Welcome to the first issue of Books on Asia, your guide to finding quality books on Japan and Asia. We launch the site with a look at Writers in Kyoto, a passel of scribes who write about Japan, with an emphasis on the old capital city of Kyoto. The organization was founded in 2015 by John Dougill, who pens the Green Shinto blog and has authored numerous books on Japan and Kyoto. The group includes authors, journalists, editors, poets, historians and experts in the Japanese arts.