22-24 March, 1995 Vienna, Austria THE CULTURE OF JAPAN AS SEEN THROUGH ITS LEISURE The Institute for Japanese Studies, Vienna University, has the great pleasure to announce that it will hold an International Conference with a grant from the Tamaki Foundation, Seattle - Tokyo, on 'The Culture of Japan as seen through its Leisure', from March 22-24, 1995. With the growing interest in the research concerning time, in recent years many scientific disciplines have increasingly laid emphasis on studies of leisure as opposed to the study of working hours. Since the study of leisure in Japan is still widely neglected in favour of the study of working hours it seem worthwhile to try to make an account of diverse approaches concerning leisure in Japan. The period of study dealing with this subject is not specified or limited. Hence, representatives of various scientific disciplines will participate in the conference. Location of the conference Bildungshaus Neuwaldegg Waldegghofgasse 5 A-1170 Vienna Austria Tel: +43-1-4853605-0 (Mrs. Zaruba) PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME Peter Ackermann (University of Erlangen-Nrnberg, Germany): Respite from every-day life. Recollections in Kt-ku, Tky. Anne Allison (Duke University, Durham, NC, USA): Nightwork: sexuality, pleasure, and corporate masculinity in a Tky hostess club. Eyal Ben-Ari (The Truman Institute, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel): Golfing culture: organization and 'consumption careers' among Japanese business expatriates in Singapore. Annegret Bergman (University of Bonn, Germany): From pleasure to leisure: attempts of decommercialization of Japanese popular theatre. Eckart Derschmidt (University of Vienna, Austria): The disappearing of the 'jazu-kissa' in Japan. Some considerations about the changing attitudes and behaviour of jazz-listeners in Japan. Roland Domenig (University of Vienna, Austria): Takarazuka and Kobayashi Ichiz's idea of 'kokumingeki'. Wolfram Eils (University of Vienna, Austria): Time, space, and money: cultural dimensions of the 'Pachinko'-game. Susanne Formanek (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria): Religious pilgrimages in the Edo-period -- forerunners of modern tourism? Sabine Frhstck (University of Vienna, Austria): Then science took over: sex, pleasure, and medicine, 1908-1930. Henning Gdicke (University of Bonn, Germany): Japanese overseas travel. Nelson H.H. Graburn (University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA): Is the countryside becoming Japan's playground? Shichi Inoue (Nichibunken, Kyto, Japan): A history of the Japanese swimsuit: from the ages of 'koshimaki' and 'fundoshi'. Shun Inoue (saka University, Japan): Martial arts ('bud') as an invented tradition. Hiroyoshi Ishikawa (Seij University, Japan): History of theories of leisure in Japan from the 1920s to the 1990s. William Kelly (Yale University, CT, USA): 'Samurai' baseball: American game, Japanese rules? William H. Kelly (saka Gakuin University, Japan): Training for leisure: 'Karaoke', tennis, and the seriousness of play in Japan. Sepp Linhart (University of Vienna, Austria): From 'kend' to 'janken' -- the deterioration of a game from exotism into ordinariness. Nobuhiro Nagashima (Hitotsubashi University, Tky, Japan): Licensed gambling and changing Japanese attitudes towards it. Angelika Oehrl (University of Bonn, Germany): Amusement parks: the emergence of a new leisure pattern. Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA): 'Hanami' (Cherry Blossom Viewing): historical changes and the role of social agents in the Japanese leisure activity. T.J. Pempel (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA): Collectivism versus individualism in contemporary Japanese athletics -- participants and spectators. Jennifer Robertson (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA): Staging leisure: the politics and pursuit of leisure in interwar Japan. Since the number of participants is limited, those interested are requested to contact the address below for registration and booking of accommodation formalities: Institute for Japanese Studies Vienna University Universittsstrasse 7 A-1010 Wien Austria Tel: +43-1-40103 / 2021 Fax: +43-1-4020533 "Japanology" Email: a7611dae@awiuni11.edvz.univie.ac.at