Cultural Norms

Nudity in Context I

Yakushima: bathing and public nudity
I’ve got an hour before the next transport trundles by, so it’s off to the local onsen – where the pool just so happens to …



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18 Jun 2008

In: Yakushima
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Neighbourhood Brands

16 Jun 2008

In: Yakushima
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The National Panasonic logo has a particular significance in the landscape of urban Japan – where many neighbourhoods host one of it’s petit electronics stores. …
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Bar. Sign.

11 May 2008

In: Sangenjaya
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Newspaper Display Norms

03 May 2008

In: Shinagawa
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The extreme battle for space on this Shinagawa station convenience store dictates that newspapers are either folded and stacked vertically or, in the case of …
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Hospital Gift Norms

21 Apr 2008

In: Ginza
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Disembodied Voices

18 Apr 2008

In: Izu Koogen
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Customers of this vending machines situated in Izu Koogen station are talked through the process of obtaining a new travel pass by a remotely located …
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Packaging/Display Norms

17 Apr 2008

Bean sprouts from a neighbourhood vegetable market, sprout-head facing outwards – rounding off today’s Chongqing detour.
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17 Apr 2008

In: Chongqing
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During our Chongqing morning session we came across numerous folk hurrying along to somewhere carrying small stools. It turned out they were all heading to …
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Moral Authority

16 Apr 2008

In: Dubai
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Unclaimed (or spare) shoes outside this Bur Dubai mosque. Looking at the infrastructure and objects around your neighbourhood – what is free to take, what can …
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Shall We Overcome

14 Apr 2008

In: Ho Chi Minh City
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Want to know to what extent your multi-cultural colleagues really get on with one another? Consider for a moment whom they hang out with over …
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