The Sun in My Eyes: Two-Wheeling East
Armed with only her bike and a great sense of humor, Josie Dew returns to Japan for a second dose of its eccentric and mysterious culture. Japan is a land of contradictions, where snow-capped mountains and picturesque gardens are but a stone’s throw away from concrete, cars, and dense pollution....
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Armed with only her bike and a great sense of humor, Josie Dew returns to Japan for a second dose of its eccentric and mysterious culture. Japan is a land of contradictions, where snow-capped mountains and picturesque gardens are but a stone’s throw away from concrete, cars, and dense pollution. But wherever she goes, Josie encounters the friendly, quirky, and generous Japanese people, from those who lavishly bestow her with cabbages and cans of Pocari Sweat to the couple who left her the key to their shop, telling her to sleep by the till.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780751530186 (0751530182)
Publish date: May 1st 2002
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Also posted on my book blog, Rinn Reads.Having read the first of Josie's books on Japan, A Ride in the Neon Sun, as well as her travel writing on cycling through the USA (Travels in a Strange State), I was delighted to find she had written more - especially on the topic of Japan.Like a female Bill B...
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