About the Author

Based in Melbourne, Australia, Steve Wide and Michelle Mackintosh have been obsessed with Kyoto since their first visit in the late 1990s. Since then they have been saving up all their pennies and travelling to Japan twice a year. Steve is a passionate writer and DJ, with a local radio show on 3RRR. Michelle is a book and stationery designer and illustrator. Together they have created all of the text, photography, illustrations and design for this new-age travel guide. Michelle also won a 2015 Australian Book Design Award for her work on the Precincts guidebook series.