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The Kyoto, in Sound podcast focuses on the stories of the people living in this city.

In each episode I ask someone to tell me about their favourite sound from Kyoto and then I share the story behind it.

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Episode 1 Suzaku Garden

It's only a short walk from Kyoto Station, but Suzaku garden feels like a world away from the bustle of the city's busiest train station.
For this first episode of Kyoto, in Sound, I spoke with Rumi, who grew up in Tokyo and now lives in Kyoto, about her favourite sound and she takes me back to her childhood summers spent in Suzaku garden with her grandmother.

A photograph of the Mirror Pool in the Suzaku Garden in Kyoto. Clouds from a blue sky above are beautifully reflected in the black surface of the water which is running down a slight waterfall.