Yoshiaki Hashimoto says in his book ‘media to nihonjin’ (Iwanamishinsho) that in Japan those who shun the the newspaper or the magazine are not disgusted their contents, but instead use the internet taking simply another transmission channel of the same contents. So the book does not mention the contents or the qualities of media at all. I think that it might be part of it. But I think there is something world-changing potential of digital media available for interactive communication. (to be continued)
The satsuki at its best ends today. The best of the shobu is not yet to come.
