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Contents

	Acknowledgements
	Introduction: West of the Toll Gate
PART I:	NATURE
Chapter 1	Gratitude: A Japanese Lesson
Chapter 2	The Ways of Water: Kyoto’s Water Culture
Chapter 3	The Spirit of Bamboo
Chapter 4	Listening to Incense
Chapter 5	Mother of Pearls: Lake Biwa
PART II:	INDUSTRY
Chapter 6	The Obi of Kyoto: Tied to Tradition, Future Bound
Chapter 7	Pedaling Through Time: When The Bicycle Reached Japan
Chapter 8	Dolls: Surrogates, Scapegoats, and Trusted Companions
Chapter 9	Our Avatars, Ourselves: Robotic Innovation in Japan
PART III:	A SENSE OF PLACE
Chapter 10	The Still Point: Authenticity Within an Evolving Cuisine
Chapter 11	Traveling The Coffee Road: Café Culture from Kaffa to Kyoto
Chapter 12	Traces of China in Japan
Chapter 13	Geography as Destiny: Crafting Island in Japan
PART IV:	THE ARTS
Chapter 14	Butoh: Theater of the Soul
Chapter 15	Arms of Peace: Japan’s Newest Martial Art Goes to Rome
Chapter 16	Escape to Reality: The Mikkyo of Issey Miyake’s Fashion
Chapter 17	The Painting on the Walls: Hideki Kimura’s Mural Art
PART V:	YOUTH CULTURE
Chapter 18	A Dream of One’s Own: Lolita in Rococo, Japan
Chapter 19	Manga Sanctuaries
Chapter 20	The Many Dimensions of Anime
Chapter 21	Cosplay: Try On Your Alternate Self
PART VI:	RELIGION
Chapter 22	Buddhist Micro-Temples
Chapter 23	Questing for Connection: Novel and Ancient Pilgrimage
Chapter 24	Unplanned Obsolescence: Toilets, Technology, and Utopias
Chapter 25	The Jewel in The Lotus: The Koyasan Buddhist Monastery
	Epilogue