Tokyo Commute : : Japanese Customs and Way of Life Viewed from the Odakyu Line /

Tokyo Commute : : Japanese Customs and Way of Life Viewed from the Odakyu Line / / Robert Lee.

A unique take on modern life in Japan’s capital city. A Japan of trains, every day to and fro, carriage scenes and theatre, vistas from the window, advertising posters. Each to be savoured through a specific Tokyo line – the Odakyu. Pitched as creative text and line-graphics, Tokyo Commute: Japanese...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Lee, Robert,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2022]
©2011
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (214 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • 1. Odakyū-sen
  • 2. Shinjuku Station
  • 3. Shinjuku
  • 4. Mukō gaoka-yūen North 19
  • 5. Mukō gaoka-yūen South
  • 6. Mukōgaoka-yūen Platform
  • 7. January Monday
  • 8. Odakyū Notables
  • 9. Odakyū Line Sounds Familiar
  • 10. Train Notices
  • 11. Odakyū Commercials
  • 12. February Tuesday
  • 13. Odakyū Keitaispracht
  • 14. By-line, Setagaya Line
  • 15. March Wednesday
  • 16. Odakyū Day-out Sendagi
  • 17. Shimo-Kitazawa
  • 18. Bicycle!
  • 19. Odakyū Bike Interview – Toda-san
  • 20. International Interlude via Narita Airport
  • 21. Keitai Train Culture
  • 22. April Thursday
  • 23. Odakyū Tamagawa
  • 24. Station Sights
  • 25. Odakyū-sen, Yoyogi-Hachiman Eki
  • 26. May Friday
  • 27. Mukōgaoka-yūen, Day for Night
  • 28. Odakyū Day-out, Hakone
  • 29. June Saturday
  • 30. Odakyū Commercials
  • 31. Odakyū Smokes
  • 32. By-line, Nambu Line
  • 33. Odakyū Bag Watch
  • 34. Seijo Times
  • 35. Odakyū Day-out, Yokohama
  • 36. July Sunday
  • 37. Odakyū Trains of Thought
  • 38. Train Signs, Train Sounds
  • 39. By-line, Tama Express
  • 40. August Monday
  • 41. Odakyū Day-out, Chiba
  • 42. September Tuesday
  • 43. Odakyū Lady-grooming
  • 44. Odakyū and Near-Odakyū Women’s Hairday
  • 45. Odakyū Evenings-out
  • 46. October Wednesday
  • 47. Odakyū Day-out, Ibaraki
  • 48. Chikan! Odakyū Misbehaviour
  • 49. November Thursday
  • 50. Odakyū Blues
  • 51. Odakyū Men’s Haircut
  • 52. Odakyū Day-out, Ō-Sumo
  • 53. December Friday
  • 54. Odakyū Store
  • 55. Odakyū Bookshelf
  • 56. Last Train
  • Glossary

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