The practice of tradition and modernity in contemporary Japan / John W. Traphagan and Christopher S. Thompson -- The social impact of rural-urban shift : some Akita examples / John A. Mock -- Rice revolutions and farm families in Tōhoku : why is farming culturally central and economically marginal? / William W. Kelly -- Young women making lives in northeast Japan / Nancy R. Rosenberger -- Negotiating internationalization in Kitasawa / Tomoko Watanabe Traphagan -- Preserving the Ochiai deer dance : tradition and continuity in a Tōhoku hamlet / Christopher S. Thompson -- Heartbreak's destination : Tōhoku in the poetic discourse of Enka / Debra J. Occhi -- Tradition and modernity merged in Tsugaru Nuri lacquerware : perspectives of preservation and promotion, production and consumption / Anthony S. Rausch -- Epilogue : Tōhoku : a place / L. Keith Brown.