"Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message news:<bbqjk5
> > i was reading some Tanizaki Junichiro this week,
> 
> He happens to be my favorite Japanese novelist. Which work were you reading?

<The Makioka Sisters> (SASAME YUKI) and <Some Prefer Nettles> (TADE
KUU MUSHI).  so yeah, big Osaka-Tokyo differentiation presented.

> What sort of differences are you talking about? There is certainly a rivalry
> of sorts and cultural differences.

Mainly differences among the attitudes of the people, along with
differences in the "Japanese Spirit."