abandoned houses, 156–157, 167, 209

access / accessibility, 132, 238, 244, 293, 344, 375, 385–389

acknowledging shrinkage, 296, 310

ageing, 20, 23, 37, 49, 69, 123

agriculture, 27, 65, 85, 182, 340, 456

Akita Prefecture, 341–360

Akita Business Enterprise Development (BED), 344

Oga Peninsula, 341–360

tourists / visitors, 343

akiya (empty houses), 156–157

Amaterasu, 2

analytical framework, 152, 182

stability and sustainability, 297, 304, 422, 437

sustenance and maintenance, 182–183, 226, 431

Aomori Prefecture Brand Management Project Team (ABM), 412

Aomori Prefecture development, 405

Aomori Prefecture Lacquerware Co-operative Association Federation, 396

Asia(n), 293–294, 424–426, 433

atotsugi (succession), 188, 208, 211

Basic Act on the Implementation of Tourism Promotion, 407

Basic Residential Register (kihon jmin daicho), 193, 205

brand, branding, 388, 412–413, 432

brand, branding (continued )

Aomori Prefecture Brand Management, 397, 413

chiiki burando, 412–413, 420

national parks, 419–420

UNESCO / World Heritage Brands, 417–419

capitalist development state, 90, 136

castle town decline, 30

chih kfuzei (local allocation taxes), 86, 250

chiiki burando (regional or local brand), 412–413, 420

China, 294, 426, 433

coal-mining areas, 213–217, 259–263

Comprehensive National Land Development Act, 241, 242

Comprehensive Plans for the Development of the Country, 87, 234

conceptual image-space, 404–405

construction state (doken kokka), 136, 234–240

Iron Triangle, 239

co-operative, 283, 298, 350–352, 380, 396, 420–421, 455

cultural commodity (cultural resource), 392–396, 422

conceptual space, 400

operational space, 401–403

daihensai jidai (era of great repayment), 253