TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berger,Arthur Asa
TI  - Tourism in Japan: an ethno-semiotic analysis 
T2  - Tourism and cultural change
SN  - 184541134X
AV  - G155.J27 B47 2010
U1  - 306.48190952 22
PY  - 2010///]
CY  - Bristol, Buffalo
PB  - Channel View Publications
KW  - Tourism
KW  - Japan
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-154) and index; Part 1; Japan as a Tourist Destination --; 1; Japan as a Tourist Destination: An Analytic Perspective --; Statistics about Japan --; Statistics on Japanese Family Income and Expenditures --; Defining Tourism --; Popular Kinds of Tourism in Japan --; The Imagined Japan, the 'Real' Japan and the Remembered Japan --; Guidebook Perspectives on Japan --; Japanese National Character --; John Gunther and Stereotypes of the Japanese --; Some Tours of Japan --; A Suggested Itinerary of Japan --; The Japan National Tourist Organization's Japan --; Uses and Gratifications of Tourism in Japan --; Conclusions --; 2; Japan and the Tourism Industry --; Statistics on World Tourism --; What Americans Do When They Visit Japan --; Activities of Japanese Tourists in Foreign Countries --; Japanese Tourists in Bali --; Conclusions --; 3; Japan on the Internet --; Googling Japan --; Japan Tourism' on Google --; Japan on YouTube --; Conclusions --; Part 2; Semiotic Japan --; 4; Semiotic Japan --; Introduction --; A Brief Note on Semiotic Theory --; Codes --; Sumo Wrestlers --; Geishas --; The Geisha and the Salaryman --; The Japanese Flag --; School Uniforms and Hikikomori: Japan's Hermit Youth --; Japanese Baseball --; Rock Gardens (kare sansui) --; Sanja Matsuri Festival in Asakusa --; Manga (Japanese Comic Books) --; High-Tech Toilets --; Vending Machines --; 7; Eleven Convenience Stores --; Pachinko --; Gift Giving in Japan --; 100; Yen Stores --; Department Stores (Hyakkaten or Departos) --; The Tokyo Subway Map --; Fugu and Blue-finned Tuna: Fish Madness in Japan --; Bento Boxes --; Conclusions on Japanese Icons and Daily Life --; 5; Tourism and Cultural Change in Japan --; Classical Theories of Social Change --; Kinds of Tourists and Cultural Change --; Sources of Cultural Change --; Tourism's Cultural Impact on Japan --; The Place of this Book in the Cultural Tourism Series --; 6; Coda: A Return to Japan --; Our First Encounters with Helpful Japanese Persons --; The Sanja Matsuri Festival in Asakusa --; Lost in the Shimbashi Subway Station --; Expect to be Lost Many Times in Japan --; Travelling by Long-Distance Buses in Japan --; Takayama Adventures --; Kanazawa --; Last Day in Kanazawa --; More on Food Courts in Department Stores --; An Aside on Japanese Supermarkets --; On to Kyoto --; Teaching Japanese Students about American Humour --; Visits to Himeji and Nara --; The United States and Japan: A Study in Polarities
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