Kyoto, Japan (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)

"I imagined I was in Kyoto, which wasn’t hard as the hotel bed was close to the floor next to a rice-paper lamp and a tableau of grayscale pebbles studiously arranged in a bamboo sandbox."

"You have to speak loudly—and yes, maybe exaggerate a little—if you want to get their attention. And try to mobilize the entire world to sign the Kyoto treaty."

"Not even global warming. Or Kyoto."

"Most recently, Nature 22 (October 2003): 395–741, stated, with Russia signed on, temperature affected by Kyoto would be–.02 degrees C by 2050."

"He considered them for a moment, two boys transported by semiconductors into a series of challenges designed by programmers in a Kyoto high-rise."

"“You did a semester abroad in Osaka, yeah? Or Kyoto maybe. Solid grades. You have an accounting degree to fall back on if your dreams don’t work out.”"

"I knew better than to expect Rome, Nairobi, Cairo, or Kyoto."