Kansai Cool

A Journey into the Cultural Heartland of Japan

Christal Whelan

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Miscellaneous
10 July 2018

Asian history; Popular culture; Travel & holiday guides; Languages & ESL; Japanese - Cultural Material; Japanese - Languages

Worldly and otherworldly, spirited and spiritual, trendy and traditional, Japan's Kansai region is a place where past and future live side-by-side, sometimes at odds. Home to some of the Japan's oldest history, and a place where the country's most time-honoured arts and crafts still thrive, Kansai—the western region 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. The perpetual dance between custom and innovation plays no small part in Kansai's unique personality.

By: Christal Whelan
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 130mm, Width: 203mm,
Weight: 312g
ISBN: 9780804850551
ISBN 10: 0804850550
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 10 July 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 Whelan's highly intelligent new book on the essence of Japan seems to manage to include a revelation on every page...Endlessly engaging and supremely readable. -Simon Winchester, OBE, journalist, author of The Professor and the Madman