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KYOTO

Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 30, 2013
Seeking impressions in the two-dimensional
The title of Yu Kiwanami's "Confirmation of Happiness" (2013) is, in a sense, a kind of betrayal; for happiness cannot, in fact, be confirmed. A woman stands before a landscape, her head cropped off by the top edge of the picture in an artistic act of decapitation. With no head, we cannot see if she...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 17, 2013
Veteran leadership makes Fukuoka favorite over Kyoto
The Rizing Fukuoka and Kyoto Hannaryz renew their rivalry on Saturday in the Western Conference final at Ariake Colosseum. Tipoff is set for 2:10 p.m.
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
May 17, 2013
Cousin hoping strong season paves way back to NBA
The Japan Times features periodic interviews with players in the bj-league. Marcus Cousin of the Kyoto Hannaryz is the subject of this week's profile.
BASKETBALL
May 13, 2013
Fukuoka, Kyoto, Niigata join Yokohama in Final Four
The Final Four is set, with a pair of returning teams and two which haven't been to the big show for a few seasons.
BASKETBALL
May 12, 2013
Kyoto pulls off shocker in Game 1 of West semis
The Kyoto Hannaryz stunned the host Ryukyu Golden Kings in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series on Saturday afternoon.
BASKETBALL
May 6, 2013
Hannaryz eliminate Lakestars; Grouses, Happinets advance
Despite a dreadful 0-8 start to their season in the fall, the Kyoto Hannaryz never pushed the panic button.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 28, 2013
A double dose of guidance offers more than usual information
SHINTO SHRINES: A Guide to the Sacred Sites of Japan's Ancient Religion, by Joseph Cali with John Dougill. University of Hawaii Press, 2012, 328 pp., $24.99 (paperback)
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2013
Kyoto chef praised for intangible influence
Eiichi Takahashi, 74, was recently designated as a part of Kyoto's intangible cultural heritage as the 14th generation owner and head chef of Hyotei, a restaurant steeped in traditional Japanese cuisine with a history dating back more than 400 years.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Apr 23, 2013
Student seeking Kyoto flat told: No foreigners allowed
After spending 2u00bd years living the quiet life in Shiga Prefecture, Ryukoku University student Victor Rosenhoj was looking forward to moving to Kyoto, where things promised to be more lively and international.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 19, 2013
Kyoto's Hamaguchi proving again he is an elite coach
For Honoo Hamaguchi and Dai Oketani, longevity is one part of their success story as the bj-league's longest-tenured coaches. What's more, their quality teams are always competitive year after year.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 12, 2013
New additions to the Kansai food map
Restaurants open and close all the time in Japan's ever-changing dining landscape. Here's a selection of a few noteworthy new places in Kyoto and Osaka.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 31, 2013
The 'eternal modern' gardens of Matsuo-taisha
When new buildings were constructed in 1971 at Matsuo-taisha in Kyoto, one of Japan's oldest shrines, the largely self-taught landscape master Mirei Shigemori was commissioned to create a series of gardens on the site.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 19, 2013
Franchise's 100th victory gives Hannaryz positive experience to build on
Rebounding from an 0-8 start this season, the Kyoto Hannaryz then rattled off eight straight victories to return to respectability.
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2013
Universities to boost classes in English
To accelerate the internationalization of their institutions, Kyoto University and Kyushu University look to drastically boost the number of classes taught in English and educators who are foreign nationals.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2013
Warming bill to ax long-term emissions goal
In a move likely to draw the ire of environmentalists, revisions to Japan's climate change legislation will not set a long-term numerical target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a document reveals.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 25, 2013
Evessa finish strong in fourth, end three-game skid
In the season's first 24 games, the Osaka Evessa, the bj-league's first powerhouse team, collected five victories.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 14, 2013
Breathing life into the forgotten and neglected
Painter Daisuke Fukunaga (b.1981) states: "If the world is the stage of a theater, I want to paint the bustle of the things waiting behind the blackout curtain rather than the heroine." His motifs are of things forgotten and neglected, but unlike his earlier works of 2007, which realistically depicted...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 14, 2013
Go with the flow from representational to abstract
For five years starting in 2007, Shinpei Kusanagi (b.1973) made monthly serialized paintings to accompany installments of Teru Miyamoto's novel "Mizu no Katachi" ("The Shape of Water") in the magazine éclat. Text and image had little to do with one another, though the small, standard format paintings...
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2013
Kyoto team generates kidney tissue from iPS cells
A research team at Kyoto University has succeeded in generating kidney tissue from induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, for the first time ever.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jan 19, 2013
Kyoto gardens give up all their secrets during intimate guided tours
How do you appreciate a Japanese garden? The typical temple visit — where you ponder a seemingly random assemblage of rocks and raked gravel or push your way through a throng of tourists jostling for camera angles — can leave one confused and underwhelmed.

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