Kansai cool : a journey into the cultural heartland of Japan /
Whelan, Christal,
Kansai cool : a journey into the cultural heartland of Japan / Christal Whelan. - First edition. - North Clarendon, Vermont : Tuttle Publishing, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (259 pages) : illustrations, photographs
"Endlessly engaging and supremely readable."--Cover.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: West of the Toll Gate; PART I: NATURE; Chapter 1 Gratitude: A Japanese Lesson; Chapter 2 The Ways of Water: Kyoto's Water Culture; Chapter 3 The Spirit of Bamboo; Chapter 4 Listening to Incense; Chapter 5 Mother of Pearls: Lake Biwa; PART II: INDUSTRY; Chapter 6 The Obi of Kyoto: Tied to Tradition, Future Bound; Chapter 7 Pedaling Through Time: When The Bicycle Reached Japan; Chapter 8 Dolls: Surrogates, Scapegoats, and Trusted Companions; Chapter 9 Our Avatars, Ourselves: Robotic Innovation in Japan. PART III: A SENSE OF PLACEChapter 10 The Still Point: Authenticity Within an Evolving Cuisine; Chapter 11 Traveling The Coffee Road: Café Culture from Kaffa to Kyoto; Chapter 12 Traces of China in Japan .; Chapter 13 Geography as Destiny: Crafting Island in Japan; PART IV: THE ARTS; Chapter 14 Butoh: Theater of the Soul; Chapter 15 Arms of Peace: Japan's Newest Martial Art Goes to Rome; Chapter 16 Escape to Reality: The Mikkyo of Issey Miyake's Fashion; Chapter 17 The Painting on the Walls: Hideki Kimura's Mural Art; PART V: YOUTH CULTURE. Chapter 18 A Dream of One's Own: Lolita in Rococo, JapanChapter 19 Manga Sanctuaries; Chapter 20 The Many Dimensions of Anime; Chapter 21 Cosplay: Try On Your Alternate Self; PART VI: RELIGION; Chapter 22 Buddhist Micro-Temples; Chapter 23 Questing for Connection: Novel and Ancient Pilgrimage; Chapter 24 Unplanned Obsolescence: Toilets, Technology, and Utopias; Chapter 25 The Jewel in The Lotus: The Koyasan Buddhist Monastery; Epilogue; Back Cover.
In Kansai Cool, anthropologist, writer and filmmaker Christal Whelan offers deep insights into the clash of old and new, traditional and modern that plays out on a daily basis in Japan's ancient heartland. The western region of Japan is known as Kansai-centering around the ancient capitals of Kyoto and Nara, and the sprawling, modern port cities of Osaka and Kobe. Kansai is Japan's ""second region"" after Tokyo-and is at once home to Japan's most traditional cultural centers and its most modern culture. From the ancient beliefs of Kyoto to the conte.
9781462914128
National characteristics, Japanese.
Popular culture--Japan.
Electronic Books.
DS830 / .K367 2014
Kansai cool : a journey into the cultural heartland of Japan / Christal Whelan. - First edition. - North Clarendon, Vermont : Tuttle Publishing, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (259 pages) : illustrations, photographs
"Endlessly engaging and supremely readable."--Cover.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: West of the Toll Gate; PART I: NATURE; Chapter 1 Gratitude: A Japanese Lesson; Chapter 2 The Ways of Water: Kyoto's Water Culture; Chapter 3 The Spirit of Bamboo; Chapter 4 Listening to Incense; Chapter 5 Mother of Pearls: Lake Biwa; PART II: INDUSTRY; Chapter 6 The Obi of Kyoto: Tied to Tradition, Future Bound; Chapter 7 Pedaling Through Time: When The Bicycle Reached Japan; Chapter 8 Dolls: Surrogates, Scapegoats, and Trusted Companions; Chapter 9 Our Avatars, Ourselves: Robotic Innovation in Japan. PART III: A SENSE OF PLACEChapter 10 The Still Point: Authenticity Within an Evolving Cuisine; Chapter 11 Traveling The Coffee Road: Café Culture from Kaffa to Kyoto; Chapter 12 Traces of China in Japan .; Chapter 13 Geography as Destiny: Crafting Island in Japan; PART IV: THE ARTS; Chapter 14 Butoh: Theater of the Soul; Chapter 15 Arms of Peace: Japan's Newest Martial Art Goes to Rome; Chapter 16 Escape to Reality: The Mikkyo of Issey Miyake's Fashion; Chapter 17 The Painting on the Walls: Hideki Kimura's Mural Art; PART V: YOUTH CULTURE. Chapter 18 A Dream of One's Own: Lolita in Rococo, JapanChapter 19 Manga Sanctuaries; Chapter 20 The Many Dimensions of Anime; Chapter 21 Cosplay: Try On Your Alternate Self; PART VI: RELIGION; Chapter 22 Buddhist Micro-Temples; Chapter 23 Questing for Connection: Novel and Ancient Pilgrimage; Chapter 24 Unplanned Obsolescence: Toilets, Technology, and Utopias; Chapter 25 The Jewel in The Lotus: The Koyasan Buddhist Monastery; Epilogue; Back Cover.
In Kansai Cool, anthropologist, writer and filmmaker Christal Whelan offers deep insights into the clash of old and new, traditional and modern that plays out on a daily basis in Japan's ancient heartland. The western region of Japan is known as Kansai-centering around the ancient capitals of Kyoto and Nara, and the sprawling, modern port cities of Osaka and Kobe. Kansai is Japan's ""second region"" after Tokyo-and is at once home to Japan's most traditional cultural centers and its most modern culture. From the ancient beliefs of Kyoto to the conte.
9781462914128
National characteristics, Japanese.
Popular culture--Japan.
Electronic Books.
DS830 / .K367 2014