Title Tokyo commute Japanese customs and way of life viewed from the Odakyū Line / by A. Robert Lee ; line compositions by Yuriko Yamamoto

Published Folkestone, Kent : Renaissance Books, 2011

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Description 1 online resource 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 Summary A unique take on modern life in Tokyo. A Japan of trains, every day to and fro, carriage scenes and theatre, vistas from the window, advertising posters. To be savoured through the Odakyu line. Pitched as creative text and line-graphics, Tokyo Commute offers on-track and off-track observations. Poetics of Japanese routine and etiquette Analysis bunraku daily commuting hakone japanese etiquette japanese routine shinjuku station yokohama Subject Odakyū Dentetsu Kabushiki Kaisha. SUBJECT Odakyū Dentetsu Kabushiki Kaisha fast Subject Railroads -- Social aspects -- Japan -- Tokyo Railroads -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Commuting traffic Commuting -- Japan -- Tokyo Commuting Manners and customs Railroads -- Commuting traffic Railroads -- Social aspects SUBJECT Japan -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069579 Subject Japan Japan -- Tokyo Form Electronic book Author Yamamoto, Yuriko ISBN 9781912961207 1912961202

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