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Meiji at 150

Meiji at 150 Podcast, Episode 013, Dr. Millie Creighton (University of British Columbia) Creighton, Millie R.; Grunow, Tristan

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In this episode, Dr. Creighton revisits the Meiji Period through the lens of tourism, exploring the way the Restoration is repackaged and resold at local tourist sites from Kagoshima to Kochi today. We discuss the popularity of “historical theme parks” such as Meiji Village and Nikko Edo Village, the UNESCO designation of Meiji-era industrial sites, and the recent boom in TV dramatizations of the Meiji and Showa periods.

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Meiji at 150 Podcast, Episode 013, Dr. Millie Creighton (University of British Columbia)
Creator
Creighton, Millie R.; Grunow, Tristan
DateIssued
2018-01-05
Description
In this episode, Dr. Creighton revisits the Meiji Period through the lens of tourism, exploring the way the Restoration is repackaged and resold at local tourist sites from Kagoshima to Kochi today. We discuss the popularity of “historical theme parks” such as Meiji Village and Nikko Edo Village, the UNESCO designation of Meiji-era industrial sites, and the recent boom in TV dramatizations of the Meiji and Showa periods.
Subject
Japan; Meiji period, 1868-1912; tourism; historical theme parks
Type
Sound
Language
English
Series
Meiji at 150 (Podcast)
DateAvailable
2022-07-05
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
IsShownAt
10.14288/1.0415906
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/81899
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; History, Department of; Anthropology, Department of
PeerReviewStatus
Unreviewed
ScholarlyLevel
Faculty
RightsURI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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