Education
Kerr returned to the states and studied Japanese Studies at Yale University.
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Dogs and Demons: The Fall of Modern Japan Paperback May 30, 2002
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Dogs and Demons: The Fall of Modern Japan
(The decades of Western adulation for the Japanese 'econom...)
The decades of Western adulation for the Japanese 'economic miracle' failed to notice a key point: that in the pursuit of this miracle the Japanese had turned their country into a degraded, concrete shambles - a wilderness of bad planning, corruption and crowding. Now that the miracle is at an end and Japan seems set to remain in the economic doldrums it must become apparent to everyone that one of the world's greatest cultures has ruined itself almost beyond repair. Alex Kerr's wonderful book conveys vividly and furiously both the dazzling nature of Japanese culture and how the bureaucrats of a country he loves have poisoned and ruined it.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0141010002/?tag=2022091-20
Lost Japan: Last Glimpse of Beautiful Japan
( Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividl...)
Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly personal book draws on the author's experiences in Japan over 30 years. Alex Kerr brings to life the ritualized world of Kabuki, retraces his initiation into Tokyo's boardrooms during the heady Bubble Years, and tells the story of the hidden valley that became his home. But the book is not just a love letter. Haunted throughout by nostalgia for the Japan of old, Kerr's book is part paean to that great country and culture, part epitaph in the face of contemporary Japan's environmental and cultural destruction.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0141979747/?tag=2022091-20
Living in Japan
( Nippon nests: Today's most exceptional Japanese homes ...)
Nippon nests: Today's most exceptional Japanese homes So rich and unique is traditional Japanese architecture that it’s hard to improve upon. Yet contemporary Japanese designers and architects keep finding new ways to refurbish and take inspiration from the ways of old. Whether it’s a pristinely preserved traditional house or a cutting-edge apartment, the best Japanese homes share a love of cleverly designed spaces and warm materials such as wood, bricks, and bamboo. From a thatched roof farmhouse occupied by a Zen priest to Tadao Ando’s experimental 4x4 House, Shigeru Ban’s conceptual Shutter House, and a beautiful homage to bamboo in the form of a home, this book traverses the multifaceted landscape of Japanese living today. Also included is a list of addresses and a glossary of terms, such as tatami. Text in English, French, and German
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Bangkok Found: Reflections on the City by Alex Kerr (2010-04-16)
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Lonely Planet Journeys: Lost Japan
(Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly ...)
Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly personal book draws on the author's experiences in Japan over thirty years. Alex Kerr takes us on a backstage tour, as he explores the ritualized world of Kabuki, retraces his initiation into Tokyo's boardrooms during the heady Bubble Years, tells how he stumbled on a hidden valley that became his home...and exposes the environmental and cultural destruction that is the other face of contemporary Japan. Winner of Japan's 1994 Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0864423705/?tag=2022091-20
Bangkok Found: Reflections on the City
(Evocative and incisive, Bangkok Found looks deep within t...)
Evocative and incisive, Bangkok Found looks deep within traditional culture to discover how Bangkok is like no other contemporary city. It's the book you read after you've seen the temples and enjoyed the nightlife - and then start to wonder where the mysterious appeal of Bangkok really lies. With wit and a wealth of anecdotes from Kerr's thirty years of experience in Thailand,Bangkok Found,sequel to his award-winning Lost Japan,takes you on a journey to the essential and the quirky, the factual and the mythical. In this series of meditations on the city, old culture meets global fusion in the crossroads that is Bangkok.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9749863925/?tag=2022091-20
Living in Japan by Alex Kerr (2013-03-01)
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Living in Japan (English, German and French Edition) by Alex Kerr (2006-07-01)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K17IUBM/?tag=2022091-20
Alex Kerr: Living in Japan (Hardcover); 2013 Edition
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FOCHNRQ/?tag=2022091-20
Lost Japan (Travel Literature) (Lonely Planet Lost Japan)
(Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly ...)
Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly personal book draws on the author's experiences in Japan over thirty years. Alex Kerr takes us on a backstage tour, as he explores the ritualized world of Kabuki, retraces his initiation into Tokyo's boardrooms during the heady Bubble Years, tells how he stumbled on a hidden valley that became his home...and exposes the environmental and cultural destruction that is the other face of contemporary Japan. Winner of Japan's 1994 Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1741795230/?tag=2022091-20
Lost Japan (Travel Literature) (Lonely Planet Lost Japan) by Alex Kerr (2009-08-04)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FGN8S1S/?tag=2022091-20
Alex Kerr
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Originally from the Bethesda area in Montgomery County, Maryland, Kerr"s father, a naval officer, was posted in Yokohama from 1964 to 1966. After studying Chinese Studies at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, Kerr moved back to Japan full-time in 1977. An expert on Japanese culture and art, he frequently writes and lectures in Japanese.
Through his experiences in Japan, as related in his books, he has become an avid art collector and patron of Japan"s traditional theatre and other arts
He also worked in business, working for Trammell Crow in the 1980s. Kerr currently has several residences.
He lives in Bangkok, Thailand for half of the year, and Kyoto for the other half, visiting and staying at as well. In the early 1970s, Kerr purchased a decomposing, abandoned, two-hundred-year-old Japanese house in the Iya Valley, a remote mountainous area of Tokushima prefecture on the island of Shikoku.
He restored the house to a liveable state, including re-thatching the kayabuki roof using traditional materials.
The house was given the name, or "House of the Flute". The restoration of began a project by Kerr and others to preserve Japan"s vanishing arts, culture and traditional lifestyle. In 2007, Alex decided to become more personally involved in Iya.
He expanded and reorganized the board of directors of the project, and closed the house for a few months for renovations.
lieutenant reopened in November 2007.
Works
book
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Dogs and Demons: The Fall of Modern Japan
(The decades of Western adulation for the Japanese 'econom...)
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Living in Japan
( Nippon nests: Today's most exceptional Japanese homes ...)
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Bangkok Found: Reflections on the City
(Evocative and incisive, Bangkok Found looks deep within t...)
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Lonely Planet Journeys: Lost Japan
(Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly ...)
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Lost Japan (Travel Literature) (Lonely Planet Lost Japan)
(Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly ...)
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Lost Japan: Last Glimpse of Beautiful Japan
( Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividl...)
- Dogs and Demons: The Fall of Modern Japan Paperback May 30, 2002
- Bangkok Found: Reflections on the City by Alex Kerr (2010-04-16)
- Living in Japan by Alex Kerr (2013-03-01)
- Living in Japan (English, German and French Edition) by Alex Kerr (2006-07-01)
- Alex Kerr: Living in Japan (Hardcover); 2013 Edition
- Lost Japan (Travel Literature) (Lonely Planet Lost Japan) by Alex Kerr (2009-08-04)
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Dogs and Demons: The Fall of Modern Japan
