This is the account of an Englishman’s somewhat unromantic walk from the most northerly tip of Japan to its southernmost extremity, a 2000 mile journey along the Western coastline, punctuated by a myriad of incidents, encounters and anecdotes. Seven years of life in Tokyo had equipped Alan Booth wit...
No idea why it took me so long to finish this book, because it is awesome and super interesting. Specially if the reader is a fan of Japan... the Japan that does not consist of otakus, manga, anime or Tokyo. This is about the rural Japan. This author impressed me with his determination and tenacit...
Alan Booth's travel classic narrates 2000 miles walking through Japan, wherein Booth turned down repeated offers of rides and eschewed buses, trains, bicycles, or any other alternate form of transportation. A "smart, subtle" writer, and somewhat wistful to boot, Booth was a clear Japanophile, but he...
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