankments.

Good work.

Found your site as a link from Moveable Type. Great site and pictures!

kyoto is cool. u r lucky to be in kyoto, esp the bon odori in kyoto is cool too

Thank you for letting me revisit Kyoto.

I'm stuck in Iraq with the Army, but when this ends I will return to my home in the valley. I would be honored to buy you a drink at my favorite Saiin teppanyaki spot when that day comes.

Lovely site. Great pictures. Most enjoyable.

Your site is just amazing! I love all the pics. I can't wait until I can get to Japan. I'm thinking of studying there in college (but that's still year away).
Keep up the excellent work.

Hi,
I was in Kyoto this year with my Japanese partner Yoko
This is a great web site and I keep coming back to Japan.
I fly for Qantas out of Sydney and I love japan it is a great place.I liked Kyoto except the new station too cavernous but every day was enjoyable
Regards and thanks for a great web site
michael

I love your site! It brings back such great memories. I spent the summer of 2003 in Kyoto on an internship, and it was one of the best experiences of my life. I love navigating the city-- I cherish every day I spent there. Anyway, thanks again for the site, it makes me homesick for my home-away-from-home. (Boy, that's a lot of homes!)

Best wishes,
-Tiffany

Great page! (Check out mine when you get a chance.)
Kyoto's small if we haven't already met yet I'm sure we
will. (Drop by for a bowl of tea!)
Keep up the good work.
Randy Channell

I'm lerning English now! And I'm searchring introduce of Kyoto written by English. Your site
is very nice! I love kyoto too!!

Finally a nice blog from my neighbors in Kyoto. Yea! Let's Kansai! I live in nearby Takatsuki. Look forward to visiting your restaurant recmnds.

Big HELLO from Split (Croatia) to you and your family!
Thank you for making my net-life so much more interesting!! I love your site - it is one of my favorites!
You have such a talent for showing a true soul of Kyoto. Every other site looks like a tourist guide. They show only a few tourist attractions in the city and that's all. But there's so much more about Kyoto... That is why you are the best! Beautiful pictures and interesting comments - what more could one want?!?
I wish you and Yoshiko lots of luck with growing family. (Sorry no name ideas.)

How can I use your photos as wallpaper or desktop photo.. when I try.. they don't come out right... thanks

Thanks for comments, everyone. I've been replying by regular email rather than in the comments. I guess it looks like I ignore the comments. That's bad. Justin, I lived for five years in Takatsuki, in Tonda to be specific. For some reason I found the people in Ibaraki to be more hospitable, but that was probably just my experience.

Tony, I'm not sure what you mean. The photos are regular JPG format. Do you mean you don't know how to save pictures from the web, or they aren't the right size for your screen?

Lovely site - keep up the good work! Came back to UK from Kyoto 6 weeks ago after a 2 week holiday.... a return visit is much needed methinks :)

a fellow socali and calstate alum! (I'm from Long Beach and graduated at LBState with a Communications degree) I have also been living in Kyoto these past two years and i'm happy to make your acquaintance here in Japan. Your website presents the best insight to Kyoto...it's one that I'll look back on when i leave this beautiful prefecture!

You're leaving? Why would you do that? I don't understand.

This is an interesting site. I hope to visit Kyoto one day to learn more of traditional Japanese culture, as well as dressing up as a maiko or geiko. (though I wish I could become one...) The video in particular is fscinating, and I will continue coming to this site in the future!

I'm planning a trip to Japan (specifically Kyoto) within the next five years. I have dreamed of visiting since a small girl and now I will see that dream realized. I enjoy reading your website and it has helped me a little in my research as I prepare for my trip. My husband and I have discussed the possibility of moving to Japan several times, but we wish to visit first. It is nice to find Americans living in Japan...it doesn't make it seem like such a dream to me...and I know that I won't feel like I'm the only one. Anyhow...babbled on too much, but it was a delight to find your website.

Your site is a reflection of your beautyfull lifestyle!
I've had the chance to travel in Japan and visit Kyoto twice. I had two gaijin friends who worked there as engrish teachers, and they showed me the city. Even went into the imperial palace. I remember an engrish pub called pig&whistle where the "foreign dogs" would meet. And I went to see the sun come up on the first day of the new year in the little park where the river splits. I spent a few weeks in your beautyfull city, and traveled Kyushu and Shikoku with my JR railpass, and enjoyed every minute of it. Went to see the steam in Beppu, the lava at Aso,I viewed the Sakurajima from the garden in Kagoshihma. The shinkansen is super, I enjoyed your picture of the new model, makes me wanna come back for more.

Nils,
Thanks a lot for the website. Beautiful graphics/pictures and great sense of humor. I am a Kyotophile too. I have lived six years in the Miyako, but now I am in exile in the US. Eight more months before I get my MA and I can return 'home.'

During the day, I think of Kyoto,
During the night, I dream of Kyoto.

Keep up the good work, and I hope to meet you one day,
Cepo, from Honolulu

You saw a garbage truck tip over?!?

Can't get this city out of my head as i am now so far away. keep inspiring me to return.

Great site & insight into Kyoto Nils!
I love your photo, which i have rss'd to. Much like sushicam.com's images, they have a depth of life and capture every last subtle detail.

Keep it up :)

great blog,
hope to drink a beer somewhere in Kyoto, maybe at ING bar. Or you can come to see me at BonBon Cafe, near demachiyanagi on Imadegawa !

Wonderful site =)with great pictures.
I hope that one day I can travel to Kyoto and see and experience everything like dressing up as a geisha and see a maiko, geisha with my own two eyes.

I really enjoyed your site. It was very interesting for me because I am your cousin. My mother was your father's sister. It is very nice to see another side of my family. I live in North Carolina with my husband and 3 children. It was nice to somewhat meet you. Hope to hear from you and your lovely family.

I feel lucky! I just tried Google Blog search and found you ... I like the photos [Hamburg, Germany]

Konnichiwa
Nice site. Nice to read stuff from Kyoto area.
my made in Japan wife and i will be moving back to Kobe area in the future, this site is a nice fix, until then. THere was a interesting blog from Kobe I was reading, but the guy is heading back to stateside, glad to find yours. I will set up a link on my site to get here easier.

Ja ne!