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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Peripheries in Distress -- 1. National Transformation: Satoyama Satoumi and Japan's Green Dawn -- 2. National and Global Discourses: The Four Gazes of Satoyama Satoumi -- 3. Regional Transformation: How Noto Was Turned into Satoyama Satoumi -- 4. Regional (Re)discovery: Bringing Satoyama Satoumi Back to the Hinterland -- 5. Local Links I: The World Was Their Oyster -- 6. Local Links II: The Environmental Mermaids -- 7. A (Post)colonial System: Translations between Centers and Peripheries -- Conclusion: Rethinking Revitalization and Post-Growth Peripheries -- References -- Index.

"This book explores the decline of rural and peripheral areas in Japan which results from an aging population, outmigration of the younger generations, and the economic decline of the primary sector. Based on extensive original research, the book examines in detail the case of the Noto peninsula. Allowing the locals to tell their stories, describe their problems, and come up with possible solutions, the book demonstrates the serious impact of rural decline on their daily life and work, and highlights the struggle to sustain rural living in the globalized age. It argues that some recent innovations in global media, economy, technology, and ideology offer scope for reversing decline, as do some central government initiatives, but that these are not always noticed, appreciated and made use of by local people. The book also discusses the nature of the links between the peripheries and the centres - regional, national, and global - and how these often take the form of "internal colonialism""--

The story of NHK's morning drama (asadora) Massan (2014–2015) is loosely based on real events. It depicts the lives of the Japanese whisky pioneer Massan and his Scottish wife Ellie in pre- and post-war Japan. Ellie assimilates and grows into the role of a perfect Japanese 'good wife and wise mother', while Massan fulfils his dream and succeeds in producing the first authentic whisky made in Japan. Approaching the series' narrative from the perspective of multiculturalism, I argue that the series falls into the trap of representing the heroine as a stereotypical foreigner, resembling figures who perform their otherness in Japanese TV shows. Furthermore, when one considers Massan's whisky entrepreneurship as a symbol for Japan's postwar economic success, the series reflects several tropes of national ideology such as the belief in a unique Japaneseness. Thus, I suggest that this morning drama establishes an imagined and exclusive national community for its audience, in which a serious discussion of multiculturalism and foreigners living in Japan remains absent.

Against the background of demographic change, recession, the Tōhoku triple disaster in 2011, and the discourse on environmental protection, Japan's regions have once again become the focus of attention. This volume deals with current developments and problems in the revitalization of Japan's rural regions and discusses representations and (re-)constructions of nature, land, and ruralism

"This volume considers world-making as the intersection of the fan pilgrimage experience and the responses of destinations. It examines the emerging field of popular culture tourism and its connection with fan studies and placemaking. It integrates theory and practice and provides evidence-based recommendations for popular culture destinations"--