REPORT HOMEPAGE

stone lantern, Ohara (1999)

City Memories
OCTOBER 25, 2000

Eating Out
OCTOBER 27, 2000

In The Rain
OCTOBER 28, 2000

Art and Life
OCTOBER 31, 2000

Millenium Thoughts
NOVEMBER 7, 2001

JAPAN: 2000

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.

paper umbrellas, at Sanzenin, Kyoto (1999)

The seminar program was conducted in Kyoto, Tokyo and several other locations in Japan between October 26th and November 6th of the year 2000.

Click on any of the report titles in the column 
at the left to continue.

MORE LINKS TO EXPLORE:

JAPAN JOURNEY 2001

an illustrated diary of the full Smithsonian tour in Microsoft WORD format

TRADITIONAL JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

an illustrated introductory overview

BEYOND STONE AND MOSS

the Japanese garden in its cultural context

 

This report, detailing on-site observations made in Japan between October 26, 2000 and November 6, 2000, 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, especially those who are enrolled in either HIS / PSC 227, Power and Authority in Nonwestern Societies, and HIS 372/572, The History of Early Modern Japan during the Fall Semester of the 2000 - 2001 Academic Year; please contact Dr. Makela with any comments.