Three Monday Observations
JUNE 23, 2003

Magazine (and Character) Mania
JUNE 24, 2003

Another Day of Adventures
JUNE 25, 2003

Nostalgia and Fantasy
JUNE 26, 2003

Leaping into the Twenty-First Century with Gusto!
JUNE 27, 2003



June 19, 2003 - June 27, 2003

This series of essays recounts observations made by Lee Makela during a week spent in Tokyo, Japan attending the seventh annual Asian Studies Conference - Japan at Sophia University in Ichigaya and exploring the larger surrounding city, an urban playground he first encountered thirty-two years ago in 1961.

CONTEMPORARY TOKYO THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS:
LE SOUK, SHIBUYA

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This report, detailing on-site observations made in Japan between June 19, 2003 and June 27, 2003, 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 enrolled in HIS 372/572, The History of Early Modern Japan and HIS 373/573, Contemporary Japan in Historical Perspective; please contact Dr. Makela with any comments.