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Kansai Cool: A Journey into the Cultural Heartland of Japan
Christal Whelan
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In Kansai Cool anthropologist, writer and filmmaker Christal Whelan offers profound insights in the only collection of essays to focus on Kansai, Japan's ancient heartland. Kansai ; the region in Western Japan that boasts the ancient capitals of Kyoto and Nara, the bustling commercial city of Osaka and the cosmopolitan port city of Kobe ; has a character all its own, right down to its dialect, mannerisms, and cuisine. It is home to some of Japan's oldest history and an area where the country's most time-honored arts and crafts still thrive. Worldly and otherworldly, spirited and spiritual, trendy and traditional, ... Read more
In Kansai Cool anthropologist, writer and filmmaker Christal Whelan offers profound insights in the only collection of essays to focus on Kansai, Japan's ancient heartland. Kansai ; the region in Western Japan that boasts the ancient capitals of Kyoto and Nara, the bustling commercial city of Osaka and the cosmopolitan port city of Kobe ; has a character all its own, right down to its dialect, mannerisms, and cuisine. It is home to some of Japan's oldest history and an area where the country's most time-honored arts and crafts still thrive. Worldly and otherworldly, spirited and spiritual, trendy and traditional, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Boston, United States
ISBN
9780804850551
SKU
V9780804850551
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Ref
99-15
About Christal Whelan
Christal Whelan is an anthropologist and interpreter who has lived and worked in Japan and Mongolia. She studied at Harvard University, Boston University, and Brown University. Many of the chapters in Kansai Cool originated from her former columns in Kansai Culturescapes, which ran in The Daily Yomiuri.
Reviews for Kansai Cool: A Journey into the Cultural Heartland of Japan
This fascinating collection of essays illuminates the mind-blowing diversity of cool in contemporary Japan. From Lolita fashion to Buddhist microtemples, this is a must-read for anyone interested the hidden treasures of Kyoto, Osaka and Nara. -Ian Condry, MIT professor and author of The Soul of Anime: Collaborative Creativity and Japan's Media Success Story Christal ... Read more