Oideyasu! Please take off your shoes.
Just down the street from my house, across the little Takano River bridge, is Takaragaike Park. A short walk across the park is the Kyoto International Conference Hall, where the Kyoto Protocol to slow the pumping of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere was worked out 8 years ago.
Just minutes ago a ceremony to mark the treaty's implementation today was concluded at KICH, featuring a keynote speech by Nobel Peace Prize-winning environmentalist Wangari Maathai of Kenya. I applied for a press pass to get pictures of the event, but I was not credentialed, and anyway I am laid up with a nasty cold. Here's a photo from the Kyoto Shinbun If you can read kana you can run the URL through Rikai.com and mouse over the text for help, but basically her message is that grass roots effort is the key to anything.
Posted by nils at February 16, 2005 11:38 PM | TrackBackI looked up google with typing in "Kyoto", articles on the protocol hit more than tourist guides. That was interesting.
May I link your site from my homepage?
Hello Nils,
I ran into alive in kyoto just this morning.
Would have been great if I found your site before my recent trip to Kansai area as I can see that it is loaded with interesting stuff on Kyoto. Although my wife, our little son and I managed to spend only one full day in Kyoto, we enjoyed it very much. And you can bet that we will be back.
We really wanted to check out the Katsura Imperial Villa but had to give up after learning that visit requirements are quite complicated... Do you by any chance know a website with some photos of Katsura Villa? Or did you somehow manage to take some photos of the place?
From Seoul,
WK
p.s. Check out this site with good illustrationa + photos of architectural (mostly historical) sites in Asia: www.orientalarchitecture.com
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Posted by: nils on February 18, 2005 04:00 PMHi nils, so you're in the KICH area? I'm currently staying at the Prince hotel, and at a conference at the KICH. What are some good things within walking distance from the Prince Hotel?
Great site by the way
Posted by: Neil Fenemor on February 20, 2005 12:06 PMDon't miss Renge-ji, 10-15 mins walk. ask for directions.
Posted by: nils on February 20, 2005 06:06 PM
