milk hall, 173

Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), 16–17, 40

METI White Paper, 20

Ministry of Education, Sports, Culture, Science and Technology (MEXT), 52

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), 18

miso soup, 181

Miyagi Prefecture, 21, 31, 47–48, 51, 55, 215

Mizusawa, 32, 79, 82

monk, 210, 222, 234

rent-a-monk service, 217

Morioka, 30, 55, 57, 71

Morioka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 55

MOS Burger, 12, 78

Mr. Donut, 77–78

Mr. Suzuki (hair salon), 76–77

muenbotoke. See under spirit (supernatural)

mukoyōshi, 143

museum, 13, 31, 165, 171, 191

Nakamura, Karen, 8, 39, 109, 131, 280

Deaf in Japan, 38

Nakano, Hiroshi, 161

natal, 13

family, 61, 80–81, 122, 144, 180, 187–188, 207

home, 61, 80–81, 144, 176, 178, 207

National Route 4, 2, 136, 159–160, 183

Neighborhood Tokyo. See under Bestor, Theodore C.

Nelson, John K., 217, 224–225, 227, 229

neo-rurality. See under rurality

niche emergence, 127–128, 133

Niigata Prefecture, 14–15, 17, 34, 40, 45, 62, 109

1960s, 11, 120, 163

Norbeck, Edward, 42

Takashima: A Japanese Fishing Community, 7, 24, 37

nōson, 170

nuclear disaster, 12, 21, 39, 57, 72

nursing home, 46, 110–112, 162, 209

Office Lady (OL), 79

Ofudō-sama, 167

Ogata-Mura. See under Wood, Donald C.

Ohtani, Shohei, 29

Okayama Prefecture, 7

older and younger generations, 56, 174, 177, 181, 218

omiai, 176

100-yen shop, 2

onigiri, 181

Osaka, 13, 280

oshōgyō, 221

Ōshū, 2, 9, 26–27, 32–33, 35, 50, 54, 63, 75–86, 88, 90, 93–95, 101–103, 106, 110, 113, 124, 126, 130, 148, 159, 166, 173, 176–177, 183, 186–187, 189, 199–202, 209

Panorama Farm. See under farming

parish. See under temple

patrilineal, 143, 178

patrilocal, 178

Pavloff, Franck

Matin Brun, 57, 73

Peirce

sign-vehicle, 223–224

periphery, 23, 27, 30, 36, 57–58, 73