- Duration
- 1 hour 15 minutes
- Product Type
- Audio Guide
• Rub shoulders with the cultured patrons of the Minamiza Kabuki Theater as they gather for the latest performance
• Bow at the shrines dedicated to saving Kyoto residents from floods, before the days of modern drainage gates
• Cross the Sanjo Bridge and search for the pylon that bears traces of a sword fight in the waning days of the Tokugawa Shogunate
• Silently step into the Dainichinyorai graveyard where dozens of women of the Toyotomi clan were murdered so that another male claimant to the dynasty wouldn’t be produced
• Tip your hat as Charlie Chaplin did when he visited the Pontocho Kaburenjo performance house in the 1930s
• Mingle with kimono-clad visitors in narrow stone alleys filled with bars and grills, featuring terraces overlooking the river
• Search the shop roofs for the “sugidama,” cedar spheres used to mark the aging of alcohol in wooden barrels
During a decade-long residency in Japan, Nick received his Ph.D. in politics and political branding. He has managed documentary specials in Kyoto’s narrow streets and markets, manned food stalls in the middle of Kyoto’s epic Gion Matsuri, and promoted Japanese tea culture with social media influencers. Nick has a first aid certificate, and worked with NGOs after the 2011 earthquake/tsunami to provide food to disaster victims. He has also interviewed atomic bombing “hibakusha” survivors and written on Japan’s postwar nuclear policy.
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