Ryokan : Mobilizing Hospitality in Rural Japan - 9780824892272

Explores how Kurokawa's ryokan mobilize hospitality to create a rural escape from the globalized dimensions of everyday life in urban Japan. Ryokan do this by fusing a romanticized notion of the countryside with an enduring notion of the hospitable woman embodied by nakai, the hired female staff who welcome guests, serve meals, and clean rooms.

• | : Chris McMorran
• | Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 30, 2023
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 220 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 0824892275
• | ISBN-13: 9780824892272