Tokyo a Cultural History 9780199729654, 9780195386349

Tokyo seems like an ultra modern--even postmodern--city, with its inventive skyscrapers and digitized surfaces. But it i

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Tokyo a Cultural History
9780199729654, 9780195386349

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With almost 13 million residents, Tokyo is now as much an icon of modernity as it is a city, with its neon-lit billboard

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