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| Author | : Harumi Kimura |
| Publisher | : Global Oriental |
| Total Pages | : 266 |
| Release | : 2009-03-12 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 9004213058 |
This volume forms a unique and remarkable enterprise in the context of contemporary Japanese literature, social studies and the nature of Japanese society. It comprises 70 essays by private individuals living in Japan today (members of a writing club) who have chosen a subject to write about with a view to projecting a genuine insight into the events, issues and aspirations that make them who they are – from life in a condominium to dealing with in-laws, early retirement and life after children. Edited and introduced by the distinguished best-selling author Harumi Kimura (winner of the Ohya non-fiction prize for her book ‘Letters from Twilight London’), the book’s objective is to make ‘Japan’more accessible to the nonspecialist general reader and provide a counter-balance to Western media images and reporting as well as conventional academic theory and observation about modern Japanese society. By definition, it also offers an invaluable primary source for scholarly reference.
| Author | : Deanna MacDonald |
| Publisher | : Tuttle Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 241 |
| Release | : 2016-02-09 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 146291845X |
"Features include an interesting use of light, different types of wood, asymmetrical designs and balance, and a harmonious mixture of the old and new. This is much more than solar panels on roofs and recycled materials! --HaikuGirl's Japan blog"
| Author | : Azby Brown |
| Publisher | : Stone Bridge Press, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 236 |
| Release | : 2022-06-28 |
| Genre | : House & Home |
| ISBN | : 1611729572 |
How the mindset of traditional Japanese society can guide our own efforts to lead a green lifestyle today. If we want to live sustainably, how should we feel about nature? About waste? About our forests and rivers? About food? Just Enough is a book of stories and sketches that give valuable insight into what it is like to live in a sustainable society by describing life in Japan some two hundred years ago, during the late Edo period, when cities and villages faced many of the same environmental challenges we do today and met them beautifully and inventively.
| Author | : DK Eyewitness |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 480 |
| Release | : 2019-07-30 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 1465497099 |
Whether you're dreaming about your first journey, revisiting the trip of a lifetime or simply in love with all things Japan, Be More Japan will transport you to this fascinating country. Dive into the thrilling and serene world of Shinto monks, street food vendors, anime characters, Okinawan centenarians, technological innovators, J-Pop megastars, ancient philosophers, onsen dwellers and so many more. There are so many ways to fall in love with Japan. It's home to one of the world's most unique cultures: a perfectly balanced celebration of past traditions; the vibrancy of now and the need to look fearlessly into the future. From architecture to martial arts; from ramen to robots; kawaii to Kusama; ikigai to ikebana; towering skyscrapers to shrines - Be More Japan uncovers the art and creativity behind modern Japanese living through its kaleidoscope of contrasting places, people and practices. With beautiful design throughout and with each page alive with facts, history and inspiration, Be More Japan invites you to absorb a little Japanese wisdom into your daily life.
| Author | : Tessa Morris-Suzuki |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 399 |
| Release | : 2020-05-07 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1108804993 |
The first two decades of the twenty-first century have witnessed a rise of populism and decline of public confidence in many of the formal institutions of democracy. This crisis of democracy has stimulated searches for alternative ways of understanding and enacting politics. Against this background, Tessa Morris-Suzuki explores the long history of informal everyday political action in the Japanese context. Despite its seemingly inflexible and monolithic formal political system, Japan has been the site of many fascinating small-scale experiments in 'informal life politics': grassroots do-it-yourself actions which seek not to lobby governments for change, but to change reality directly, from the bottom up. She explores this neglected history by examining an interlinked series of informal life politics experiments extending from the 1910s to the present day.
| Author | : Amy Sylvester Katoh |
| Publisher | : Tuttle Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 4 |
| Release | : 2012-05-22 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 1462906494 |
This Japanese design and interior decorating book focuses on the traditional country homes of rural Japan From Japanese antiques to home and garden design, Japan Country Living is a delightful introduction for art and furniture lovers. In over 450 full-color photographs this book presents Japan as it was yesterday, and describes the metamorphosis of he traditional country lifestyle into a viable alternative for today's city dwellers. Japan Country Living is an appreciation of the Japanese countryside and its skilled artisans. It is an invaluable source of ideas for those wanting to add touches of nature and beauty to modern urban living.
| Author | : Amy Sylvester Katoh |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 200 |
| Release | : 1990 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : |
Describes and illustrates the construction methods, materials, styles and designs of traditional domestic architecture in Japan.
| Author | : Sarah A. LeBaron von Baeyer |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 259 |
| Release | : 2019-11-29 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1498580378 |
Based on over two years of participant-observation in labor brokerage firms, factories, schools, churches, and people’s homes in Japan and Brazil, Sarah LeBaron von Baeyer presents an ethnographic portrait of what it means in practice to “live transnationally,” that is, to contend with the social, institutional, and aspirational landscapes bridging different national settings. Rather than view Japanese-Brazilian labor migrants and their families as somehow lost or caught between cultures, she demonstrates how they in fact find creative and flexible ways of belonging to multiple places at once. At the same time, the author pays close attention to the various constraints and possibilities that people face as they navigate other dimensions of their lives besides ethnic or national identity, namely, family, gender, class, age, work, education, and religion
| Author | : Toshimi A. Kayaki |
| Publisher | : Stone Bridge Press |
| Total Pages | : 195 |
| Release | : 2012-07-10 |
| Genre | : Self-Help |
| ISBN | : 161172547X |
Starting with the notion that some traditions—like drinking green tea for health and mental acuity—embody timeless wisdom for living, Toshimi A. Kayaki offers dozens of wise old Japanese ways for improving how you look and feel while respecting nature and the environment. Carry your own pair of chopsticks, wear five-toe socks, eat salty plums, use rice water as floor wax, do “eco-laundry,” and always set aside 10 percent for savings . . . you get the idea. By leading a “green tea life,” you’ll help yourself and the planet. Toshimi A. Kayaki, born and raised in Japan, now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and has published twenty-two books on women’s and cross-cultural issues.
| Author | : Barbara C. Adachi |
| Publisher | : Tokyo : Kodansha International |
| Total Pages | : 172 |
| Release | : 1973 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
