How can I visit Mr Hiroyuki Shindo or see the countryside near Kyoto where he lives/works?
Visit a true Japanese thatched-roof village o n a mountainside, away from city noise. Shindo says: You will be welcome to visit our small indigo museum. If you want to visit our village on your own using JR and Nantan City bus, it might be bit complicated. Please let me know when you are settled in hotel in Kyoto City, then I will send you a fax which is showing how to get to our village. We do not have our home page though; try to see the home page of “Earth Garden” as their cafe is next to our village. Their English website will be very helpful to understand how to come to Miyama. Please do understand that the trip to Miyama from Kyoto station would take almost 3 hours (one way), therefore you must spend a whole one day or you can stay in or around the village. There are Minshuku (home stay type pensionne). It should be a wonderful adventure for you away from noisy city for a while. I believe you will enjoy a trip to real Japanese country side in deep mountain side. I am looking forw
