First Thoughts
OCTOBER 26, 1999

The Inside Scoop
OCTOBER 28, 1999

Domestic Issues
OCTOBER 29, 1999

The Past in the Present
OCTOBER 31, 1999

In Season
NOVEMBER 1, 1999

Roadside Clutter
NOVEMBER 4, 1999

Bringing the World Home
NOVEMBER 5, 1999

THE MAKELA REPORT

JAPAN AT THE END OF THE 'NINETIES

This series of reports recounts observations made by Lee Makela while acting as Study Leader for "Japan Journey",a  Study Abroad Travel Seminar sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution  of Washington, D.C.

stone water basin, Kyoto (1999)

The seminar program was conducted in Kyoto, Tokyo and several other locations in Japan between October 26th and November 6th of 1999.

Click on any of the report titles in the column 
at the left to continue.
This report, detailing on-site observations made in Japan between October 26, 1999 and November 6, 1999, has been prepared by Lee A. Makela (l.makela@csuohio.edu) for the use of interested friends, family and students at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, who are enrolled in HIS 372/572, The History of Early Modern Japan during the Fall Semester of the 1999 - 2000 Academic Year; please contact Dr. Makela with any comments.