This magazine features landscape and travel-inspired haiku from travels to Kyoto and the surrounding area. I found myself connecting deeply with this deeply layered city and how it embraces contrast. I witnessed how the soft (natural) and hard (urban) elements of the city co-existed without tension. I noticed how the crowded, harried pace of Kyoto's busy shopping streets spill into the quietest temple grounds just steps away without warning or delineation and how those energies influence who we are in those spaces. For fans of haiku, Kyoto, meditation or travel essays, this photo/poetry collection will leave you feeling like you journeyed to Kyoto without ever leaving home.