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Japan and Okinawaby Glen D. Hook; Richard Siddle
RoutledgeCurzon 2002; US$ 195.00Japan and Okinawa provides an up-to-date, coherent and theoretically informed examination of Okinawa from the perspective of political economy and society. more...
Tôkaidô Roadby Jilly Traganou
RoutledgeCurzon 2003; US$ 195.00Offers a comparative study of representations of the Tôkaidô road, the most important route of Japan during the Edo (1600-1868) and Meiji (1868-1912) eras. more...
Myth, Protest and Struggle in Okinawaby Miyume Tanji
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 44.95Tanji provides an analysis of the various ways and reasons people in Okinawa have engaged in protest against the US military since the Second World War and the link between these events and the cultural tradition of protest in this community. more...
Me, Myself & Pragueby Rachael Weiss
Allen & Unwin 2008; US$ 22.68Armed only with a romantic soul and a 1973 guide to communist Czechoslovakia, Rachael Weiss heads off in search of adventure, love and her Bohemian roots in this funny, flippant and fabulous story of her year of living and loving in Prague. more...
CultureShock! Tokyoby Yuko Yoshida-Morimoto
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2008; US$ 11.17CultureShock! Tokyo is essential for anyone who wishes to delve into the heart of what makes Tokyo and its people tick. This book enlightens readers on Japanese customs and throws light on certain oddities in the city such as the quaint-looking historical shrines set between high-rise buildings. Find out more about the contrasting faces of the Tokyoites, who on one hand are renowned for their polite and humble demeanour, yet can be perpetrators of the Tokyo rush hour. Settle in smoothly by using the practical tips provided including those for how to find accommodation, schools for the children amd also how to cope with working in Tokyo. Delight in the variety and quality of food and anticipate all the cultural and travel... more...
Tokyoby Stephen Mansfield
Oxford University Press, USA 2009; US$ 16.95Tokyo seems like an ultra modern--even postmodern--city, with its inventive skyscrapers and digitized surfaces. But it is also a city where past, present, and future coexist--where backstreets both inspire science fiction and host wooden temples, fox shrines, and Buddhist statues that evoke past ages. In this addition to Oxford's Cityscapes series, Stephen Mansfield explores a city rich in diversity, tracing its evolution from the founding of its massive stone citadel, when it was known as Edo, through the rise of a merchant class who transformed the town into a center for art, to the emergence of modern Tokyo. Mansfield traces a city of print masters, Kabuki theater, novelists and great architecture, which has overcome many disasters,... more...
Nagaokaby Ellen Van Goethem
BRILL 2008; US$ 173.00This is the first work dealing comprehensively with the historical and physical aspects of the Nagaoka palace and capital, constructed in the eighth century at the order of Kanmu Tenno, but abruptly abandoned after only ten years. more...
Frommer's Tokyoby Beth Reiber
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2010; US$ 17.99Our Frommer's Tokyo author has written about Japan for years, so she's able to provide valuable insights and advice. She'll steer you away from the touristy and the inauthentic and show you the real heart of the Land of the Rising Sun. This is a comprehensive guide to a fast-paced and often overwhelming city. You'll get complete and clear directions to navigate Tokyo's best neighborhoods, from the swanky shops in the Ginza district to the Imperial Palace (home of Japan's emperor) in the Hibiya district; to the sumo wrestling stadiums in the town of Ryogoku; to the elaborate "lolita" (baby doll) and "cosplay" (anime character) outfits you'll see teenagers wearing in the Harijuku district. You'll get a spectrum of options, from business hotels... more...
Top 10 Tokyoby Stephen Mansfield
Dorling Kindersley 2011; US$ 14.00DK Eyewitness Top 10: Tokyo will lead you straight to the best attractions Tokyo has to offer. Whether you're looking for vibrant festivals and lively nightlife in Tokyo, or want to find the best attractions in Tokyo for all the family, this travel guide is packed with essential information for every corner of this sensational metropolis. Whether you are traveling first class or on a limited budget, there are dozens of Top 10 lists - from the Top 10 places in Tokyo to experience Japanese culture and the Top 10 places of worship in Tokyo to the Top 10 restaurants, shops and hotels. To save you time and money, there's even a list of the Top 10 Things to Avoid! Your guide to the Top 10 best of everything in Tokyo. more...
A Malleable Mapby Kären Wigen
University of California Press 2010; US$ 34.95Kären Wigen probes regional cartography, choerography, and statecraft to redefine restoration ( ishin ) in modern Japanese history. As developed here, that term designates not the quick coup d?état of 1868 but a three-centuries-long project of rehabilitating an ancient map for modern purposes. Drawing on a wide range of geographical documents from Shinano (present-day Nagano Prefecture), Wigen argues that both the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1600?1868) and the reformers of the Meiji era (1868?1912) recruited the classical map to serve the cause of administrative reform. Nor were they alone; provincial men of letters played an equally critical role in bringing imperial geography back to life in the countryside. To substantiate these claims,... more...









