Invisible (Tokyo Station) City of Transformation: Social Change and its Spatial Expression in Modern Japan
Within the context of modernization and globalization, processes which Japan has been undergoing since Meiji era, reorganization of the urban space and appearance of new “(semi)-public” spaces, such as railway station, share certain elements in the transformation of everyday life of the Japanese soc...
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2011-12-01
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| author | Beata Kowalczyk |
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| description | Within the context of modernization and globalization, processes which Japan has been undergoing since Meiji era, reorganization of the urban space and appearance of new “(semi)-public” spaces, such as railway station, share certain elements in the transformation of everyday life of the Japanese society. This paper will attempt at showing main directions of changes observable in the “society in transition” through analysis of inner order of Tokyo Station, known already also as Tokyo Station City. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fefc0469282747bfae5df73e6fa4834a2023-01-18T09:02:13ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Asian Studies2232-51312350-42262011-12-0115310.4312/as.2011.15.3.23-38Invisible (Tokyo Station) City of Transformation: Social Change and its Spatial Expression in Modern JapanBeata KowalczykWithin the context of modernization and globalization, processes which Japan has been undergoing since Meiji era, reorganization of the urban space and appearance of new “(semi)-public” spaces, such as railway station, share certain elements in the transformation of everyday life of the Japanese society. This paper will attempt at showing main directions of changes observable in the “society in transition” through analysis of inner order of Tokyo Station, known already also as Tokyo Station City.https://journals.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/2885transformationTokyo Station Citysakaribaconsumptionhuman interaction |
| spellingShingle | Beata Kowalczyk Invisible (Tokyo Station) City of Transformation: Social Change and its Spatial Expression in Modern Japan Asian Studies transformation Tokyo Station City sakariba consumption human interaction |
| title | Invisible (Tokyo Station) City of Transformation: Social Change and its Spatial Expression in Modern Japan |
| title_full | Invisible (Tokyo Station) City of Transformation: Social Change and its Spatial Expression in Modern Japan |
| title_fullStr | Invisible (Tokyo Station) City of Transformation: Social Change and its Spatial Expression in Modern Japan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Invisible (Tokyo Station) City of Transformation: Social Change and its Spatial Expression in Modern Japan |
| title_short | Invisible (Tokyo Station) City of Transformation: Social Change and its Spatial Expression in Modern Japan |
| title_sort | invisible tokyo station city of transformation social change and its spatial expression in modern japan |
| topic | transformation Tokyo Station City sakariba consumption human interaction |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/2885 |
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