Another Kyoto is a matchless guide to a great city, It is the fruit of Alex Kerr´s half-century of living in Japan and of lore gleaned from people he´s met along the way: artists, Zen monks and Shinto priests, Japanese literati, and expat personalities from days past, such as legendary art dealer David Kidd. Kerr turns what we thought we knew about Kyoto inside-out, revealing the inner ideas behind simple things like walls, floors, and sliding doors.