Looking for the lost : journeys through a vanishing Japan

Author(s)

• Booth, Alan

Bibliographic Information

Looking for the lost : journeys through a vanishing Japan

Alan Booth

（Kodansha globe）

Kodansha International, 1996

Note

First published in 1995 by Kodansha America

Published in 1996 by Kodansha America by arrangement with the Estate of Alan Booth

Description and Table of Contents

Description

From the author of The Roads to Sata', this book tells the story of an odyssey to the vanishing heart of Japan. A VIBRANT, MEDITATIVE WALK IN SEARCH OF THE SOUL OF JAPAN Traveling by foot through mountains and villages, Alan Booth found a Japan far removed from the stereotypes familiar to Westerners. Whether retracing the footsteps of ancient warriors or detailing the encroachments of suburban sprawl, he unerringly finds the telling detail, the unexpected transformation, the everyday drama that brings this remote world to life on the page. Looking for the Lost is full of'

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Details

• NCID: BA34291316
• ISBN:
  • 9781568361482
• LCCN: 95006264
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: 387 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 952.048
  • NDLC : GB648
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Japan -- Description and travel
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA23824799