Known to most as the author of "Lost Japan," "Bangkok Found," "Dogs and Demons" and, more recently, "Another Kyoto," Alex Kerr is a product of 1970s Japan, a golden era when he hung around with other notable foreign residents such as antique dealer David Kidd, curator Alexandra Munroe and Zen abbot John Toler.
Alex is sitting in my living room right now on Shiraishi Island.
"I love these old Japanese houses, the wood, the space, like this room I'm sitting in now. It's both airy with big columns and you can see out," he says.
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