For nearly 40 years, Kyoto Journal has explored, celebrated, and shared the creative life of Japan and the rest of Asia from our home in Kyoto, which we view not merely as a physical location, but as a formative mind space. Thanks to our worldwide, all-volunteer network of contributors sharing our open and humanistic approach, our magazine is local, independent, and outside the sphere of commercial media. Under the direction of photographer and Founding Editor John Einarsen, the quality of Kyoto Journal’s photography and layouts has been celebrated, while its writing, under the direction of Managing Editor Ken Rodgers, has long set a high standard for editorial excellence.
For this exhibition we have selected some of the most compelling images— and the stories behind them—from Kyoto Journal’s 108 issues. Making sure these stories are told has been our “heartwork.”
Read the articles of the exhibition
Kyoto speaks
The Death and Resurrection of Kyoto
Time
The end of imagination
Naked Festival
This can’t last forever
Interaction
Tokyo Nobody
The things we’ve gone through together
A short history of Kyoto
The Age of this Place Gives a Cloak of Tenderness
Kajita Shinsho: The Path to Honen-In.
Nishikawa Senrei, Nihonbuyo Dancer.
The Kobayashis.
Biodiversity
Rice Enso photograms
Hearing their voices
Border
A Life Dedicated to Art
Beauty and Power—A Remembrance of Jacqueline Hassink in Kyoto
Chasing the dragon
Reenactment of Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s procession to meet the emperor in 1956, Jidai Matsuri
Empty Kyoto
OYAKO
Documenting Minamata with Eugene Smith
The Jesup North Pacific Expedition
The Light in Kyoto
Miksang
New issue - 109
Sharing Visions
The next issue of Kyoto Journal, “Sharing Visions” (KJ 109), will celebrate people with unique visions for the future.
The theme ‘Sharing Visions’ is related to Kyoto Journal’s exhibition in this year’s Kyotographie, Kyoto’s premier international photography festival. The show celebrates KJ’s history of sharing extraordinary photographic images since our founding in 1987. Issue 109, in turn, looks toward the future; in this city of traditional cultures, how can we preserve the best of the past while moving forward in a world of continuous innovation?
Production:
Kyoto Journal
Co-production:
Kyotographie
PROJECT MANAGER:
Zoey Yi-Chun Lee
Coordinator:
Adachi Reimi
CURATION:
John Einarsen
Lane Diko
Adachi Reimi
Susan Pavlovska
SCENOGRAPHY:
Spinning Plates
SENIOR DESIGNER:
Hirisha Mehta
DESIGN:
David Spencer
Giulia Braglia
John Einarsen
VIDEO producer:
Adachi Reimi
FILMING & EDITING:
Felicity Tillack
VIDEO TRANSLATION:
LANA CLEANER TANI SOFER
YODA RIO
SENIOR TEXT EDITOR:
Kyotographie
PROJECT MANAGER:
Susan Pavloska
TEXT EDITORS:
John Einarsen
STEWART WACHS
Lane Diko
Lewis Miesen
TRANSLATION
Toyoshima Mizuho
AILEEN MIOKO SMITH
Yoda Rio
Sugiyama Masao
Anna Schultz
Matthew Schultz
Kawano Hiroko
Jennifer Teeter
Okazaki Takayuki
JAPANESE TEXT EDITORS
Wakata Aya
Mariko Yamada
Yoda Hiroko
SOCIAL MEDIA:
David Emrich
Codi Hauka
Lane Diko
Rick Elizaga
KJ TEAM
MANA KATAGIRI
Marc Peter Keane
Rebecca Jennison
ALEX MANKIEWICZ
Printing:
23AF STUDIO
Horiuchi Color
Installation assistant:
Ogawa Tomohiko
Special thanks to:
SUNMCOLOR
GENJI HOTEL
HORIUCHI COLOR
23AF STUDIO
Production:
Kyoto Journal
Co-production:
Kyotographie
PROJECT MANAGER:
Zoey Yi-Chun Lee
Coordinator:
Adachi Reimi
CURATION:
John Einarsen
Lane Diko
Adachi Reimi
Susan Pavlovska
SCENOGRAPHY:
Spinning Plates
SENIOR DESIGNER:
Hirisha Mehta
DESIGN:
David Spencer
Giulia Braglia
John Einarsen
VIDEO producer:
Adachi Reimi
FILMING & EDITING:
Felicity Tillack
VIDEO TRANSLATION:
LANA CLEANER TANI SOFER
YODA RIO
SENIOR TEXT EDITOR:
Kyotographie
PROJECT MANAGER:
Susan Pavloska
TEXT EDITORS:
John Einarsen
STEWART WACHS
Lane Diko
Lewis Miesen
TRANSLATION
Toyoshima Mizuho
AILEEN MIOKO SMITH
Yoda Rio
Sugiyama Masao
Anna Schultz
Matthew Schultz
Kawano Hiroko
Jennifer Teeter
Okazaki Takayuki
JAPANESE TEXT EDITORS
Wakata Aya
Mariko Yamada
Yoda Hiroko
SOCIAL MEDIA:
David Emrich
Codi Hauka
Lane Diko
Rick Elizaga
KJ TEAM
MANA KATAGIRI
Marc Peter Keane
Rebecca Jennison
ALEX MANKIEWICZ
Printing:
23AF STUDIO
Horiuchi Color
Installation assistant:
Ogawa Tomohiko
Special thanks to:
SUNMCOLOR
GENJI HOTEL
HORIUCHI COLOR
23AF STUDIO
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