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Recommended
Reading about Japan
Here are some recommended books on Japan
and traveling in Japan we think you may enjoy:
Japan
: A Bilingual Atlas
by Atsushi Umeda
A highly recommended comprehensive atlas for English-speaking
travelers in Japan. It is particularly helpful in those areas
of the country where English signs are few and far between.
The
Rough Guide to Japan
by Jan Dodd
A great book for normal people who are looking for straight
forward information about Japan and what to see and do.
You can also get some great information at Jan
Dodd's web site.
Frommer's
Japan (Complete Guides)
by Beth Reiber and Arthur Frommer
The 4th edition of one of the most popular travel guides to
Japan. Frommer's guide includes practical information on restaurants,
hotels, major tourist spots as well as useful glossary of Japanese
terms and phrases.
Memoirs
of a Geisha by Arthur S. Golden
A very well written and researched fictional story of the life
of a geisha in Kyoto. Golden takes you back in time and traces
in great detail the extraordinary rise to fame and power of
the geisha, Sayuri.
Classic
Japanese Inns and Country Getaways
by Margaret Price
An excellent overview of traditional Japanese inns or "ryokans."
This book is full of both practical information about and wonderful
descriptions of numerous ryokans throughout Japan.
Japanese
Inn
by Oliver Statler
This book follows the history of an actual inn that has been
in business for 500 years. It was started by a master-less samurai
who was forced to open his doors to the warlords of the Edo
period on the Tokaido Road.
Fallen
Flower
a novel
by Robert Imrie
Two American and Japanese detectives search for the murderer
of a young American mother in Osaka, Japan.
Review: "The author knows his Osaka inside out. Fallen
Flower takes you racing through the mean streets of Japan's
second largest city." Peter Tasker, author of
Buddha Kiss and Samurai Boogie
Living
in Japan - purchase this guide to living and working in Japan,
produced by the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan.
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