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050	0	4	_aDS830 _b.K367 2014
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100	1		_aWhelan, Christal, _e1
245	1	0	_aKansai cool : _ba journey into the cultural heartland of Japan / _cChristal Whelan.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aNorth Clarendon, Vermont : _bTuttle Publishing, _c(c)2014.
300			_a1 online resource (259 pages) : _billustrations, photographs
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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500			_a"Endlessly engaging and supremely readable."--Cover.
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505	0	0	_aCover; 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.
505	0	0	_aPART 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.
505	0	0	_aChapter 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.
520	0		_aIn 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.
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650		0	_aNational characteristics, Japanese.
650		0	_aPopular culture _zJapan.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell