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Podcast: Branding Japan’s Food From Meibutsu to Washoku

Jun 27, 2020

Katarzyna J. Cwiertka and Yasuhara Miho’s Branding Japan’s Food: From Meibutsu to Washoku (University of Hawaii Press, 2020) explores historical and contemporary practices of place branding through food in Japan. The book’s narrative centers on the event that...

Consuming Life in Post-Bubble Japan now available as Open Access

Mar 6, 2018

The catalogue of the exhibition Too Pretty to Throw Away: Packaging Design from Japan is now available for download

Sep 17, 2017

Download The catalogue of the exhibition Too Pretty to Throw Away: Packaging Design from Japan.

Opakowanie aż szkoda wyrzucić

Dec 3, 2016

Gazeta Wyborcza, Nov 15, 2016

Een museum vol afval

Jun 5, 2016

Bron: https://www.mareonline.nl/archive/2016/06/01/een-museum-vol-afval DOOR MARLEEN VAN WESEL Twee Leidse japanologen stelden een tentoonstelling samen over verpakkingen. De nieuwste trend: cadeautjes geven zonder reden. ‘Eigenlijk is het allemaal afval.’ Katarzyna...

WIRED: The Japanese Barely Eat Whale. So Why Do They Keep Whaling?

Dec 7, 2015

Given how Japan has twisted itself into knots to justify its whaling and how much international flack it’s getting, you might conclude whale meat is a hugely important part of Japanese cuisine. Nope. Small-scale whaling is traditional in some parts of Japan, but whale...