Tokyo : a view of the city / Donald Richie ; with photographs by Joel Sackett.

Main entry:

Richie, Donald, 1924-2013.

Title & Author:

Tokyo : a view of the city / Donald Richie ; with photographs by Joel Sackett.

Publication:

London : Reaktion, 1999.

Description:

142 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Topographics

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"In Tokyo: A View of the City, Donald Richie, resident for more than 50 years, takes the reader on a tour of Japan's capital. Unlike other books on this fascinating place, this one gives a true feeling for what Tokyo is like, providing insights into its people, culture and ambience. Fashioning his account into a narrative in the shape of the city itself, Richie moves from the original and still sacred core - the Imperial Palace - to the outer neighbourhoods, including the Yoshiwara, the original red-light district; Ginza, the famous shopping street; and Shinjuku, the fabulous night-city. Richie includes excerpts from his journals (1947-98), providing insights about fads, fashions and fixations in contemporary Japanese culture, from electronic pets to holographic bodhisattvas."--Jacket.

ISBN:

1861890346 (paperback)
9781861890344 (paperback)

Subject:

Manners and customs.
Travel.
Tokyo (Japan) Description and travel.
Tokyo (Japan) Social life and customs 1945-
Tōkyō (Japon) Mœurs et coutumes 1945-
Japan Tokyo.

Added entries:

Sackett, Joel.
Topographics.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 218089
Call No.: DS896.35 .R5 1999
Status: Available

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