John McCreery's Blog – January 2012 Archive (1)
Describing Tradition: A Problem in Anthropological Method
ContinueIt's that time of year again. Mitsusawa High Town, the condominium complex in Yokohama, where my wife and I have lived since coming to Japan in 1980, has once again held its annual omochitsuki (pounding of the rice cakes). On Saturday I pitched in and helped to pull the necessary equipment out of the storage shed and get it washed and ready for use. That was a job for the men to do, outside, scrubbing and rinsing with cold water. Inside the High Town's public meeting room women…
Added by John McCreery on January 17, 2012 at 8:30am — 15 Comments
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