Kansai Cool. Christal Whelan
KANSAI
COOL
For my parents
Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.
Copyright © 2014 by Christal Whelan
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ISBN: 978-1-4629-1412-8 (ebook)
Exact or adapted versions of chapters 2-9 and 11-13 first appeared in The Daily Yomiuri column Kansai Culturescapes between January 2011 and April 2012.
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