Dear Colleagues,

The British Association for Japanese Studies (Japan
Branch) warmly invites you to attend a symposium on the theme "Rethinking Cool Japan" at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, on Saturday 19 May. There are four
papers:

Stephanie Assmann: Food Initiatives in Japan and Taiwan in Comparative Perspective

Philip Seaton: Cool Japan or Cruel Japan? Japanese Pop Culture on the BBC

Takeshi Okamoto: Otaku Tourism

Akiko Sugawa-Shimada: Rekijo, Pilgrimage and
"Pop-Spiritualism": Historical Tourism of/for Young Women

Full details of the venue, abstracts and other information are available
from:

http://www.philipseaton.net/academic-organizations/bajs
-japan-branch/symposi
um-19-may-2012

Attendance is free but please email me in advance so I have a sense of numbers.

Best wishes,
Philip Seaton

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Dr Philip Seaton, MA (Cantab), MA, DPhil (Sussex) Associate Professor, Research Faculty of Media and Communication, Hokkaido University

Webpage: www.philipseaton.net