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Japanese tourism and travel culture
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ISBN: 9780415674461 9780415470018 0415470013 9780203886670 0203886674 9781134104789 9781134104826 Year: 2011 Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge,

The Rules of Play : National Identity and the Shaping of Japanese Leisure
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ISBN: 1501731890 9781501731891 0801440912 9780801440915 Year: 2018 Publisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press,

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The Japanese government seeks to influence the use of leisure time to a degree that Americans or Europeans would likely find puzzling. Through tourism-promotion initiatives, financing for resort development, and systematic research on recreational practices, the government takes a relentless interest in its citizens' "free time." David Leheny argues that material interests are not a sufficient explanation for such a large and consistent commitment of resources. In The Rules of Play, he reveals the link between Japan's leisure politics and its long-term struggle over national identity.Since the Meiji Restoration, successive Japanese governments have stressed the nation's need to act like a "real" (that is, a Western) advanced industrial power. As part of their express desire to catch up, generations of policymakers have examined the ways Americans and Europeans relax or have fun, then tried to persuade Japanese citizens to behave in similar fashion-while subtly redefining these recreational choices as distinctively "Japanese."In tracing the development of leisure politics and the role of the state in cultural change, the author focuses on the importance of international norms and perceptions of Japanese national identity. Leheny regards globalization as a "failure of imagination" on the part of policymakers. When they absorb lessons from Western nations, they aim for a future that has already been revealed elsewhere rather than envision a locally distinctive lifestyle for citizens.


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La Fête d'Ogi et le nô de Kurokawa
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ISBN: 2716901627 Year: 1982 Publisher: Paris : Publications orientalistes de France,


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Le dieu masqué : fêtes et théâtre au Japon
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ISBN: 2716901589 9782716901581 Year: 1982 Publisher: Paris: Publications orientalistes de France,


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Pilgrimages in the secular age : from El Camino to Anime
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ISBN: 9784866580647 486658064X Year: 2019 Publisher: Tokyo: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture,

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Religion and tourism seem to be an unlikely pair, but in fact, taking a look at these two human behaviors provides an invaluable insight into modern society. In the past, holy sites were of immense importance to those who followed a particular religion, and these places used to attract many faithful pilgrims. These days, however, people without faith visit holy places simplu to experience something out of the ordinary. Furthermore, many places without any connection to religion are being called "sacred" and are attracting people's interest. What really drives people there, and what do people want to gain from the experience ? In this informative book, the author discusses various pilgrimages in order to shed light on new types of religious views and faiths that have come into being in the twenty-first century. The book explores the Santiago pilgrimage in Spain ; the eighty-eight temple pilgrimage in Shikoku, Japan ; B-grade tourist spots ; so-called "power spots", sacred anime sites ; and much more. This is a must-read for researchers investigating the link between tourism and religion and how the two influence each other.


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Placing Empire : Travel and the Social Imagination in Imperial Japan
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ISBN: 0520967232 0520293916 9780520967236 9780520293915 Year: 2017 Publisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press,

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"Placing Empire examines the spatial politics of Japanese imperialism through a study of Japanese travel and tourism to Korea, Manchuria, and Taiwan between the late nineteenth century and the early 1950s. In a departure from standard histories of Japan, this book shows how debates over the place of colonized lands reshaped the social and spatial imaginary of the modern Japanese nation and how, in turn, this sociospatial imaginary affected the ways in which colonial difference was conceptualized and enacted. In so doing, it illuminates how ideas of place became central to the production of new forms of colonial hierarchy as empires around the globe transitioned from an era of territorial acquisition to one of territorial maintenance"--Provided by publisher.

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